ML060220009

Summary of Meeting with the Constellation Energy Group Inc. to Discuss Results of the Staff Audit of the Aging Management Programs and Reviews for Nine Mile Point, Units 1 and 2

ML060220009
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	01/18/2006
From:	Le N NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB
To:
Le, Ngoc, NRR/DLR/RLRA, 415-1458
References
TAC MC3272, TAC MC3273
Download: ML060220009 (11)

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January 18, 2006 LICENSEE:

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

FACILITY:

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF A MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF AND THE CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP INC. REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS RESULTS OF THE STAFF AUDIT OF THE AGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND REVIEWS FOR THE NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MC3272 AND MC3273)

A public meeting was held on November 18, 2005, in the Town of Scriba, located in Oswego, New York, for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (NRC or the staff) to discuss the results of the staffs audit of the Aging Management Programs (AMPs) and Aging Management Reviews (AMRs) with representatives of Constellation Energy Group Inc.,

(CEG or the applicant). The audit was conducted as part of the review process of the license renewal application (LRA) for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (NMP), Units 1 and 2, submitted on May 27, 2004, as amended July 14, 2005. The purpose of the audit and review is to verify that the applicants LRA is pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR 54), ?Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.

Specifically, the audit and review verify that the applicants aging management activities and programs will adequately manage the effects of aging on structures and components, so that their intended functions will be maintained consistent with the plants Current Licensing Basis (CLB) for the period of extended operation. This is the regulatory requirement defined in 10 CFR 54.21(a)(3).

The NRC audit team reviewed LRA AMP and AMR line items which the applicant stated are consistent with NRCs Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, or are based on NRCs approved precedents. The GALL Report is a listing of AMP and AMR line items that represents one method that the NRC staff has already found to be acceptable to meet 10 CFR 54.21(a)(3). By conducting the audit, the NRC also confirms that the applicant is making appropriate commitments to modify its Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) to meet the regulatory requirement defined in 10 CFR 54.21(d). The remaining LRA AMP and AMR line items, and the scoping and screening reviews are being reviewed by other NRC technical branches at the headquarters office located in Rockville, Maryland.

A list of meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 1 and the meeting agenda is provided in. Details of the audit activities conducted by the NRC review team for the review of the NMPs amended license renewal application (ALRA) submitted on July 15, 2005 are described in Enclosure 3, along with the staff audit activities conducted earlier during the staff review of the original NMP LRA submitted on May 27, 2004, for completeness. There were no comments received from members of the public during this meeting.

The database for the staff audit of the NMP ALRA can be viewed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html on the NRCs Web site. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRCs PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

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Ngoc (Tommy) B. Le, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-220 and 50-410

Enclosures:

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12/30/2005 01/10/2006 01/18/2006

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 126 Lycoming, NY 13093 Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James R. Evans LIPA P.O. Box 129 Lycoming, NY 10393 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Mr. Paul D. Eddy Electric Division NYS Department of Public Service Agency Building 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 C. Adrienne Rhodes Chairman and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101 Albany, NY 12223-1556 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Mr. Michael J. Wallace President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC c/o Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Carey W. Fleming, Esquire Sr. Counsel - Nuclear Generation Constellation Energy Group 750 East Pratt Street, 5th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Mark Flaherty Manager - Fleet Licensing R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.

Ontario, NY 14519 Mr. M. Steven Leonard General Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Matters, Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Peter Mazzaferro Site Project Manager - License Renewal Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Mike Heffley Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Generation Group 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 500 Annapolis, MD 21401 Mr. James A. Spina Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

Note to Licensee: Constellation Energy Group From Ngoc (Tommy) Le dated January 18, 2006

SUMMARY

OF A MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF AND THE CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP INC. REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS RESULTS OF THE STAFF AUDIT OF THE AGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND REVIEWS FOR THE NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MC3272 AND MC3273)

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NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 November 18, 2005 Participants Affilliations Ngoc Le Kenneth Chang Jacob Zimmerman David Dellario Peter Mazaferro Michael Fallin Nicola Conicella Jim Hutton Jill Lyon William Holston Larry Martiniano Rick Plasse Terry J. Herrmann U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

NRC NRC Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG)

