ML20077G974

R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant - Summary of March 2, 2020, Meeting Regarding License Amendment Request to Support Shutdown of Reactor During Upcoming Refueling Outage

ML20077G974
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/18/2020
From:	V Sreenivas Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co
Sreenivas V, NRR/DORL/LPL1, 415-2596
References
EPID L-2020-LLA-0031
Download: ML20077G974 (4)

Text

March 18, 2020 LICENSEE: Exelon Generation Company, LLC FACILITY: R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

SUMMARY

OF MARCH 2, 2020, MEETING REGARDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO SUPPORT SHUTDOWN OF REACTOR DURING UPCOMING REFUELING OUTAGE (EPID L-2020-LLA-0031)

On March 2, 2020, a Category 1 public teleconference was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and representatives of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Exelons license amendment request (LAR) dated February 25, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20056E958) for R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna). The meeting notice dated February 28, 2020, is available at ADAMS Accession No. ML20059K497. A list of attendees is enclosed.

Exelon requested expedited review of the outage-related LAR. The amendment would add a one-time note for use of alternative means for residual heat removal (RHR) during shutdown of the reactor during the upcoming refueling outage scheduled to start in April 2020, due to the possibility of not being able to open the normal RHR suction valve MOV 700. The amendment proposes to revise Technical Specifications (TSs) 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.9.4, and 3.9.5 to add the note to allow the use of alternate means for RHR. The purpose of the teleconference was to understand the technical aspects of the performance and reliability of the proposed alternate RHR methods.

The following topics were discussed during the public teleconference.

The NRC staff and Exelon discussed the wording of the proposed modifications of the TSs, and the need to ensure that only methods approved by the NRC would be implemented, if necessary. As a result of the discussion, the NRC staff provided the following requests for additional information to the licensee:

1. Evaluate realigning the

• and note in the TSs to ensure changes in upward modes are not allowed.

2. Evaluate adding the word approved in the note before the term alternate means of RHR.

The NRC staff and Exelon also discussed the performance details of the alternate RHR flow relative to the performance of the existing RHR flow. The NRC staff discussed the configuration of the actual piping of the alternative RHR methods. As a result of the discussion, the NRC staff provided the following requests for additional information to the licensee:

3. Provide performance details for the alternate RHR flow.

4. Provide a figure depicting the solid steam generator cooldown flow path, as well as a table comparing reactor coolant pump and decay heat loads with the capacity of the condensate cooling method.

Members of the public were not in attendance. No public meeting feedback forms were received.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2597 or v.sreenivas@nrc.gov.

/RA/

V. Sreenivas, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-244

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc: Listserv

ML20077G974 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL1/PM NRR/DORL/LPL1/LA NRR/DORL/LPL1/BC NRR/DORL/LPL1/PM NAME VSreenivas LRonewicz JDanna VSreenivas DATE 03/17/2020 03/17/2020 03/18/2020 03/18/2020 LIST OF ATTENDEES MARCH 2, 2020, MEETING WITH MEETING WITH EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC REGARDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO SUPPORT SHUTDOWN OF REACTOR DURING UPCOMING REFUELING OUTAGE R. E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Name Affiliation James Danna U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Joshua Borromeo NRC Victor Cusumano NRC Ravi Grover NRC Joshua Wilson NRC V. Sreenivas NRC Paul Swift Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon)

Daren Blankenship Exelon Mark Geckle Exelon Jarred Jackson Exelon Justin Knowles Exelon Damon Peters Exelon James Breunig Exelon George Wrobel Exelon Tom Loomis Exelon Jessie Hodge Exelon Antoinette Walter Exelon Enclosure