ML042810509
| ML042810509 | |
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| Site: | PROJ0690 |
| Issue date: | 10/07/2004 |
| From: | Emch R L NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Emch R L, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1590 | |
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| Project 690 | |
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October 7, 2004ORGANIZATION:Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
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SUMMARY
MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION AND THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE ON AUGUST 19, 2004 TO DISCUSS SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSESThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff (the staff) met with Nuclear EnergyInstitute (NEI) and utility representatives on August 19, 2004, to discuss difficulties that license renewal applicants have been experiencing in responding to NRC staff requests for additional information (RAIs) on severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMA) analyses. A list of meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 1. NEI provided its presentation slides to the NRC in advance of the meeting to serve as an agenda. A copy of NEI's presentation slides and meeting handout is provided in Enclosure 2. Following is a summary of the discussions.Opening statements were made by Richard Emch, NRC's meeting facilitator; Pao-Tsin Kuo, theDirector of NRC's License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program; Fred Emerson, NEI Project Manager; and John Tappert, Chief of NRC's Environmental Section. Bill Watson of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut narrated the industry's presentation discussing areas of difficulty and recommending potential solutions to improve the SAMA development and review process.
The industry handout provided example RAIs to help illustrate some of the issues. Conducting the SAMA analyses and responding to the staff's RAIs have proved to be expensive; three applicants estimated that the SAMA analyses and responses to RAIs cost several hundred thousand dollars, constituting about half of the cost of the overall environmental review. NEI indicated that the purpose of the meeting was to find ways to provide SAMA analyses that would not require substantial RAIs and to respond more cost-effectively to SAMA RAIs.
Significant discussion focused on treating analyses uncertainties, quantifying external event risks, and developing lower cost SAMAs such as use of non-safety grade equipment. It was agreed that NEI would take the lead in developing guidance to improve SAMA analyses; NEI planned to prepare an outline and schedule for the guidance document within about one month.Mark Rubin, a Section Chief in NRC's Probabilistic Safety Assessment Branch (SPSB)responsible for SAMA reviews, agreed that NRC resources will be made available to discuss proposed guidance developed by the NEI group. This guidance should reduce the amount of resources required by SPSB to review SAMA applications. There was also some discussion of NRC
's logistical methods for conducting the review ofSAMA analyses. No changes in review process were agreed upon by the NRC.
/RA/Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project ManagerEnvironmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationProject No.: 690
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page There was also some discussion of NRC
's logistical methods for conducting the review ofSAMA analyses. No changes in review process were agreed upon by the NRC.
/RA/Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project ManagerEnvironmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationProject No.: 690
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encl: See next pageDISTRIBUTION
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Accession Nos.:1) Note to Organization: NEI w/Encl. 1, Svc. List: ML0428105092) NEI/NRC Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives Meeting Slides, dtd: 8/19/04: ML0428104803) SAMA Presentation Examples: ML0428104754) Pkg: ML042810487DOCUMENT NAME:C:\ORPCheckout\FileNET\ML042810509.wpdOFFICE:LA:RLEP:DRIPPM:RLEP:DRIPSC-A:SPSB:DSSASC-C:RLEP:DRIPNAME:M. JenkinsR. EmchM. RubinA. KuglerDATE:09/24/0409/24/0409/30/0410/07/04OFFICIAL RECORD COPY ATTENDANCE LIST FOR NEI/NRC SAMA MEETINGAUGUST 19, 2004ParticipantsAffiliationPao-Tsin KuoNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)John TappertNRC Mark RubinNRC Samson LeeNRC Bob PallaNRC Rich EmchNRC Thomas KenyonNRC Steve HoffmanNRC Barry ZalcmanNRC Fred EmersonNuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Bill WatsonDominion Rich GallagherDominion Myron MatrasDominion Tim AbneyTennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Michael FallinConstellation Darrel TurnerNuclear Management Corporation (NMC)
Brian BroganNMC Owen ScottSouthern Nuclear Bill MaherExelon Alan CoxEntergy Jerry FieldsPennsylvania Power & Light (PPL)
Jeff GaborErin Don MacLoedErin Robert SchmidtInformation Systems Laboratories (ISL)
Jan KozyraProgress Energy Steven DolbyMcGraw HillEnclosure 1 NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE Project No. 690
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Mr. Joe Bartell U.S. Department of Energy NE-42 Washington, DC 20585Ms. Christine S. Salembier CommissionerState Liaison Officer Department of Public Service 112 State St., Drawer 20 Montipelier, VT 05620-2601Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708Mr. William CorbinVirginia Electric & Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, VA 23060Mr. Frederick W. PolaskiManager License Renewal Exelon Corporation 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348George WrobelManager, License Renewal R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.
Ontario, NY 14519Mr. David LochbaumUnion of Concerned Scientists 1707 H St., NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006-3919Ronald B. ClaryManager, Plant Life Extension V.C. Summer Nuclear Station Bradham Blvd.
P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065Mr. Paul GunterDirector of the Reactor Watchdog Project Nuclear Information & Resource Service
1424 16 th St., NW, Suite 404Washington, DC 20036Mr. Hugh JacksonPublic Citizen
's Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program 215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003Mary OlsonNuclear Information & Resource Service Southeast Office P.O. Box 7586 Asheville, NC 28802 Talmage B. ClementsManager - License Renewal Nuclear Engineering Services
CP&L 410 South Wilmington St.
Raleigh, NC 27602Mr. Charles R. PierceManager - License Renewal Southern Nuclear Operating Company P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201Mr. Garry G. YoungManager, License Renewal Services 1448 SR 333, N-GSB-45 Russellville, AR 72802Richard J. GrumbirProject Manager, License Renewal Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107Mr. Timothy E. Abney, ManagerLicensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609