ML20035E069
| ML20035E069 | |
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| Site: | 05200001 |
| Issue date: | 10/06/1992 |
| From: | Ward D Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
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| RTR-REGGD-01.101, RTR-REGGD-1.101 ACRS-2834, NUDOCS 9304140238 | |
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PPIL YM 43 CERTIFIED Date:
10/6/92 By: D. A. Ward Summary of Meeting of ACRS Planning and Procedures Subcommittee July 8, 1992 Particioants:
l David A. Ward, Chairman Paul G.
Shewmon, Member Jay C.
Carroll, Member Raymond'F. Fraley, Member Carlyle Michelson, (Part-time)
Richard P. Savio, Staff 9
Sam Duraiswamy, Staff Michael MacWilliams, Staff Stan Schofer, (Part-time) i Purnose:
9 To discuss:
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Appointment of Members -
Select a panel for consideration by the Commissioners
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ACRS Plan for Review of the ABWR, no later than the 392nd 0
Committee-meeting (December 1992)
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Assignments for Review of the NRC Research Program i
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Miscellaneous Support of ACRS Activities including:
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Amplification system in Conference Room P-110 f
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ACRS BBS Bulletin 9, Headquarters / Region Daily Report -
updates of information l
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ACRS FAX Messages res (4)
Editing ACRS Reports l
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Pay scale (rate) for ACRS members (6)
Preparation of draft ACRS reports i
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ACRS BBS capability to interface with 9600 bps l
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ACRS Staf f Resources (FTEs) for the 1993-1997 time period-I (9)
Hotel / travel arrangements l
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Panel of Candidates - The members reviewed the resumes of 24 nominees who are presently on the list of active candidates.
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Trip Rothschild will be in for this discussion at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.)
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Status of William Lindblad Accointment i
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ACRS Plans for Review of the ABWR f
Chairman Selin has reminded Chairman Ward of the Commission's desire that the FDA for the ABWR be completed on schedule (by the end of December 1992).
Since the review of the staf f FSER, DACs, ITAACs, and possibly several ACRS Key Technical Issues are involved, a proposed i
plan for ACRS review of the ABWR design and related matters
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1 Members discussed the impact that resolution of ACRS Key Technical Issues could have on the GEABWR review and concluded-
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that the applicable aspects of the ACRS Key Technical Issues l
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review.
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comments were provided by Carlyle Michelson with respect to several aspects of the review process.
It was agreed that a letter to the EDO on the proposed plan for ACRS review of the GE ABWR design be prepared for consideraiton by the full Committee during the July ACRS meeting.
When approved by the Committee, a copy of this letter should be sent to Chairman Selin.
This letter will inform the Chairman and the EDO of the ACRS plans and enable the EDO to coordinate staff activities to provide necessary support to ACRS review.
(c)
Review of NRC Research Procram Sam Duraiswamy noted that the NRC Research Program has been reorgsnized into four major areas (3 ACRS and 1 ACNW) as shown in Tables 2 and 3, pp 1-5.
This will require a realignment of 1
subelements in the major areas and probably three ACRS Lead Subcommittees rather than the four Lead Subcommittees assigned in March following the Dallas Planning and Procedure.s Subcommittee meeting.
An up-to-date-list of assignments will be provided for Committee consideration when proposed assignment of sub
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program elements to specific topical subcommittees has been completed.
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Miscellaneous Succort of ACRS Activities (1)
Amplification System in Conference Room P-110 -
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f The system that we have " cuts-out" members' microphones when the speaker's voice falls below a pre-set volume to eliminate picking up background noise.
This occurs when members do not speak directly into the mike.
This problem will be reduced by lowering this cut-off setting until background noise becomes a problem.
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members must speak more directly into the microphone.
(2) ' Maintenance of Current Information on BBS Bulletin 9,
Headcuarters/Recion Daily Repor_t -
Bulletin 9 is made up of portions provided by regional offices and headquarters.
We reproduce this information for the information of the members as BBS Bulletin 9.
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occasionally the regional offices do not bring their i
section up to date for a few days so the information we provide is out of date.
In the future we will note which
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8 Regional reports are up to date and which are not.
Out-i of-date information will no longer be included.
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Prompt Action Recardino FAX Messaces 1
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8th floor which is manned at all times.
Recipients of i
messages on the 4th floor relied on senders to inform i
them of messages sent directly to the ACRS office.
This Ij arrangement has resulted in 2 recent messages not being i
delivered promptly to addressees.
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To correct this problem, the ACRS FAX machine has been i
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This station is only manned, however, during j
normal working hours and when meetings are in progress.
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normally be delivered until Monday unless special arrangements have been made.
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Editing ACRS Reports -
Dr. Lewis has expressed concern about " Monday morning" editing of ACRS reports by the ACRS staff because of the potential for changes in the meaning of words carefully selected by the members, lack of staff expertise as editors, etc.
Members agreed that Selected Editing would be appropriate I
where the author (s), normally the subcommittee chairman, can decide the degree to which they desire that reports they have authored should be edited, namely:
o Correct factual errors only (e.g.,
dates, names, times, etc.)
Add the list of appropriate references that are referred to in the body of the letter / report Use standardized format and/or style e
Correct sentence structure / grammar (5)
Pav Rate for ACRS Members -
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Precaration of Draft ACRS Recorts -
To facilitate the typing and proofreading of ACRS reports, 2 secretaries will be assigned to direct support of report preparation in the Conference Support Center.
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BBS Capability to Interface with 9600 bos Systems -
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The ACRS Office has installed improved hardware and i
software to interface reliably with 9600 bps communication systems.
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Two telephone lines (301-492-7384 and 301-492-4734) are
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ACRS Staff Resources -
l Consistent with the estimate of ACRS staff " manpower" l
needs for the next few years, this office requested three additional FTE positions for FY 1993 and FY 1994 to support ACRS activities.
