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Summary of 386th ACRS Meeting on 920604-05 in Bethesda,Md Re GE Sbwr,Implementation of NRC Quantitative Safety Goal Policy,Generic Issue 23,fitness for Duty & Certification of Evolutionary & Passive Plant Designs
ML20035E052
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Issue date: 04/09/1993
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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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REF-GTECI-023, REF-GTECI-NI, TASK-023, TASK-23, TASK-OR ACRS-2826, NUDOCS 9304140218
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{{#Wiki_filter:V~ h{ Dh V flf3 L 9 s. L i TABLE OF CONTENTS / MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING { JUNE 4-5, 1992 l I. Chairman's Report....................................... 1 II. GE Simplified Boiling Water Reacter................... 2 III. Implementation of NRC Quantitative Safety Goal Policy... 3 IV. Generic Issue 23, " Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Leakage"... 3 i V. Fitness-For-Duty Ru1e.................................... 4 l VI. Certification of Evolutionary and Passive Plant Designs................................................. 7 i l VII. EPRI Requirements for Passive Light-Water Reactors...... 7 j VIII. Implementation of Revised 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation.............. 8 IX. Individual Plant Examinations........................... 9 X. Resolution of Generic Issue 81, Impact of Locked Doors and Barriers on Plant and Personnel Safety......... 9 XI. Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations...... 10 XII. ACRS Subcommittee Activities Report of the ACRS Planning and Procedures e Subcommittee Meeting Regarding the Conduct of ACRS Activities, Held on June 3, 1992 1 a) Appointment of ACRS Members.................... 10 b) Addressees for ACRS Reports.................... 10 c) Ad Hoc Working Group on Multinational Meeting - May 26, 1992 Meeting................. 10-i d) Members Meeting with New Zealand............... Representatives on May 22, 1992................ 13 l e) Use of Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) l in the Certification of the GE ABWR............ 13 l 1 l mmm -m 9 9aou4J21s93040, cerur m = % gi 0l PDR ACRS 2826 PDR i

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e e ii i l XIII. Executive Session e Reports to the Commission............................ 13 e Memoranda............................................ 14 e Letters.............................................. 14 XIV. Summary / List of Follow-Up Matters..................... 14 i XV. Future Activities A. . Future Agenda..................................... 16 B. Future Subcommittee Activities.................... 16 i Supplement - Proprietary Supplement - official Use Only (SUPPLEMENTS REMOVED - FOIA EX(b) (4)] l 1 i i 1 l l l i l l l i l l i l

4 3 6 iii APPENDICES MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 I. Attendees F II. Future Agenda III. Future Subcommittee Activities IV. List of Documents Provided to the Committee 4 1

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only during those portions of the Advisory Committee on Reactor The Subcom tattee will co'ntinue its safeguards will hold a meeting on June meeting when a transcript is being kept. review of the General Elecinc 44,1992. in room I'1to. 7920 Norfolk and questions may be asked only by members of the Subcommittee. Its - Company's proposed test program to Avenue. Bethesda. Maryland. Notice of consultants, and staff persons desiring support certification of the Simplified this meeting was published in the . to mie oral statements should notify Boiling Water Reactor (SBWR) design Federal Register on April 15.1992. the ACRS staff member named below as and the assodated NRC staff nursday }ane s.tes2 fir in advance as is practicable so that evaluation. appropriate arrangements can be made. Oral statements may be presented by # O *F ""(d " WA"*o'*' 4 i ' " " * *"I During the initial portion of the members of the public with the meeting. the Ad Hoc Subcommittee concurrence of the Subcommittee ne ACRS Chatzman wiU make opening along with any ofits consultants who Chairman: written statements will be 7curr n d tere may be present, may exchange accepted and made available to the j6 preliminary views regarding matiers to Committee. Recordings will be permitted a45 cm-n am CESmphfredBodito I( be considered during the balance of the only during those portions of the 11'cler Reactor (@ca/ Closed) ~ Q[ meeting. meeting when a transcript is being kept. ne Committee win nview and report on ] ne Ad Hoc Subcommittee will then and questions may be' asked only by the pmp#ed te64 Pmgram for this. 1 hear presentations by and hold members of the Subcommittee. fis standanhzed nudm power plant { - discussionswith representatives of the ' consultants.and staff. Persons' desiring Representatives of the CE Con;pany and Ibe NRC staff. its corraultants, and other to make oral statements should notify on, k d"g*g'be .i

  1. p ste-interested persons regarding this metter. the ACRS staff member named below as necessary to discuss proprietary laformation i.i

, Representatives of the General Electric far In advance as is practicable so that applicable to this matter., l.; ~ mpan willalsoparticipate.as appropdate arrangements canbe made. g ,g g . During the initial portion of the QuanteradresafetyCoa/Micy(@en/ 1 ne Conuntuce wiH discuss proposed j to be eu sed. ch 8o . anyofits consultants who may be ACRS reaxr.mendations for en altunate plan i sessions to 6e public, whether the-present. may'errbnge preliminary to implement the NRC quantitative safety : In ng beca rane or. viewsregarding matters 10 be goal pobey. - 4 m heduled. 6e N, = n's rung on n considered duri Ithe halance of the - ~ requests for the opportunity to present CodantPacpSelfa# ares (@ca).,Rmc:ar. WPA-MPm Cmerichsue21: 2 8-v %.m oral statements and the time allotted ' therefor can be obtained by a prepaid. He Subcommittee will then hear ne Comeme wm hear a bMmg by. ~- telephone call to the cognir. ant ACRS presentations by and hold discuhsions mpresertatives of die NRC staU eegarding '. " stiff engineer. Dr. Medhat E12eftewy - with repswatives of the NRCstaff. ectietties enderway to reaaln ede mann. - g { - (telephone 301/4324901) between 7:30 the GeneralElectncCompany/their n.m. and 4:15 p.m e.s.t persons

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W5pm <pm. Nevessfi/D. ury(open)'- i gg... p plann!ng to attend this meeting are 2 > Persons regardmg tids redew." I wo e urged to contact the above named Further information regarding topics - for Duty ropama.Representst!ws of Gie ' p individual one or two days before the - to be discussed, the'saaduitngof NRC staff and the mdearindust y wW ^ E scheduled meeting to be advised of any. sessions open to the public.whether the participate.as appmpriate. 4 i ch n schedule, etc that may have meeting has been cancelled,or ? , qmpg.ggg7g,duriM/ rescheduled, the Chairrnan a ruhng on - ondPossive Plant Des /gns(Openf " Dated: May 14.1992. requests for the opportunity to present f g, gg g oral statements and the time allotted Sam Durainwamy. therefor can be obtained by a prepaid.

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) i Ch/cf NocterRcoctors Branch. resolved in order to certify the designs of [rR Doc.m F'iled &m a % telephone call to the cognir. ant ACRS evolutionary and passivelightwater reactor d staff engineer.Mr. Paul Bochnert planta. (telephone 301/492-C558) between 7:30 ' Representatives of the fCC staff and the .i a.m. and 4:15 p.m.(EST). Persons nuclear industry will participete. as Addsory Conwnittee on P.eactor planning to attend this meeting arv - appmpdate. g Safeguartis. Subco*ntrdttee on hermal urged to contact the above named. 5:45 pm415pmReriew offndividual Individualone o' two days before the Plant Examinorgns(Open). . Hydraunc mm,... . Meeting ~ r scheduled meeting to be advised of any ne Committee wu! discuss proposed ~%e ACRS Subcommittee on%crmal changes in schedule. etc.; that rnay have ACRS actMties and remmmendations ifydraullePhenomena will hold a. 'occured. wgarding review of the individus! piant Examinations t eing cunpleted ior nudear meeting onjune 2.1932. In room P-110 - 7920 Norfolk Avenue.Bethesda.MD. DewdMay tam.., g _ po crplanta. 6"" ""* T*. m5 ps-c45pmIvrysomrionofACRS. - he entire meetire willbe open to ^ public kttendance. with the exception of - Chief,NudearReactoniBranch.:,; * ' Reports (Opcod - - v.; .l- - a portion that may be closed to discuss (FR Doc.SWun rik.d s-Met e45 aml ne Commitee wm dheuss pmposed ~ infonnation deemed proprietcry to the ewwo cont neo-ow Commmee comments and rame endations h l

