ML19309F081

Updates 800401 Meeting W/Util & NRC Re OL Applications. Submits Program for Start of NRC Review,Including Initial Meeting W/Util Project Manager.Applicants Exploring Other Steps to Aid NRC Review

ML19309F081
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek, Callaway
Issue date:	04/23/1980
From:	Petrick N STANDARDIZED NUCLEAR UNIT POWER PLANT SYSTEM
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
SLNRC-80-20, NUDOCS 8004280463
Download: ML19309F081 (2)

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• c SNUPPS Standardized Nuclear Unit Power PIant System 5 Choke Cherry Road Nicholas A. Petrick Rockrdle, Maryland 2CLO Executive Director mu smom April 23, 1980 SLNRC 80-20 FILE: 0'540 SUBJ: SNUPPS OL Review

r. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Docket Nos.: STN 50-482, STN 50-483, STN 50-486 Ref: SLNRC 80-3 dated January 14, 1980

Dear Mr. Denton:

On behalf of the SNUPPS Utility Officers who met with you in your office ,

the morning of April 1,1980, I have been asked to express an interest on their part in pursuing the SHUPPS operating license applications of Callaway 1 and Wolf Creek along the lines suggested by you and your staff. The referenced letter expressed a concern regarding the lack of progress in tne NRC's review of the SNUPPS FSAR and the Callaway and Wolf Creek OL applications. The April 1 meeting of the SNUPPS Manage-ment Committee with your staff was intended to discuss the situation i and to explore ways in which the review process could be expedited. '

During the meeting, the NRC suggested several actions that would assist in expediting the review. SNUPPS endorses the NRC plans to develop new ,

review techniques and is prepared to cooperate fully in assisting the '

NRC. The purpose of this letter is to propose a program for the start of the NRC review and to suggest other plans for the OL review. l The SNUPPS participants believe the strengthening of the authority and )

responsibility of the NRC project managers, as intended by the NRR <

reorganization, is a positive step toward improved NRC reviews. In consideration of tnis organizational change and the NRC intent to name a new SNUPPS project manager by May 1,1980, a set of initial meetings.

with the new project manager is proposed. A preliminary itinerary for the project manager is as follows: '

j Monday - Meet with SNUPPS Staff and Utility personnel in Rock- l l ville to discuss the SNUPPS organization, basic plant  !

l features and characteristics, and content of the FSAR \

l with emphasis on changes introduced since the PSAR.

Discuss SHUPPS' similarities with other, previously re-hO t

viewed plants. Discuss SNUPPS' plans relative to the 1 l

'IRC's TMI action plans (if issued). Tour the SNUPPS l mocel at Bechtel's Gaithersburg offices.

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SLNRC 80-20 Page Two Tuesday - Examine the SNUPPS simulator at Zion, which is a duplicate of the SNUPPS control room. Discuss safety status displays, operator training, and simulators planned for each site.

Plan a future, several-day simulator training session for the project manager and/or other NRC personnel.

Wednesday - Tour the Callaway jobsite.

Thursday - Tour the Wolf Creek jobsite.

Friday -

Meet at SNUPPS' Rockville offices. Open discussion of pro-ject status. Development of plans for the remainder of the NRC review.

An introduction to SNUPPS, such as suggested above, is intended to assist the NRC in indoctrination of the project tranager to enhance prompt com-pletion of the acceptance reviews. As stnted by Mr. Ross at the April 1, 1980 meeting, the SNUPPS applications could be docketed by mid-May 1980.

After docketing, Fuel Load Forecast Panel visits to Callaway and Wolf Creek could be conducted in June or July. A series of interbranch re-view meetings could also be conducted in this time frame. Locations for these meetings could be at the sites, as suggested by Mr. Ross, and at the SNUPPS model in Gaithersburg. The model has proven to be a valuable tool for internal safety reviews and could serve a similar function for the NRC. The topics for the first of these meetings could be those suggested by the NRC, i.e., auxiliary feedwater and DC power systems.

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The SNUPPS applicants are taking action on, or exploring the possibi-lity of, other steps to aid the NRC's review. As examples, even though the SNUPPS control room design has been extensively reviewed by utility, A/E, and NSSS personnel, an independent review to consider recent NRC concerns is planned. Additionally, a second reliability study of the SNUPPS auxiliary feedwater system, to include the effects of changes in-traduced during the evolution of the detailed design, will be conducted.

_ The results of these studies would be available to the NRC. SNUPPS' plans can be discussed in more detail with the NRC project manager at the early May meetings proposed above.

Ver truly yours, R.44u Nicholas A. Petrick RLS/jdk cc: Mr. Richard P. Denise J. K. Bryan UE Assistant Director for Licensing Management G. L. Koester KGE U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission D. T. McPhee KCPL Washington, D.C. 20555 I

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