ML063120509

Summary of November 6, 2006, Category 1 Working-Level Meeting with PPL to Discuss the Licensee'S Extended Power Uprate (EPU) Submittal Dated October 11, 2006 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML0629001

ML063120509
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	11/09/2006
From:	Richard Guzman NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-1
To:	Mckinney B Susquehanna
Guzman R, NRR/DORL, 415-1030
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November 9, 2006 LICENSEE: PPL Susquehanna, LLC (PPL)

FACILITY: Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (SSES 1 and 2)

SUMMARY

OF NOVEMBER 6, 2006, CATEGORY 1 WORKING-LEVEL MEETING WITH PPL TO DISCUSS THE LICENSEES EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (EPU) SUBMITTAL DATED OCTOBER 11, 2006 (AGENCYWIDE DOCUMENTS ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ADAMS) ACCESSION NO. ML062900160)

On November 6, 2006, a public meeting was held between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and representatives of PPL, the licensee for SSES 1 and 2, and its contractors, General Electric Company, Continuum Dynamics, Incorporated, and MPR Associates at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct a working-level discussion of PPLs October 11, 2006, EPU license amendment application for SSES 1 and 2 related to steam dryer analysis and testing.

A list of meeting attendees is provided as Enclosure 1. Also provided is a copy of the licensees slides (Enclosure 2) presented at the meeting.

PPL presented an overview of the major changes in their revised EPU application and also provided a description of their steam dryer and main steam line configurations with the various evaluations and testing methods for analyzing the steam dryers at SSES 1 and 2. PPL also discussed its steam dryer structural evaluation process, uncertainty conditions, and its finite element analysis results.

PPL concluded and summarized its presentation by stating that (1) their analysis shows that no acoustic resonances are expected to exist at full EPU conditions, (2) steam line testing demonstrates that no acoustic resonances will exist at the first EPU step and that the main steam lines and attached equipment will be subject to low levels of vibration at the first EPU step, (3) analysis techniques are comprehensive and utilize actual Susquehanna plant data, (4) the steam dryer analysis method was benchmarked against measured Susquehanna strains, and (5) that the EPU steam dryer design will conform to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers design criteria ensuring the steam dryer will maintain its structural integrity.

Before the meeting adjourned, the public was given the opportunity to communicate with the NRC staff. One member of the public was in attendance, representing McGraw-Hill Company, and requested the status of the NRC staffs acceptance review of the licensees EPU application. The NRC staff informed the member of the public that the acceptance review was in progress and would be completed shortly. The member of the public also inquired whether there would be any impacts in the NRCs review schedule when reviewing both PPL applications for license renewal and EPU. The NRC staff informed the member of the public that the review schedule for license renewal is described in a letter dated August 2, 2006

(Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession no.

ML062140549). The letter documenting the acceptance review results for PPLs license renewal application was issued to PPL on October 26, 2006 (ML062930293). The member of the public chose not to complete any Public Meeting Feedback Forms (NRC Form 659) which were available at the meeting.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1030, or rvg@nrc.gov.

/RA/

Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Licensees Handouts/Slides cc w/encls: See next page

ML063120509 OFFICE LPLI-1/PM LPLI-1/LA LPLI-1/BC NAME RGuzman SLittle RLaufer DATE 11/09/06 11/09/06 11/09/06

LIST OF ATTENDEES REVIEW MEETING WITH PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLC REGARDING EXTENDED POWER UPRATE PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT NOVEMBER 6, 2006 - 10:00-12:30, O-8-B-4 NAME ORGANIZATION

1. Richard V. Guzman NRC

2. Richard J. Laufer NRC

3. Thomas Scarbrough NRC

4. Kamal Manoly NRC

5. John Lubinski NRC

6. Kevin Browning PPL Susquehanna

7. John A. Bartos PPL Susquehanna

8. George T. Jones PPL Susquehanna

9. Michael S. Gorski PPL Susquehanna

10. Patricia L. Campbell General Electric

11. Dan Pappone General Electric

12. Bill McCurdy MPR Associates

13. Edward Bird MPR Associates

14. Alan Bilanin Continuum Dynamics Inc.

15. Ching Hang Ng NRC

16. Tom Alexion NRC

17. Andy DuBouchet NRC

18. Paul Duke PSEG Nuclear

19. Daniel Horner McGraw-Hill Company

20. George Inch Constellation Energy Group

21. Gary S. Pavis Constellation Energy Group

22. Michael Crowthers PPL Susquehanna

23. John Wu NRC

24. Vic Shah (by teleconference) NRC Contractor

25. Tom Mulcahy (by teleconference) NRC Contractor

26. Steve Hambric (by teleconference) NRC Contractor

27. Samir Ziada (by teleconference) NRC Contractor Enclosure 1

MEETING SLIDES Enclosure 2

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Britt T. McKinney Bryan A. Snapp, Esq Sr. Vice President Assoc. General Counsel and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Services Corporation PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Supervisor - Document Control Services Robert A. Saccone PPL Susquehanna, LLC General Manager - Nuclear Operations Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 PPL Susquehanna, LLC Allentown, PA 18101-1179 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Richard W. Osborne Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Terry L. Harpster 212 Locust Street General Manager - Plant Support P.O. Box 1266 PPL Susquehanna, LLC Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Director - Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Rocco R. Sgarro Environmental Protection Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs P.O. Box 8469 PPL Susquehanna, LLC Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Walter E. Morrissey P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 Supervising Engineer Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Regional Administrator, Region 1 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Berwick, PA 18603-0467 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Michael H. Crowthers Supervising Engineer Board of Supervisors Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Salem Township PPL Susquehanna, LLC P.O. Box 405 Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Steven M. Cook National Energy Committee Manager - Quality Assurance Sierra Club PPL Susquehanna, LLC 443 Orlando Avenue 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 State College, PA 16803 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Luis A. Ramos Community Relations Manager, Susquehanna PPL Susquehanna, LLC 634 Salem Blvd., SSO Berwick, PA 18603-0467