ML20198B835

Summary of 980820 Meeting with Util in Rockville,Md to Discuss Progress of NRC Staff Review of Util License Renewal Application & Provide Overview of Proposed Method for Evaluating Performance.List of Attendees & Slides Encl

ML20198B835
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	12/11/1998
From:	Dave Solorio NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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• • • • • 4 December 11, 1998 LICENSEE: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company FACILITY: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos.1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF AUGUST 20,1998, MEETING WITH BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (BGE) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL ACTIVITIES FOR CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS.1 AND 2 On August 20,1998, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a public meeting with representatives of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) at Rockville, Maryland, to discuss the progress of the NRC staff's review of BGE's License Renewal Application (LRA) for its Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plants, Unit Nos.1 and 2. Additionally, BGE to provided the staff with an overview of a proposed method that could be used for evaluating the performance of both parties efforts to support BGE's LRA review. A list of meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 1 and slides used by BGE for the discussion are provided in Enclosure 2.

During the meeting, BGE summarized how it proposed to use a report card to assess the staffs performance of its LRA review. BGE emphasized that the purpose of the report card was to provide consistent topics for setting management expectations and assessments, to facilitate communications between BGE and the NRC, to facilitate early identification of process relationships and issues, and to allow for line management resolution of issues prior to mutual escalation. Following its explanation of the repor' card process, BGE then provided the staff with its report card for the progress made on BGE's LRA to date. During its presentation, BGE also highlighted several areas where, while there was currently no need for concern, BGE was interested in assuring that issues associated with the cost of its LRA review be identified early for resolution, that previous commitments for partial fee waiver by the NRC be adhered to, and that better indicators of performance than the current high-level milestone tracking be identified.

l The NRC staff then suggested that following issuance of all the staffs requests for additional information on BGE's LRA, that both parities hold a public meeting to discuss better indicators of performance and how both parties will continue to meet future milestones. Additionally, BGE indicated its eagerness to provide presentations to support the staffs review where necessary, and to hear feedback on its severe accident mitigation alternatives portion of its LRA. While discussing potential attention areas, BGE recommended a " hit list" approach to track high

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a December 11, 1998 levelissues that could affect progress ofits LRA review, The NRC staff agreeded that such a list would assist both parties with focusing on key issues related to BGE's LRA.

David L. Solorio, Project Manager License Renewal Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

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Baltimore Gas & Electric Company Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant cc: Unit Nos.1 and 2 President Mr. Joseph H. Walter, Chief Engineer Calvert County Board of Public Service Commission of l Commissioners Maryland i 175 Main Street Engineering Division

Prince Frederick, MD 20678 6 St. Paul Centre i

Baltimore, MD 21202-6806 James P. Bennett, Esquire

! Counsel Kristen A. Burger, Esquire Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Maryland People's Counsel P.O. Box 1475 6 St. Paul Centre Baltimore, MD 21203 Suite 2102 Baltimore, MD 21202-1631 Jay E. Silberg, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge Patricia T. Birnie, Esquire 2300 N Street, NW Co-Director Washington, DC 20037 Maryland Safe Energy Coalition P.O. Box 33111 Mr. Bruce S. Montgomery, Director Baltimore, MD 21218 NRM Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Mr. Loren F. Donatell 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway NRC Technical Training Center Lusby, MD 20657-4702 5700 Brainerd Road Chattanooga, TN 37411-4017 Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission David Lewis P.O. Box 287 Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge St. Leonard, MD 20685 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Mr. Richard I. McLean

' Nuclear Programs Douglas J. Walters Power Plant Research Program Nuclear Energy Institute Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources 1776 I Street, N.W. 4 Tawes State Office Building, B3 Suite 400 Annapolis, MD 21401 Washington, DC 20006-3708 DJW@NEl.ORG Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulat'ory Commission Barth W. Doroshuk 475 Allendale Road Baltimore Gas and Electric Company King of Prussia, PA 19406 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Mr. Charles H. Cruse, Vico President NEF 1st Floor Nuclear Energy Division Lusby, Maryland 20657 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-47027' u _

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• ATTENDANCE LIST NRC & BGE MANAGEMENT MEETING AUGUST 20.1996 NAME ORGANIZATION

