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MONTHYEARML24262A0602024-09-23023 September 2024 Summary of August 19, 2024, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Supplement to the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan ML24228A2652024-08-20020 August 2024 Summary of Public Pre-Submittal Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Future Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant LAR Related to TS 3.5.2. ECCS - Operating ML24221A0132024-08-19019 August 2024 July 10, 2024, Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Change to the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan ML24173A2122024-06-27027 June 2024 Summary of Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss a Proposed License Amendment Request Regarding Adoption of TSTF-276-A, Revision 2 to Clarify Requirements for Diesel Generator Testing ML24158A3002024-06-11011 June 2024 Summary of May 6, 2024, Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss the Potential for a License Amendment Request Regarding the Control Room Envelope and Selective Use of an Alternative Source Term ML24089A0712024-04-0101 April 2024 3/20/24 & 3/27/24 2023 TVA Public Annual Assessment Meeting Summary ML24057A0582024-02-27027 February 2024 Summary of February 15, 2024, Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Proposed License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML24008A1592024-01-18018 January 2024 Summary of December 13, 2023, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Change to the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan ML23304A0682023-11-0606 November 2023 Summary of October 24, 2023, Public Mtg W/Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Proposed License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 to Revise Function 5, Turbine Trip and F ML23265A1512023-09-28028 September 2023 Summary of September 12, 2023, Partially Closed Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Proposed License Amendment Request ML23198A3102023-07-20020 July 2023 July 10, 2023, Summary of Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Proposed License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML23142A2132023-05-22022 May 2023 Public Meeting Summary - 2022 Annual Assessment Meetings for Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants ML23068A1532023-03-16016 March 2023 Summary of February 22, 2023, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Proposed License Amendment Request to Increase Allowable Number of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML23055A4562023-03-0909 March 2023 Summary of February 15, 2023, Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Proposed Expedited License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML22329A1382022-12-0505 December 2022 Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Related to Planned Alternative Request WBN-2-ISI-01 for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ML22168A1642022-06-27027 June 2022 Summary of June 9, 2022, Meeting with TVA Regarding a Proposed License Amendment Request Related to Low Temperature Overpressure System and Cold Overpressure Mitigation System for Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants ML22109A0042022-04-20020 April 2022 Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Alternative Request Related to Testing of the Motor-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps at Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants ML22104A2252022-04-20020 April 2022 Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Exemption Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ML22108A1842022-04-18018 April 2022 TVA 2021 Annual Assessment Public Meeting Summary ML22042B3262022-02-14014 February 2022 Summary of February 8, 2022, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed License Amendment Request to Revise the Allowable Value for Trip of Turbine-Driven Main Feedwater Pump at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ML22025A3112022-02-0909 February 2022 Summary of January 19, 2022, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Schedule for Development of a License Amendment Request for Increased Tritium Production ML21349A3642022-01-0404 January 2022 Summary of December 14, 2021, Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Change to the Capsule Withdrawal Schedule for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ML21291A0092021-11-0303 November 2021 Tennessee Valley Authority Fleet - Summary of October 13, 2021, Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Planned License Amendment Requests Related to the Emergency Action Level Scheme ML21279A0902021-11-0303 November 2021 Summary of Conference Calls Regarding the Fall 2021, Mid-Cycle Steam Generator Tube Inspections ML21253A0872021-09-15015 September 2021 Summary of August 19, 2021, Partially Closed Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Mid-Cycle Outage Contingencies for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ML21245A4252021-09-15015 September 2021 Summary of August 19, 2021, Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Request Related to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML21165A1482021-06-30030 June 2021 Summary of Closed Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Planned Requests for Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 37 ML21137A0022021-05-17017 May 2021 Public Meeting Summary - Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants, Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, and 50-391, Meeting Number 20210392 ML21120A2192021-05-0404 May 2021 April 28,2021, Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Related to a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, to Remove from Technical Specifications Redundant Units of Measurement for Control ML21099A2072021-04-13013 April 2021 Summary of April 7, 2021, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Related to a Planned Relief Request from ASME Code Testing Requirements