ML20128L348

Notification of 961016 Meeting W/Util in Rockville,Md to Discuss ASME Code N-517 & NRC Staff Safety Evaluation Approving Use

ML20128L348
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	10/08/1996
From:	Stone J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Bateman W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9610150030
Download: ML20128L348 (6)

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October 8, 1996 MEMORANDUM TO: William H. Bateman, Director Projsct Directorate IV-2 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: James C. Stone, Senior Project Manager ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Project Directorate IV-2 KRIS THOMAS Division of Reactor Projects III/IV

] Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

MEETING WITH WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION DATE & TIME: October 16, 1996 1-4 p.m.

LOCATION: One White Flint North Room 6-B-ll 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 PURPOSE: To discuss ASME Code Case N-517 and the NRC staff's safety evaluation approving its use. The specific topics to be discussed are enclosed.

PARTICIPANTS *: EG UTILITY l W. Bateman B. Norton 1

S. Black T. Morrill R. Gallo D. Gimple D. Terao S. Koenig G. Cwalina R. Gramm L. Campbell U. Potapovs 4

J. Davis J. Stone Docket No. 50-482 cc: See next page CONTACT:

James Stone 301-415-3063

Attachment:

Discussion Topics

• Meetings between NRC technical staff and applicants or licensees are open for interested members of the public, petitioners, intervenors, or other parties to attend as observers purst: Int to " Commission Policy Statement on Staff Meetings Open to the Public" (59 Federal Reaister 48344,9/20/94).

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MEETING WITH WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION DATE & TIME: October 16, 1996 1-4 p.m.

LOCATION: One White Flint North Room 6-B-ll 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 PURPOSE: To discuss ASME Code Case N-517 and the NRC staff's safety evaluation approving its use. The specific topics to be discussed are enclosed.

PARTICIPANTS *: HRC UTILITY W. Bateman B. Norton S. Black T. Morrill R. Gallo D. Gimple D. Terao S. Koenig G. Cwalina R. Gramm L. Campbell U. Potapovs J. Davis J. Stone Docket No. 50-482 cc: See next page CONTACT:

James Stone 301-415-3063

Attachment:

Discussion Topics

• Meetings between NRC technical staff and applicants or licensees are open for interested members of the public, petitioners, intervenors, or other parties to attend as observers pursuant to ' Commission Policy Statement on Staff Meetings Open to the Public" 59 Federal Reaister 48344, 9/20/94.

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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:

Jay Silberg, Esq. Vice President Plant Operations

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 2300 N Street, NW P. O. Box 411 Washington, D.C. 20037 Burlington, Kansas 66839 i

Regional Administrator, Region IV Supervisor Licensing

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 P.O. Box 411

Arlington, Texas 76011 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office

P. O. Box 311 8201 NRC Road

Burlington, Kansas 66839 Steedman, Missouri 65077-1032

Chief Engineer Supervisor Regulatory Compliance 1 Utilities Division Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation j Kansas Corporation Commission P.O. Box 411 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Burlington, Kansas 66839

. Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027 Mr. Neil S. Carns Office of the Governor President and Chief Executive Officer State of Kansas Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

. Topeka, Kansas 66612 P.O. Box 411 i Burlington, Kansas 66839 Attorney General Judicial Center 301 S.W. 10th 2nd Floor Topeka, Kansas 66612 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse Burlington, Kansas 66839

Public Health Physicist Bureau of Air & Radiation Division of Environment 4

Kansas Department of Health and Environment j Forbes Field Building 283 Topeka, Kansas 66620

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4 DISCUSSION TOPICS WCNOC COPMENTS ON THE NRC'S SEPTEMBER 11. 1996. SAFETY EVALUATION CONCERNING CODE CASE N-517

1. In Section 1.0, Code Case N-517 only refers to NCA-3800 of the 1992 Edition with 1992 Addenda for qualifying material manufacturers and material suppliers. The rest of the code case activities do not invoke the 1992 Addenda.

2. In Section 2.0, ASME Section XI IWA-4170 is quoted from the 1992 Addenda. Code Case N-517 does not change the Edition and Addenda of Section XI to be used. The Edition and Addenda of Section XI are to be as required by 10 CFR 50.55a with later Editions and Addenda allowed, but not mandated. The code case specifically mandates the use of the 1992 Edition with the 1992 Addenda for only one activity: qualifying material manufacturers or material suppliers in accordance with NCA-3800 of ASME Section III (paragraph c of the code case).

3. In Section 2.0, ASME Section III NCA-3562 is quoted. However, this paragraph is not applicable to Code Case N-517 activities.

4. The intent of the first paragraph in Section 4.0 is unclear. Further discussion is requested. With regard to evaluating suppliers, the existing requirements in the WCNOC operating quality program apply and satisfy the requirements of the code case if the material manufacturers and material suppliers are accredited by ASME. If WCNOC qualifies a material manufacturer or material supplier, the utility will add some detail to the USAR to reflect a yearly audit in accordance with NCA-3800.

5. The third paragraph of Section 4.0 contains the statement: "The quality requirements of the NCA-4134.18 of the ASME Section III Code requires that each ongoing activity be audited at least annually and that this audit frequency be specified in the FSAR QA manual." This statement is not applicable to Code Case N-517 activities. NCA-4134 does not apply to activities covered by Code Case N-517 and use of it to require annual audits of ongoing code case activities is an expansion of the code case and the regulations.

6. The fourth paragraph of Section 4.0 contains the statement: "NCA-3562, NCA-4130, and NCA-3862 provide additional discussion on Section III Code activities that are required to be discussed in the FSAR QA manual and those activities that may be included in procedures that implement the provisions of the FSAR QA manual." NCA-3562 and NCA-4130 are not applicable to N-517 Code Case activities. The owner's quality assurance program for activities under the jurisdiction of ASME Section XI is required to be in accordance with IWA-1400(n). ASME Section XI references back to Section III for some requirements but does not change the owner's QA requirements, except that qualifying material

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I manufacturers and material suppliers is to be done in accordance with NCA-3800 of the 1992 Addenda. The intent of this statement is also l

unclear. It could be read to mean that the NRC required an owner to upgrade the QA program to NQA-1. As noted above, this is beyond the requirements of Code Case N-517 and would have to be justified before becoming a requirement.

7. Based on the above comments, the conclusions in Section 5.0 need to be

revised. Further discussion of conclusions (a) and (b) is also requested.

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DISTRIBUTION - October 16. 1996. Meetina with WCNOC

. Docket File

• PUBLIC PDIV-2 Reading

• OGC*

ACRS*

Receptionist (0WFN)*

F. Miraglia A. Thadani R. Zimmerman (RPZ)

J. Roe E. Adensam (EGAl)

W. Bateman*

J. Stone

• Participants L. Spessard E. Peyton E. Jordan (JKR)

OPA M. Hammond (MFH2)

J. Dyer (JED2)

B. Henderson (BWH)

PMNS

• Hard copies

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