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| issue date = 05/09/2011
| issue date = 05/09/2011
| title = 04/28/2011 Summary of Category 1 Public Meeting with Entergy on the Transfer of Spent Fuel from Unit 3 to Unit 2 at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC Nos. ME1671, ME1672, and L24299)
| title = 04/28/2011 Summary of Category 1 Public Meeting with Entergy on the Transfer of Spent Fuel from Unit 3 to Unit 2 at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC Nos. ME1671, ME1672, and L24299)
| author name = Boska J P
| author name = Boska J
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLI-1
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLI-1
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| docket = 05000247, 05000286
| docket = 05000247, 05000286
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| contact person = Boska J P,  NRR/DORL/LPLI-1, 301-415-290
| contact person = Boska J,  NRR/DORL/LPLI-1, 301-415-290
| case reference number = TAC ME1671, TAC ME1672, TAC L24299
| case reference number = TAC ME1671, TAC ME1672, TAC L24299
| document type = Meeting Summary, Meeting Briefing Package/Handouts, Slides and Viewgraphs
| document type = Meeting Summary, Meeting Briefing Package/Handouts, Slides and Viewgraphs
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==SUMMARY==
==SUMMARY==
OF APRIL 28, 2011, MEETING WITH ENTERGY ON THE TRANSFER OF SPENT FUEL FROM UNIT 3 TO UNIT 2 AT INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. ME1671, ME1672, AND L24299) On April 28, 2011, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) and Holtec International, Inc., one of the licensee's contractors, at the NRC's Executive Boulevard Building, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland.
OF APRIL 28, 2011, MEETING WITH ENTERGY ON THE TRANSFER OF SPENT FUEL FROM UNIT 3 TO UNIT 2 AT INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. ME1671, ME1672, AND L24299) On April 28, 2011, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) and Holtec International, Inc., one of the licensee's contractors, at the NRC's Executive Boulevard Building, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss progress on the project and the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI) dated March 16, 2011, which is publicly available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML 110690446.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss progress on the project and the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI) dated March 16, 2011, which is publicly available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML110690446.
The NRC's RAlletter was in response to Entergy's license amendment requests to authorize the transfer of spent fuel from the spent fuel pool at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit NO.3 (IP3) to the spent fuel pool at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No.2 (IP2) using a newly designed shielded transfer canister (STC) and an external shield cask (the HI-TRAC). From there, Entergy intends to transfer the spent fuel to the independent spent fuel storage installation which already exists at the site. The licensee presented information on the scope of the project and methods they would use to respond to the RAI questions.
The NRC's RAlletter was in response to Entergy's license amendment requests to authorize the transfer of spent fuel from the spent fuel pool at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit NO.3 (IP3) to the spent fuel pool at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No.2 (IP2) using a newly designed shielded transfer canister (STC) and an external shield cask (the HI-TRAC). From there, Entergy intends to transfer the spent fuel to the independent spent fuel storage installation which already exists at the site. The licensee presented information on the scope of the project and methods they would use to respond to the RAI questions.
Areas of discussion included the following:
Areas of discussion included the following:

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04/28/2011 Summary of Category 1 Public Meeting with Entergy on the Transfer of Spent Fuel from Unit 3 to Unit 2 at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC Nos. ME1671, ME1672, and L24299)
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Issue date: 05/09/2011
From: Boska J
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Boska J, NRR/DORL/LPLI-1, 301-415-290
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TAC ME1671, TAC ME1672, TAC L24299
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REGlI( UNITED "t;'01l NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 o iI: .fJ 't" May 9, 2011 ****.,.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3

SUMMARY

OF APRIL 28, 2011, MEETING WITH ENTERGY ON THE TRANSFER OF SPENT FUEL FROM UNIT 3 TO UNIT 2 AT INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. ME1671, ME1672, AND L24299) On April 28, 2011, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) and Holtec International, Inc., one of the licensee's contractors, at the NRC's Executive Boulevard Building, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss progress on the project and the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI) dated March 16, 2011, which is publicly available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML110690446.