~ t Federal Regism / Vol." 57. No.101 ] Tuesday. May 2t, _a92 / Notices i* 22bO2 i \\ z I i regarding matters considered during this of which would represent a clearly - Deted: May 19.1992. < l meetin8 unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. W C.HO [ Priday,iune 5.1992 1 p.m.-2:30p.m.r b5scellaneous (Open) { - a;30am.-0amtEPRlRequirementsfor ne Committee will complete discussion of Advisory Committee Management Offiwr. Ibss/vc Light WaterReactors (Open) issues considered during this meeting and NC# i l He Cammittee will discuss plans for items whici were not completed at previous enttmo coos rees.es. t j consideration of proposed EPRI requirements meetings as time and availability of [ i for passive tight water reactors. Information permit. i Representatives of the NRCstaff will i participate, as appropriate. Procedures for the conduct of and OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND O amA30a.m.rReconciliation ofACRS pasticipation in ACRS meetings wcre BUDGET onuna ndReconunenddes (Openf {cto r1 ( FR 980 ) List of Designated Federal Entitles and

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~ i . ne Committee will discuss the NRC staff reaction to ACRS comments and accordance with, these procedures, oral Federa! Entitles 't recommendations regarding applicable or written statements may.be presented - AGENCY: Office of Managemenf and I regulatory matters. by members of the pubbc.recordmgs 0:45 cm-12 Noon Implementation ofNRC will be permitted only during those open Budget. j j Quantitative Safety Goal Policy (Open) portions of th~e meeting when a _ ACTSON: Notice. i ne Committee will continue discussion of transcript is being kept. and questions proposed ACRS r-ations for an may be asked only by members of the.

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This notice provides s' list of alternate ptan to implement the NRC Committee,its consultants, and staff.

Designated Federal Entities and Federal-quantitative safety goalpolicy. Persons desiring to make oral J p.m.-d:JSp.m.r Severe Accident Researdi statements should notify the ACRS Entitles, as required by the Inspector' t General Act Amendments of1988.'-. 3 Pmgram Plan (Open) Executive Director, Mr.Raymond F. De Committee w!!! review and report on Fraley, as far in advance' as' practicable F OR 'FURTHER INFORsAATION' CONTACT 1 the proposed revision to the NRC Severe so that appropriate arrangements can be Jack Donahue (telephorse:202/395-8911). [ Accident Research Prog am plan (NUREG-made to allow the necessary time during Office of Federal Financial, t.. ~ ( 1365). Representatives of the NRC staff will ' the meeting for such statements. Use of Management. - pasticipate, as appropriste. still, motion picture, and television ' SUPPLEMENTARY INFOntAATDOtchis' 4:JSp.m.-5:JSp.melmplementation of cameras during this meeting may be Revised 20 CFRpart at Standardsfor limited to selected portions of the notice Provides a copy of the 1992 List of l I Protection Against Radiation (Open) meeting as determined by the Chairman. Designated Federal Entitles and F,ederal - ne Committee will review and report on Information regarding the time to be set. Endues,whhe Nee of proposed NRC Regulatory Guides to aside for this purpose may be obtained Management and Budget is re' quired to implement the revised 10 CFR part 20 by a prepaid telephone call to the ACRS publish annually under the Inspector - Standards for protection Against Radiation. Executive Director prior to the meeting. General Act Amendments of1988(Pub., G id 85.R s n 1. b In view'of the possibility that the ' M0bWk i ' ' ~ '. g an Exposure and Regulatory Culde 8.N.6. schedule for ACRS meetings may be ne List is divided into two groups: '. ;, i planned Special Exposure. Representatives of adjusted by the Chairman as necessary Designated Federal Entitle's and Federal the NRC staff will participate, as appropriate. to facilitatt. the conduct of the meeting. Entities.ne Designated Federal Entities s 5:JS p in4dSp.nu Resolution of Cencric persons p'enning to attend should check are required to establish and maintain 1ssue #1. Impact oflocAedDoors and with the ACRS Executive Directorif O!! ices ofInspector General.%e 33 . Barriers on Plant andlersonne/ Safety such rescheduling would result in major ' Designated Federal Entitles are as listed (Open) inconvenience... Amendments of1988. flence, the 1992 ~ in the Inspector General Act. ne Committee will discuss NRC staff I have determined in accordance with reanalysis of this generic issue. subsection 20(d) public Law B3-463 that list of them is unchanged from the 1991 5:45p m430p.m.rPrepomtion ofACRS it is necessary to close portions of this list. 1 Reports (Open) meeting noted above to discuss The Committee will discuss proposed Proprietary Information applicable i Federal Entities are required to report i comments and recommendations regarding the matters being considered in annually to each liouse of the Congress metiers considered during this meeting. accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). and the Office of Management and - informatiori provided in confidence by a Dudget on audit and investigative fore!gn source per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), activities in their organizations. Federal 8:30 a.m.-JJ oan.r hepamtion of ACRS and information the release of which Entities are defined as "any Government - Reporf8(Open) would represent a' clearly unwarranted controlled corporation (within the, ne Committee will discues proposed invasion of personal privacy per 5 U.S.C. meaning of section 103(1) of title 5.- ACRS reports regarding iterns considered 552b(c)(ti). United States Code), any Government - "8

      • *8' Further information regarding topics contt !!ed corporation (within the 22OJn.-12 Noon ACRSSubcommirree 1o be discussed, whether the meeting meaning of section 103(2) of stich titM.

Act/rities (Open/Clwed) has been cancelled or rescheduled, the or any other entity in the Executive I The Committee will bear reports and hold s Chairman's ruling on requests for the branch of the Government.,orany. discussion on designated subcommittee opportunity to present oral statements independent regulatory agency" other activities. including the planning of and the time allotted can be obtained by than the Executive Office of the eobei a prepaid telephone call to the ACRS - President and agencies with statutory em an ie a pa criteria in the regulatory process. Executive Director. Mr.Raymond F. Inspectors General.%cre are seven portions of this session will be closed as Fraley (telephone 301/492--8049), changes in the1992 list from the1991 necessary to discuss information the release between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. c.s.t. list.

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i May 27, 1992 i t SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION l 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-6, 1992 { Thursday, June 4. 1992. Room P-110. 7920 Norfolk Avenue. Bethesda. Md. I 8:45 A.M. Openino Remarks by ACRS Chairman (Open) f 1) 8:30 1.1) Opening statement-(DAW /SD) 1.2) Items of Current Interest (DAW /RFF) l 11:00 A.M. GE Simplified Boiline Water Reactor f 2) 8:45 (10:00-10:15: Break) (Open/ Closed) 2.1) Report by ACRS Subcommittee Chairman regarding the proposed test program for this standardized nuclear plant l (IC/PAB) i 2.2) Meeting with representatives of the NRC staff and~the GE' Company (Note: Portions of this session.will be -j closed as necessary to discuss Proprietary. Information related to this matter.) 3) 11:00 12:30 P.M. Implementation of NRC Ouant.itative Safetv j Goal Policy - (Open) 3.1) Discuss proposed ACRS report on an alternate plan to implement the i NRC Quantitative Safety Goal Policy (DAW, et al./MDH) i 12:30 1:30 P.M. LUNCH i 4) 1:30 ) ~ Generic Issue 23: Reactor Coolant Pumo 2:30 P.M. Seal Failure (Open) 4.1) Comments by ACRS Subcommittee I Chairman (DAW /PAB)- 4.2) Briefing by' representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status of' activities to resolve this matter. 2:30 2:45 P.M. BREAK i 5) 2:45 4:15 P.M. E_itness for Duty-(Open) l 5.1) Report by ACRS Subcommittee Chairman I regarding proposed revision to 10 CFR' Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs

i . + b o t 2 i (JCC/HA) 5.2) Meeting with representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry, as appropriate 6) 4:15 6:00 P.M. Certification of Evolutionary and Passive Plant Desions (Open) 6.1) Comments by ACRS Subcommittee Chair-men regarding issues identified by the NRC staff which need resolution (CJW, et al./MME) 6.2) Meeting with representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry, as appropriate l 7) 6:00 6:30 P.M. Preoaration of ACRS Reports (Open) Discuss proposed ACRS comments /recommenda-tions regarding: 7.1) GE Simplified BWR (IC/PAB) 7.2) Fitness for Duty (10 CFR Rgrt 26) (JCC/HA) 7.3) Certification of Evolutionary and Passive Plant Designs (CJW/MME) l Priday. June 5. 1992. Room P-110, 7920 Norfolk Avenue. Bethesda, Maryland i 8) 8:30 9:00 A.M. EPRI Recuirements for Passive Licht-Water Reactors (Open) 8.1) Comments by ACRS Subcommittee Chair-man and cognizant Committee members i l regarding proposed plan of action to address these issues (CJW/MME) 8.2) Discuss proposed ACRS position /recom-l mendations 11:15 A.'M. Implementation of NRC Ouantitative Safety 9) 9:00 (10:00-10:15: Break) Goal Policy (Open) 9.1) Discuss proposed ACRS report on an alternate plan to implement the NRC Quantitative Safety Goal Policy (DAW, et al./MDH)

