ML18113A226

Summary of Public Meeting to Discuss the Construction Inspection Program

ML18113A226
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Issue date:	04/24/2018
From:	Michael Webb NRC/NRO/DCIP/CIPB
To:	Victor Hall NRC/NRO/DCIP/CIPB
Webb M, NRO/DCIP
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April 24, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: Victor Hall, Branch Chief Construction Inspection Program Branch Division of Construction Inspection and Operational Programs Office of New Reactors FROM: Michael Webb, Senior Reactor Operations Engineer /RA/

Construction Inspection Program Branch Division of Construction Inspection and Operational Programs Office of New Reactors

SUMMARY

OF APRIL 12, 2018, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION PROGRAM On April 12, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted a Category 3 public meeting at NRC headquarters with industry and members of the public to discuss the NRC Construction Inspection Program (CIP) for Vogtle, Units 3 and 4. During the meeting, the NRC staff discussed its efforts to inform the Vogtle licensee, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC), of the status of NRC vendor inspections affecting Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC); the Vogtle Readiness Group (VRG) including AP 1000 Transition to Operations; and an overview of a draft revision to Office of New Reactors (NRO) Office Instruction (OI) NRO-REG-103, "Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria Closure Verification Process (ICVP)." SNC provided an update on the construction status of its Vogtle, Units 3 and 4. The following summarizes each of the presentations:

a. The meeting began with a presentation by NRC staff regarding ITAAC-related findings identified during vendor inspections. NRC regulations at Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 52.103(g) state that the licensee shall not operate the facility until the Commission makes a finding that the acceptance criteria in the combined license are met. The NRC staff recently looked back at vendor inspection reports to determine whether every finding had been addressed in a manner to ensure that NRC has resolved all inspection issues with a potential to impact the 10 CFR 52.103(g) process. The staff identified instances in which there was a lack of sufficient information to demonstrate whether issues had been closed, ambiguities that left it unclear whether an ITAAC was affected by the vendor shortcoming described in the inspection report, and typographical errors. The staff provided a draft copy of the list of corrections relating to vendor CONTACT: Michael Webb, NRO/DCIP/CIPB 301-415-1347

V. Hall inspections from 2011 to 2016. The NRC staff plans to issue a public letter to SNC outlining these findings later this year. Details are available in the NRC staff presentation at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML18102A195).

b. In the second presentation, NRC staff gave an overview of the staffs efforts to transition its regulatory oversight and licensing for Vogtle, Units 3 and 4 from construction to operations. Specifically the staff issued a charter on March 12, 2018, that instituted the Vogtle Readiness Group (VRG) to identify and resolve challenges in licensing, inspection, and regulatory challenges or gaps that could impact Vogtles schedule. The members of the VRG include the Office of New Reactor (NRO), Region II, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, and the Office of the General Counsel. It is co-chaired by two NRO Division Directors and one Region II Division Director. The VRG will serve as the hub for communications with the Commission, the Executive Director for Operations and NRC offices, the licensee, and external stakeholders. The VRG charter is available at ADAMS Accession No. ML181059A273. The NRC staff presentation is available at ADAMS Accession No. ML18100A207.

c. The next portion of the meeting was an NRC staff discussion related to a revision the staff is making to Office Instruction (OI) NRO-REG-103, "Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria Closure Verification Process (ICVP)." The staff is making changes to the verification process based on implementation experience and two tabletop exercises. Major changes include the elimination of a 50 percent threshold for non-targeted ITAAC, elimination of a potential problem category of ITAAC closure notification, the reduced use of insufficient information letters, the implementation of public calls to resolve issues of insufficient information or ITAAC interpretations, and the development and implementation of dashboards for ITAAC Closure Notifications, ITAAC Post-Closure Notifications, and Uncompleted ITAAC Notifications. A draft version of OI NRO-REG-103 is available at ADAMS Accession No. ML18093A124). The NRC staff presentation is available ADAMS Accession No. ML18100A208).

d. A representative from SNC provided construction updates for Vogtle, Units 3 and 4 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093A125).