The NRC's RAlletter was in response to Entergy's license amendment requests to authorize the transfer of spent fuel from the spent fuel pool at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit NO.3 (IP3) to the spent fuel pool at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No.2 (IP2) using a newly designed shielded transfer canister (STC) and an external shield cask (the HI-TRAC). From there, Entergy intends to transfer the spent fuel to the independent spent fuel storage installation which already exists at the site. The licensee presented information on the scope of the project and methods they would use to respond to the RAI questions.

Areas of discussion included the following:

1) which section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code would govern the design and fabrication of the STC; 2) which analysis methods and codes could be used for the criticality analyses;
3) what are the expected doses to plant workers from handling the STC, and how can these doses be minimized; and 4) what methods can be used to prevent or detect the loading of fuel assemblies into the STC that do not meet the design requirements of the STC. A list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 1, but may not be all inclusive.

The licensee's slide presentation is provided as Enclosure

2.

-2 No Public Meeting Feedback forms have been received.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2901, or by email to John.Boska@nrc.gov. J hn P. Boska, Senior Project Manager lant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees
2. Licensee Slides cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY MEETING ATTENDANCE FORM

Subject:

Indian Point Fuel Transfer Amendments Date: April 28, 2011 Location:

Executive Boulevard Building Room 1-B13 PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY NAME ORGANIZATION Enclosure 1

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION MEETING ATTENDANCE FORM

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Indian Point Fuel Transfer Amendments Date: April 28, 2011 Location:

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  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Entergy -Indian Point Energy -Oscar Limpias (V.P.

-John McCann (V.P. Nuclear Safety &

-.Tom Orlando (Director of

-Pat Conroy (Director Nuclear Safety

-Ed Weinkam (Senior Manager

-Bob Walpole (Manager

-Tom McCaffrey (Manager Design

-Joe De Francesco (Project

-Richard Drake (Supervisor Design

-Floyd Gumble (Supervisor Reactor

-Roger Waters

-John Skonieczny (Project

-Dave Smith (Certified Health Project Transfer Spent Nuclear Fuel from IPEC Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool to the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Restore Full Core Offload Capability for IP3 Reduce Spent Fuel Pool Inventory for IP3 Meeting Objectives Ensure a common understanding between Entergy and NRC of:

  • Fuel Transfer Operations
  • Licensing Approach
  • Schedule Need for Project Project Description Overview of Spent Fuel Transfer Project Fuel Transfer Operation
  • Transfer Schedule Licensing Summary -Submittals

-Request For Additional Information (RAI's) Path Forward Closing and Q&A Project Qbtain License Amendment approvals Perform Site modifications Fabricate equipment to support the transfer of spent fuel from the Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool to the Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Transfer Unit 3 Spent Fuel from Unit 2 to the ISFSI Fuel Transfer Operation Position HI-TRAC containing empty STC in Unit 3 Fuel Storage Building (FSB) Move Shielded Transfer canister (STC) into Unit 3 spent fuel pool Fuel loading, lid installation Remove STC from pool and place in Transfer Cask (HI-TRAC) Install STC lid bolting Perform leak testing of STC lid to shell area Perform STC Pressure Rise Test Perform leak testing of STC lid Vent & Drain ports Install H 1-TRAC solid Top Lid Perform pressure test of HI-TRAC sealing surfaces Using Air Pads, Move Hi-TRAC outside Unit 3 FSB . HI-TRAC moved with Vertical Cask Transporter (VCT) Move HI-TRAC/STC into Unit 2 FSB with existing Low Profile Transporter (LPT) Remove HI-TRAC Top Lid Using Unit 2 Gantry Crane lift STC and place in spent fuel pool cask handling area Remove STC Lid and move fuel to Unit 2 racks Dry cask and transfer Unit 3 fuel from Unit 2 to the ISFSI Fuel Transfer A HI-TRAC CONTAINING AN EMPTY SHIELDED TRANSFER CANISTER IS POSITIONED IN THE IP-3 CASK RECEIVING BAY HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

/// /' Fuel Transfer Sequence THE HI-TRAC TOP LID IS REMOVED AND THE SHIELDED TRANSFER CANISTER LID NUTS ARE REMOVED HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL Fuel Transfer Sequence THE SHIELDED TRANSFER CANISTER IS REMOVED FROM HI-TRAC HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