10) 11:15 12:00 Noon Future ACRS Activities (Open) l 10.1)

Discuss recommendations of Planning and Procedures Subcommittee regard-ing items proposed for consideration by the full Committee (DAW /RPS) 12:00 1:00 P.M. LUNCH I

3 11) 1:00 2:00 P.M. Implementation of Revised 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Acainst Radiation (Open) 11.1) Report by ACRS Subcommittee Chairman regarding proposed NRC Regulatory Guides to implement revised 10 CFR Part 20 (JEW /EGI) 11.2) Meeting-with representatives of the NRC staff, as appropriate 12) 2:00 2:30 P.M. Individual Plant Examinations (IPEs) (Open) 12.1) Comments by ACRS Subcommittee Chairman regarding proposed ACRS action on IPEs being completed for nuclear power plants (WK/MDH) 2:30 2:45 P.M. BREAK 13) 2:45 3:00 P.M. Resolution of Generic Issue 81. Impact of Locked Doors and Barriers on Plant and Personnel Safety (Open) 13.1) Comments by ACRS Subcommittee Chair-man on the NRC staff reanalysis of this matter (HWL/HA) 14) 3:00 3:30,P.M. Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recom-pendations (Open) 14.1) Discuss NRC staff reaction to ACRS comments and recommendations' regard-ing applicable regulatory matters (DAW, et al./SD) 15) 3:30 4:30 P.M. ACRS Subcommittee Activities (Open/ Closed) Reports and discussion regarding ACRS subcommittee activities regarding: 15.1) Planning and Procedures Subcom-mittee Meeting on June 3, 1992 (DAW /RFF/MPL) regarding: Appointment of New Members (Closed) 1 e Conduct of ACRS activities 15.2) Ad Hoc Working Group on Multi-national Meeting (Subcommittee meeting on May 26, 1992) (JEW /GRQ) { (Open/ Closed) i 15.3) Members meeting with GNZ represen-i tatives on May 22, 1992 (DAW /WK/GRQ) (Closed) (Note: Portions of this session will be closed as necessary to discuss information the release of which would represent a )

4 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal L privacy and information provided in con-fidence by a foreign source.) i 6:00 P.M. Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open) 16) 4:30 16.1) Discuss proposed ACRS comments and l recommendations regarding: 16.1-1) Implementation of Revised 10 j CPR Part 20 (JEW /EGI) t Saturday. June 6. 1992. Room P-110, 7920 Norfolk Avenue. Bethesda, Md. 1 l 17) 8:30 12:00 Noon Preparation of ACRS Reports to the NRC (open) t Discuss proposed ACRS reports to the i NRC regarding items considered during this meeting, including: 17.1) Fitness for Duty (10 CFR Part 26) l (JCC/HA) 17.2) GE Simplified BWR (IC/PAB) 17.3) Certification of Evolutionary and Passive Plant Designs (CJW, et al./MME) 17.4) Implementation of Revised 10 CFR Part 20 (JEW /EGI)

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Miscellaneous (Open) l Complete discussion of items considered I during this meeting and items which were not completed at previous meetings as time and availability of information permit. 1 l l l l c

MINUTES OF 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 i The 386th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards was held at Room P-110, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Md., on June 4-5, 1992. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss and take appropriate action on the items listed in the attached agenda. The entire meeting was open to public attendance, with the exception of portions that dealt with the discussion of proprietary information related to the Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (SBWR) and selection of new Committee

members, and matters concerning discussions held with foreign representatives.

There were no written statements nor requests for time to ma}m oral statements from members of the public regarding the meeting. A transcript of selected portions of the meeting was kept and is available in the NRC public Document Room. (Copies of the transcript are available for purchase from Ann Riley & Associates, Ltd., 1612 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.) ATTENDEES ACRS Members: D. Ward (Chairman), P. Shewmon (Vice Chairman), I. Catton, J. Carroll, W. Kerr, H. Lewis, C. Michelson, J. E. Wilkins, and C. J. Wylie (Note: T. Kress did not attend any portion of this meeting.) I. Chairman's Report (Open) Note: Mr. R. F. Fraley was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. Mr. D. Ward, ACRS Chairman, opened the meeting at 8:30 a.m. and mentioned the following matters: Westinghouse has provided an eight-foot model of the AP600 e design in Rockville for viewing. A DItC workshop will be held on July 20th at a downtown hotel (Washington, DC). t e Mark Stella, ACRS Fellow, will be attending a Canadian Nuclear Society meeting and giving a paper on value impact analysis. J. Carroll has been reappointed to the Committee, effective e June 1, 1992. The appointment of Bill Lindblad to the Committee has been approved by the Commission but the paperwork has not gone through the system. He has been invited to the July 1992 Committee meeting as a non-voting observer. Several new ACRS office staff members and summer interns were introduced.

i + l ~ 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 2 ] i SECY Paper 92-194, which is a policy statement discussing I e the two-year trial program for conducting open enforcement conferences, has been distributed to the members. -{ II. GE Simplified Boilina Water Reactor (Open/ Closed) Note: Mr. P. Boehnert was the Designated Federal Official for this i portion of the meeting. The Committee reviewed the status of the test program being l conducted by GE Nuclear Energy (GE) in support of the certification ) effort for the SBWR design. Dr. Catton provided a Subcommittee Chairman's report to the Committee on this matter. Presentations were made by representatives of GE and the NRR staff. The key points noted follew. Subcommittee Chairman's Report Dr. Catton, Chairman of the Thermal Hydraulics (T/H) Phenomena Subcommittee, said that the Subcommittee held a meeting on June 2, j 1992 to continue its review of this matter. He noted that GE is .l using its own version of the TRAC code (TRACG) for its analysis of the SBWR design. GE intends to use the data from its various test j programs (GIRAFFE, GIST, PANTHERS, PANDA) to validate TRACG. ~ Dr. Catton noted that GE told the Subcommittee that they have conducted sufficient testing to support design certification. NRR disagrees and wants GE to accelerate the testing schedule for the large-scale (1/25) PANDA integral tests in order to support its SER i review. Additional testing at the GIRAFFE facility may also be necessary to support the staff's certification review. Dr. Catton said that the T/H Phenomena Subcommittee and consultants believe that GE needs to perform additional integral system tests, but at this time its not clear that the PANDA facility will supply the needed data. PANDA needs to be subjected to a rigorous scaling analysis. Closed Session - Proprietary Information Details of the GE Nuclear presentation and of the NRC staff presentation are contained in a Proprietary Supplement to these minutes. Conclusions The Committee issued a report to Chairman Selin, as indicated in Section XIII, providing comments on the GE test plan, and agreeing with the staff views that full-height, full-pressure integral i system testing is not needed. i

