ML13010A404
| ML13010A404 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 01/10/2013 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Hirsch D Univ Of California - Santa Cruz |
| References | |
| Download: ML13010A404 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY January 10, 2013 Daniel Hirsch President, Committee to Bridge the Gap Lecturer College Ten Administrative Offices University of California at Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz CA 95064
Dear Mr. Hirsch:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is pleased that you will participate in a public Commission meeting on steam generator tube degradation, on February 7, 2013, at 1 :00 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the Commissioners' Conference Room on the first floor of the NRC's Headquarters building at One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland. The Commission is i11terested in hearing your views, representing the Committee to Bridge the Gap, on steam generator regulatory oversight. I am enclosing a copy of the meeting agenda for your information ( enclosure 1 ). My staff will keep you informed of any updates to the agenda.
To assist the Commission in preparing for the meeting, please e-mail any written material, including slides/viewgraphs, to Ms. Rochelle Bavol and Ms. Sandy Joosten (rochelle.bavo!@nrc.gov and sandy.joosten@nrc.gov) in the Office of the Secretary, by January 31, 2013, so that it can be distributed to the Commission for review in advance of the meeting. Enclosed are guidelines for slides, if you choose to use them (enclosure 2).
PowerPoint is the preferred format, but other electronic presentation formats may be used. This Commission meeting will be webcast live at the Web address: www.nrc.gov. If you intend to use slides, they will also be posted on the NRC website prior to the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Bavol at' 301-415-1651.
Your presentation at the Commission meeting should be based on the assumption that Commissioners are familiar with the content of your written material. Please plan your oral presentation for 1 O minutes, discussing the important points on which you wish to focus the Commission's attention.
The NRC Headquarters building is located opposite the White Flint Metro Station on Rockville Pike and Marinelli Drive, Rockville, Maryland. The White Flint Metro Station is on the Red Line of.the Washington area subway system. Reserved visitor parking for Commission guests is available. If you wish to use reserved parking, please notify Ms. Bavol in advance. If reserved parking has been arranged, please check-in with the security staff at the entrance to the NRC campus on Marinelli Drive when you arrive. A Security Guard will call for an escort. Please note that visitors will be screened through metal detectors, will have their packages x-rayed, and will be required to present a picture identification card prior to signing in at the registration desk.
Enclosures:
- 1. Draft Agenda
- 2. Briefing Visuals Guidance
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Annette Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission Final: 1/10/13 (Rev.)
SCHEDULING NOTE
Title:
BRIEFING ON STEAM GENERATOR TUBE DEGRADATION (Public)
Purpose:
To provide the Commission with information on steam generator operating experience and regulatory oversight.
Scheduled:
February 7, 2013 1:00 pm Duration:
Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> and 45 minutes Location:
Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st floor OWFN
Participants:
Presentation NRC Staff Panel 45 mins.*
Bill Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations Eric Leeds, Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Ken Karwoski, Senior Level Advisor, NRR Steam Generators and Material Inspection Chris Jackson, Branch Chief, NRR Reactor Systems Branch Topics:
Oversight of licensee steam generator programs Recently observed degradation mechanisms (including San Onofre replacement steam generators and results of tests and inspections)
Design basis accident and operating experience Commission Q & A Break External Panel Jim Benson, Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Steam Generator Management Program Topics:
Overview and analysis of historical degradation mechanisms Overview of EPRI Steam Generator Management Program Vendors Hitoshi Kaguchi, Ph.D., P.E., Director, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Project, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
50 mins.
5 mins.
70 mins.*
10 mins.*
10mins.*
1 Jeff Fleck, Manager, Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS)
Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Projects, AREVA, Inc.
10 mins.*
Damian Testa, Project Manager, Steam Generator Management and Modification Programs, Westinghouse Electric Company 10 mins.*
Topic:
Steam generator domestic and international operating experience focused on tube vibration and wear Pete Dietrich, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Southern California Edison 1 O mins.*
Topic:
San Onofre operating experience with degraded steam generator tubes Michel Pettigrew, Adjunct Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, 10 mins.*
Principal Research Engineer (Emeritus), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) Chalk River, and Consultant to Southern California Edison Topic:
Steam generator experience focused on tube vibration Daniel Hirsch, Committee to Bridge the Gap and Lecturer at the University 10 mins.*
of California at Santa Cruz Topic:
Non-Governmental Organization perspective on steam generator regulatory oversight {Note: Author of a report, Far Outside the Norm: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant's Steam Generator Problems in the Context of the National Experience with Replacement Steam Generators, issued 9/10/12)
Commission Q & A Discussion - Wrap-up 50 mins.
5 mins.
- For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & A's.
Documents:
Staff background material due to SECY: January 24, 2013.
Slides due to SECY: January 31. 2013.
2 PRESENTATION TITLE Arial Black 40 on white background Date of Briefing Your name, title, office Arial Black 32
Slide Title - Arial Black 36
- Text (Arial Black 32) on white.
- Top and Side margins 1 inch min.
- Bottom margin 2 inch min.
- Number pages
- Explain acronyms or include a separate slide with list 2