ML20055C231

Summary of February 20, 2020 Pre-submittal Meeting - Operation Without Control Rod H8 and Fuel Transition

ML20055C231
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	03/05/2020
From:	Perry Buckberg Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Jim Barstow Tennessee Valley Authority
Buckberg P, NRR/DORL/LPL2-2, 415-1383
References
EPID L-2020-LRM-0003, EPID L-2020-LRM-0010
Download: ML20055C231 (4)

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March 5, 2020 LICENSEE: Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITY: Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 and Unit 2

SUMMARY

OF FEBRUARY 20, 2020, PUBLIC MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY REGARDING THE FUTURE SUBMITTAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS RE: FUEL TRANSITION AND OPERATION WITH ONE CONTROL ROD REMOVED (EPIDS L-2020-LRM-0003 AND L-2020-LLR-0010)

On February 20, 2020, a public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and representatives of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the future submittal of two license amendment requests (LARs).

One LAR will be applicable to Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 (Sequoyah Unit 1) and would request NRC approval of operation for 1 fuel cycle with 52 of 53 full length control rods installed.

The other LAR would request NRC approval of Sequoyah Units 1 & 2 transitioning to a different fuel and also request permanent operation of Sequoyah Unit 1 with 52 of 53 full length control rods installed. The meeting notice and agenda, dated February 3, 2020, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML20036C869). A list of attendees is enclosed.

For the portion of the meeting regarding operation with 52 of 53 control rods, the licensee presented information (ADAMS Accession No. ML20050C866) regarding the recent history of the removal of Unit 1 control rod H8 prior to the current operating cycle (U1c24). The licensee also presented insights from the November 2019 request to operarate without H8 for cycle U1c24 that will be applicable to the planned request.

For the portion of the meeting regarding the fuel transition, the licensee presented information (ADAMS Accession No. ML20049G182) on the approach for the transition from the currently used Framatome fuel to Westinghouse fuel. This pending LAR was first proposed by the licensee to the NRC in November 2018 (Reference ML18312A350). The content of the pending LAR, including the transition core, fuel compatibility and technical specification changes, was discussed.

During the meeting, the NRC staff and the licensee discussed present applications, review efforts and other related topics applicable to both pending LARs.

No members of the public attended; no public meeting feedback forms were received.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Perry H. Buckberg, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 50-328

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc: Listserv

Package: ML20055C369 Meeting Summary: ML20055C231 Meeting Slides: ML20049G182, ML20050C866 OFFICE DORL/LPL2-2/PM DORL/LPL2-2/LA DORL/LPL2-2/BC DORL/LPL2-2/PM NAME PBuckberg BAbeywickrama UShoop PBuckberg DATE 2/26/2020 2/25/2020 3/3/2020 3/5/2020 LIST OF ATTENDEES FEBRUARY 20, 2020, MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUTURE SUBMITTAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS RE: SEQUOYAH UNIT 1 CONTROL ROD H8 AND UNITS 1 & 2 FUEL TRANSITION Name Organization Perry Buckberg U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Kevin Heller NRC Robert Beaton NRC Joshua Borromeo NRC Brandon Wise NRC Nicholas Hansing NRC Mathew Panicker NRC Chakrapani Basavaraju NRC Joshua Kaizer* NRC Kim Hulvey Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Gordon Williams TVA David Brown TVA Chris Carey TVA Kasey Decker TVA Dave Lafever* TVA John Taylor* TVA Jim Smith Westinghouse Jim Laird* Westinghouse Kyle Shelton* Westinghouse Andy Detar* Westinghouse Tom Gerlowski Westinghouse Bob Clarke* Framatome

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