l 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 3 III. Implementation of NRC Ouantitative Safety Goal Policy (Open) Note: Mr. M. D. Houston was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. The Committee discussed a draft report provided to the Committee l for consideration by Mr. Ward. Conclusions l The Committee issued a report to Chairman Selin, as indicated in Section XIII, commenting on the implementation of the NRC Safety Goal Policy and a structure for more effective use of NRC resources and more effective regulation of the industry. IV. Generic Issue 23. " Reactor Coolant Pumo (RCP) Seal Leakace" (open) Note: Mr. P. Boehnert was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. i Mr. Ward, Chairman of the Decay Heat Removal Systems Subcommittee, introduced this topi to the Committee, noting that the NRC staff requested an opportum ty to brief the ACRS. Mr. Ward also noted that the last time this issue was reviewed by the ACRS (September 1 1990), the Committee, via a memorandum to the EDO, endorsed the staff's intent to issue a proposed Generic Letter for public comment. Representatives of the NRC staff briefed the ACRS on the status of the resolution effort for Generic Safety Issue (GSI) 23, " Reactor. Coolant Pump (RCP) Seal Leakage." Key points note during this d discussion session include the following: The proposed Generic Letter was issued for public comment. e As a result of the comments received, the staff learned that 1) most utilities are treating the seals as safety-related equipment, 2) all who responded to the questions favored rulemaking to resolve this issue, and 3) no new in-plant data, seal failure models, or test data were supplied to the staff. j The staff believes a rule is needed, due in part to the e need to reduce the core damage risk seen for loss of all seal cooling events, and to avoid burdening licensees who are now " good performers," i.e., using proper maintenance of the RCP seals. j RES representatives discussed both the potential reduction 'l e in CDF expected from adoption of their proposed resolution I requirements and the associated value/ impact. ) 1 i

i 1 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 4 l The proposed resolution for GSI 23 is to: (1) treat the RCP e seals as safety-related i: ems, consistent with the l strictures of Appendix b to Part 50, (2) utilize l manufacturer-recommended instrumentation and instructions for monitoring of seal performance and detection of i incipient failures, and (3) provide some sort of RCP seal cooling for off-normal conditions. The last requirement may be met by demonstration that a given licensee's seals can withstand loss of seal cooling for an extended period of time. Conclusions This was an information briefing. The ~ Committee deferred action on this topic until after the NRC staff has made.a recommendation l ~ regarding the selection of a regulatory vehicle for disposition of 4 this matter. V. Fitness-For-Duty Rule (Open) Note: Mr. H. Alderman was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. i Mr. J.

Carroll, Chairman of the Human Factors Subcommittee, i

introduced the topic by noting that the discussion would concern i the proposed amendments to the Fitness-For-Duty Rule which the staff plans to issue for public comment in the near. future. The Commission, in a Staff Requirements Memorandum of November 7,1991, asked that the staff present the proposed amendments to the ACRS prior to submitting them to the Commission. NRC Staff Presentations Testina Rate Mr. B. Grimes, NRR, noted that the Sitness-For-Duty Rule was issued to become effective the beginning of 1990. The staff has now gained experience with the Rule and has found that~a balance is needed in Rule between the ability to detect and deter drugs and alcohol use and the protection of the rights of the individual. He noted that many of the provisions of the Rule are to make sure that t an individual is not unfairly treated. He said that during the first year the Rule was in existence, there were higher positive tests for contractor personnel than licensees. The overall random testing rate resulted in about 500 confirmed positive tests out of a total of 150,000 tests. He said that this number, about 0.4 percent of confirmed positive tests for nuclear licensees' workers, was relatively low compared to most industries in. the United l States. In response to a question from Mr. Carroll concerning how these resu ts compared to those in the nuclear Navy, Mr. Grimes said that r

i 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 5 the overall Navy test results dropped from about 15 percent positive to about 5 percent positive in the early 1980s, and the percentage is thought to be lower now. He believes that the Navy positive tests are higher than the nuclear licensee positive tests. Mr. Grimes mentioned that the staff is collecting additional data and is considering lowering the testing rate. Policy Issues Mr. L. Bush, NRR, discussed the following policy issues that were raised in SECY-91-293: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has proposed changing their guidelines. These guidelines have been adopted as Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 26. The staff would like to keep Appendix A current with the NIDA changes. Many utilities only conduct drug testing during weekdays. Licensee's workers who work on weekends and back shifts are not tested on a random basis. One possible solution is to recommend random testing on weekends and backshifts. This issue is also concerned with tandom testing of workers with infrequent access. The staff has discussed this concern with representatives of NUMARC. They have told the staff that NUMARC would develop an industry standard to deal with this problem. l Drug testing is very cost intensive. Reducing the testing e rate while maintaining the deterrent would be worthwhile. i Uparade Chances i Mr. Bush noted that the staff has made the following changes to upgrade the Fitness-For-Duty Rule: The Rule requires that all workers that have unescorted access to the protected areas be tested. The staff has added that those people conducting the drug tests should be included. g Workers that have been absent from the site for more than 60 days are required to be subjected to a medical determination of fitness; however, the Rule wasn't clear as to whether this included a drug test - this has now been clarified to include a drug test. j A provision has been added to the Rule to extend the e appeals process to applicants. Previously this process was available to employees only.

t 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 6 A provision has been added to test the specimens for pH e and specific gravity to help detect fraudulent samples. There have been instances of samples degrading between the e collection point and the testing laboratories. The staff has proposed shipping chilled samples. Procram Reductions Mr. Bush noted that the current Rule requires worker training and L refresher training at least once every 12 months. NUMARC has recommended changing this interval to 24 months. The staff is recommending a 14-month interval. The staff is also recommending that licensees accept workers' training from previous licensees, provided training was received during the previous 12 months. Some additional site-specific worker training would still be needed. l Mr. Bush said the staff is proposing that licensees can accept test results from other licensees, provided the worker has a clean record and has been covered by a fitness-for-Tuty program during the previous 12-month period. Mr. Bush noted that the current Rule requires an individual to provide two breath specimens that must be within 10 percent of each other. NUMARC and others have suggested that if a negative specimen is provided in the first breath test, then no further testing is required. The staff has adopted this recommendation. Chances Proposed by NIDA Mr. Bush noted that NIDA has proposed the following changes: Lowering the screening cutoff level for marijuana; e l Reducing volume of specimens to 30 ml e Eliminating batch. reporting; and I e Eliminating the permanent record book. o Chances Succested by NUMARC Mr. L. Bush noted that NUMARC had the following suggested changes: Limiting scope concerning emergency response personnel to e those whose decisions could directly affect public health 1 and safety; d Allowing workers unescorted access prior to receipt of test e results; Reducing random testing to 50%; e Permitting " alcohol only" for-cause tests; and Lowering cutoff levels for marijuana. e 1 i

l = f O 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 7 ( ( NUMARC Presentation l l Mr. R. Whitesel, NUMARC, commented on the following policy issues: A reduction in the tecting rate would save the industry money. l e NUMARC is willing to consider an NRC requirement for industry guidelines on specific topics, NUMARC believes the appeals process should be limited to e p employees. Mr. Enkeboll, NUMARC, said the reason NUMARC has suggested the " alcohol only" test was that workers suspected of alcohol abuse are now required to also take drug tests even if the alcohol test is negative. He said there wasn't any evidence that a negative alcohol test had any correlation with drug use. Committee Action The Committee issued a report to Chairman Selin, as indicated in i Section XIII, stating that it has no objection to the publication of the proposed amendments for public comment. VI. Certification of Evolutionary and Passive Plant Desians (Open) Note: Dr. M. El-Zeftawy was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of.the meeting. The Committee members discussed their individual responses to the so-called " Son of SECY Paper 90-016" policy issues that apply to i evolutionary and passive plant designs. Representatives of the staff and EPRI answered questions with regard to the following issues: i Proposed containment performance e Control room habitability e Fire protection e Pipe breaks inside and outside containment e Conclusions The Committee expects to consider this matter further at its July 9-11, 1992 meeting. VII. EPRI Recuirements for Passive Licht-Water Reactors (Open) Note: Dr. M. El-Zeftawy was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. I i i

9 4 386 a ACRS Meeting Minutes 8 The Committee discussed the draft Safety Evaluation Report that the staff has on its review of Volume III of the EPRI Requirements Document for passive designs. Note: The staff provided the Committee with a Draft SER for Volumes I and III of the EPRI's Advanced LWR Requirements Document in SECY-92-133, dated April 14, 1992. The staff has identified policy issues for those times that it plans to depart from current regulations. Conclusions The Committee directed Mr. Fraley to send a memorandum acknowledging receipt of SECY-92-133 and to tell the staff that the Committee intends to schedule meetings as necessary to meet the established schedule. A memorandum was sent to James M.

Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, as indicated in Section XIII.

J VIII. Imolementation of Revised 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Acainst Radiation (Open) t Note: Mr. E. Igne was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. 1 Dr. Wilkins, Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Occupational and j Environmental Protection Systems, briefed the Committee on the results of the May 27, 1992 joint meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Occupational and Environmental Protection Systems and the ACNW Working Group. The meeting was held to discuss six proposed final i regulatory guides for the implementation of the revised 10 CFR Part 20 Rule. Of the six proposed regulatory guides reviewed during l this meeting, the ACRS has the lead responsibility for the following two guides: Regulatory Guide 8.7,, Revision 1, " Instructions for Recording e and Reporting Occupational Radiation Exposure Data" Regulatory Guide 8N6, " Planned Special Exposures" e Dr. Wilkins stated that with respect to the regulatory guides under ACRS review, no significant comments were proposed as a result of the joint meeting except that, during the May 27, 1992 meeting, the j ACRS Subcommittee /ACNW Working Group commended the staff for 1 performing a creditable job of dealing with extensive public j comments. Conclusions The Committee provided a report to James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, as indicated in Section XIII, providing some general comments on the Regulatory Guides. i ) {

4 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 9 IX. Individual Plant Examinations (IPEs) (Open) Note: Mr. M. D. Houston was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. Based on discussion during the 385th Committee meeting, Dr. Kerr ~ gave a reading of a draft report on this subject to the Committee for consideration. Conclusions The Committee provided a report to Mr. James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, as indicated in Section XIII, providing several comments and suggestions for staff consideration as the IPE develops. i X. Resolution of Generic Issue 81. Impact of Locked Doors and Barriers on Plant and Personnel Safety (Open) Note: Mr. H. Alderman was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting. Dr. Lewis, Chairman of the Safeguards and Security Subcommittee, reported on the resolution of this generic issue. He said that when the ACRS reviewed this issue, about two years ago, there were i errors in the mathematical analysis. The staff was requested to reanalyze this. issue. Dr. Lewis said that he didn't find any mathematical errors in the reanalysis. Conclusions The Committee directed Mr. Fraley to send a memorandum to the Director of Nuclear Regulatory Research, indicating that the committee has no objection to the revised analysis. A memorandum was sent as indicated in Section XIII. l XI. Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations (Open) I The Committee decided that no response was needed to the Executive Director for Operations' letter to the ACRS, dated May 13, 1992, commenting on the Committee's recommendations provided in its l report, dated April 6, 1992, on Evaluation of Risks During Shutdown and Low-Power Operations for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants. ) XII. ACRS Subcommittee Activities (Open/ Closed) { i Note: Mr. R. Fraley was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the. meeting. i l

386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 10 Report of the ACRS Plannina and Procedures Subcommittee Meetina Recardina the Conduct of ACRS Activities Held June 3, 1992 Mr. Ward summarized the discussions and recommendations of the June 3, 1992 Planning and Procedures Subcommittee meeting, as follows: a) Appointment of ACRS Members (Closed) Contained in Official Use Only Supplement to Minutes. b) Addressees for ACRS Reports (Open) The Committee agreed to the " Proposed Guide for Addressees for ACRS Reports," that describes the categories of documents to be considered for selecting the Commission, the. EDO, or Office Directors as the addressee for ACRS reports. c) Ad Hoc Workina Groun on Multinational Meetina - May 26, 1992 ~ Meetina (Open/ Closed) Contained in Official Use Only Supplement to Minutes. Dr. Wilkins presented a draft letter concerning holding a future multilateral meeting of advisory committees. Three topics were suggested for special consideration as the basis for a future meeting as noted below:

1) The use of digitized / computerized control and safety systems in nuclear plants.
2) Consideration of and provisions for accommodating severe accidents.

1

3) Evolutionary plant designs.

Conclusions 1 The Committee endorsed two letters, as noted in Section XIII, suggesting a limited number of important topics for discussion at - a future meeting. d) Members Meetina with New Zealand Reoresentatives on May 22, 1992 (Closed) ] Members reported briefly on this meeting. Details are contained in

j the Official Use only supplement to Minutes.

I e) Use of Desian Acceptance Criteria (DAC) in the Certification of the GE ABWR (Open) Mr. Wylie briefed the Committee on the May 6 and June 3, 1992 meetings of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on DAC to discuss this matter. .i

386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 11 He gave a reading of a draft interim report on the use of DAC for the GE ABWR design. Conclusions The Committee completed a report to Chairman Selin, as indicated in Section

XIII, commenting on the ABWR DACS currently under consideration.

XIII. Executive Session (Open) The Committee completed the following Reports, Memoranda and letters as noted. Reoorts Testina and Analysis Procrams in Suonort of the Simplified Boilina Water Reactor Desian Certification (Report to Chairman Selin, dated June 10, 1992) Implementation of the Safety Goal Policy, (Report to Chairman e l Selin, dated June 12, 1992) Proposed Amendments to Fitness-For-Duty Rule (10 CFR Part 26) e 5 (Report to Chairman Selin, dated June 10, 1992) e Reculatory Guide 8.7. Revision 1. and 8N6 to Imolement the Revised 10 CFR Part 20 (Report to Mr. James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, dated June 10, 1992) Individual Plant Examination and Accident Manacement Procrams (Report to Mr. James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, dated June 11, 1992) Interim Report on the Use of Desian Acceptance-Criteria in the e Certification of the GE Nuclear Enerav Advanced Boilina Water l Reactor Desian (Report to Chairman Selin, dated June 16, 1992) Memoranda I e SECY-92-133. " Draft Safety Evaluation Reports for Volumes I and III of the Electric Power Research Institute's Advanced Licht i Water Reactor Reauirements Document" (Memorandum for James M.

Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, from R.

F.

Fraley, j

ACRS, dated June 15, 1992) l Reevaluation of Generic Issue 31. " Impact of' Locked Doors and l e Barriers on Plant and Personnel Safety" (Memorandum for Eric S. Beckjord, Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, i i from R. F. Fraley, dated June 16, 1992) i l

1 12 I Letters Letter to Chairman Kessler, RSK, dated June 29, 1992. A letter e suggesting topics for the proposed multinational meeting of advisory bodies was endorsed by the Committee. Letter to President Cogne, GPR, dated June 29, 1992. A letter suggesting topics for the proposed multinational meeting of advisory bodies was endorsed by the Committee. XIV. Summarv/ List of Follow-up Matters GE will provide the ACRS with copies of the start-up data from e the Dodewaard (Netherlands) natural circulation BWR and data from old Mark III tests with low steam f. lux on horizontal tubes. (Mr. Boehnert has the follow-up on this item.) GE was supplied a copy of ACRS Invited Expert Dr. N. Zuber's e report summarizing his impressions of the June 2, 1992 Thermal Hydraulics Phenomena Subcommittee Meeting. GE indicated that they will respond to Dr. Zuber's concerns. (Mr. Boehnert has the follow-up on this item.) Bill Kindley, INPO, has invited members of the ACRS and the e ACNW to the INPO headquarters in Atlanta, GA, for a briefing on their programs. Members Michelson, Wilkins, and Wylie expressed an interest in attending. (Mr. Fraley has the follow-up on this item.) (Note: This visit / meeting has been scheduled for August 24, 1992.) Mr. Jordan, AEOD, should be asked to discuss the following at e i the Committee briefing in July 1992: 1) What the NRC is doing with regard to the use and development of expert systems / artificial intelligence with regard to accident management response, 2) The NRC's use of nuclear plant simulators at the NRC Training Center in Chattanooga, 3) A description of training courses available, and 4) The status of ERDS implementation. (Dr. Savio has the follow-up with regard to this item.) Obtain the background for why the Seabrook Nuclear Plant is replacing its movable in-core detector system with a fixed in-core detector system. (Dr. Savio has the follow-up on this item.) I t

l 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes 13 e Dr. Murley should be invited to a near future Committee meeting for a briefing. Some items that he should be asked to discuss are as follows: 1) The Instrumentation and Control Systems inspection at the Pilgrim plant. 2) The basis on which the Fitzpatrick Plant IPE Report was sent back to the utility for rework. (Dr. Savio has the follow-up on this item.) The ACRS Bulletin Board System (e.g., Bulletin 9) should be maintained up to date, or mention should be made as to what information is not maintained current. (Mr. Fraley has the follow-up on this item.) e The next batch of 10 CFR 20 type regulato,ry guides needing ACRS review should be grouped together so that they can be handled in only one more meeting. (Mr. Igne has the follow-up on this item.) e Dr. Catton and Mr. Michelson would like a copy of all of the viewgraphs provided by the RSK presenters at the May 26th Ad Hoc Working Group meeting. (Mr. Quittschreiber has the follow-up on this item.) XV. FUTURE ACTIVITIES (Open) A. Future Actenda The Committee agreed to a tentative schedule for the 387th, July 9-11, 1992 ACRS meeting as contained in Appendix II. B. Future Subcommittee Activities A list of future ACRS Subcommittee meetings was distributed to the Committee members (Appendix III). The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 5, 1992. t