1. David Solorio NRC/NRR/PDLR

2. Chris Grimes NRC/NRR/PDLR

3. Jack Roe NRC/NRR/DRPM

4. Thomas Essig NRC/NRR/PGEB

5. James Bennett BGE/ LEGAL

6. David Lewis Shaw Pittman

7. Charles Cruse BGE

8. Richard Heibel BGE

9. Robert Gill Duke Energy

10. Mike Tuckman Duke

11. Greg Robison Duke Energy

12. Doris Martin NRC/OlG

13. Raj Kundalkar Florida Power & Light

14. Michael Henig Virginia Power

15. Robert Tedesan NUS- Consultant

16. Rich McLean Maryland DNR

17. Lynn Connor DSA

18. Kathryn Sutton Winston & Strawn

19. Chuck Rayburn BGE

20. Don Shaw BGE

21. Paul Newton Duke Energy

22. Mary Boyd Duke Energy

23. Dayle Stewart Duke Energy

24. Terry Pickens Northern States Power Co.

25. Jim Lang EPRI

26. Louis Long Southern Nuclear

27. Fred Polaski PECO Energy

28. Mike Schoppman FP&L

29. Doug Walters NEl

30. Steve Unglesbee NEl

31. Vauhan Gilbert Westinghouse

32. Tony Pietrangelo NEl

33. Rick Kimble Southem Nuclear

34. Jenny Weil McGraw Hill

35. Clide Zuercher Virginia Power

36. Alice Carson Bechtel

37. Sandra Cooke NRC/NRR/PDLR l 38. Rob Jolly NRC/NRR/PGEB

! 39. Marion Zobier NRC/OGC l

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40. Robert Weisman NRC/OGC

41. Chuck Piesce Hatch

42. Bob Prato NRC/NRR/PDLR

43. Barth Doroshuk BGE

44. Ralph Architzel NRC/NRR/PGEB

45. Barry Zaleman NRC/NRR/PGEB l

l Calvert Cliffs License Renewal Application Status Report to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dick Heibel, Manager, Nuclear Projects Barth Doroshuk, Project Manager, LR aae August 20,1998 Enclosure 2

Presentation Outline

O Objectives of meeting l0 Report card concept l l0 Report card assessment areas  ;

'O August 1998 report card LO Next review i

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Objectives of Meeting O Brief NRC line management on progress of l license renewal application review i

- Introduce " report card" concept

- Discuss initial performance

- Discuss accomplishments and concerns

'o Schedule next review meeting 4

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Report Card Concept O Provides consistent topical areas for setting management expectations and assessment O Facilitates communications between Management (NRC and BGE) and staffs

'O Facilitates early identification of process, relationships and results issues o Allows for line management resolution prior '

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l BGE LRA Report Card o Schedule Acherence e Cost Control

- Technical - Generic cost reductions j l - Environmental - Conelation to progress j

- Hearings e Accomplishments l0 Quality of Work - significant milestones met

- Meeting intent of Rules -Issue resolution / avoidance .

- Following methodology / - Lessons learned template o Open Issues o Communications e Management

- Adequacy / effectiveness RAls and responses Assessment

- Meetings /telecons CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 5  ;98-050

Schedule - Assessment Goals o Should reveal resource and policy issues critical for successful completion of effort

!o BGE is tracking the three areas of LRA i

progress: technical, environmental and  ;

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- Recent Commission policy on hearings made SER and FES critical path o Current schedule assessed to ensure high-level milestones are adequate ,

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l Quality of Work -

Assessment Goals O All NRC expectations for BGE LRA '

established prior to draft SRP O BGE and NRC staffs have established

protocol on BGE methodology / template l and SRP  !

O Assessments will monitor agreements;

!. reinforce expectations; amend guidance and identify policy issues for resolution I

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Assessment Goals O Three types of communications monitored:

written, oral and public meeting exchanges O Significant interfacing viewed as necessary

on "first of a kind" engineering effort 0 Regular management exchanges important to reinforce expectations 4

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O Assessment will monitor costs to licensee against progress

- NRC estimates ~22 person-years needed for l

SER and FES O Should reveal hidden issues / struggles with review 10 Evaluate for consistent fee waivers ,

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Open Issues -

Assessment Goals O Effectively identify and work through issues

- Includes recognition of industry " generic" issues -

O Line management and staff understand

" mutual escalation" tool O Assessment by senior management allows .

good cross check 0 Expectations are that issues are escalated with solutions i

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Assessment Goals 0 Provide Senior and line NRC management with BGE overall assessment O Ensures overall expectations are consistently validated 0 Provides staffs with appropriate guidance and direction CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 11 98-050

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o Schedule Adherence e Cost Control Technical and environmental S600K billed in 1998; reviews appear on track but tracking at S2.1M for effort lack of RAls concern BGE (50% of total 22 person- '

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O Quality of Work All reviews observing

• Accomplishments established regulatory EIS Scoping, Notice of protocols; working some Opportunity of Hearing, policy issues Public Meetings on technical issues, five out of o Communications 37 sets of RAls ,

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NRC Overall Schedule l1998 i

4/10/98 -

Application Submitted 5/10/98 -

Acceptance and Docketing Completed  !

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Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Filed by NRC 7/7-7/10- NRC Environmental Site /Public Visit 7/9/98 -

Public Meetings for Environmental impact Statement Scoping 8/7/98 -

Filing of Initial Contentions Opportunity Ends 9/7/98 -

NRC Completes Technical Requests for Additional Information (RAls) 10/7/98 -

NRC Completes Environmental RAls 11/21/98 - BGE Completes Technical Responses 12/6/98 -

BGE Completes Environmental Pesponses Does not include all milestones associated with the Hearings Process CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 14 98-050

I NRC Overall Schedule

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3/6/99 -

NRC lssues Draft Environmental Statement (DES)i.

