ML20202D018
| ML20202D018 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 12/27/1995 |
| From: | Wessman R NRC |
| To: | NRC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20202C086 | List:
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| References | |
| FRN-62FR63892, RULE-PR-50 AE26-1-038, AE26-1-38, NUDOCS 9802130103 | |
| Download: ML20202D018 (2) | |
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from: Richard Wessman To: PLC vfcg Date: 12/27/95 4: 18pm <
- Subjet: 50.55a Rule Change Guidance
-Jack Strosnider attended the NRR ET meeting (for Ashok T.) this morning and Bill Russell talked about the agreement reached between Dr. Morrison. Ed
-Jordan and himself on the proposed rule change package. See the attached.
Please set up a meeting for next week to discuss our understanding of the actions and task responsibilities,-and schedule. Attendees should include someone-from CBLA group, Beckner's PD, Hermann, Serpan, Cherny, etc.
A couple of initial thoughts, based on my conversation with Jack Strosnider:
- 1. . S mce the remainder of the package is essentially EMCB. material, Jack
-assigned Bob Hermann to assume responsibility for those pvrtions. Please work with him. I think you and F. Cherny should help on language regarding the endorsement of the 1995 edition of the Code.
'2. Since we have already started on the text of the Entergy response, you should keep that task and work with Projects - whoever W.'Beckner assigns.
Note we are not to tell Entergy of our position until the Commission paper is done.
- 3. I suggest you take the lead for ADT's assigned responsiti.ity for
. preparing the Commission paper.regarding our approach to be taken with Entergy. This will- take coordination with Imbro's folks, since the original request was a C8LA, as well as projects and RES.
4 I believe'RES already-has agreed they will'do the letter to ASME.
Dick CC: TLC,-JRS2, RAH, TWD2.TWPO.MEM2, TWD2 TWPO.JWC1, TW...
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REVISED APPROACH TO 50.55a RULE UPDATE - from J. Strosnider's notes for tne NRR ET meetin9 on 12/27/95 BILL RUSSELL, DAVE MORRISON AN9 ED JORDAN HAD ME7 TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED REVISION TO 50.55A.
IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE PROPOSED METHOD FOR UPDATING TO MORE RECENT EDITIONS OF THE CODE (A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ENTERGY CBLA PROPOSAL) SHOL'LD BE DROPPED FROM THE RULE PACKAGE. HENCE, THE EX2 STING 120~ _;
MONTH UPDATE PROVISIONS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT; THERE IS NO " BASELINE" TO THE 1989/90 CODE; AND VOLUNTARY USE OF LATER EDITIONS OF THE CODE IS NOT PART OF THE RULE CHANGE. THE LOGIC FOR THIS DECISION, AT LEAST IN PART, WAS THAT THE ASME NOT THE NRC SHOULD IDENTIFY WHICH PARTS OF THE CODE SHOULD BE CONSIDERE
-REQUIRED" VERSES " OPTIONAL". BILL RUSSELL LAID OUT THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS:
- 1) PREPARE A COMMISSION PAPER LAYING OUT THE APPROACH TO BE TAKEN WITH REGAR
! TO ENTERGY'S PROPCSAL. ADT HAS THE OVERALL LEAD FOR PREPARING THE PAPER WITH THE FOLLOWING INPUT FROM OTHER ORGoNIZATIONS:
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-DENYING A)- NRR/ PROJECTS IS TO PREPARE A PROPOSED LETTER TO ENTERGY THEIR REQUEST AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO PURSUE THEIR PROPOSAL THROUGH THE ASME CODE (EMEB IS ALREADY DRAFTING THE PROPOSED LETTER TO ENTERGY AND WILL COORDINATE WITH PROJECTS)
THE B) RES IS TO PREPARE A PRooOSED LETTER _TO THE ASME EXPLAINItG IT MAY BE INDUSTRY'S (i e. ENTERGY'S) PROPOSAL AND NRC's CONCLUSION THAT CODE APPROPRIATE FOR ASME (vs. NRC) TO IDENTIFY WHICH PORTIONS OF THE SHOU'.D BE MANDATORY UPDATES AND WHICH PARTS SHOULD BE OPTIONAL, AND THAT THE NRC WOULD CONSIDER ADOPTING SUCH A VERSION OF THE CODE.
(ED JORDAN WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT TO THIS LETTER.)
ITEMS A AND B, ABOVE, WILL BE ATTACHMENTS TO THE COMMISSION PAPER,-AND WILL tCT BE ISSUED UNTIL AFTER THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN INFORMED? AG1EED?
- 2) REMOVE THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED METHOD OF UPDATING TO NEW' CODE EDITIONS (i.e. FREEZING THE UPDATES AT 1989 OR VOLUNTARILY ACCEPTING MORE RECENT f EDITIONS) AND (ALTHOUGH BILL DIDN'T EXPLICITLY SAY_ SO) REVISE THE. RULE CHANGE TO ENDORSE PROPOSED e.g., THE 1995 EDITION OF THE CODE. OTHER CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATION OF THE NEW EDITION OF APPEMDIX G (TO ELIMINATE NEED FOR EXEMPTION REQUESTS RELATIVE TO LTOP SET POINTS), INOORPORATION OF APPENDIX VIII ON NDE PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATION, INCORPORATION OF GUIDAtCE ON TEMPORARY REPAIRS, WOULD REMAIN IN THE REVISED 50.55a. RES HAS THE LEAD ON i THIS ISSUE WITH SUPPORT FROM NRR/DE. ,
-NO_ SCHEDULE FOR THE ABOVE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE NEED A MEETING BETWEEN THE APPROPRIATE PARTS OF RES AND tER TO W)RK OUT A PLAN WITH SCHEDULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COMPLETING THE ABOVE.
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