ML20207M206
| ML20207M206 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/26/1999 |
| From: | Jerome Murphy NRC - CENTER REVIEW GROUP |
| To: | Travers W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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%g February 26, 1999 MEMORANDUM TO:
William D. Travers Executive Director for Operations FROM:
Joseph A. Murphy, Chairman Committee To Review Generic quir nts
SUBJECT:
MINUTES OF THE CRGR MEETING NUMBER 322 The Committee To Review Generic Requirements (CRGR) met on Friday, June 12,1998, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Attachment 1 contains a list of attendees.
G. Lainas, J. Strosnider, T. Reed and E. Murphy, all of NRR, briefed the Committee on the
- steam generator tube integrity package consisting of a proposed generic letter and a draft regulatory guide (DG-1074). The staff's presentation material is included in Attachment 2. The CRGR made extensive comments on the scope and contents of the generic letter, which were addressed by the staff prior to formal CRGR review for endorsement on July 21,1999, at CRGR meeting No. 325. The minutes of that meeting, which were issued on February 26,1999, contain details.
Also at this meeting, J. Roe (NRR) presented for CRGR review and endorsement the final rule on financial assurance for decommissioning nuclear power plants. The staff's presentation material is included as Attachment 3. The CRGR had deferred the review of this rulemaking at the proposed rule stage. At this mceting, the Committee made minor comments and endorsed it for issuance.
In accordance with the EDO's July 18,1983 directive conceming " Feedback and Closure of CRGR Review," a written response is required m.... the cognizant office to report agreement or disagreement with the CRGR recommendations in these minutes. The response is to be forwarded to the CRGR Chairman and if there is disagreement with the CRGR recommendations, to the EDO for decision making.
Questions concerning these meeting minutes should be referred to Raji Tripathi (415-7584).
Attachments: As stated cc:
Commission (5)
SECY F. Miraglia, DEDR M. Knapp, DEDE M. Springer, ADM J. Larkins, ACRS
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FROM:
Joseph A. Murphy, Chairman (Original /s/ by J. Murphy) l Committee to Review Generic Requirements
SUBJECT:
MINUTES OF THE CRGR MEETING NUMBER 322 The Committee To Review Generic Requirements (CRGR) met on Friday, June 12,1998, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.' Attachment 1 contains a list of attendees.
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G. Lainas, J. Strosnider, T. Reed and E. Murphy, all of NRR, briefed the Committee on the
. steam generator tube integrity package consisting of a proposed generic letter and a draft i
regulatory guide (DG-1074). The staff's presentation materialis included in Attachment 2. The CRGR made extensive comments on the scope and contents of the generic letter, which were addressed by the staff prior to formal CRGR review for endorsement on July 21,1999, at CRGR 3
meeting No. 325. The minutes of that meeting, which were issued on February 26,1999, l
contain details.
Also at this meeting, J. Roe (NRR) presented for CRGR review and endorsement the final rule on financial assurance for decommissioning nuclear power plants. The staff's presentation materialis included as Attachment 3. The CRGR had deferred the review of this rulemaking at l
the proposed rule stage. At this meeting, the Committee made minor comments and endorsed it for issuance.-
l in accordance with the EDO's July 18,198'i directive conceming " Feedback and Closure of CRGR Review," a written response is requ. red from the cognizant office to report agreement or disagreement with the CRGR recommendations in these minutes. The response is to be forwarded to the CRGR Chairman and if there is disagreement with the CRGR l
recommendations, to the EDO for decision making.
Questions conceming these meeting minutes should be referred to Raji Tripathi (415-7584).