Comment 3/21/99 -

NRC Completes Draft Safety Evaluation Report (SER) and Open items 4/5/99 -

Public Meeting for Draft EIS Comments 5/20/99 -

NRC Completes DES Comments ,

7/19/99 -

BGE Completes Responses to Open items 11/16/99 - NRC issues Final SER and ES ,

2/14/00 -

ARCS Meeting TBD -

Commission Decision on Application .

Does not include all milestones associated with the Hearings i

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O Currently, NRC schedule only contains high-level milestones; all met to date O 9/7/98 RAI milestone may be met, but it

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i Schedule - Attention Areas t t

O Better indicators of performance would be better than current high-level milestone tracking

- RAI, policy issue, RAI response and staff closure milestones are examples

- Propose NRC Branch Chief and BGE Project Manager discuss / develop CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 17 98-050

1 Technical Reviews -

Assessment O To date, five of "37 sets" of RAls have been received (two more "in the mail")  :

iO BGE concerned that technical milestones are backing up on each other 30 sets" due by 9/7/98 i Open items" and large volume of draft questions will complicate review / approval even further CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 18 98-050

i Technical Review - i Attention Areas i l0 NRC is doing an exce! lent job " staffing" the RAls

- Public meetings and telecons 0 BGE ready to provide NRC with additional l public presentations on technical approaches and results 0 Both NRC RAls and BGE responses need to i

be focused and within the regulatory framework; mutual escalation quickly in disagreements

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Assessment i Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) i Scoping Process l 0

Purpose:

Required by National Environmental l Policy Act (NEPA) to identify scope of EIS and l solicit public input i

- Site visit (July 7 -10) l t

- 14 reviewers on-site for four-day period (five NRC,  !

nine PNNL [ Pacific Northwest National Labs]) li

- Included tours of entire site, transmission corridor, l Chesapeake Bay, neighboring communities j t

Documentation reviews and one-on-one interviews '

- Considerable corporate support l

- Considered a success by BGE l CCNPP License RenewalStatus Report to the USNRC 20 j 98-050 l

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Assessment  :

continued Environmental Impact Statement (EIS}

Scoping Process i

o Public Scoping Meetings (July 9; 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm) ,

Each session attended by 75 - 100 people Considerable community support and a variety of opinions expressed .

o NRC progress is on schedule CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 21

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Attention Areas l 0 Continue good communications between project managers o BGE ready to provide NRC or PNNL with additional information O Early " heads up" encouraged by BGE for significant issues o BGE reviewing SRP and Regulatory Guide O No feedback on SAMA review CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 22 98-050

Hearings Status o BGE aware of one petitioner - National Whistleblower Center O BGE/Shaw Pittman developing answer to filing; will oppose o BGE believes recent Commission Policy Statement (CLI-98-12) and previous decisions are clear on " standing" and

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Quality of Work - Assessment i i

O NRC executing rules (Parts 54 and 51) consistent with " spirit" or BGE understanding of intent o NRC observing all regulatory protocols in ,

review with regard to guidance O All "important" NRC " issues" are hard ':0 keep track of CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 24 98-050

1 Quality of Work -

Attention Areas i O BGE has submitted positions on " issues" either in application or in " white paper" 0 RAI responses should get early " thumbs up/down" to avoid surprises O Awaiting NRC decisions to support Safety Evaluation Report .

O Recommend " hit list" approach to track CCNPP License RenewalStatus Report to the USNRC 25 98-050

Communications - Assessment  ;

i O NRC and BGE have conducted five public meetings on technical issues o Telecons and videocons continue to be beneficial in supporting review O Environmental Report review communications good, SAMA review needs improved communication o Recommend monthly line management exchanges CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 26 98-050

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Costs - Assessment O Current NRC estimate for review at 22 person-years

- Includes technical and environmental

- Based on billing, appears to be at ~S300K per quarter rate

- Current billing reveals " credits," but not explicitly or consistently O If there are " cost overruns"

- Will investigate why, look for trends CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 27 l 98-050

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Status Summary 0 Currently, all milestones have been met by NRC and BGE O Concern that schedule will not be met o Staff working within regulatory framework; observing agreed upon protocols o Communications are good at working level o Costs appear to be leveled and genenc credits applied; consistency questionable CCNPP License Renewal Status Report to the USNRC 29 98-050 ,

Status Summary continued O Recommend increased management reviews; next meeting in September 1998 O Recommend developing " hit list" for management review / assessment

- RAI delivery ,

- Response and closure

- Open-issue tracking O Recommend aetter indicators for assessment l

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