ML091980363

Summary of Licensing Counterparts Meeting with Exelon Generation Company, to Discuss Licensing Practices and Processes

ML091980363
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Site:	Dresden, Peach Bottom, Oyster Creek, Byron, Three Mile Island, Braidwood, Limerick, Clinton, Quad Cities, LaSalle
Issue date:	08/20/2009
From:	Sands S Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Exelon Generation Co
Sands S,NRR/DORL, 415-3154
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 20, 2009 LICENSEE: Exelon Generation Company

SUMMARY

OF JUNE 25, 2009, LICENSING COUNTERPARTS MEETING WITH EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, TO DISCUSS LICENSING PRACTICES AND PROCESSES On June 25, 2009, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Exelon Generation Company (the licensee) at the NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss licensing practices and processes. A list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 1.

The licensee presented information on licensing issues (See Enclosure 2). This presentation involved the Exelon Nuclear licensing organizational structure and licensing issues. The NRC staff and the licensee discussed planned multi-plant submittals which included Technical Specification Task Force-425, "Relocate Surveillance Frequencies to Licensee Control - Risk Informed Technical Specification Task Force Initiative 5b," cyber security plan and license conditions, and Nuclear Energy Institute-99-01, Revision 5, emergency action level upgrade.

The licensee plans to submit these license amendment requests later this year.

The NRC staff and the licensee also discussed licensing practices and processes such as reviewer challenges, deviating from regulatory guidance, lack of rigor/accuracy, effectiveness of pre-submittal interactions, and the process for requests for additional information (RAls). A proposal to initiate electronic RAls was discussed at the meeting. The NRC staff indicated that this would be evaluated further.

The NRC staff and the licensee discussed the license amendment request (LAR) pre-submittal meetings, and the licensee conveyed that they did not find the meetings meaningful. The NRC staff and licensee discussed different ways the meetings could be more meaningful however, no change to the meeting structure was agreed upon. It was agreed that it would be of benefit to further investigate this topic. The NRC staff and licensee agreed going forward that the licensee will have pre-submittal meetings mainly for first-of-a-kind LARs.

The NRC staff conveyed that, in some cases, licensing and/or technical evaluations and analyses have not been rigorous enough to identify deficiencies prior to submittal. This has resulted in submittals that asserted conformance with precedents that were not applicable to a specific site's design and licensing basis. Additionally, the NRC cited examples of submittals that contained technically contradictory information or errors. These types of problems are difficult to identify during an acceptance review, and when eventually identified later in the review process, can result in significant disruptions to review schedules. The licensee stated that these types of issues were being captured in their corrective action program.

-2 Members of the public were not in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-3154, or SPS1@nrc.gov.

Stephen Sands, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-456, 50-457, 50-454, 50-455, 50-461, 50-237, 50-249, 50-373, 50-374, 50-352, 50-353, 50-219,50-277,50-278,50-254,50-265, and 50-289

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Licensee Handout cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

LIST OF ATTENDEES June 25, 2009, MEETING WITH EXELON TO DISCUSS LICENSING PRACTICES AND PROCESSES Name Affiliation Phone J. Giitter NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-1453 R. Nelson NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-1453 S. Campbell NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-3353 H. Chernoff NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-1430 S.Sands NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-3154 M. Mahoney NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-3867 P. Bamford NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-2833 E. Miller NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-2481 J. Hughey NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-3204 M. David NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-1547 D. Benyak Exelon 630-657-2811 P. Cowan Exelon 61 0-765-5664 P. Simpson Exelon 630-657-2823 D. Helker Exelon 61 0-765-5525 J. Vera NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-2706 C. Goodwin NRC/NRRlDORL 301-415-3719 Enclosure 1

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