ML22318A199

Summary of November 7, 2022, Meeting with Indiana Michigan Power Company Regarding Neutron Flux Instrumentation for Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

ML22318A199
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	11/21/2022
From:	Scott Wall NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL3
To:	Indiana Michigan Power Co
References
EPID L-2022-LRM-0089
Download: ML22318A199 (1)

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November 21, 2022 LICENSEE: Indiana Michigan Power Company, LLC FACILITY: Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF NOVEMBER 7, 2022, MEETING WITH INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY REGARDING NEUTRON FLUX INSTRUMENTATION FOR DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (EPID L-2022-LRM-0089)

On November 7, 2022, an observation public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M, the licensee) via webinar. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss planned license amendment requests (LARs) for the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (CNP), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, related to removing Neutron Flux Instrumentation from Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.3., Post Accident Monitoring (PAM) Instrumentation. The meeting notice and agenda dated October 28, 2022, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML22301A039. The I&Ms meeting handout dated November 7, 2022 is available at ML22307A004. A list of attendees is enclosed.

The licensee indicated that currently one of the two channels required at CNP, Unit 2, is unable to meet environmental qualification requirements. Though the channel is otherwise fully functional, the vendor was not available to support repairing or replacement during the recent refueling outage. TS 3.3.3 requires that should the remaining channel become inoperable, the licensee would be required to restore at least one channel within 7 days. The vendor has indicated that it is reducing all its support for Gamma-Metrics instrumentation by the end of 2024. The potential license amendments would reclassify the Neutron Flux PAM function to Category 3, as defined in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.97, Criteria for Accident Monitoring Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Plants. This would eliminate the need for environmental qualification requirements. Additionally, the amendments would remove the Neutron Flux function from TS Table 3.3.3-1.

I&M currently plans to submit the LAR request soon.

No members of the public participated in the meeting. No regulatory decisions were made at this meeting.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2855, or Scott.Wall@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Scott P. Wall, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc: Listserv

LIST OF ATTENDEES NOVEMBER 7, 2022, PUBLIC MEETING WITH I&M DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 PLANNED LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST RELATED TO NEUTRON FLUX INSTRUMENTATION Name Organization Scott Wall Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Brian Wittick NRC Tarico Sweat NRC Adam Rau NRC Andrea Keim NRC Kamishan Martin NRC Nan Chien NRC Jen Meszaros NRC Michael K. Scarpello Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M)

Helen L Levendosky I&M Bradford M Culwell I&M Daniel J Vincent I&M Keith A Steinmetz I&M Eddie Hoskin I&M Doug Badgero I&M Enclosure

ML22318A199 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL3/PM NRR/DORL/LPL3/LA NRR/DORL/LPL3/BC NRR/DORL/LPL3/PM NAME SWall SRohrer NSalgado SWall DATE 11/10/2022 11/15/2022 11/18/2022 11/21/2022