.....% ~ 1 t APPENDICES j MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 I. Attendees t 1 II. Future Agenda III. Future Subcommittee Activities I IV. List of Documents Provided to the Committee t i ~I i i 3 l' _

z APPENDIX I MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 ATTENDEES JUNE 4. 1992 Public Attendees NRC Attendees A. S. Rao, GE R. Jones, NRR Patrick Harris, SERCH/Bechtel R. Van Houten, SECY R. Marriott, GE S. Sanchez, NRR Y. S. Kim, Halliburton/NUS A. Thadani, NRR 1. Zerr, STS M. Case, NRR P. Harr, Newman & Holtzinger C..McCracken, NRR D. Modeen, NUMARC J. Kudrick, NRR D. Walters, NUMARC J. Menninger, NRR Robert Draper, Winston & Strawn M. Taylor, OEDO David Dueno, Winston & Strawn G. Sege, RES R. Whitesel, NUMARC J.Scarborough,0CM/KR j Joyce Holleman, BG&G Calvert Cliffs R. Baer, RES John W. Rolf, BG&E Baltimore S. K. Shaukat, RES R. Enkebell, NUMARC J. Jackson, RES L. Toth, lASSER A. Pal, NRR J. Trotter, EPRI L. Kokajko, NRR C. Liang, NRR j B. LeFave, NRR C. Grimes, NRR ] L. Bush, NRR ) E. Koup, NRR R. Borchardt, NRR G. McPeek, NRR D. Crutchfield, NRR J. Lo, NRR R. Perch, NRR L. Cunningham, NRR JUNE 5. 1992 Public Attendees NRC Attendees John Trotter, EPRI J. Wilson, NRR Alice Cummings, SERCH Licensing-Bechtel M. Case, NRR Y. S. Kim, Halliburton/NUS G. Sege, RES D. Modeen, NUMARC H. Graves, RES C. Zerr, STS T. Cox, NRR M. Shulteis, Mewman & Holtzinger M. Taylor, OEDO J. Wigginton, NRR D. Cool, RES j R. Baer, RES C. Rourk, RES l

APPENDIX II MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 FUTURE AGENDA Tentative Schedule for the 3F)7th ACRS Meetina. July 9-11. 1992 A. Policy Issues for. the Certification of Evolutionary and Passive Plant Desians - Review and comment on technical and policy issues identified by the NRC staff which are applicable to the certification of evolutionary and passive plant designs and on the proposed staff positions for resolution of these issues. Representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry will participate, as appropriate. B. Reactor Safety Research - Review and comment on a proposed revision to the NRC Severe Accident Research Program Plan (NUREG-136S) to update the program consistent with regulatory developments. Representatives of the NRC staff will participate, as appropriate. C. Pilot Simulator Examination Procram (tentative) - Brie'fing by representatives of the NRC staff regarding results of the pilot program for using nuclear plant simulators in operator requalification examination. D. Emeroency

Response

Plan (tentative) Briefing by representatives of the NRC staff regarding the recent demonstration of emergency response plan at the Pilgrim nuclear power station. Representatives of the licensee will participate, as appropriate. E. Inspections. Tests, Analysis and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) - Briefing by members of the NRC staff and discussion of the status of the ITAAC program and plans for its implementation. F. EPRI Reauirements for Evolutionary LWRs - Review and report on the NRC staff Safety Evaluation Report regarding the EPRI proposed requirements for evolutionary light-water reactors. Representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry will participate, as appropriate. G. Meetina with Director. NRC Office for Analysis and Evaluatio_D of Operational Data (AEOD) - Meeting and discussion with the

Director, NRC/AEOD to discuss items of mutual interest, including:

. Use of " expert systems" in the accident management process . Use of nuclear plant simulators'by the NRC/recent upgrade of simulators at Chattanooga training facility Status of the Emergency Response Data System (ERDS) implementation H. Generic Issue 106. Pipina and Use of Hichly Combustible Gases in Vital Areas - Review and comment on proposed NRC staff resolution of this generic issue. Representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry will participate, as appropriate.

E 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes A-II-2 I. Intearal System Testina for the Westinchouse AP600 Desian - Review and comment on proposed integral systems testing programs for this standardized nuclear power plant. Representatives of the applicant and the NRC staff will participate, as appropriate. J. Common-Mode Failure Events (tentative) Briefing and discussion of insights gained from an analysis of selected common-mode failure events at nuclear facilities. Representatives of the NRC staff will participate, as appropriate. K. Prioritization of Generic Safety Issues (tentative) - Briefing and discussion regarding use of a matrix by NRC to prioritize generic issues taking into account the Safety Goal Policy. Representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry will participate, as appropriate. L. Reactor Component Faticue Considerations for License Renewal - Review and comment on proposed NRC Branch Technical Position on component fatigue considerations for license renewal. Representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry will participate, as appropriate. M. jitanclard Review Plan for License Renewal - Review and comment on the proposed NRC Standard Review Plan for License Renewal and an associated draft Regulatory Guide on the Form and Content of a License Renewal Application. Representatives of the NRC staff and the nuclear industry will participate, as appropriate. N. Future ACRS Activities Discuss topics proposed for consideration by the full Committee. O. Reconciliation of ACRS Comments / Recommendations Discuss response from NRC Executive Director for Operations regarding the NRC staff position and plans to deal with ACRS comments and recommendations on regulatory matters. P. AnDointment of ACRS Members - Discuss qualifications of candidates proposed for appointment to the Committee. Q. ACRS Subcommittee Activities Reports and discussion regarding the status of designated subcommittee activities, including the conduct of committee business. R. Miscellaneous Matters - Discuss matters which were not completed at previous meetings as time and availability of information permit.

1 APPENDIX III MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 FUTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVITIES ) Joint Computers in Nuclear Power Plaqt. Operations / Reliability and Ouality, June 16, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Alder-man /Igne), 8:30 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittees will review NRC research activities for environmental qualification of digital instrumentation and control systems. Attendance by the following is anticipated, and reservations have been made at the hotels as indicated for the night of June 15: Lewis HYATT Michelson HYATT Kress HYATT Ward (tent) HYATT Carroll HOLIDAY INN Wylie HYATT Kerr (tent) NONE [ACNW Workina Group on the Early Site Suitability Evaluation (ESSE), June 17, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-422.) Improved Light Water Reactors, June 17, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (El-Zef tawy), 8 : 3 0 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittee will review Chapter 1 of the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI's) Requirements Document (Vol. II and III) for evolutionary and passive plant designs. Attendance by the following is anticipated, reservations have been at the hotels as indicated for the night of June 16: Wylie HYATT Michelson HYATT Carroll HOLIDAY INN Ward HYATT Kress HYATT Improved Licht Water Reactors, June 18, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (El-Zeftary), 8 : 3 0 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittee will review the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) of the EPRI's Requirements Document for evolutionary plant designs. Attendance by the following is anticipated, and reservations have been made at the hotels as indicated for the night of June 17: Wylie HYATT Michelson HYATT Carroll HOLIDAY INN Ward HYATT Kress HYATT

