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Summary of 960703 Meeting W/Abb Combustion Engineering & Util in Rockville,Md Re Lead Fuel Assemblies at Plant.List of Attendees Encl
ML17312B133
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Site: Palo Verde  Arizona Public Service icon.png
Issue date: 12/05/1996
From: Stewart Magruder
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To: Matthews D
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
References
NUDOCS 9612160178
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December 5,

1996 MEMORANDUM TO:

FROM:

David B. Matthews, Chief Generic Issues and Environmental Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Stewart L. Hagruder, Project Manager Generic Issues and Environmental Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation original signed by:

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF JULY 3,

1996, MEETING WITH ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING REGARDING LEAD FUEL ASSEMBLIES On July 3, 1996, representatives of ABB Combustion Engineering (ABB-CE) and Arizona Public Service (APS) met with representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the NRC's offices in Rockville, Maryland.

Attachment 1 provides a list of meeting attendees.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ABB-CE's plans regarding lead fuel assemblies at APS's Palo Verde nuclear plants.

ABB-CE's presentation consisted of proprietary information.

The presentation material was submitted by letter dated July 3, 1996.

In accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790, the NRC will withhold the material from public disclosure.

After ABB-CE's presentation, the group discussed fuel burnup limits and the possibility of using measurable parameters to determine the vulnerability of fuel to failures due to reactivity insertion accidents.

The group also had a

short discussion of the need for exemptions for advanced cladding materials.

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