Enclosure:

List of Attendees

ML18113A226 NRC-001 OFFICE NRO/DCIP NRO/DCIP NAME MWebb VHall DATE 04/23/2018 04/24/2018 NRC Public Meeting to Discuss Activities Related to the Construction Inspection Program Thursday, April 12, 2018 - 1:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

Two White Flint Auditorium Name Organization Arora, Surinder NRC/NRO Bell, Russ NEI Colaccino, Joe NRC/NRO Dixon-Herrity NRC/NRO Fredette, Thomas NRC/NRO Gaslevic, Jim NRC/NRO Habib, Don NRC/NRO Hall, Victor NRC/NRO Issa, Alfred NRC/NRR Jackson, Terry NRC/NRO Johnson, Andrea NRC/NRO Kavanagh, Kerri NRC/NRO Kent, Lauren NRC/NRO Kleeh, Ed NRC/NRO Krohn, Paul NRC/NRO Lareynie, Olivier NRC McGinty, Tim NRC/NRO Nazario, Tomy NRC/OCM Patel, Pravin NRC/NRO Pugh, Amanda SNC Petrak, Thomas SNC Ray, Sheila NRC/NRR Spivack, Ian NRC/NRO Webb, Michael NRC/NRO Weber, Carl NRC/NRO Wilson, Josh NRC/NRO

• Burg, Rob Engineering Planning and Management, Inc.

• Coovert, Nicole NRC/Region II

• Freebairn, Bill Platts

• Gardner, Dallas SNC

• Jaworsky, Mari Duke

• Loza, Paul SNC

• Savwoir, Nicholas NRC/NRO

• Scheetz, Maurin NRC/NRO

• Spencer, Michael NRC/OGC

• Stacy, Kara SNC

• Welch, Chris NRC/NRO

• Indicates remote participation via teleconference or webinar Enclosure

Construction Inspection Program Mailing List cc:

Mr. Edward L. Quinn Mr. Carl E. Parry, President Longenecker and Associates Utilities Service Alliance, Inc.

Utility Operations Division 9200 Indian Creek Parkway 23292 Pompeii Drive Suite 201 Dana Point, CA 92629 Overland Park, KS 66210 Mr. Lionel Batty Mr. Robert E. Sweeney Nuclear Business Team IBEX ESI Graftech 4641 Montgomery Avenue 12300 Snow Road Suite 350 Parma, OH 44130 Bethesda, MD 20814 Ms. Michele Boyd Mr. Gary Wright, Director Legislative Director Division of Nuclear Facility Safety Public Citizens Critical Mass Energy Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Environmental Program 1035 Outer Park Drive 215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Springfield, IL 62704 Washington, DC 20003 Mr. Ian M. Grant Ken Scarola Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Nuclear Automation Engineering, LLC 280 Slater Street, Station B 3672 Pine Tree Ln.

P.O. Box 1046 Murrysville, PA 15668 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5S9 Mr. Eugene S. Grecheck Mr. Brendan Hoffman Vice President Research Associate on Nuclear Energy Nuclear Support Services Public Citizens Critical Mass Energy and Dominion Energy, Inc. Environmental Program 5000 Dominion Blvd. 215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Glen Allen, VA 23060 Washington, DC 20003 Manager Mr. Ed Wallace, Project General Manager GT-MHR Safety & Licensing PBMR Pty LTD General Atomics Company PO Box 9396 PO Box 85608 Centurion 0046 San Diego, CA 92186-5608 Republic of South Africa Construction Inspection Programming Mailing List (Revised 02/13/2017)

