ML22257A236

Summary of September 13, 2022, Partially Open and Partially Closed Pre-Submittal Meeting Held with SNC, Regarding a Proposed OLM License Amendment Request for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

ML22257A236
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	09/19/2022
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL2-1
To:	Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Lamb J, NRR/DORL/LPL2-1
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ML22257A237	List: ML22257A236
References
EPID L-2022-LRM-0067
Download: ML22257A236 (4)

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September 19, 2022 LICENSEE: Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

FACILITY: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2022, PARTIALLY OPEN AND PARTIALLY CLOSED PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING HELD WITH SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, INC., REGARDING A PROPOSED ONLINE MONITORING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (EPID NO. L-2022-LRM-0067)

On September 13, 2022, a partially open and a partially closed meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee). The purpose of the meeting was for SNC to describe its plan to submit a license amendment request (LAR) for online monitoring (OLM) for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Units 1 and 2.

The proposed Vogtle, Units 1 and 2, LAR would revise Technical Specification (TS) 1.1, Use and Application Definitions and add TS 5.5.22 Online Monitoring Program. SNC proposes to use an OLM methodology as the technical basis to switch from time-based surveillance frequency for channel calibrations to a condition-based calibration frequency based on OLM results. The proposed change will be based on the NRC-approved topical report by Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS) with topical report number AMS-TR-0720R2-A, Online Monitoring Technology to Extend Calibration Intervals of Nuclear Plant Pressure Transmitters, dated August 11, 2021 (Agencywide Document and Access Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21179A060).

A list of attendees is provided as an Enclosure.

On August 26, 2022 (ML22242A297), the meeting was noticed on the NRC public webpage.

The NRC staff opened the meeting with introductory remarks and a roll call of the attendees.

The SNC representative discussed the following topics: (1) purpose, (2) background, and (3) LAR overview.

The SNC representative presented slides contained in ML22251A000.

The SNC and AMS representatives indicated that it was their intent to develop a LAR submittal containing no proprietary information, but would describe any proprietary methodologies, where it was necessary. The SNC and AMS representatives said that the description of these methodologies would be contained within separate referenced proprietary reports. The SNC and AMS representatives also indicated that data supporting the NRC staffs evaluation would be made available on an electronic portal for audit purposes, if necessary. If the NRC staff identified that some of this information would be needed on the docket to document the basis for the NRC staffs conclusions regarding acceptability, the NRC would develop requests for additional information to obtain this basis.

There was two members of the public in attendance.

The open portion of the meeting was adjourned at 10:57 am Eastern Time (ET). The closed portion of the meeting began at 11:00 am and adjourned at 12:20 pm. During the closed portion of the meeting, SNC presented slides that contained proprietary information. The NRC staff asked questions related to the proprietary slides.

The NRC staff made no regulatory decisions during the meeting.

Once received, the NRC staff will perform a thorough review of the proposed LAR. The NRC staff will make any regulatory decisions in writing in a timely manner.

Public Meeting Feedback forms were available, but no comments were received.

Please direct any inquiries to me at John.Lamb@nrc.gov or 301-415-3100.

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch, II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv

LIST OF ATTENDEES SEPTEMBER 13, 2022, PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING WITH SOUTHERN NUCLEAR COMPANY REGARDING A PROPOSED ONLINE MONITORING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 ATTENDEE REPRESENTING John G. Lamb* U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Mike Markley NRC Mike Waters NRC Vic Cusumano NRC Richard Stattel* NRC Henry Wagage NRC David Rahn NRC Joe Ashcraft NRC Charles Peabody, Jr. NRC Norbert Carte NRC Tarico Sweat NRC Brian Wittick NRC Ken Lowery* Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC)

DeLisa Pournaras SNC Cheryl Gayheart SNC Amy Chamberlain* SNC Otis Seals* SNC DeLisa Pourarias SNC Mark Burzynski* Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS)

Greg Morton* AMS Jacob Houser AMS Brent Shumaker* AMS Ryan OHagan* AMS H.M. Hashemian* AMS Edwin Riggsbee AMS Eternity Perry AMS Mehrad Hasemian AMS Phil Couture Public Clayton Crouch Public

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PKG: ML2257A237 Meeting Notice: ML22237A318 Meeting Summary: ML22257A236 Meeting Slides: ML22251A000 OFFICE DORL/LPL2-1/PM DORL/LPL2-1/LA DEX/EICB/BC DORL/LPL2-1/BC DORL/LPL2-1/PM NAME JLamb KGoldstein MWaters MMarkley JLamb DATE 9/13/2022 09/15/2022 9/15/2022 9/16/2022 9/19/2022