Chairman Selin has endorsed one additional FTE for FY 1994 tentatively.
Final approval will depend on the NRC budget that is finally authorized by Congress.
A In addition, it may be possible to provide the equivalent of an additional FTE for technical support during FY 1993 by realignment of staff functions.
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It should be noted that this limited FTE increase
. endorsed by Chairman Selin will be the first staff increase authorized since 1982, if it holds up through the budget cycle.
Sam and Dick are to be commended for their hard work in justifying this increase to improve committee support.)
Planning & Procedures-July 9, 1992 13 (9)
Hotel / Travel Arrancrements - Information Form -
1 Several changes were suggested and will be incorporated 1
into the form for providing information regarding hotel and travel arrangements.
(10) ACRS-RES Interface / Coordination -
A meeting was held on June 26, 1992, among ACRS, EDO, and representatives, to discuss several problems that RES have developed with respect to the working interface between the ACRS and Office of Research.
The attached memo from Dick Savio (Attachment A, pp 6-10) describes agreements reached to improve this situation.
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Items proposed for consideration.by the Committee were discussed.
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h-i Planning & Procedures-July 9, 1992 14 (12) Cancellation of NUREG/CR-2000 -
The monthly compilation of licensee event reports will no longer be issued.
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l Licensee event report information is maintained for NRC at the ORNL Nuclear Operations Analysis Center (NOAC).
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search System database which can be searched in a number 1
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The ACRS staff is to look into member k
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e (13) Review of Naval Reactors -
NR has been informed of the Committee's concern regarding i
the statement provided to the GNZ Committee that the safety aspects of design, crew training, and operating l
procedures for naval reactors are reviewed by the ACRS.
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ACRS ACRS MEMBER STAFF 1.
Integrity of Reactor Shewmon Igne Michelson, Components Siess, Wylie 2.
Preventing Damage to Ward Boehnert Catton, Kerr, Reactor Cores Lewis 3.
Reactor Containment Kerr Houston Siess Performance
- 4. Resolving Safety Siess Duraiswamy Carroll, Kerr, Issues and Developing Michelson, sygk Regulations **
Lewis Maior Proaram-Level Responsibility Means that the identified ACR Member and the Staff Engineer have the responsibility for puttin together the comments / recommendations received from other members i the form of a chapter.
- Assignments for review of the program elements and budget are includedrin Table 2.
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The Committee has to decide whether comments on the activities under this program need to be included in the report to Congress.
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TABLE 2. LEAD SUBCOMMITTEES FOR COORDINATING THE REVIEW OF THE NRC SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM (EXCEPT WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH)
SUBCOMMITIEE MAIN PROGRAMS LEAD SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN /ACRS ll STAFF U
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REACTOR LICENSING RELIABILITY AND QUALITY KRESS/IGNE SUPPORT l:
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NUCLEAR MATERIALS MATERIALS AND METALLURGY SHEWMON/IGNE SUPPORT l
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- Dr. Kerr is the current Chairman of the Severe Accident Subcommittee.
As approved by the Committee during the April 1992 meeting, Dr. Kress will become Chairman of this Subcommittee after the July 9-11, 1992 ACRS meeting.
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TABLE 3. NRC SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM STRUCTURE MAIN PROGRAMS MAJOR /SUB PROGRAM ELEMENTS 1.
REACTOR LICENSING 1.A.
STANDARD REACTOR DESIGNS SUPPORT 1.
Integrity of Components 2.
System Performance of ALWRs 3.
Standard and Advanced Reactor Rick Analysis 4.
System Performance of Gas, Liquid Metal, and Heavy Water Reactors 1.B.
REACTOR AGING AND LICENSE RENEWAL 1.
Pressure Vessel Safety 2.
Piping Integrity 3.
Inspection Procedures and Techniques 4.
U.S.-USSR Cooperative Agreement 5.
Aging of Reactor Components 6.
Engineering Standards Support 7.
Structural Integrity 8.
Rules and Regulatory Guidance I
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REACTOR REGULATION 2.A.
HUMAN RELIABILITY SUPPORT 1.
Personnel Performance 2.
Human / System Interface 3.
Organizational Factors 4.
Datu Acquisition and Management Systems 5.
Human Reliability Analysis /PRA Methods and Applications
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PLANT PERFOPRANCE SUPPORT (cont'd.)
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Modeling 3.
Operating Reacter Assessments
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Accident Management i
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Re' actor Accident Risk Analysis 3.
Core Melt / Reactor Coolant System Failure 4.
Reactor Containment Safety 5.
Reactor Containment Structural Safety 6.
Severe Accident Implementation i
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SAFETY ISSUE RESOLUTION / REGULATION DEVELOPMENT 1.
Earth Sciences I
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Plant Response to Seismic and i
External Events 3.
Generic Safety Issue Resolution i
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Reactor Rule and Regulatory Guide Development i
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Regulatory Analysis of Reactor Regulations 6.
Regulatory Application of New Source Terms 7.
Reactor Radiation Protection and Health Effects 1
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REACTOR REGULATION 8.
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NUCLEAR MATERIALS 3.A.
NUCLEAR MATERI)dd SUPPORT
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Materials Rule and Regulatory Guide Development l
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Regulatory Analysis of Materials Regulations 4.
Materials Radiation Protection and A
Health Effects 3.B.
Low Level Wast 3*
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Materials and Engineering 2.
Hydrology and Geochemistry 3.
Compliance Assessment and Modeling 4.
Environmental Policy and Decommissioning 4.
High Level Waste 4.A.
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Engineered System Research 2.
Geologic Systems Research 3.
Performance Assessment Research 4.
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