ML20198Q809

Requests Assistance in Implementing Plan to Resolve Sfpo High Priority Issues.Listing of High Priority Issues,For Completeness,Medium & Low Priority Sfpo Issues Encl.High Priority Issues Should Be Resolved by April 1999

ML20198Q809
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Issue date:	01/05/1999
From:	Easton E NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Hodges M, Shankman S NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 30856 4001 4,*****,o January 5,1999 l

MEMORANDUM TO:

M. Wayne Hodges, Deputy Director Technical Review Directorate Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS 4

Susan F. Shankman, Deputy Director Licensing and Inspection Directorate Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS FROM:

Earl Easton, Section Chief h

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j Licensing and Inspection Directorate Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS

SUBJECT:

RESOLUTION OF SFPO HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES

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l l am requesting your assistance in implementing a plan to resolve SFPO high priority issues.

l Mr. Kane has set a goal of resolving, or having in place, a clear plan to resolve all high priority l

issues by April 1999. The SFPO lssues Matrix was the source of identifying and prioritizing l-these issues. The first phase is to develop a plan to address SFPO issues that are considered l

high priority or boing resolved as part of a high priority issue. Table 1 contains a listing of ths l

high priority issues, for completeness, I have provided Tables 2 and 3 that list medium and low priority SFPO issues.

It is Mr. Kane's intent that each SFPO high priority issue be resolved, an interim staff guidance (ISG) issued and an update to standard review plan be made in a timely manner. Where possible, an ISG should be issued by March 1999. For issues that will not be resolved by March 1999, a working group of a SLID Project Manager (PM) and a STRD responsible j

technical staff member (RTSM) should be established. I am requesting by January 8,1998, that a GTRD RTSM be assigned to each issue and a SLID PM for issues that cannot be completed by March 1999, To limit the number of working groups, issuos that could be resolved together should be identified. The working group is then tasked with developing and providing an i

lasue(s) resolution paper to Skip '/oung by February 1,1999. The paper should describe the issue (s), identify the resolution or plan to resolve the issue (s) and a schedule. I plan to schedule a meeting in mid January 1999 seeking your concurrence of the approach and schedule.

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Skip Young, NMSS/SFPO Ip 3 (301) 415-3207 I

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.y January 5, 1999 M. W. Hodges et al The last phase will be to develop a process to resolve remaining and subsequent issues. I expect to develop this process by February 1999. The tables also identify additionalinformation on each issue. I am requesting this information be reviewed for accuracy and provide with your corrections to Skip Young.

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The last phase will be to develop a process to resolve remaining and subsequent issues. I i

expect to develop this process by February 1999. The tables also identify additional information on each issue. I am requesting this information be reviewed for accuracy and provide with your corre::tions to Skip Young at (301) 415-3.207 or e-mail fly.

Attachments: As stated cc:

W. Kane F. Sturz R. Chappell P.Eng E. Leeds L. Kokajko S. Young E. Schultz E. Heumann 1

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Spent Fuel F<oject Office issues issue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed i

Section PM RTSM l

Seismic behavior of storage cask Technical SFTR Sturz systems (high seismic Gs)

Leu Retrievability/ Post Accident ReglLic.

SFTR Raddatz Sturz Reccvery Shielding Technical SFLS Leeds Waters

- streaming ReglLic.

Withee

- skyshine

- array calculations

- neutron measurements Confinement analysis will use Intemal SFLS Leeds Sturz releast actions as stated in Office SFTR Easton Transpc ition SRP NUREG-TSSS 1617; all other discussion of release fractions should be deleted for consistency / clarity (see NUREG-1567 anJ 1536)

Trunnion factors of safety Technical SFLS Leeds Sturz SFTR Lee Q. What assumptions should GL Technical SFTR Sturz applicant make for offsite dose calculations (re: fuelloading, array size, site boundary distances, intervening shielding, and occupancy times for normal and accident conditions?

SER guidance to staff Intemal Office Definition of fissile material Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton Reduce criticality safety from Technical

'SFLS Sturz misinterpretation of fuel Carlson enrichment records in the storage and transport of fresh and spend BWR fuel

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2 issue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed Section PM RTSM Failed fuel Technical SFLS Leeds Reg /Lic.

Bailey Modify, suspend, revoke CoC Reg./Lic.

TSSS Easton Cask handling accident (tipover Technical SFTR Sturz guidance; low velocity impact Tang / Lee test)

Changes to QA plan which do not Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton reduce commitments Remove references to non-Internal SFLS Leeds Sturz mechanistic failure (as beyond Office SFTR Easton design bas!s)in NUREG-1567 TSSS Timely renewal of CoC (Part 72)

Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton Containment and confinement Technical SFTR Sturz release fractions Final structural weld of SS Technical SFLS Leeds Sturz storage cask qualification SFTR Raddatz Parkhill Lee Long term integrity for license Technical SFTR/

Sturz renewal (20-100 year)

Interrante Modify SRP for consistent QA Internal TSIS Eng sections Office Part 71 CoC term (5 year Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton expiration / renewable)

SFLS Leeds Transport of fissile UF6 (criticality Technical PCS Chappell safety / moderator exclusion Reg /Lic.

issue)- no specific exemption to 71.51 has been granted to UF6 designs currently certified by NRC Q. If site-specific analysis used Reg /Lic.

