ML20058M945

Summary of 930908-09 Meeting W/Util in Rockville,Md Re Status of Current Licensing Activities for Plants

ML20058M945
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Site:	Hatch, Vogtle
Issue date:	09/29/1993
From:	Carpenter C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 9310070180
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f September 29, 1993 Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425 and 50-321, 50-366 LICENSEE:

Georgia Power Company, et al.

FACILITIES:

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units I and 2

SUMMARY

OF SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9, 1993, MEETINGS WITH GEORGIA POWER COMPANY ON LICENSING ISSUES - HATCH AND V0GTLE NUCLEAR PLANTS Representatives from Georgia Power Company (GPC or the licensee) met with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff on September 8 and 9, 1993, at the NRC offices in Rockville, Maryland, to discuss the status of current licens'ing activities for the Hatch and Vogtle plants. The attendees at the meetings are listed in Enclosure 1, a copy of the slides presented at the September 9, 1993, meeting by the licensee are given in Enclosure 2, and a copy of the slides presented by the staff are given in Enclosure 3.

The September 9, 1993, meeting was comprised of the morning session, during which the status of the facilities was discussed by the licensee, and an afternoon session, during which the staff made presentations on Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions'and the revised SALP process.

After brief introductory remarks by NRC and GPC regarding the objectives of the meeting, Mr. K. McCoy, GPC Vice President, Vogtle, discussed the status of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Units 1 and 2.

He stated that Vogtle Unit I was maintaining 100% rated power without any major problems and that the plant had been on-line for 43 days. Vogtle Unit 2 had been coasting down to a refueling outage that was scheduled to begin on Friday, September 10, 1993. However, the plant had tripped on Wednesday, September 8, 1993, due to an inadvertent low flow trip signal in a single loop. The licensee suspects that the signal was' caused by electrical components being jarred during an inspection of electrical fures. Mr. McCoy also discussed organizational changes at Vogtle, including personnel down-sizing through attrition.

Mr. W. Kitchens, Assistant General Manager, Plant Support, Vogtle, then presented an overview of Vogtle Unit 2 refueling outage, which is planned to be completed in 36 days, 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />. He discussed the major scope of the outage and risk management during the outage.

Mr. J. Beckham, GPC Vice President, Hatch, discussed the status of Edwin I.

Hatch Nuclear Plant, (Hatch) Units 1 and 2.

He stated that Hatch Unit I was maintaining 100% rated power without any major problems. Hatch Unit 2 was at 85% rated power due to a leaking fuel pin.

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.. assembly containing the leaking pin and, as a result, its offgas activity is stable. The licensee is monitoring drywell floor drains.inleakage for unidentified leakage; the licensee suspects that a safety relief valve may be

" simmering", through tail pipe drains. He also discussed the Hatch Unit 2 refueling outage, completed March 16, 1993, and the major upcoming activities planned for the Hatch Unit 1 outage in the Spring of 1994.

Mr. S. Bethay, Manager of Licensing, Hatch, then discussed the Regulatory l

Requirements Review Program at Hatch, including the program's scope, objectives, activities in progress, the change process, and the schtdule. His slides are included in Enclosure 2.

The afternnon session began with Mr. L. Marsh of the NRC presenting a summary of the status of Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions. The licensee discussed with the staff concerns that the licensing actions, which were of marginal safety significance but notable cost savings to the licensee, would be i

assigned a low review priority and, hence, would not be acted upon for a long time. Mr. Marsh's slides are included in Enclosure 3.

Mr. C. Holden of the NRC briefly discussed the revised SALP process. The licensee discussed with the staff the need to educate the local and state government officials on the meaning of the SALP report.

The meeting was concluded with an agreement to meet next at Vogtle in the spring 1994 timeframe.

Original signed by C. E. Carpenter, Acting Project Manager Project Directorate II-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

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List of Attendees 2.

Slides Presented by the Licensee 3.

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Nuclear Operations Office of Planning and Budget Georgia Power Company Room 615B P. O. Box 1295 270 Washington Street, SW.

Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Atlanta, Georgia 30334

??. C. K. McCoy Attorney General Vice President - Nuclear Law Department Vogtle Project 132 Judicial Building Georgia Power Company Atlanta, Georgia 30334 P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Arthur H. Domby, Esquire Troutman Sanders NationsBank Plaza 600 Peachtree Street, NE.

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ENCLOSURE 1 ATTENDEES SEPTEMBER 9. 1993 NAME ORGANIZATION Darl S. Hood NRR/PD2-3 Alan R. Herdt NRC/ Region II/DRP Branch Chief David B. Matthews NRC/PDII-3/HQ Gus Lainas NRC/ADRII J. T. Beckham GPC/ Hatch Jim Bailey SNC/Vogtle Ken McCoy GPC/Vogtle Skip Kitchens GPC/Vogtle J. D. Heidt SNC/ Hatch Project S. B. Tipps GPC/ Hatch Mehdi Sheibani GPC/Vogtle Jack Woodard GPC C. E. Carpenter NRC/NRR/PD2-3 J. Starefos-NRC/NRR/PD2-3 J. N. Donohew NRC/P.P.R/CBLA Task Force S. J. Bethay SNC/ Hatch B. R. Bonser NRC/ SRI-Vogtle L. D. Wert NRC/ SRI-Hatch P. H. Skinner NRC/RII/DRP Section Chief 3B K. N. Jabbour NRC/NRR

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REFUELING OUTAGE 2R3 OVERVIEW SCHEDULED 36 DAYS, 6 HOURS OPTIMUM SCHEDULING CONCEPT SIMILAR TO 45 DAY UNIT 1 OUTAGE (WITHOUT ILRT)

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UNIT TWO Refuel (Full Core Off-load)

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Ensure Resources are Expended in a Cost-Effective Manner Activities in Proaress MSIV Leakage Control System Removal

.i Deletion of Response Time Testing Revision to NUREG 0619 Commitments i

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Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions BACKGROUND

- Continued rise in Industry O&M costs Licensees have expressed concern that some regulatory commitments or requirements provide little or no safety payoff, but require significant resource expenditure.

