ML121210654

Meeting Summary with Nine Mile Point, Unit No. 1 Regarding the Proposed National Fire Protection Association Standard 805 (NFPA-805) License Amendment Request

ML121210654
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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	05/02/2012
From:	Richard Guzman Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Guzman R, NRR/DORL 415-1030
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 2,2012 LICENSEE: Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC FACILITY: Nine Mile Point, Unit No.1

SUMMARY

OF APRIL 3,2012, PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, LLC REGARDING THE PROPOSED NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 (NFPA-805)

LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. ME8158)

On April 3, 2012, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (NMPNS) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss NMPNS's planned submittal of a license amendment request to transition its fire protection licensing basis to NFPA-805.

A member of the public was in attendance by telephone. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received. Enclosure 1 is a list of meeting attendees and Enclosure 2 is a copy of the licensee's slides presented at the meeting (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML121210044).

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1030 or Richard. Guzman@nrc.gov Sincerely, Richard V. Guzman, Senior Project Manager Plant licenSing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-410

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Licensee's Handouts/Slides cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv

LIST OF ATrENDEES APRIL 3. 2012. PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH CONSTELLATION ENERGY NUCLEAR GROUP (CENG)

NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION (NMPNS)

REGARDING THE PROPOSED NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 (NFPA-805) LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR NINE MILE POINT, UNIT NO.1 NAME ORGANIZATION Alex Klein NRC Donnie Harrison NRC Rich Guzman NRC Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC Leslie Fields NRC Jay Robinson NRC Manuel Jimenez NRC Paul Lain NRC Bernard Litkett NRC Charles Moulton NRC Harry Barrett NRC Sampson Lee NRC Stephen Dinsmore NRC Paul Swift CENG S.L. Naron CENG Richard Neild CENG Peter Mazzaferro CENG Dennis Vandeputte CENG Ned Tyler CENG Saeed Savar* CENG Bridget Frymire* New York State Department of Public Service Leroy Kreider* Engineering Planning and Management, Inc.

Bob Layton* (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

• by telephone Enclosure 1

MEETING SLIDES Enclosure 2

MEETING SLIDES Enclosure 2

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O~ion -1~eDF Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1 NFPA 80S License Amendment Request Pre-Application Meeting with NRC Staff April 3, 2012

Introductions

• Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Representatives

- Paul Swift NMPNS Manager Engineering Services

- Peter Mazzaferro CENG Project Director, NFPA 805 Richard Neild NMPNS Project Manager, I\JFPA 805 Larry Naron NMPNS Supervisor PRA Services

- Ned Tyler CENG Licensing Engineer

- Dennis Vandeputte NMPNS Licensing Engineer

• Project Consultants

- AREVA

- SAIC CENG.

Agenda

• Overview of NMP1 Design Features

• Current Fire Protection Licensing Basis

• NFPA 805 Transition Project Overview

• Compliance with NFPA 805

• Probabilistic Risk Assessment Development/Results

• Implementation Overview

• Summary CENG.

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o=:-- "'::erw I Overview of Nine Mile Point Unit 1 (NMP1)

Design Featu res

• Single unit Boiling Water Reactor, 1850 MWt

• BWR/2 reactor design with 5 reactor recirculation loops (non-jet pump plant)

• Mark I Containment

• Isolation Condensers

• Ultimate heat sink is Lake Ontario

• Initial Operating License issued in 1969

• Renewed Operating License issued - expires in 2029 CENG.

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NMPl Current Fire Protection Licensing Basis

• Fire Protection Program Standard License Condition

• 10 CFR 50.48(a) and (b)

• 10 CFR 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 3

• 10 CFR 50, Appendix R (addressed in UFSAR Appendix lOB)

• Branch Technical Position APCSB 9.5-1 Appendix A (addressed in UFSAR Appendix lOA)

• Current Exemptions

• Operator Actions - None required NRC approval CENG.

NFPA 805 Transition Project Overview

• License Amendment Request (LAR) committed submittal date - June 29, 2012

• Target submittal date - May 31, 2012

• Using the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) LAR template

• Preparation and internal review activities are in progress

• Web portal established to support NRC review CENG.

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NFPA 805 Transition Project Overview

• Fire Protection Program Transition

- License Condition being revised

- Technical Specifications being revised

- Reviewed existing exemptions

- Will not be transitioning any exemptions to NFPA 805 design basis

- 1\10 additional items that require requesting 1\1 RC approval have been identified CENG.