3 ~ r 2 1 Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, June 23-24, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda. MD (Boehnert), 8:30 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittee will continue its review of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's and the NRC staff's proposed test programs in support of the AP600 passive plant design certification effort. Portions of this meeting may be closed to discuss Proprietary Information applicable to this matter. Attendance by the following is anticipated, and reservations have been made at the hotels as indicated for the nights of June 22 and 23: Catton HYATT Dhir NONE Kerr NONE Schrock NONE Kress HYATT Sullivan NONE Ward (tent) HYATT Zuber NONE Severe Accidents, June 25, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda. MD (Houston), 8:30 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittee will continue the discussion of the revision to NUREG-1365, Severe Accident Research Program Plan. Attendance by the following is anticipated, and reservations have been made at the hotels as indicated for the nights of June 24: Kerr NONE Wylie HYATT Catton HYATT Davis NONE Kress HYATT Lee NONE Ward HYATT Siess NONE [44th ACNW Meetino, June 25-26, 1992, lianford. WA.] Joint Plant License Renewal and Materials and Metallurov, July 7, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda. MD (Igne), 8:30 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittees will discuss the proposed Standard Review Plan for license renewal and an associated draft Regulatory Guide on the form and content of a license renewal application, and the proposed Branch Technical Position on Reactor Component Fatigue Considerations for License Renewal. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Ward Lewis Shewmon Wylie carroll Kress i l

3 Auxiliary and Secondary Systems, July 8, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Alderman), 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, Room P-110. The Subcommittee will discuss the proposed resolution of Generic Issue 106, " Piping and Use of Highly Combustible Gases in Vital Areas." ~ Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Michelson Catton Carroll Shewmon Wylie Control and Electrical Power Systems, July 8, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Boehnert), 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Room P-110 (Tentative). The Subcommittee will review the proposed Supplement 1 to Generic Letter 83-28, " Required Actions Based on Generic Implications of Salem ATWS Events," and an associated Differing Professional Opinion filed by Charles Morris, NRR. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Wylie Lewis Carroll Michelson Kerr Plannina and Procedures, July 8,

1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Fraley), 1:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m., Room P-422. The Subcommittee will discuss proposed ACRS activities and related matters. Qualifications of candidates nominated for appointment to the ACRS will also be dircussed. Portions of this meeting will be closed to discuss information the release of which would represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Ward Carroll Shewmon 387th ACRS Meetina, July 9-11, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110 - Agenda to be announced. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Separate and Independent Reauirements, July 28, 1992 (Alderman) CANCELLED

4 Improved Licht Water Reactors, July 29, 1992 (tentative), 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (El-Zeftawy/Igne), 8:30 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittee will review the Draft Safety Evaluation Report (DSER) of the EPRI's Requirements Document for the passive ~ plant designs. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Wylie Kress carroll Michelson Catton Ward [45th ACNW Meetina, July 30-31,

1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110.]

Joint Decay Heat Removal Systems / Advanced Boilina Water Reactors, August 5, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Boehnert/Igne), 8 : 3 0 a.m., Room P-110. The Subcommittees will discuss Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) for selected systems related to GE ABWR. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Ward Kress Michelson Shewmon Carroll Wylie Catton Davis Kerr Planning and Procedures, August 5,

1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Fraley), 3:00 p.m.

- 5:30 p.m., Room P-422. The Subcommittee will discuss proposed ACRS activities and related r.atters. Qualifications of candidates nominated for appointment to the ACRS will also be discussed. Portions of this meeting will be closed to discuss information the release of which would represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Lodging will be announced later: Attendance by the following is anticipated: Ward Carroll Shevmon 388th ACRS Meetina, August 6-8, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110 - Agenda to be announced. [46th ACUW Meetina, August 13-14, 1992, DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 24-25, 1992.]

5 Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Seoarate and Indeoendent Reauirements, August 19, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Alderman), 8:30 a.m., Room P-110. The Ad Hoc Subcommittee will discuss the Key Technical Issue 3, Separation and Independence requirements for ~ Safety Trains. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Michelson Wilkins Catton Wylie Kress Computers in Nuclear Power Plant voerations, August 20-21, 1992, 792 0 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda. MD (Alderman), 8: 30 a.m. Room P-110. The Subcommittee will continue its review of hardware and software issues for digital I&C systems. National experts will discuss software design concepts including safety, reliability, fault-tolerance, formal

methods, and verification and validation.

Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Lewis Kress Carroll Michelson Catton (tent) Wilkins Kerr Wylie 389th ACRS Meetino, September 10-12, 1992, Bethesda. MD, Room P-110 - Agenda to be announced. Comouters in Nuclear Power Plant Operations, September 22, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Engineer to be assigrad), 8:30 a.m. Room P-110. The Subcommittee will host a special internation-al meeting to hear directly from manufacturers in Germany, France,

Japan, U.K.,

Sweden, and Canada about advanced developments in digital I&C systems. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Lewis Michelson i Carroll Ward Catton Wilkins Kress Wylie I

l e 6 Advanced Boilina Water Reactors, September 23, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (El-Zeftawy/Igne), 8 : 3 0 a.m. Room P-110. The Subcommittee will review the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) for the GE ABWR design. Lodging will be announc6d later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Michelson Shewmon Carroll Ward Catton Wylie Kress Costner [LCNW Workina Group on Performance Assessment, September 23, 1992 (tentative), Bethesda, MD, Room P-422'.] [46th ACNW Meeting, September 24-25, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110.] Advanced Pressurized Water Reactors, October 7, 1992, Bethesda, MD (Igne). The Subcommittee will continue its review of the ABB CE System 80+ Design Certification. Topics being proposed for discussion include: Engineered Safety Feature Systems; and incorporation of the requirements resulting from the resolution of USIs and GSIs into the System 80+ design. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Carroll Michelson Catton Shewmon Kerr Ward Kress Wylie 390th ACRS Meetina, October 8-10, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110 - Agenda to be announced. Advanced Boilina Water Reactors, October 21, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (El-Zeftawy), 8:30 a.m. Room P-110. The Subcommittee will continue its review of the Final Safety Evalua-tion Report (FSER) for the GE ABWR design. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Michelson Shewmon Carroll Ward Catton Wylie Kress Costner

E.. 1 7 l l [ACNW Workino Group on Inadvertent Human Intrusion Related to I the Presence of Natural Resources at a Hich-Level Waste Site, October 20, 1992, Las Vecas, NV.] [47th ACNW Meetina, October 21-23, 1992, Las Vecas, NV.] 391st ACRS Meetina, November 5-7, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110 - Agenda to be announced. [ ACNW Workino Group on the Impact of Lono-Rance Climate Chance in the Area of the Southern Basin and Rance, November 18, 1992 (tentative), Bethesda, MD, Room P-110.] 392nd ACRS Meetino, December 10-12, 1992, Bethesda, MD, Room P-110 - Agenda to be announced. 1 l Plant Operations, Date to be determined (July),

Bethesda, MD i

(Boehnert). The Subcommittee will continue its review of the NRC i staff and industry programs to address the issue of risk from low power / shutdown operations at U.S. nuclear power plants. Attendance by the following is anticipated: I Carroll Michelson j Catton Wylie i Kress Davis Lewis j Decay Heat Removal Systems, Date to be determined (July / August, ) l tentative), Bethesda, MD (Boehnert). The Subcommittee will review l the proposed final resolution of Generic Safety Issue 23, " Reactor l Coolant Pump Seal. Failures. " Attendance by the following is l anticipated: l l Ward Michelson Catton Wylie Kerr Davis l I i i l

\\ r e i e i. 8 Joint Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena / Core Performance, Date to be determined (August / September),

Bethesda, MD (Boehnert).

