ML20059L082
| ML20059L082 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/12/1994 |
| From: | Allen Hiser Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Shao L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9402030130 | |
| Download: ML20059L082 (4) | |
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M i ? 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Lawrence C. Shao, Director Division of Engineering FROM:
Allen Hiser, Jr.
Materials Engineering Branch Division of Engineering
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING WITH BWROG ON IGSCC INSPECTOR TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS On October 21, 1993, members of the staff of the Materials Engineering Branch, the Materials and Chemical Engineering Branch of NRR and the Office of the General Counsel met with representatives of the BWR Owners Group (BWROG), the Performance Demonstration Initiative (PDI), and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The meeting was held to discuss technical issues related to the transition from the current NRC/EPRI/BWROG coordination plan to the implementation of Appendices VII and VIII of Section XI of the ASME code.
A list of meeting attendees is attached; there were no formal presentations nor handout materials.
The current NRC/EPRI/BWROG coordination plan addresses training and qualification of inspectors looking for intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC), and is administered by the EPRI NDE Center. Appendices VII and VIII of Section XI of the ASME Code address qualification of ultrasonic testing examiners and performance demonstration requirements, respectively.
During a meeting on June 30, 1993, members of the BWROG' presented to the NRC staff a draft proposal for integrating the current coordination plan with the Performance Demonstration Initiative (PDI) program. The PDI program is~an industry-developed program (with participation of all U.S. utilities) formed to meet the requirements of Appendix VIII of Section XI of the ASME Code.
The PDI program uses the EPRI NDE Center as the manager of the program.
During'this meeting the staff reiterated that it is not in favor of modifying the current coordination plan, but is interested in industry plans for transitioning from the current coordination plan to the requirements of Appendix VIII of the ASME Code. The industry representatives then described their plans for incorporating the inspection samples used in the current coordination plan into the PDI program. This transfer will provide continuity
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certification under the current coordination plan (good for three years) 1 expires during~ the. time period prior to the implementation of the Appendix i
VIII requirements by the f1RC into 10 CFR 50.55a.
This situation is complicated by the following circumstances:
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Generic Letter 88-01 states relative to IGSCC that "... examination personnel shall be qualified by a formal program approved by the NRC l
..., with a reference to the NRC/EPRI/BWROG coordination plan as an example of an approved plan. At the present time, that tri-party agreement is the only NRC-approved program, and more specifically neither the PDI program nor the Appendix VIII requirements have been approved by the 11RC.
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Due to the lead time required for inspectors to qualify to Appendix VIII and an industry assumption that implementation of Appendix VIII will be effective in early 1996, current industry plans are to begin' processing inspectors through the PDI program beginning.in early 1994.
(As a complicating factor, current PDI plans are to withhold issuance of PDI certifications until all inspectors have had an opportunity to complete the qualification process.)
The current situation is such that IGSCC inspectors need'to maintain their qualifications according to the current tri-party agreement to satisfy Generic Letter 88-01 committments, but also need to become qualified under the PDI program to meet industry expectations on implementation of Appendix.VIII Therefore, without modifications to the current _ situation, inspectors whose IGSCC inspection certification (under the current coordination plan) expires prior to the issuance of PDI certifications would need to pass two certifications for. IGSCC inspection, one under the current coordination plan n
(to meet current requirements) and the other under the.PDI program (to meet future requirements).
Since this could be overly burdensome'on the inspectors and could impact the availability of qualified inspectors, the meeting participants agreed that this issue warrants further attention.
No conclusions nor agreements were reached at this meeting. The participants did agree that the IGSCC inspector qualification issue will need careful consideration and that further interactions are warranted.
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i ATTENDEES AT OCTOBER 21, 1993 MEETING flage Affiliation Telephone No.
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John Lindberg Pennsylvania Power and Light 717-542-3875 Jack-Spanner, Jr.
EPRI 704-547-6065 Robin Dyle SNC/BWROG 205-877-7121-Jack Strosnider NRC/NRR 301-504-2795
'l Thomas McLellan NRC/NRR 301-504-2716 f
Martin Hum NRC/NRR 301-504-2730 Donald Naujock NRC/NRR 301-504-2767 Bernard Bordenick NRC/0GC 301-504-1529 I
Allen Hiser NRC/RES 301-492-3988
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