Compliance with NFPA 805

• NFPA 805 Chapter 3 Compliance

- Review performed using NEI 04-02, Revision 2 guidance as supplemented by FAQ 07-0036

- Review documented in B-1 Table (Attachment A of LAR)

- Results

- One Modification

> Removal of H2 Bulk Storage in Turbine Building

- Seismic Hose Stations

- Items that Comply with Prior NRC Approval

> Cables that do not meet IEEE 383 flame test (Req. 3.3.5.3)

> Fire water provided by Lake Ontario - (Reqs. 3.5.1, 3.5.2)

CENG.

Compliance with NFPA 805

• Non-Power Operations

- Review performed using NEI 04-02, Revision 2 guidance as supplemented by FAQ 07-0040

- Results of Review

• All success paths identified

• Complete component list by Key Safety Function (KSF)

• High Risk Evolutions

• Pinch Points identified

• Recommendations to manage Fire Risk CENG.

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o=---~I 9 Compliance with NFPA 805

• Radioactive Release

- Review performed using NEI 04-02, Revision 2 guidance as supplemented by FAQ 09-0056

- Plant evaluated on a Fire Zone basis

- Credit engineering controls for gaseous and liquid effluents

- Revise Pre-Fire Plans and Training material to clarify monitoring and control requirements CENG.

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Compliance with NFPA 805

• Nuclear Safety Capability Assessment

- Review performed using NEI 04-02, Revision 2 guidance as supplemented by FAQ 08-0054

- Fire Area Review

- CT Circuit

- Automatic System Initiation

- Breaker Coordination

- Multiple Spurious Operations review

- Results:

• Safe and Stable is defined to be Cold Shutdown

• 24 Total Fire Areas

• No Fire Areas to be transitioned deterministically

• All 24 Fire Areas to be transitioned using RI-PB method CENG,.

11 Compliance with NFPA 805

• Recovery Actions

- Review performed using NEI 04-02, Revision 2 guidance as supplemented by FAQ 07-0030

- Primary Control Station

• 2 Remote Shutdown Panels

- 16 Unique Recovery Actions 12

Compliance with NFPA 805

• Monitoring Program

- Following FAQ 10-0059, Revision 5 guidance

- NSEL and FPRA Components

- Include any new functions in existing Maintenance Rule Program

- NPO Components, Rad Release Systems, FP Programmatic

- Include in normal System and Program Health Monitoring

- FP Systems and Features

- Low Safety Significant - Normal System/Program Health Monitoring

- High Safety Significant - NFPA 805 Specific Monitoring Program that mirrors Maintenance Rule Program and uses same software CENG.

13 PRA Development/Results

• Fire PRA built on a high quality Internal Events model

- Internal Events model peer reviewed to RG 1.2001 Revision 1

• Fire PRA peer reviewed by BWROG in October 2011

- IlStrong FPRA model with sound technical approachesl l

- "The best we/ve seen and likely the best in the industryll ll

- 4 "Best practices

- All F&Os subsequently addressed

- No unreviewed methods used CENG.

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PRA Development/Results

• Overall Plant Risk

- Total CDF = 2.06E-S/yr and LERF = 2.84E-6/yr

- llCDF = 8.73E-6 and llLERF =9.00E-7

• The results of the RI-PB evaluation meet the requirements of NFPA 805 and RG 1.174 CENG,.

15 Implementation Overview

• Modifications Planned (15)

- No Major Modifications

• Minor Circuit mods

• Minor mechanical mods

• Cable re-routes

• New Damper installation

• Provide a portable generator for battery charging

• Process/Procedure Changes

- Training

- Operator Response for Recovery Actions

- Fire Brigade Response

- Design Change Process CENG.

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Summary

• Complete LAR to be submitted on or before June 29, 2012

• Nothing unique or unusual

• No alternative Fire PRA methods

• Transition Schedule

- Implement procedure/process changes 6 months after SER

- Completion of modifications 1St Refueling Outage after SER CENG.

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May 2,2012 LICENSEE: Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC FACILITY: Nine Mile Point, Unit No.1

SUMMARY

OF APRIL 3,2012, PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, LLC REGARDING THE PROPOSED NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 (NFPA-805)

LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. ME8158)

On April 3, 2012, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (NMPNS) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss NMPNS's planned submittal of a license amendment request to transition its fire protection licensing basis to NFPA-805.

A member of the public was in attendance by telephone. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received. Enclosure 1 is a list of meeting attendees and Enclosure 2 is a copy of the licensee's slides presented at the meeting (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML121210044).

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1030 or Richard.Guzman@nrc.gov Sincerely, Ira!

Richard V. Guzman, Senior Project Manager Plant licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-410

Enclosures:

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