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e BRIEFED CRGR SEPTElW3ER 1997 ON PROPOSED SG GL STATUS l
DISCUSSED THE REVISED REGULATORY APPROACH (FROM RULE TO GL):
e REGULATORY EFFORT BEGAN IN EARLY 1994 AS A RULEMAKING DEVELOPED DRAFT RULE, DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE, PERFORMED RISK ASSESSMENT PERFORMED REGULATORY ANALYSIS (COMPLETED IN MARCHIAPRIL 1997) j i
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CURRENT TS DO NOT ENSURE SG TUBE INTEGRITY PER GOVERNING REGULATION AND LICENSING BASIS f
COMPLIANCE ISSUE: AMENABLE TO A GL' APPROACH I
COULD NOT GENERICALLY BACKFIT NEW RISK REQUIREMENTS (FAILED THE V/l TEST)
NEW REPAIR CRITERIA PROPOSALS OR INCREASES IN ACCIDENT LEAKAGE NEED TO BE SUPPORTED WITH RISK I
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APP A GDC 14: RCPB "SHALL BE DESIGNED, FABRICATED, ERECTED, AND TESTED SO AS TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY LOW PROBABILITY OF ABNORMAL LEAKAGE, RAPIDLY i
PROPAGATING FAILURE, AND OF GROSS RUPTURE" APP B CRITERlON IX: " CONTROL OF SPECIAL PROCESSES"- MEASURES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED TO ASSURE THAT SPECIAL PROCESSES INCLUDING... NONDESTRUCTIVE l
TESTING ARE CONTROLLED AND ACCOMPLISHED BY QUALIFIED PERSONAL WITH j
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APP B CRITERlON XVI: " CORRECTIVE ACTION"- MEASURES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED TO ASSURE THAT CONDITIONS ADVERSE TO QUALITY... ARE PROMPTLY IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED i
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TS REQ'TS FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR ARE PRESCRIPTIVE AND OUT-OF-DATE i
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MEETING TS REQ'TS DOES NOT, BY ITSELF, ENSURE TUBE INTEGRITY i
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TECHNIQUES WHICH ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF TS AND ASME SECTION XI REQUIREMENTS NDE SIZING ERROR AND DEGRADATION GROWTH RATES CAN BE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THAT ALLOWED FOR IN THE TS REPAIR CRITERIA AND INSPECTION INTERVAL i
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PROPOSED GL 98-XX REGULATORY ISSUE CONT' TS FREQUENCY AND TUBE SAMPLING REQ'TS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO ENSURE TUBES ARE INSPECTED BEFORE INTEGRITY IS IMPAIRED i
GIVEN TS SHORTCOMINGS LICENSEES WITH SIGNIFICANT DEGRADATION FREQUENTLY FIND e
IT NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT ACTIONS BEYOND TS AND CODE REQ'TS TO ENSURE TUBE INTEGRITY (AD HOC PROCESS) o INTERIM ACTION:
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INTEGRITY IS MAINTAINED GiVEN THE CURRENT TS SHORTCOMINGS l
ISSUANCE OF NUMEROUS GLs AND ins (e.g., GL 95-03, GL 97-05, GL 97-06)
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REQUESTS LICENSEES AMEND TSs PER GL TS GUIDANCE OR IMPLEMENT EQUIVALENT I
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REQUESTED ACTIONS AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION:
REQUESTS ADDRESSEES TO REVISE TSs PER MODEL GL TSs i
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ALSO MAY PROPOSE FLEX TS PER EXAMPLE TSs, ALTERNATIVE REPAIR CRITERIA, OR USE OF PROBABIL!STIC STRUCTURAL CRITERIA - NEED TO SUPPORT WITH RISK
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PROGRAMMATIC FEATURES SUCH AS CONDITION, OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT, NDE l
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ATTACHES EXAMPLE TS FOR LICENSEES WHO WISH TO IMPL EMENT " FLEX" DOSE ASSESSMENT APPROACH
" FLEX" TS INTENDED TO PROVIDED FLEXIBILITY TO LICENSEES TO ADJUST RCS SPECIFIC ACTIVITY TO ENABLE INCREASES IN CALCULATED ACCIDENT INDUCED LEAKAGE-WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A TS AMENDMENT FOR CACH CHANGE i
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s RISK MAY INCREASE DEPENDENT OM "HE AMOUNT, SEVERITY, AND LOCATION OF DEGRADATION LEFT IN SERVICE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A RISK ASSESSMENT WITH CONSIDERATION OF DEFENSE-IN-DEPTH FOLLOWING RG 1.174 GUIDELINES RISK ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO CONSIDER EACH DEGRADATION FOR WHICH PROPOSED APPROACH IS BEING APPLIED 1
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REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL ENABLE STAFF TO DETERMINE WHETHER ADDITIONAL l
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IN PWRs NOT MAINTAINING SG TUBE INTEGRITY TO ENSURE TUBE INTEGRITY IS MAINTAINED PER GDC 14 (OR ITS EQUIVALENT) NEED TO DO MORE THAN MINIMUM TS REQUIREMENTS j
PWR LICENSEES CURRENTLY DO MORE THAN THE MINIMUM TS REQUIREMENTS IN RESPONSE TO STAFF AD HOC REGULATION PWR LICENSEES MAY NEED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF GL 98-XX i
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RESPONDENTS.