ML21060B0532021-03-0303 March 2021 Summary of February 11, 2021, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Related to a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, to Apply a Temperature Adjusted Steam Generator Tube Flaw Growth Rate Methodology ML21033A5952021-02-23023 February 2021 Summary of Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Requests Related to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 Steam Generator Replacement ML20351A4212021-01-19019 January 2021 Summary of Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Requests Related to the Watts Bar, Unit 2, Steam Generator Replacement ML20357A0092021-01-19019 January 2021 Summary of December 17, 2020, Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Request Related to Use of Alternate Probability of Detection at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ML20351A2192021-01-11011 January 2021 Summary of Conference Calls Regarding the Fall 2020 Steam Generator Tube Inspections ML20337A0402020-12-15015 December 2020 Summary of November 17, 2020, Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Request for Technical Specification 5.9.9, Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report ML20323A0662020-11-27027 November 2020 Summary of October 28, 2020, Teleconference with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Request for Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.6.15.4, Shield Building ML20244A1892020-09-11011 September 2020 Summary of Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Change to the Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program ML20213C7112020-08-25025 August 2020 Summary of July 28, 2020, Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned Alternative Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ML20233A8352020-08-25025 August 2020 Summary of August 11, 2020, Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML20175A8012020-08-11011 August 2020 Summary of June 23, 2020, Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss a Planned License Amendment ML20211L8222020-08-10010 August 2020 Summary of Teleconference Call with the Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ML20150A4162020-06-24024 June 2020 Summary of May 28, 2020, Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ML20153A3622020-06-22022 June 2020 Summary of May 27, 2020, Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML20143A1692020-05-28028 May 2020 Summary of May 14, 2020, Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ML20135H2702020-05-28028 May 2020 Summary of May 5, 2020, Teleconference Call with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML20127H8412020-05-0606 May 2020 Public Meeting Summary - Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Meeting No. 20200384 ML20034F5232020-02-12012 February 2020 Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Planned License Amendment Request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML19347D1592020-01-0707 January 2020 Summary of December 12, 2019, Meeting with Northern States Power Co., Doing Business as Xcel Energy, and Tennessee Valley Authority Planned License Amendment Requests for Prairie Island, Units 2 and 2, and Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2 ML19296B6642019-11-0707 November 2019 Summary of Pre-Application Meeting with TVA Regarding a Planned License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.6.15 Condition B and Surveillance Requirement 3.6.15.1 at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 2024-09-23
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 CX:tober 20, 2016 LICENSEE: Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITY: Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY REGARDING WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 TRITIUM PRODUCTION PLANNING On September 13, 2016, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at NRC Headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of this meeting was for TVA staff to present information regarding its plans and schedule for requesting authorization to load tritium producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) in the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2, reactor. The meeting notice and agenda, dated August 29, 2016, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML16252A164. A list of attendees for the meeting is enclosed.
TVA staff provided a presentation on the basis for the request, project scope, licensing strategy, and proposed schedule for the project. The presentation is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16257A020.
TVA staff stated that the planned request is in response to a request from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to TVA to expand tritium production to support U.S. weapons stockpile needs.
TVA staff described the project scope, including plant modifications and engineering evaluations to be completed to support the request. TVA staff also identified key planning assumptions, including lessons learned from WBN, Unit 1, TPBAR licensing reviews and recent generic issues associated with reactor vessel and fuel rack analyses. Key milestones for the project include a planned submittal in November 2017, requested amendment issuance by May 2019, and beginning tritium production in WBN, Unit 2, in November 2020.
The NRC staff in attendance provided observations on key issues that should be fully addressed in the submittal, including control of effluent releases, post-LOCA (loss-of coolant accident) and fuel rack criticality analyses, affect of proposed plant modifications on required manual operator actions, and information needed to support the staff's environmental review of the proposed amendment.
No regulatory decisions were made at the meeting.
Several members of the public observed the meeting via telephone and provided questions or comments regarding environmental impact evaluations, monitoring of tritium releases, and expressed objections to the use of civilian power reactors for production of weapons material.
