ML20217G770
| ML20217G770 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/06/1997 |
| From: | Joshua Wilson NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Essig T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9710140203 | |
| Download: ML20217G770 (5) | |
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WASHINGTON D.C. soseHoot October 6, 1997 MEMORANDUM TO:
Thomas H. Essig. Acting Chief Gene.'c Issues and Environmental Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management. NRR FROM:
James H. Wilson Senior Project Manag bll %T Standardization Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management.
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SUMMARY
OF PUBLIC MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 21.
1997. WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR FUEL TEC On August 21. 1997, the staff held a public meeting at NRC headquarters in Rockville. Maryland with representatives of General Electric Nuclear Ene (GENE).
The surpose of this meeting was to bring the NRC staff up-to date on activities be' ng undertaken by GENE in the area of fuels technology.
attendees and their affiliations is provided as Attachment 1.
A list of GENE first provided an organizational update and described a proposed Er 'ganization in which Fuels Licensing is to be merged with Nuclear Fuel reor
,eering.
Glenn Watford will be the GENE interface for Fuels Licensing.
anversion process. Currently GENE is doing product testi The dry conversion process has the benefit of reducing regulatory risks and reducing conversion costs.
pellets) with the same specifications as the existing product.This conve Full production with this new process is expected to begin October 1. 1997.
The staff and GENE discussed the current status of submittals und R-factor calculations:
e Revision 1 has been issued.This topical report was submitted October 1995 and The NRC staff has issued a request for additional information, however. GENE still must submit a non-proarietary l) version of the RAI responses before the staff can complete its SER.
SLMCPR (GESTAR II):
e GENE has received the staff's request for additional information, however. GENE may have trouble meeting the staff's requested
[6 response date.
The staff provided clarification of some of the RAI l
questions and discussed a recent Peach Bottom submittal.
GENE reported that all action items for SLMCPR non-conformances have been completed.
The NRC staff ex)ressed concern that employing this methodology could result in safety limit changes each cycle. GENE requested that the staff expedite its review of this item, f
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e Steady-State Nuclear Methods Imorovements: GENE reported that licensees-are ready to -implement these imarovements in the Fall of 1997.
The improved methodology, which resulted from a staff inspection in August 1995, predicts behavior similar to that seen using the previous methods.
The staff -is _ considering whether to -issue a letter recognizing the implementation of these improved methods.
Finally, GENE described its revisbn of GESTAR to reference the BWROG stability solution.
This p posed " administrative revision" would address the-long-term stabilit wording y issue
. The revision would consist mostly of references, with few changes.
ENE described several examples of how-the change would be implemented. GENE proposes to submit Rev.1 to NE00 32339 in the 3rd quarter of 1998. This schedule is contingent upon successful issuance the safety evaluation on Revision 0, currently under staff review, t
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Steady-State Nuclear Methods Imorovements: GENE reported that licensees are ready to implement these 1marovements in the Fall of 1997.
The improved methodology which resulted from a staff inspection in August 1995, predicts behavior similar to that seen using the previous methods.
The staff -is. considering whether to issue a letter recognizing the implementation of these improved methods.
Finally, GENE described its revision of GESTAR to reference the BWROG stability solution. This proposed " administrative revision" would address the long term stability issue wording changes.galy. The revision would consist mostly of references. with few GENE described several examples of how the change would be implemented. GENE proposes to submit Rev.1 to NED0-32339 in the 3rd quarter of 1998. This schedule is contingent upon successful issuance the safety evaluation on Revision 0, currently under staff review.
The staff and NEDE agreed to hold additional fuel technology update meetings in the future.
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LIST OF ATTENDEES AT MEETING WITH GENE FOR FUEL TECHNOL0bY UPDATE HELD IN RDCKVILLE. MARYLAND ON AUGUST 21, 1997 I
BAME AFFILIATION M. Case NRC S.-l. Wu NRC H. Richings NRC R. Fraht NRC E. Kendrick NRC T. Huang NRC L. Phillips NRC l
Z. Abdullahi NRC J. Carew BNL J. Rash GE S. Congdon GE R. Reda GE
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Ralph J. Reda.-Manager Fuel and Facility Licensing General Electric Company P.O. Box 780-l Wilmington,-NC 28402 i
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