BASED ON COMMENTS ON THE ANPR, THE NRC DEVELOPED A PROPOSED RULE THAT IT PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON SEPTEMBER 10,1997.
i THE.NRC RECEIVED 33 COMMENT LETTERS AND OVER 200 COMMENTS COVERING OVER 50 ISSUES ON THE PROPOSED RULE.
THESE INCLUDED LETTERS FROM 25 LICENSEES OR LICENSEE ORGANIZATIONS,5 STATE AGENCIES OR.PUCs,2 PUBLIC INTEREST i
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OF CURRENT RULE THE CURRENT RULE DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN " ELECTRIC UTILdTY" LICENSEES AND OTHERS WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING I
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THE ASSUMPTION BEHIND THIS DISTINCTION IS THAT AN " ELECTRIC UTILITY" CAN RECOVER ITS COSTS OF DECOMMISSIONING FROM RATEPAYERS AS MANDATED BY ITS RATE REGULATOR (S).
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SINKING FUND METHOD OF FUNDING ASSURANCE.
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INCORPORATES THAT DISTINCTION IN 9 50.75.
-i MAJOR ELEMENTS OF FINAL RULE.
-- BROADENS ALLOWABLE ASSURANCE MECHANISMS TO INCLUDE NON-BYPASSABLE WIRES CHARGES AND, UNDER CERTAIN l
CIRCUMSTANCES, LONG-TERM CONTRACTS; i
-- ALLOWS A CREDIT FOR EARNINGS ON EXTERNAL SINKING j
FUNDS OF 2% (OR GREATER, IF PUC/FERC APPROVED);
IMPOSES A REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON THE STATUS OF i
DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS TO SIMPLIFY PROCESS OF j
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THE STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE FINAL RULE DOES NOT REPRESENT A BACKFIT AND REPRESENTS AN EASING OF BURDEN ON POWER REACTOR LICENSEES.
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t The Committee To Review Generic. Requirements (CRGR) met on Friday, June 12,1998, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Attachment 1 contains a list of attendees.
G. Lainas, J. Strosnider, T. Reed and E. Murphy, all of NRR, briefed the Committee on the steam generator tube integrity oackage consisting of a proposed generic letter and a draft l
l regulatory guide (DG-1074). Die staffs presentation material is included in Attachment 2. The CRGR made extensive comments on the scope and contents of the generic letter, which were addressed by the staff prior to formal CRGR review for endorsement on July 21,1999, at CRGR j
meeting No. 325. The minutes of that meeting, which were issued on February 26,1999, contain details.
i Also at this meeting, J. Roe (NRR) presented for CRGR review and endorsement the final rule on financial assurance for decommissioning nuclear power plants. The staff's presentation materialis included as Attachment 3. The CRGR had deferred the review of this rulemaking at.
l the proposed rule stage. At this meetireg, the Committee made minor comments and endorsed it-forissuance.
In accordance with the EDO's July 18,1983 directive conceming " Feedback and Closure of l
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Questions concerning these meeting minutes should be referred to Raji Tripathi (415-7584).
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February 26, 1999 MEMORANDUM TO:
William D. Travers y
Executive Director for Operations FROM:
Joseph A. Murphy, Chairman Committee To Review Generic quir nts
SUBJECT:
MINUTES OF THE CRGR MEETING NUMBER 322 The Committee To Review Generic Requirements (CRGR) met on Friday, June 12,1998, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Attachment 1 contains a list of attendees.
G. Lainas, J. Strosnider, T. Reed and E. Murphy, all of NRR, briefed the Committee on the steam generator tube integrity package consisting of a proposed generic letter and a draft regulatory guide (DG-1074). The staff's presentation materialis included in Attachment 2. The CRGR made extensive comments on the scope and contents of tM generic letter, which were addressed by the staff prior to formal CRGR review for endorsement on July 21,1999, at CRGR meeting No. 325. The minutes of that meeting, which were issued on February 26,1999, contain details.
Also at this meeting, J. Roe (NRR) presented for CRGR review and endorsement the final rule on financial assurance for decommissioning nuclear power plants. The staff's presentation material is included as Attachment 3. The CRGR had deferred the review of
!s rulemaking at the proposed rule stage. At this meeting, the Committee made minor comments and endorsed it for issuance.
In accordance with the EDO's July 18,1983 directive conceming " Feedback Lnd Closure of CRGR Review," a written response is required from the cognizant office to report agreement or disagreement with the CRGR recommendations in these minutes. The response is to be forwarded to toe CRGR Chairman and if there is disagreement with the CRGR recommendations, to the EDO for decision making.
Questions conceming these meeting minutes should be referred to Raji Tripathi (415-7584).
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