ML20203H909

Notification of 980305 Meeting W/Utility in Rockville,Md to Discuss Vynpc Plans & Activities Re Containment Analysis, Bases for Maintaining Operations Related to Startup

ML20203H909
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	02/23/1998
From:	Jabbour K NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Thomas C NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9803030357
Download: ML20203H909 (5)

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MEMORANDUM TO: Cecil O. Thom:s, Director

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• Project Directorata 13 Divi:lon of R: actor Projects - 1/II FROM: Kahtan N. Jabbour, Sr. Project Manager 0 ri g i na l s i g ned by Project Directorate 13

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SUBJECT:

MEETING WITH VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER  !

CORPORATION (VYNPC)

DATE & TIME: March 5,1998 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 0-6-B-11 Rockville, Maryland PURPOSE: To discuss VYNPC's plans and activities regarding the containment analysis, bases for maintaining operations (BMOs) related to startup, integrated assessment of open BMOs and their impact on emergency core cooling system safety and risk, and amendments and NRC actions needed before restart of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station following its forthcoming refueling outage (see attached agenda).

PARTICIPANTS:

• Participants from the NRC include members of the Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) and Region I (RGN-1)

NRQ VYNPC C. Thomas, t'RR D.' Reid, et al.

J. Wiggins, RGN-l C. Cowgill, RGN-l E. Kelly, RGN-l T. Collins, NRR C. Berlinger,NRR T. Marsh, NRR M. Caruso, NRR '

R. Eckenrode, NRR K. Jabbour, et al., NRR ll l llfflll lll ll Docket No. 50-271 ..

Attachment:

Agenda

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%etings between NRC technical staff and applicants or licensees are open for interested members of the public, petit.oners.

trtervenors. or other partes to attend as observers pursuant to " Commission Policy Statement on Staff Meetings Open to the Public." 59 Federal Rectster 48340. 9/20/94.

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%g.e...,/ February 23, 1998 MEMORANDUM TO: Cect' O. Thomas, Director Project Directorate 1-3 Division of Reactorpojects - t/11 ddt. 4. ff&

FROM: Kahtan N. Jabbour, Sr. Project Manager Pro}ect Directorate 1-3 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11

SUBJECT:

MEETING WITH VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION (VYNPC)-(TAC NO. MA0987)

DATE & TIME: March 5,1998 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• LOCATION: One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 0-6-B-11 Rockville, Maryland -

PURPOSE: To discuss VYNPC's plans and activities regarding the centainment analysis, bases for maintaining operations (BMOs) related to startup, integrated assessment of open BMOs and their impact on emer0ency core cooling system safety and risk, and amendments and NRC actions iteW1 before restart of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station fourving its forthcoming refueling outage (see attached agenda),

PARTICIPANTS:

• Participants from the NRC include members of the Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) and Region I (RGN-1) tRQ VYNPC C. Thomas, NRR D. Reid, et al.

J. Wiggins, RGN-l C. Cowgill, RGN-l E. Kelly, RGN-l T. Collins, NRR C. Berlinger,NRR T. Marsh, NRR M. Caruso, NRR R. Eckenrode, NRR K. Jabbour, et al., NRR Docket No. 50-271

Attachment:

A.genda cc w/ attach: See next page CONTACT: Kahtan N. Jabbour, (301) 415-1496

• Meetings between NRC techrncal staff and appheants or heensees are open for interested membc a of the public petitioners, intervenors. or other partes to attend as observers pursuant to " Commission Pohey Statement or. Staff Meetings open to the Pubhc.* 59 Federal Maciater 48340. 9/20/94.

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Hard Conv Docket Flie PUBLIC PD13 r/f OGC ACRS K.Jabbour Receptionist, OWFN & TWFN i

E-Mail S. Collins /F, Miraglia B. Boger (BAB2)

J. Zwolinski(JAZ) ~

C. Thomat (COT)

T. Clark (TLC 1)

D. Ross (SLM3)

OPA C. Berlinger (CHB) '

T. Collins (TEC)

T. Marsh (LBM)

M.Caruso (MAC)

R. Eckenrode (RJE1)

J. Wiggins (JTW1) '

C. Cowgill(CJC1)

B. McCabe (BCM)

D. Serenci(DPS)

E. Kelly (EMK)

PMNS (Meeting Announcement Coordinator) i

. 'c i Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station ec: -

Regional Administrator, Region i . Mr. Raymond N. McCandless U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission = Vermont Division of Occupational

- 475 Allendale Road and Radiological Health l King o russia, PA 19406 Administration Building -

Montpelier,VT 05602  ;

Mr.De . R. Lewis '

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Mr. Gautam Son 2300 N Street, N.W. Licensing Manager Washington, DC 20037-1128 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation -

Mr. Richard P. Sedano, Commissioner 185 Old Ferry Road Vermont Department of Public Service Brattleboro,VT 05301 120 State Street,3rd Floor .

Montpelier,VT 05602- Resident inspector Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station .

L Public Service Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- State of Vermont P.O. Box 176 120 State Street

. Vemon, VT 05354 Montpelier,VT 05602 Mr. Peter LaPorte, Director Chairman, Board of Selectmen ATTN: James Muckerheide Town of Vemon- Massachusetts Emergency Management P.O. Box 116 Agency Vemon, VT 05354-0116 400 Worcester Rd.

P.O. Box 1496 Mr. Richard E. McCullough _

Framingham, MA 01701-0317

j. Operating Experience Coordinator Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Mr. Donald A. 'Reid P.O. Box 157 Senior Vice Proi.dsnt, Operations Govemor Hunt Road Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.

Vemon,VT 05354 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05301 G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.

Deputy Attomey Genera!

33 Capitol Street -

Concord, NH 03301-6937 Chief, Safety Unit

. Otfice of the Attomey General One Ashburton Place,19th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Ms. Deborah B. Katz Box 83

( Shellbume Falls, MA 01370 Jonathan M. Block, Esq.

Main 87eet P. ' O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566 1

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1 AGENDA MEETING BETWEEN NRC AND VERMONT YANKEE NUCI PAR POWER CORPORATION MARCH 5.1998 INTRODUCTION.

CONTAINMENT ANALYSIS -

(a) Review history of torus temperature issue l, (b) Describe the conservative licensing case to be analyzed t

(c) romparison of the conservative licencing case to Final Safety Analysis Report

-(d) lasues to be addressed for the conservative licensing case: emergency operating procedures changes, equipment qualification evaluations, analysis assumptions (e) Schedule (f) Short- and Long terms plans

-(g) StrainerInstallation BASES FOR MAINTAINING OPERATIONS (BMOs) RELATED TO STARTUP (a) BMO process overview _

(b) Current status of BMO closure efforts (pre. outage and during outage)

- (c)- BMOs scheduled to be open at startup

- BMOs related to licensing activities

- BMOs related to industryissues

- BMOs related to engineering activities scheduled after the outage

'lNTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF OPEN BMOs AND THEIR IMPACT ON EMERGENCY CORE COOLING (ECC) SYSTEM SAFET" AND RISK (a) Operability review of each ECC system and the impact of its associated BMOs (b) Procedure changes requirM to reflect the impact on open BMOs (c) Required training to accor..modate to reflect the impact of open BMOs on the station (d) impact on overall risk due to open BMOs (e) Schedule for closing out BMOs AMENDMENTS AND NRC ACT80NS NEEDED BEFORE RESTART (a) Review of the status of licensee submmals currently under NRC review (b) Discussion of potential amendments needed before restart or soon after restart (c) Schedule forlicensee submittals and review time CONCLUSION Attachment

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