ML003725391

June 13-14, 2000 Meeting Summary Letter to Mr. Davis with Enclosures 1 and 2, Attachments Scanned

ML003725391
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Issue date:	06/16/2000
From:	Beckner W Technical Specifications Branch
To:	Jennifer Davis Nuclear Energy Institute
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June16,2000Mr.JamesDavis,DirectorOperationsDepartment NuclearEnergyInstitute 1776IStreet,N.W.

Suite400 Washington,DC20006-3708

DearMr.Davis:

EnclosedisasummaryofourjointNRC/TechnicalSpecificationsTaskForce(TSTF)OwnersGroupmeetingattheNuclearRegulatoryCommissioninRockville,Marylandon June13and14,2000.ShouldtheTSTFhaveanycommentsorquestions,pleasedonot hesitatetocontactmeon301-415-1161orbye-mailatwdb@nrc.gov.Sincerely,/RA/WilliamD.Beckner,ChiefTechnicalSpecificationsBranch DivisionofRegulatoryImprovementPrograms OfficeofNuclearReactorRegulationProjectNo.689

Enclosures:

1.AttendeeList2.SummaryofMeetingcc:ThoseonenclosedAttendeesList NuclearEnergyInstituteProjectNo.689cc:Mr.RalphBeedleMs.LynnetteHendricks,DirectorSeniorVicePresidentPlantSupportandChiefNuclearOfficerNuclearEnergyInstituteNuclearEnergyInstituteSuite400 Suite4001776IStreet,NW 1776IStreet,NWWashington,DC20006-3708 Washington,DC20006-3708Mr.AlexMarion,DirectorMr.CharlesB.Brinkman,DirectorProgramsWashingtonOperations NuclearEnergyInstituteABB-CombustionEngineering,Inc.

Suite40012300TwinbrookParkway,Suite330 1776IStreet,NWRockville,Maryland20852 Washington,DC20006-3708Mr.DavidModeen,DirectorEngineering NuclearEnergyInstitute Suite400 1776IStreet,NW Washington,DC20006-3708Mr.AnthonyPietrangelo,Director Licensing NuclearEnergyInstitute Suite400 1776IStreet,NW Washington,DC20006-3708Mr.HankSepp,ManagerRegulatoryandLicensingEngineering WestinghouseElectricCorporation P.O.Box355 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania15230Mr.JimDavis,DirectorOperations NuclearEnergyInstitute Suite400 1776IStreet,NW Washington,DC20006-3708 June16,2000Mr.JamesDavis,DirectorOperationsDepartment NuclearEnergyInstitute 1776IStreet,N.W.

Suite400 Washington,DC20006-3708

DearMr.Davis:

EnclosedisasummaryofourjointNRC/TechnicalSpecificationsTaskForce(TSTF)OwnersGroupmeetingattheNuclearRegulatoryCommissioninRockville,Marylandon June13and14,2000.ShouldtheTSTFhaveanycommentsorquestions,pleasedonot hesitatetocontactmeon301-415-1161orbye-mailatwdb@nrc.gov.Sincerely,/RA/WilliamD.Beckner,ChiefTechnicalSpecificationsBranch DivisionofRegulatoryImprovementPrograms OfficeofNuclearReactorRegulationProjectNo.689

Enclosures:

1.AttendeeList2.SummaryofMeetingcc:ThoseonenclosedAttendeesList DISTRIBUTION

DBMatthews/SNewberryRTSBMembers PUBLICRTSBR/F WDBecknerJLBirmingham RLDennigADAMSDOCUMENTNAME:G:\RTSB\TSTFINFO\OwnersGroupCorrespondence\MTGSUM6-13-14.wpdOFFICERTSB/DRIPRTSB/DRIPRGEB/DRIPSC:RTSB/DRIPC:RTSB/DRIP:NRRNAMETRTjaderTRTLAHillLAHJLBirminghamJLBRLDennigRLDWDBecknerWDBDATE06/16/0006/16/0006/16/0006/16/0006/16/00OFFICIALRECORDCOPY NRC/TSTFOWNER'SGROUPMEETINGJune13&14,2000ENCLOSURE1ATTENDEESLISTNAMEORGANIZATIONB.L.WoodsCEOG/SanOnofreJ.ArbuckleBWROG/WNP2 H.PontiousBWROG/COMED B.MannEXCEL D.HoffmanEXCEL N.ClarksonBWOG/DUKE S.WidemanWOG/WCNOC W.BecknerNRC/NRR/RTSB R.DennigNRC/NRR/RTSB J.Birmingham*NRC/NRR T.R.TjaderNRC/NRR/RTSB N.Gilles**NRC/NRR/RTSB C.SchultenNRC/NRR/RTSB LeslieHillNRC/NRR/RTSB T.Liu*NRC/NRR/RTSB J.Foster*NRC/NRR/RTSB W.Reckley*NRR/PMAS J.Weil*McGrawHill*AttendedJune13only**AttendedJune14only Page1ENCLOSURE2TechnicalSpecificationTaskForceMeetingSummaryJune13&14,2000StaffmetwiththeNuclearEnergyInstituteTechnicalSpecificationTaskForce(NEITSTF)onJune13&14,2000.TheTSTFandstaffdiscussedthestatusofpendinghighpriorityTSTFsasdescribedbelow.Attachment1wasthepre-meetingstatusprovidedbytheTSTFandAttachment2wasthepre-meetingstatusprovidedbythestaff.016R.3:TheTSBhasthenecessaryinformationtocompleteitsreview;approvalisanticipated.207R.5:Approved.231R.1:Approved;RPSInstrumentationBases(B3.3.1.1)correction.306R.1:TheTSTFwillsubmitRevision2torevisetheBases.330R.0:TheTSTFwillsubmitRevision1whichwillbeasolutionthatisbaseduponthetemperatureaveragingconceptapprovedforBrunswick.332R.0:TheTSTFwillsubmitRevision1whichwillimplementthetopical,Supplement1ofNEDO-32291ofOctober1999,andremovethenon-genericcascadingissues.334R.1:TheTSTFwillsubmitRevision2toincludeareviewer'snotebaseduponarelatedtopical,onceitisapproved.342R.1:Approved.343R.0:StaffcommentshavebeenprovidedtotheTSTFandtheTSTFwillsubmitRevision1forstaffreviewinthenearfuture(lowpriority).355R.0:TheTSTFwillsubmitRevision1tomakeacorrectiontotheRPSInstrumentationBases(B3.3.3.1).360R.0:StaffisreviewingthelatestTSTFjustifications/submittals.361R.0:Approved.364R.0:Approved.365R.0(TSB-22):Approved.

