ML20245F997
| ML20245F997 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/07/1989 |
| From: | Sheron B NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | Wilson R BABCOCK & WILCOX OPERATING PLANTS OWNERS GROUP, GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
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| Download: ML20245F997 (2) | |
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Dear On March 17,
1989, mpresentatives from the B&WOG 6nd NR'C met to discuss the conclusions and commendations of the Once Through Steam Generator (OTSG)
Technical Advisory Group (TAG) repon. This letter outlines the near term activities which will be undertaken to implement the agreements reached during that meeting.
The NRC, the B&WOG, and the Electric Power Research Institute (although not present at the meeting) all agreed to endorse the OTSG TAG conclusions and recommendations. Furthermom, the B&WOG agreed to jointly fund with NRC an experimental program to obtain the data identified by TAG as being deficient, provided that the program has the following essential characteristics, upon which NRC concurs:
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It is jointly managed by a program management group (PMG) consisting of a representative from each of the participating organizations, (2)
It is assured that the program will produce useful data for the purpose intended, and (3)
It is assured that the scope of the program i.s fixed, and focused on the thermal-hydraulic data deficiencies identified by TAG.
Funhermore, the B&WOG stated that any future joint program with the NRC should not serve as the basis for increased fee assessment to those utilities with B&W plants.
The appropriate NRC staff will be informed of this view.
Regarding the cost sharing of this experimental program, the B&WOG renewed their commitment in the letter agreement of 10/2/87 to provide 50% of the total program cost up to a maximum of $2 million.
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Mr. R. Wilson It was agreed that we should request the current MIST PMG to examine facility l
designs and provide us with a recommendation on how to best proceed with an OTSG testing program. We propose that the MIST PMG obtain two independent test scoping assessments and cost-estimates for this purpose, one fmm B&W and the other from the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. We estimate that this effort will take approximately a mouth and a half to accomplish. Once these estimates are provided, I propose _that we meet again to finalize the necessary agreements and to initiate an OTSG experimental program as appmpriate.
The participants from NRC, as well as those from the national laboratories, appreciated working with industry representatives in this endeavor. At this time, it is clear that the OTSG TAG has accomplished its mission successfully, and should therefore be disbanded after the issuance of the TAG report.
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h%M MN Brian W. Sheron, Director Division of Systems Research Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research cc:
S. Nesbit, Duke Power Company J. P. Sursock, EPRI R. Y. Lee, NRC R. A. Turner, B&W
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