ML20196D987
| ML20196D987 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/01/1998 |
| From: | Bill Dean NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Zwolinski J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9812030009 | |
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December 1, 1998 MEMORANDUM TO: John A. Zwolinski, Acting Director Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
William M. Dean, Director Or'"na1 signed by:
Millstone Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF NOVEMBER 12,1998, NRC/ INDUSTRY MEETING ON LICENSING ISSUES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a meeting with representatives from the nuclear industry, on November 12,1998, at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
j lists the attendees at the meeting, Attachment 2 contains a copy of the material presented at the meeting, and Attachment 3 contains a list of action items as a result of the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to identify solutions to process problems identified during the recent NRC/ industry meetings and workshops.
The next planned meeting between the NRC License Amendment Task Force (LATF) and industry working group will be scheduled for December 1998. This meeting will focus on revised request for additional information guidance, review items on the priority list, and exploratory discussions on long-term improvements to the licensing amendment process.
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December 1, 1998 MEMORANDUM TO: John A. Zwolinski, Acting Director Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
William M. Dean, Director Millstone Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF NOVEMBER 12,1998, NRC/ INDUSTRY MEETING ON LICENSING ISSUES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a meeting with representatives from the nuclear industry, on November 12,1998, at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
Attachment i lists the attendees at the meeting, Attachment 2 contains a copy of the material presented at the meeting, and Attachment 3 contains a list of action items as a result of the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to identify solutions to process problems identified during the recent NRC/ industry meetings and workshops.
The next planned meeting between the NRC License Amendment Task Force (LATF) and industry working group will be scheduled for December 1998. This meeting will focus on revised request for additional information guidance, review items on the priority list, and exp'loratory discussions on long-term improvements to the licensing amendment process.
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Distribution for Memo dated December 1.1998 cc: Mr. Ralph Beedle Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear C'ficer Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 i Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Alex Marion, Director Programs Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 i Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Jim Davis, Director Operations Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 i Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Torg Pietrangelo, Director Licensing Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 i Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Steve Floyd, Director Regulatory Reform and Strategy Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 l Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 l
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1776 i Street, NW., Suite 400 Nuclear Energy Institute Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Scott Peterson, Senior Director Co munications Nuc, var Energy Institute 1776 Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 i
Ms. Lynette Hendricks, Director Plant Support Nuclear Energy institute 1776 i Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
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DATED December 1,11998 HARD COPY Docket File PUBLIC PD# Rdg.
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NRC/ INDUSTRY INTERFACE MEFTitiG ON LICENSING ISSUES LIST OF ATTENDEES November 12.1998 NAME ORGANIZATION John Zwolinski NRC/NRR/DRPE William Dean NRC/NRR/DRPE Jake Zimmerman NRC/NRR/DRPE Janice Moore NRC/OGC Sheri Peterson NRC/NRR/ADT Marsha Gamberoni NRC/NRR/DRPW Bath Wetzel NRC/NRR/DRPW Bill Reckley NRC/NRR/DRPW Thomas Fredette NRC/ Region 11 Mike Cheok NRC/NRR/DSSA Mark Rubin NRC/NRR/DSSA Richard Lobel NRC/NRR/DSSA Alex Marion NEl Mike Schoppman NEl James Fisicaro Duke-Energy Pete Kokolakis NYPA John Osborne BG&E Joe Kelly FTl Nancy Chapman SERCH/Bechtel Mandy Bigelow Arthur Andersen Chuck Gepford Scientech Angela Krainik APS Al Passwater Ameren UE
' Charlie Brinkman ABB-CE Wayne Harrision WOG & South Texas Project Charles De Deaux Entergy -Waterford 3 Jim Cannon U.S. Senator Pete Dominici (N.M.)
Dale R. Wuokko BWOG Licensing Group / Davis-Besse Brian McIntyre Westinghouse Electric Co.
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AGEND3 FOR NRC/ INDUSTRY INTERFACE MEETING ON LICENSING ISSUES - 11/12/98 1:30 PM OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS (JOHN ZWOLINSKl/ALEX MARION) 1:40 PM OVERVIEW OF MEETING AGENDA AND FORMAT / UPDATE ON SEVERAL NRC INITIATIVES (BILL DEAN) 1:45 PM NRC INITIATIVE: REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SHERI PETERSON) 2:00 PM NRC INITIATIVE: INCORPORATION OF PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT INTO LICENSING ACTIVITIES (MARK RUBIN / MIKE CHEOK) 2:30 PM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION AMENDMENT PROCESS (BETH WETZEL) 2:50 PM NEl'S COMMITMENT MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE IMPLEMENTATION (NEl) 3:10 PM LICENSING SUBMITTAL QUALITY-INDUSTRY VIEWS AND INITIATIVES (NEI) 3:25 PM WRAP UP/ FUTURE MEETINGS Attadrmt ?