NAME E-MAIL ADDRESS Agarwal, Duli duli.agarwal@hq.doe.gov Ainger, Kenneth kenneth.ainger@exeloncorp.com Aitken, Steve aitkensy@inpo.org Ashkeboussi, Nima nxa@nei.org Austgen, Kati kra@nei.org Beard, James james.beard@gene.ge.com Barczak, Sara sara@cleanenergy.org Bedford, Brian bedforbj@westinghouse.com Bell, Russell rjb@nei.org Berger, J. Pierre jean-pierre.berger@edf.com Bergman, Jana Jbergman@Curtisswright.com Bessette, Paul pbessette@morganlewis.com Brooks, Marc marc.brooks@dhs.gov Bryant, Barry barry.bryant@dom.com Burdick, Stephen sburdick@morganlewis.com Butler, Skip skip.butler@ge.com Campbell, Patricia patricial.campbell@ge.com Carr, Jack jack.carr@cbi.com Carroll, Glenn Atom.girl@nonukesyall.org Clouser, Timothy timothy.clouser@luminant.com Cottingham, Ann awc@nei.org Cullington, E. ecullington@earthlink.net Cummins, Edward cumminwe@westinghouse.com Danielson, Gustave bud.danielson@hq.doe.gov Davis, Jim jtdavis@southernco.com DiTommaso, Sarah ditomms@westinghouse.com Dolley, Steven steven_dolley@platts.com Dohse, Andrew dohseaf@westingtonhouse.com Fay, Tom tom.fay@fluor.com Fertel, Marvin msf@nei.org Frantz, Stephen sfrantz@morganlewis.com Freebairn, William William.freebairn@platts.com Fuller, Justin Justin.fuller@nrc.gov Gaukler, Paul paul.gaukler@pillsburylaw.com Giles, M. mgiles@entergy.com Ginsberg, Ellen ecg@nei.org Gove, Patrick govepa@bv.com Gray, Susan sgray@dnr.state.md.us Gresham, James greshaja@westinghouse.com Gunter, Paul paul@beyondnuclear.org Gwyn, Dealis dwgwyn@moxproject.com Haines, Jay jayhaines@tamu.edu Halnon, Greg ghalnon@firstenergycorp.com Harrelson, Cade jcharrel@southernco.com Harvey, Mark mwharvey1960@yahoo.com Hastings, Peter pshastings@duke-energy.com Head, Jerald jerald.head@ge.com NAME E-MAIL ADDRESS Hegner, Joseph joseph_hegner@dom.com Heymer, Adrian aph@nei.org Hinds, David david.hinds@ge.com Horin, W. whorin@winston.com Howard, Danny danny.r.howard@fluor.com Huss, William William.Huss@pillsburylaw.com Jacobson, Shaun shaun.jacobson@cbi.com Jaworsky, Mari mari.jaworsky@duke-energy.com Jenkins, Susan jenkinse@dhec.sc.gov Kellenberger, Nick Nicholas.kellenberger@scana.com Kitchen, Robert robert.kitchen@pgnmail.com Kline, Steve sulkline@bechtel.com Klinvex, Michael klinvem@westinghouse.com Kray, Marilyn marilyn.kray@exeloncorp.com Landon, Christopher landoncf@westinghouse.com Laskowski, Lenny leonard.laskowski@ge.com Lejeune, Peter plejeune@balch.com Lewis, David david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com Lyman, Ed elyman@ucsusa.org Mahan, Howard Chmahan@southernco.com Maher, William william.maher@fpl.com Mariotte, Michael nirsnet@nirs.org Markert, John C. cmarkert@nuscalepower.com Marshall, Wanda wanda.k.marshall@dom.com McCabe, Brian brian.mccabe@pgnmail.com Medlock, Clint mmedlock@southernco.com Miller, Garry garry.miller@pgnmail.com Miller, Keith Keith.j.miller@dom.com Miras-Wilson, Rachel rwilson@winston.com Mitchell, Stanley stanley.mitchell@exeloncorp.com Moran, Mike nucmike2002@yahoo.com Morgan, Michael Michael.Morgan5@ge.com Morrow, Calvin cemorrow@southernco.com Murawski, John murawski@newsobserver.com Orthen, Richard richard.orthen@nexteraenergy.com Peterson, Scott media@nei.org Pitts, Al al.pitts@unistarnuclear.com Pleins, Ed pleinsel@westinghouse.com Popa, Markus Markus.Popa@Hq.Doe.Gov Quinn, Vanessa vanessa.quinn@dhs.gov Ray, Thom raytj@westinghouse.com Riccio, James jim.riccio@wdc.greenpeace.org Romashko, Darryl dcromashko@tva.gov Rubin, Michael rubinmp@westinghouse.com Saunders, Thomas tsaunder@southernco.com Schlaseman, Caroline cschlaseman@mpr.com Schumitsch, Walter Walter.schumitsch@ge.com NAME E-MAIL ADDRESS Smith, Tyson trsmith@winston.com Stan, Thomason, sthomasu@southernco.com Sutton, Kathryn ksutton@morganlewis.com Tapia, Joseph Joseph_tapia@mnes-us.com Taylor, Larry larry.taylor@pgnmail.com Taylor, Marlene marlene.taylor@exeloncorp.com Temple, Robert nuclaw@mindspring.com Thomason, Stan sthomason@southernco.com Thompson, Ryder Ryder.Thompson@scana.com Torres, Alan atorres@scana.com Travieso-Diaz, Matias matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com Van Wyk, Jake jacob.vanwyk@scana.com Vaughn, Lisa lfvaughn@duke-energy.com Waites, Brandon bwwaites@southernco.com Waltman, C. cwaltman@roe.com Warren, Jim jim@ncwarn.org Wessel, Ronald wesselrp@westinghouse.com Woodlan, Donald donald.woodlan@luminant.com Yox, Michael myox@southernco.com Zinke, George gzinke@entergy.com arp@nei.org bpgarde@aol.com dashurberg@hpacorp.com hundrupa@gao.gov jfulto1@entergy.com jrfergus@duke-energy.com llbauman@aol.com lynchje@inpo.org pmblanch@comcast.net sbhaber@hpacorp.com NOTE: For all changes to the Construction Inspection Program Mailing or E-mail List, please contact Debbie McCain by calling 301-415-1219 or by e-mail, debra.mccain@nrc.gov.