Members of the public questioned the NRC staff about the environmental review process that would be carried out to support the staff's review of the proposed tritium production at WBN, Unit 2. Some members of the public expressed concern that the NRC did not consider tritium production in the final environmental statement prepared for the licensing of WBN, Unit 2. The NRC staff responded that it would conduct an independent environmental review in the form of an environmental assessment for the requested license amendment and would consider prior findings documented in DOE's supplemental environmental impact statement related to the tritium production program, which TVA stated would be adopted.
Members of the public also questioned the NRC staff about monitoring programs in place to measure the air dispersion of tritium, deposition in soil, and uptake in vegetation. The NRC staff responded that monitoring programs conducted by TVA are described in the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual, and stated that TVA's monitoring programs include collection and monitoring of local vegetation for radioactivity.
The latest Watts Bar Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report, dated April 29, 2016, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16120A330. TVA's latest Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, dated May 12, 2016, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16133A535. These and prior years' reports for all operating nuclear power plants are available via the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/tritium/plant-info.html. General information regarding radiation monitoring at nuclear power plants is available at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/protects-you/radiation-monitoring.html. The NRC periodically conducts focused inspections of nuclear power plants' environmental monitoring programs to verify that licensees are in compliance with NRC regulations.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-6020 or via e-mail at Robert.Schaaf@nrc.gov ldl-J Robert G. Schaaf, Senior Proje t Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391 Enclosure List of Attendees cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv
MEETING ATTENDANCE LIST Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Plant: Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. Unit 2
Subject:
Information Meeting - Unit 2 Date: September 19. 2016 Tritium Production Planning Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Time: 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
(NRC) Headquarters. Two White Flint North Room T-7A01 NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION NRC/Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)/Division of Jeanne Dion Acting Branch Chief Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL)/Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 (LPLll-2)
Robert Schaaf Senior Project Manager NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLll-2 Farideh Saba Senior Project Manager NRC/N RR/DORL/LPLI 1-2 NRC/NRR/Division of Risk Assessment (DRA)/Radiation Roger Pedersen Senior Health Physicist Protection and Consequence Branch (ARCB)
Kristy Bucholtz* Reactor Engineer NRC/NRR/DRA/ARCB NRC/NRR/DRA/Probabilistic Risk Vicotoria Huckabay Human Factors Engineer Assessment Operations & Human Factors Branch NRC/NRR/Division of Safety Systems Scott Krepel Nuclear Engineer (DSS)/ Nuclear Performance & Code Review Branch NRC/NRR/DSS/Reactor Systems Jennifer Whitman* Reactor Engineer Branch Enclosure
NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION NRC/NRR/Division of License Renewal (DLR)/Environmental Kevin Folk Acting Branch Chief Review & Project Management Branch (RERP)
Bill Rautzen Health Physicist NRC/NRR/DLR/RERP NRG/Office of Nuclear Material Safety Export/Import Licensing and Safeguards/Division of Fuel Santiago Aguilar Analyst Cycle Safety, Material Control and Accounting Branch Senior Manager, Regulatory Erin Henderson TVA Operations General Manager, Reactor David Brown TVA Engineering & Fuels Mark Burzynski Fuels Licensing Support TVA Jeff McGuire Tritium Program Manager TVA Program Manager, Coprorate Ben Hammergren* TVA Nuclear Licensing Deputy Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Thomas Rotella Office of Tritium & Materials Administration (NNSA)
Management Curtis Chamblin* General Engineer NNSA Cyndi Specht* Leidos, Contractor NNSA
NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION Project Manager, Tritium Cheryl Thornhill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sustainment Program Gary Morgan* Public Sara Barzcak* Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Donald Safer* Tennessee Environmental Council Gary Wright* Public
Meeting Notice: ML16252A164; Meeting Summary: ML16277A003; Presentation: ML16257A020 OFFICE DORULP2-2/PM DORULP2-2/LA DORULP2-2/BC(A) DORULP2-2/PM NAME RSchaaf BClayton JDion RSchaaf DATE 10/18/2016 10/18/2016 10/18/2016 10/20/2016