CEG CEG CEG CEG CEG CEG LIPA Entergy Entergy MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF AND CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC. TO DISCUSS THE AUDIT OF THE AGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND REVIEWS FOR THE AMENDED LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR NINE MILE POINT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Town of Scriba Conference Room 42 Creamery Road Oswego, NY 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Meeting Agenda Welcome/Introduction 5 minutes Staff discuss audit results of the Aging Management Programs and Reviews 45 minutes Questions and Answers 10 minutes Meeting Adjourn NRC AUDIT ACTIVITIES FOR THE REVIEW OF AGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND AGING MANAGEMENT REVIEWS LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA) AND AMENDED LRA (ALRA)

NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-210 AND 50-410 The safety audits and reviews of NMP LRA AMPs and AMRs which the applicant stated to be consistent with the GALL Report were performed in two stages, the LRA and the ALRA.

First stage C On May 26, 2004, NMP submitted the LRA for Units 1 and 2 (ADAMS Accession No. ML041470060)

C NRC quickly mobilized an audit team consisting of contractors and NRC staff, covering 5 engineering disciplines.

C For NMP, AMPs are common for Unit 1 and 2. AMRs are unit specific. Unit 1 is a boiling water reactor (BWR) Mark I and Unit 2 is a BWR Mark II. Component sizes and design requirements are all different. Therefore, is equivalent to two applications and two reviews.

C During the first site audit, at the request of the NRC, a question and answer list (daily list - audit data base) was developed to track questions and answers.

Status at the end of the first stage Aging Management Programs (AMPs)

Team members asked 155 questions A supplement, dated October 29, 2004, was issued covering 18 LRA revisions and 5 commitments All issues resolved (some with follow-up actions), no requests for additional information (RAIs)

Aging Management Reviews (AMRs)

Team members asked 230 questions. The number of questions was excessive because one or more of the following:

a. credited an AMP which is not capable of managing certain aging effects;

b. the ?discussion column said ?not consistent with GALL while in reality it is consistent with GALL with exception; c.

the ?discussion column said ?aging effects not applicable, the GALL Report requires further evaluation;

d. many AMPs NMP has implemented were not considered in the AMR;

e. preparer(s) confused among the various AMPs implemented under One In-Service Inspection Plan; f.

changes of personnel and loss of continuity;

g. all questions were discussed several times. Some questions still require follow-up. Data Base for the staffs questions and the applicants responses is now on the dockets (ADAMS Accession nos. ML050660380 and ML050660384) and;

h. the applicant provided three supplements to capture their responses to the NRC audit teams questions as well as their responses to the headquarters staffs requests for additional information (RAIs) dated December 6, 2004 (ADAMS Accession no. ML043490370); February 4, 2005 (ADAMS Accession no. ML050450485); and February 11, 2005 (ADAMS Accession No. ML050560199)

C The staff reviewed the supplements and found, subsequently, that the supplements did not provide sufficient responses to some questions that were previously asked, both as the staffs audit questions and the staffs requests for additional information (RAIs). Constellation requested a 90-day grace period to amend the LRA and to address the identified open items.

Second stage C

Constellation submitted the amended LRA (ALRA) on July 15, 2005 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML052000175 and ML052000186)

C The ALRA is essentially a new and improved document compared to the original LRA. NMP also provided the staff with a road map by color highlights to identify the changes for ease of the staff reviews and audit.

C The basis for the ALRA is still the GALL, Revision 0. However, it considered the January 2005 draft GALL as past precedent.

C The basis documents were improved. Many new sections were added to several AMPs.

C Existing AMPs were updated and new AMPs were added to make it consistent with the January 2005 GALL AMPs.

C The original audit team was reassembled and conducted 2 audits on AMPs and AMRs, simultaneously. The audits were performed during the week of September 19, 2005 and October 24, 2005.

C The first audit resolved 173 questions with 159 items closed, and 14 items accepted with 6 items requiring further evaluation.

C The second audit focused on closing out the 6 remaining open questions. This goal was accomplished.

C The team also reviewed the changes in AMPs from the January 2005 GALL report to the September 2005 GALL report and the differences were reconciled with 3 items added to the audit database.

C The audit database, contained 148 items, and all questions were adequately answered in the database. The database for the staffs questions and the applicants responses is now on the dockets (ADAMS Accession No. ML053460458).