The Subcommittees will continue the revicw of the issues pertaining to i BWR core power stability. Attendance by the following is antici-pated: Catton Dhir i Wilkins Lee Kerr Lipinski Kress Schrock Shewmon Sullivan l Zuber Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, Date to be de'termined (August / September), Bethesda, MD (Boehnert). The Subcommittee will contin-ue its review of the NRC staff program to address the issue of interfacing systems LOCAs. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Catton Dhir Kerr Schrock Kress Sullivan Ward Zuber Wilkins Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, Date to be determined, Bethesda, MD (Boehnert). The Subcommittee will review the status of the application of the Code Scaling, Applicability, and Uncertainty (CSAU) Evaluation Methodology to a small-break LOCA calculation for i a B&W plant. Attendance by the following is anticipated: Catton Dhir Kerr Schrock Kress Sullivan Ward Zuber Wilkins i 1

s r. i APPENDIX IV MINUTES OF THE 386TH ACRS MEETING JUNE 4-5, 1992 LIST OF DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE [ NOTE: Some of the materials listed may have been provided for ACRS Internal Use Only or may contain Proprietary Information) INTEGRAL SYSTEM TESTING FOR GE SIMPLIFIED BOILING WATER REACTOR (SBWR) i Status Report with attachments: e Section of Draft Minutes of 385th ACRS Meeting Working Copy of Minutes of the Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena Subcommittee

Meeting, April 23,
1992, Bethesda, MD

[contains Proprietary Information] PROPOSED PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NRC OUANTITATIVE SAFETY GOAL POLICY Tentative Agenda a Status Report with Attachments: e SECY-91-270, Interim Guidance on Staff Implementation of t the Commission's Safety Goal Policy, dated August 27, 1991 Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) dated June 15, 1990, from S. Chilk, Secretary for J. Taylor, EDO,

Subject:

SECY-89-102 - Implementation of the Safety Goals ACRS report dated September 11, 1990 regarding above SRM dated June 15, 1990 ACRS Report dated December 18, 1991,

Subject:

SECY-91-270, " Interim Guidance on Staff Implementation of the Commission's Safety Goal Policy" i Letter from J. Taylor, EDO, dated January 15, 1992 in -t response to ACRS Report dated December 18, 1991 listed above SRM M920117A dated February 21, 1992,

Subject:

Staff Requirements Briefing on Status of Implementation of Safety Goal Policy Statement (SECY-91-270, January 27, 1992, Rockville, MD Comments provided by ACRS Member H. Lewis dated 3/5/92 l Corments provided by ACRS Member T. Kress dated 3/1/92 Comments provided by ACRS Member D. Ward dated 3/30/92 Comments provided by ACRS Member D. Ward dated 5/7/92 RESOLUTION OF GENERIC ISSUE 23: REACTOR COOLANT PUMP SEAL LEAKAGE Status Report with attachments e Memorandum dated April 28, 1992 from J. Taylor, EDO for E. Beckjord, RES,

Subject:

Request for Rulemaking Initiative Memorandum dated September 11, 1990, from R. Fraley, ACRS, for J. Taylor, EDO,

Subject:

?roposed Resolution of Generic Issue 23, " Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Failures" Working Minutes of the joint meeting of Subcommittees on Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena / Decay Heat Remo-1 Systems on August 30, 1990, at Idaho Falls, ID - - l

e , e. j 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes, Appendix IV 2 FITNESS-FOR-DUTY RULE Status Report with attachments: e Draft Revised 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Rule SECY-91-273, dated September 17, 1991,

Subject:

Assessment of Implementation of the Fitness-for-Duty Rule and Need for Changes to the Rule i CERTIFICATION OF EVOLUTIONARY AND PASSIVE PLANT DESIGNS Status Report with attachments: Son of SECY-90-016, Draft dated 2/7/92 SECY-90-016, dated January 13, 1990 ACRS Report dated April 26, 1990,

Subject:

Evolutionary Light Water Reactor Certification Issues and Their Relationship to Current Regulatory Requirements Staff Requirements Memorandum dated June 26, 1990, from S. Chilk, Secretary for J. Taylor, EDO,

Subject:

SECY=90-016 - Evolutionary Light Water Reactor (LWR) Certification Issues and Their Relationships to Current Regulatory Requirements ACRS letter to J. Taylor, EDO, dated May 13, 1992,

Subject:

i Issues Pertaining to Evolutionary and Passive Light Water Reactors and Their Relationship to current Regulatory Requirements Comments from ACRS Member D. Ward Comments from ACRS Member J. Carroll Comments from ACRS Member W. Kerr Letter from E. Kintner, Chairman, Advanced Light Water Reactor Utility Steering Committee r dated May 5, 1992 to Dr. T. Murley, NRR, enclosing paper "NRC Policy Issue Analysis and Recommendations", its position on these ALWR issues EPRI REOUIREMENTS FOR PASSIVE LIGHT WATER REACTORS Status Report with attachment: Draft SECY=92-133, Draft Safety Evaluation Reports for Volume I and Volume III of the Electric Power Research Institute's. Advanced Light Water Reactor Requirements Document, dated April 14, 1992 REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL PLANT EXAMINATIONS Status Report with attachments: l e Certified Minutes of the joint meeting of Subcommittees on Individual Plant Examinations / Severe Accidents on April 21, 1992 Comments of ACRS Member W. Kerr dated 5/5/92 Comments of P. Davis, Consultant, dated 4/23/92

s** e /

  • l 386th ACRS Meeting Minutes, Appendix IV 3

HANDOUTS I Memorandum dated June 4, 1992 from R. Savio, ACRS, for ACRS e

Members,

Subject:

Future ACRS Activities - 387th ACRS { Meeting, July 9-11, 1992 e Memorandum dated June 1, 1992 from J. Blaha, OEDO, from R. Fraley, ACRS,

Subject:

Proposed Agenda Items for the ACRS and the ACNW Memorandum dated May 19, 1992 from P. Boehnert, ACRS staff, e for C. Wylie, Chairman, Control and Electrical Power Systems Subcoraittee Draft Generic Letter 83-28, Supplement 1 e Memorandum dated May 12, 1992 from Charles E. Morris, NRR, e

Subject:

Comments on Proposed Withdrawal by NRR of Recommendations of Sections 4.2.3 and 4.2.4 of Generic Letter 83-28 List of Future ACRS Subcommittee Activities e e ACRS letter to Chairman Zech dated April 12, 1988 (Revised 5/9/88),

Subject:

Proposed Rule on Fitness for Duty Program - 4 ACRS Comments ACRS letter to Chairman Zech dated August 12, 1986,

Subject:

i e ACRS Comments on the NRC Policy Statement on Fitness for Duty of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel IMPLEMENTATION OF REVISED 10 CFR PART 20. STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION Status Report e Regulatory Guide 8N.6, " Planned Special Exposures" l e Regulatory Guide 8.7, Revision 1, " Instructions for Recording e and Reporting Occupational Rudiation Exposure Data" i e Comments of ACRS Member J. Carroll 4 Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste letter dated October 23, e 1991, to J. Taylor, EDO,

Subject:

Regulatory Guides Being Developed in Support.of the Revised 10 CFR Part 20, " Standards for Protection Against Radiation" i SECY-92-014, dated January 10, 1991,

Subject:

Implementation e Date for Revised 10 CFR Part 20 Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste letter dated June 2,1992, j e to E. Beckjord, RES,

Subject:

Comments on Regulatory Guides to Implement the Revised 10 CFR Part 20 Requirements Memorandum dated May 14, 1992, from H. Alderman, ACRS staff, e for H. Lewis, Chairman, Safeguards and Security Subcoraittee, Memorandum dated April 15, 1992 from E. Beckjord, RES, for W. e Minners, NRR,

Subject:

Generic Issue No. 81, " Impact of Locked Doors and Barriers on Plant and Personnel Safety" Memorandum dated February 17, 1992 from E. Beckjord, RES, for e Bill Morris, NRR,

Subject:

Generic Issue 81, " Impact of Locked Doors and Barriers on Plant and Personnel Safety" enclosing Prioritization Evaluation I

w t 4-386th ACRS Meeting Minutes, Appendix IV 4 RECONCILIATION OF ACRS COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ACRS letter dated April 9, 1992, to J. Taylor, EDO,

Subject:

I e Evaluation of the Risks During Shutdown and Low-Power Operations for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Letter dated May 13, 1992 from J. Taylor to D. Ward, ACRS Chairman,

Subject:

Evaluation of the Risks During Shutdown and Low-Power Operations for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants responding to ACRS 4/9/92 letter above e Draft Minutes of ACRS Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Meeting of June 3, 1992 t i 5 3 4 l 6}}

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