ML20154K103
| ML20154K103 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/13/1998 |
| From: | Birmingham J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Worsham J FRAMATOME |
| References | |
| TAC-M98962, NUDOCS 9810160114 | |
| Download: ML20154K103 (4) | |
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f Dr. J. R. Worsham 111 October 13, 1998 1
Frrmatoms Technologits, Inc.
P.O. Box 10935
' 3315 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24506 0935
SUBJECT:
FRAM ATOME TECHNOLOGIES RESPONSE TO STAFF REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAls) FOR BAW-2241P, " FLUENCE AND UNCERTAINTY METHODOLCGIES,' (~AC NO. M98962)
REFERENCE:
Letter from J. R. Worsham 111, Framatome Technologies, Incorporated to
' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, September 8,1998.
Dear Dr. Worsham:
The enclosure to this letter is the staff's response to your requests in the referenced letter. The attachment discusses the issues raised by you regarding the staff's RAls on BAW-2241P and the agreements reached with the staff in a meeting on August 5 and 6,1998. Specifically, the attachment clarifies the staff's position regarding the information provided to date and the staff's position on the additional commitments. The attachment also provides the staff's expected schedule for completion of the review of BAW-2241P.
If you have any questions regarding this matter please feel free to contact me at (301) 415-2829 or Dr. Lambros Lois at (301) 415-3233.
Sincerely, Original Signed By:
Joseph L. Birmingham, Project Manager Generic issues and Environmental Projects Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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P.O. Box 10935 3315 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24506-0935
SUBJECT:
FRAMATOME TECHNOLOGIES RESPONSE TO STAFF REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAls) FOR BAW-2241P, " FLUENCE AND 1
UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGIES," (TAC NO. M98962) l
REFERENCE:
Letter from J. R. Worsham lil, Framatome Technologies, Incorporated to i
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, September 8,1998.
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Dear Dr. Worsham:
l The enclosure to this letter is the staff's response to your requests in the referenced letter. The attachment discusses the issues raised by you regarding the staffs RAls on BAW-2241P and the agreements reached with the staff in a meeting on August 5 and 6,1998. Specifically, the attachment clarifies the staffs position regarding the information provided to date and the staffs position on the additional commit lents. The attachment also provides the staffs expected schedule for completion of the review of BAW-2241P.
If you have any questions regarding this matter please feel free to contact me at (301) 415-2829 or Dr. Lambros Lois at (301) 415-3233.
i Sincerely, i
J ph L. Birmingham, Project Manager Generic issues and Environmental Projects Division of Reactor Program Management l
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
As stated l
cc w/ encl: Robert Clark, Chairman l
B&WOG Materials Committee j
Entergy Operations Inc.
P.O. Box 1439 1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AK 72801-0967 4
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STAFF RESPONSE TO FTI'S LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 8.1998 The overall staff objective'is to complete the BAW-2241P review by the end of calendar year 1998 and issue the SER shortly thereafter. Referring to the September 8,1998 letter, under
" Agreements" we note that:
l Foritem 1:
A brief statement which summarizes each issue discussed in the meeting will be a satisfactory response.
For item 2 & 3:
While in general the staff found the responses to the first RAI to be satisfactory, this does not preclude additional staff questions on the first set which may arise from the review of the second set.
l For item 4:
As discussed with you, the photofission cross sections for U-238(y,f) and Np-237(y,f) were obtained f7m the CSIRS (Cross Section information Storage and Retrieval L
System) data base files:
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a) EXFORL0058, dated January 29,1997 b) EXFORLOO50, dated January 29,1997 t
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c) EXFORM0426, dated February 18,1991 The CSIRS data base was accessed using the Online Nuclear Data Service described in Reference-1. The cross sections in these files are based on the data presented in References 2 and 3. The cross sections were collapsed into multi-group form using the NJOY Nuclear Data Processing System of Referene.e-4.
1.
"Online Nuclear Data Service," C. L. Dunford and T. W. Burrows, Report IAEA-NDS-150 (NNDC Informal Report NNDC/ONL-95/10), Rev. 95/10 (1995), IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
2.
" Giant Resonance for the Actinide Nuclei: Photoneutron and Photofission Cross Sections for U-235, U-236, U-238 and Th-232," J. T. Cadwell, et al., Physical l
Review, C2,1973; and "Very Low Energy Photofission of U-238," C. D. Bowman, et al., Physical Review, C12,1975.
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" Photofission and Photoneutron Cross Sections and Photofission and Photoneutron Multiplicities for U-233, U-234, Np-237 and Pu-239," 8.L. Berman, et al., Physical Review, C34,2201,1986.
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"The NJOY Nuclear Data Processing System Volume 1: User's Manual," R. E.
MacFarlane, D. W. Muir, and R. M. Boicourt, LA-9303-M, Vol.1 (ENDF-324), May 1982.
For item 5:
As stated above, the overall staff objective is to complete the BAW-2241P review by the end of calendar year 1998 and issue the SER shortly thereafter.
For item 6:
Regarding completion of BAW-2251, the staff reserves the right to ask any questions which may arise from the review of the second set of RAls.
Regarding the " Final Commitments" we note that the seven items were stated appropriately.
Also, because the measurea data and " Uncertainty Assessment..." documents from the B & W Owners Group cavity dosimetry experiment consists of proprietary measurements, it will be acceptable to mark the cover page as proprietary and the whole document will be treated as proprietary, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, an affidavit should accompany the documents stating that the documents are considered proprietary by FTI. We will return the documents to you when our review is complete.
We hope that the staffs understanding as described above reflects your understanding of the results of the August fifth and sixth meeting.
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