Page2ENCLOSURE2OtherTopicsDiscussed

TheTSTFOGwillproposeaprogramtoincludeintheTechnicalSpecificationstoaddressdelayedLCOentryfortakingsnubbersoutofserviceforroutinemaintenance.Attachment3 wasprovidedtotheOGtohelpclarifyissuesinordertodeveloptheprogram.[Thoughnot discussed,inparalleltotheindustryeffortTSBwillworkonasection3.0specificationtoallow foradelaytimeentryintotheConditionsofanLCO.]Theintentistoavoidunnecessaryentry intoTSrequiredactionsforsupportedsystemswhenremovingsnubbersfromservicefor surveillancetesting.TheStaffpresentedsomequestions(Attachment4)regardingBWRplantrefuelingoutageoperations,withtheintenttoresolveconcernsaboutTSTF-225andBWRSTS3.10.6.TheOG willpresentthequestionstoindustryexpertsandprovideanswerstoTSB;TSBwillreviewand discusstheanswerswithSRXB,clarifytheconcerns,andpresenttheconcernswithproposed solutionstotheOG;and,ifnecessaryhaveanNEI-NRRmeetingtoresolveissues.TheStaff willprepareanSEonPerry'sproposedadoptionofTSTF-225fromtheresultsofthiseffort.TheproductionstatusofRevision2totheSTSNUREGswasdiscussed.TheplanistoresolveBWRrefuelingissuesandTSTF-360issuesbytheendofJuly2000,postthefinaldraftSTS Rev2forindustryandpubliccommentbymidAugust2000,andreceiveandincorporate commentsbytheendofSeptember2000.ThenpublishSTSRev2intheearlyFallof2000.

TSB-NEIproofingpanelswillbeconvenedasneededtoresolveeditorialissues.Adiscussion onproposedformatchangestotheSTSRev2TableofContents(TOC)wasconductedbriefly, withtheOGunanimouslyagreeingthatTOCshouldremainunchanged(Attachment5,a strawmanforthesuggestedchangeswaspassedout).ThestaffandTSTFmembersdiscussedthepotentialofusingtheconsolidatedlineitemimprovementprocess(CLIIP)fortheremovalofpostaccidentsamplingsystems(PASS)from theTSofWestinghouseandCombustionEngineeringplants.Theownersgroupsforthose plantshavereceivedsafetyevaluationsfortopicalreportsthatjustifiedremovingPASS.The ownersgroupsrepresentativesagreedtopursueaTSTFtravelerfortheremovalofPASS.

FollowingreceiptoftheproposedTSTF,thestaffbelievesitisinaposition(basedonthe topicalreviews)toquicklypublishthenoticeforcommentascalledforintheCLIIP.TheBWR andB&WOwnersGroupswouldlikelysubmitTSTFsandtheCLIIPwouldbeusedforthe remainingplantsusingaseparateactivity.BillReckleyofthestaffprovidedapossibleexample ofanindividuallicensee'sapplicationusingtheCLIIPforPASSelimination(Attachment6).ThestatusoftheRiskInformedTechnicalSpecifications(RITS)effortwasdiscussed.TheOGhassubmittedproposalforInitiatives1(preferredendstates),2(revisedelaytimeforentering requiredactionsuponmissingasurveillance),and3(modifymoderestraintlogic);Initiative1is currentlyunderreviewbythestaff.RevisionstoTSTF-358andTSTF-359canbeexpected fromtheOGinearlyJuly.AproposalonInitiative6(modifyLCO3.0.3)isexpectedfromthe OGbytheendoftheyear.Participantsagreedtoconductastatusconferencecallat10AMonJune27,2000.ThenextTSTFmeetingwillbeonJuly13-14,2000attheNRC.