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-Relocate Protected Area (PA) Fence to support fuel transfer inside PA at all times. -COMPLETED February 2011. -40 ton Crane Upgrade to single-failure-proof COMPLETED December 2010 -Facility and Transport Path Modifications 60% COMPLETE -Spent Fuel Transfer -To include the following:

  • Training
  • Procedures
  • Dry Runs 2012 2013 2014 Training Procedures Dry Runs Licensing
  • License Amendment Request (LAR) History -Public meetings/telecoms held: -March 6, 2009 -June 15, 2009 -June 11, 2010 -Submitted July 08, 2009, supplemented September 28, 2009 -1 st round RAls: -received April 20, 2010 -responses submitted October 5, 2010 -2 nd round -received March 16, -responses due May 15, Summary of Round 1 RAI -100 total Operating General Principal Design Criteria ProcedureslTS Inform ation (4) (9) (4)Materials Evaluation (11) --Criticality (33) Shielding Design (19) Structural Thermal Evaluation (7) Hydraulics (13)

Summary of RAI's ROUND 1 Progress General Information Fully integrated response -revised licensing report Principal Design Criteria Criticality Tip-over analysis performed, FMEA, tornado missile NRC approved Part 71 methodology adopted for STC Thermal Hydraulics Operational changes to address detection of fuel misload -STC steam void, STC pressure rise LCO and SR I I I Structural Provided justifications and clarifications Shielding Design and ALARA Isolation zone adjacent to HI-TRAC haul path, Non Fuel Hardware analyzed I Materials Evaluation, etc STC use of ASME Code III NO I Operating ProcedureslTech.

Specs NRC Control of CoC type information via Appendix C to the Technical Specifications.

Captures both accident based and non accident based specifications Summary of Round 2 RAI -73 total Thermal General Information (2) Principal Operating Design Criteria Procedures/TS (0) (21 ) Criticality (18) Materials Hydraulics (10) Evaluation (4) Shielding Structural Design (17) Evaluation (1)

Summary of RAI's ROUND 2 Progress General Information Fully integrated response -revised licensing report Principal Design Criteria -Criticality Justifications and clarifications provided for model assumptions and benchmarking Thermal Hydraulics Justification of thermal model and properties Severe thermal misload analyzed Structural Further justification of tipover analysis Shielding Design and ALARA Estimated doses reduced/ Model justifications I Credit for a "Leak Tight" confinement boundary Requested analyses performed to address Neutron Source Assemblies, Cobalt, Tipover I STC lid design change to address streaming Materials Evaluation, etc STC qualifies as a "Leak Tight" confinement boundary /ASME I Code NC/ND reconciliation Operating ProcedureslTech.

Specs New TS proposed to isolate public/haul path New TS proposed to limit dose rates Summary of RAI's ROUND 2 Resolution Challenges General Information Per Thermal Hydraulics and TS below Principal Design Criteria -Criticality Some of the proposed RAI responses require further technical resolution Thermal Hydraulics Predicted hourly STC pressure rise Validation of no air in the vapor space Structural

-Shielding Design and ALARA -Materials Evaluation, etc STC ASME Code NO Operating Procedures/Tech.

Specs TS based on hourly STC pressure rise Adoption of a surface contamination LCO Path Forward Entergy to develop and submit RAI responses by 5/15/11 Entergy to provide continued support for RAI review process Continued Entergy / NRC Interface is essential Closing In order to meet Entergy's goals of: Transferring Spent Nuclear Fuel from IPEC Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool to the ISFSI Restoring Full Core Offload Capability Reducing Spent Fuel Pool inventory The following items need to be accomplished: Continued Entergy/NRC Technical Review Interactions to Ensure Resolution of All outstanding Issues Continued Entergy/NRC Management Engagement at all levels to monitor progress and facilitate resolution of

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-2 No Public Meeting Feedback forms have been received.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2901, or by email toJohn.Boska@nrc.gov.

Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees
2. Licensee Slides cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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