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AMENDMENT REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PANEL OF SENIOR STAFF REVIEWERS AND I
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MEETINGS WITH NEl AND STAKEHOLDERS l
(October 5 & November 12,1998) j ESTABLISH INTERNAL STEERING GROUP TO INTERFACE WITH INDUSTRY STEERING GROUP l
ON LICENSE ACTION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS l
j DEVELOP REVISED OFFICE LETTER TO COVER j
RAls (addressing accountability, establishing schedules, commencement of initial acceptance review for amendment application, content, quality, i
threshold, relevance to regulatory finding, use of previous reviews)
COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF REGARDING EXPECTATIONS AND REVISED GUIDANCE ARTHUR ANDERSEN REVIEW OF LICENSING ACTION PROCESS FEEDBACK FROM LICENSEES
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INCORPORATION OF PRA INTO LICENSING ACTIVITIES-l i
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INCORPORATION OF PRA INTO LICENSING ACTIVITIES GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS s
RGs/SRPs issued to provide guidan for use of PRA in licensing activities Continue to work with ASME on the PRA Standards document Issued NRR guidance on priority of R-l licensing actions and on the. -
implementation of R-l review processes issue GQA inspection procedure (12/98)
Integrate risk attributes into revised licensee performance assessment process (1/99) s
INCORPORATION OF PRA INTO LICENSING ACTIVITIES PILOTAPPLICATIONS
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Completed GQA pilot for STP, IST pilot for Comanche Peak, and pilot for ANO-2 hydrogen monitoring requirements t
ISI pilots soon to be complete: Vermont Yankee (11/98), Surry (12/98), and ANO-2 (12/98)
Other pilots include: SONGS Hydrogen Recombiner, and ANO-1 ISI a
Risk Informed Licensing Panel (RILP) formed to assist in focussing j
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. INCORPORATION OF PRA INTO LICENSING ACTIVITIES PLANT-SPECIFIC LICENSING REVIEWS
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Established lead PM for R-l licensing actions and created monitoring and tracking mechanism for R-l licensing actions RILP meetings to assist in focussing management attention, as necessary, on R-l licensing actions.
Examples of SEs issued recently include: N. Anna 1&2 EDG AOT extension, Oyster Creek proposal on EDG online testing, San Onofre 2&3 EDG AOT extension, and safety injection tank AOT extension for 6 CEOG facilities Issued Commission paper related to staff's evaluation of probabilistic assessment of "BWR Reactor Pressure Vessel Shell Weld Inspection Recommendations"
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Conducted licensing workshop to discuss streamlining the review process for '
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Established agreement with industry on formation of industry. PRA steenng committee to interface with NRC PRA Steering Committee and an industry licensing panel to interface with the NRC RILP 3
Met with STP on industry perspective to develop lessons leamed from implementation of the GQA pilot program Conducted public meeting to discuss options for modifying Part 50 to be risk-informed
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Focus limited resources on issues important to safety Examples of significant resource expenditures on very low and non-safety significant amendments Verbatim compliance dilemma Environment of risk informed regulation - Ripe for a review of our current processes Innovative / Nontraditional methods for resolving these very low and l
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ACTIONS ITEMS AS A RESULT OF THE MEETING
- 1. Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) will develop a list of items from the issues that were raised at the July workshop that are prioritized for. comparison with the NRC's own assessment of the issues.
- 2. NEl will coordinate providing feedback to NRC on the use of revised guidance in NRC Office Letter 803, " Technical Specifications Review Procedures" relative to requests for additional information (RAl), after the guidance is issued.
- 3. NEl will contact Sheri Peterson on suggested long-term improvements to the RAI process.
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- 4. LATF will develop a proposed " threshold" for license amendments that would be an entry point for possible " dual-track" process.
- 5. LATF will provide NEl with approximately 10 " fundamentals" regarding licensing submittals I
and examples of quality issues that NEl can package and send to its constituency as a guideline on achieving quality submittals.
- 6. NEl will explore the Entergy-NRC workshop in early December to see if any synergy with LATF activities.
- 7. LATF and NEl working group will meet in December to focus on revised RAI guidance, review items on priority list, and exploratory discussions on long-term improvements to licensing amendment process.
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