- Amendment requests to provide relief would normally receive low priority (Priority 3 or 4), and may take a LONG TIME to process.

Pilot program (Task Force) to give special consideration to amendment or exemption requests with high cost but low safety benefits.

Focus on VEPCO, FPC and NEU programs Significant discussion / description of the Task Force at the R.I.C. (Chm. Selin, Dr. Murley, and F. Gillespie) 5ag..

L. B. Marsh, Project Director, NRC 8/93

Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions I

PREMISES Fixed NRC Resources for addressing CBLAs Relaxations / Reliefs granted by NRC will result in more efficient resource expenditure by industry, and SAFER nuclear plants.

CBLAs should not involve ecy significant SAFETY issue LOW cost or HIGH SAFETY items shouldn't be handled via CBLA Solution will involve PROCESS improvements by both NRC and INDUSTRY.

- This is a WINDOW of OPPORTUNITY for licensees and may not last forever.

Cost savings considerations will be considered for work PRIORITIZATION purposes, not as the BASES for the ultimate disposition on the issue.

Embarking on a CBLA PROGRAM should be carefully considered within the overall NRC/ Licensee agenda L. B. Marsh, Project Director, NRC

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Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions QUESTIONS FOR NRC and INDUSTRY CBLA = A licensing action with HIGH cost value to the licensee but with LOW safety significance, and with a LOW NRR review priority. Can be overcommitment, marginal requirement or change in licensing basis needing NRC review.

Do licensees have other def'n for actions of this sort?

How many CBLAs in NRC system now? What's their nature?

- Are there any problems associated w/ these CBLAs? (Late?

Large # in the queue? Working low cost items ahead of high cost items?)

- Are licensees NOT SUBMITTING CBLAs? Why not?

Will there be a flood of NEW SUBMITTALS?

How complicated will they be?

Could the " Integrated Living Schedule" solve the CBLA issue?

- Are licensees CLEARLY identifying CBLAs to the NRC?

For those CBLAs that are commitment changes, can the licensees change their commitments w/o NRC review / approval?

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Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions 1

OBSERVATIONS Many task forces within NRC and industry. Need for coordination and communication to avoid problems.

- VEPCO program began large - now FOCUS LIST

- VEPCO items being worked well by staff.

On schedule.

- Initial VEPCO items not difficult / controversial.

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- FPC items aren't really a CBLA program, per se, yet-

- ENTERGY program - new, significant, major $ implications

- When a licensee can change a commitment w/o NRC approval varies among licensees, issues, and time

- Not clear Integrated Living Schedule would help CBLAs get processed. Licensees are reluctant.

L Licensees sometimes request UNNECESSARY or CONTINGENCY. type-NRC reviews.

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- Industry has been very much in favor or RRG. efforts and wants i.

the to continue. Call for NRC point.of contact

- Other licensees are starting CBLA programs:

• CECO, TVA, FPL, PG&E-

• Need for.' industry coordination L. B. Marsh, Project Director, NRC 8/93

Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions NRC TASK FORCES /. GROUPS (related to CBLAs).

Regulatory Review Group (Gillespie - NRR)

Marginal to Safety (Dey - RES)

Licensee Commitments / CLB (Leeds - NRR)

- Tech Spec improvement Program (Grimes - NRR)

NRR Priority / Ranking system (Slosson - NRR)

- Amendment Screening Panel (Peterson - NRR)

- Computer Support Development l'Wiggington - NRR/lRM)

REGULATORY REVIEW GROUP

- Draft report issued 5/28

- Comment period ends 7/28

- Final report 8/20/93

- Commission meeting in October, '93 L. B. Marsh, Project Director, NRC 8/93

Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS / ENHANCEMENTS

- Modify NRR Priority System to include costs - sliding scale

- Formally PRIORITIZE all jobs being sent to Tech Staff Industry perform generic assessments / submittals Licensees NUMERICALLY PRIORITIZE all incoming work Utilize " Integrated Living Schedule"

- Look for GENERIC RELIEFS that can be undertaken by NRC

- NRC articulate characteristics of HIGH QUALITY submittals Enhance current AMENDMENT SCREENING process

- Enhance electronic tracking / sorting of past SERs

- Clearly articulate what licensees can and can't do on their own w/o NRC review

- Better control (rejections) of licensee's request for UNNECESSARY or CONTINGENCY reviews

- Public list of CBLAs - update periodically Issue GUIDANCE to Licensees and Staff Licensees provide SUPPORT / PRODDING to submittals

- No trivial CBLAs

- NRC Point of Contact L. B. Marsh, Project Director, NRC 8/93

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