SFTR Sturz the actual distance to nearest neighbor, what happens if a person moves closer to site?

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3 Issue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed Section PM RTSM Revise SRP to include recent Technical SFLS Leeds Sturz decision on release rates and Interna!

SFTR Raddatz Parkhill I

accident source terms Office l

Boralyn approval (TN-68)

Technical SFLS Sturz Reg 1Lic.

SFTR Interrante Material behavior of spent fuel Technical SFTR Sturz cask Interrante Fuel ability to survive cask Technidal SFLS Leeds Sturz tipover (Resnikoff, Calvert Cliffs)

SFTR/FCS Delligatti Lee Transportation package Internal SFTR Leeds Sturz l

recertification reviews for foreign Office SFLS packages f

Cask handling accident (tipover Technical SFTR Sturz concrete ove. pack)

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lasue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed l

Section PM RTSM Revise SRPs to be consistent intemal SFLS Leeds Sturz with each other in terms of Office SFTR Chappell l

requirements and format PCS Revise Part 72 to be risk-Reg./Lic.

TSSS Easton informed, performance-based l

Revise Part 71 CoC contents Intemal SFLS Leeds Office PCS/ CRC If a utility holds concurrent Reg./Lic.

SFLS Leeds Chappell general and site-specific Part 72 licenses, should it pay two annual fees?

Correct duplication and internal SFLS Leeds Sturz contradictory information Office SFTR Easton between SRP NUREG-1567 TSSS Chrater 15 and technical sec. ans; clearly identify purpose; clearly define basis for review EP for generallicensees at Reg./Lic.

TSSS Easton permanently shutdown reactors Part 21 programs for commercial Reg./Lic.

TSSS Easton grade dedication Correct differences in scope of Internal SFLS Leeds Sturz accident analysis section Office SFTR Easton betaeen NUREG-1567 and 1536 TSSS Written event notifications Reg./Lic.

TSSS Easton Thermal conductivity (fission gas Technical SFTR Sturz release; He conduction)

Hogsett Revise materials section of SRPs Intemal SFTR Sturz Office Interrante Specify requirements for storage Reg./Lic.

TSSS Easton cask approval (72.236) l

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2 lasue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed Section PM RTSM SRPs inconsistent wrt release Technical SFTR Sturz fractions (set-up team to resolve)

Intemal PCS Chappell Office Material accountability in sealed Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton casks Thennalissue -intemal Technical SFTR Sturz convection Hogsett SRP update process Intemal TSSS Easton Office Young Nuclide inventories and source Technical SFTR Sturz terms (high bumup fuel)

Carlson DOT 6M spec. package (and Technical PCS Chappell others) is authorized for use ReglLic.

under 10CFR71.14, but is an old design that pre-dates NRC certification process.

Add regulations for shipping ReglLic.

TSSS Easton large components Technical High bumup fuelintegrity, Technical SFTR Sturz including brittle fracture l

Interrante

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lasue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed Section PM RTSM l

Anomalous behavior of dry Technical SFTR Sturz cask storage system fuel I

basket designs during vacuum drying operation following loading Relocate 72.214 to Subpart L Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton (from Subpart K)

Lack of fuel design information Technical SFTR Sturz Computer upgrades Intemal Office SFTR Sturz Personnel qualifications, ReglLic.

SFTR Leeds Sturz training, and staffing for stand-SFLS alone ISFSis Effects of Zn vapor Technical SFTR Sturz Interrante Transfer of CoC Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton CoC holder recordkeeping Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton Changes to EP which Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton decreases effectiveness ASME Code for Parts 71/72 Technic &i SFLS Leeds Sturz Reg /Lic.

SFTR Parkhill Preferential (selective) loadings Technical SFLS Leeds Reg /Lic.

McGinty integrate vendor performance Reg /Lic.

TSIS Eng assessment intemal Office Remove Condition 9 from CoC Reg 1Lic.

TSSS Easton after 72.48 is amended Parts 71/72 QA approval RegJLic.

TSIS Eng overlap (credit Part 71 QA TSSS Easton approval during Part 72 QA review)

2 issue Type Responsible Proposed Proposed Section PM RTSM Expand scope of Part 71 to Reg 1Lic.

TSSS Easton include CoC holders, etc.

Delireeste reyiew and Reg /Lic.

SFTR Easton Sturz acceptance criteria for transfer TSSS casks in NUREG-1536 Revise 20.1501(c) to allow Reg /Lic.

TSSS Easton DOELAP dosimetry accreditation Add 72.48-like authority to Part Reg 1Lic.

TSSS Easton 71 (including SAR updating process) i 1

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