ML081480504
| ML081480504 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 06/09/2008 |
| From: | Farideh Saba NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2 |
| To: | |
| Saba F, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 301-415-1447 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML081480524 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MD8530 | |
| Download: ML081480504 (6) | |
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June 9, 2008 LICENSEE:
Florida Power Corporation FACILITY:
Crystal River Unit 3
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MAY 19, 2008, MEETING WITH PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC., TO DISCUSS POWER UPRATES AT CRYSTAL RIVER, UNIT 3 (TAC NO. MD8530)
On May 19, 2008, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted a Category 1 public meeting with Florida Power Corporation, now doing business as Progress Energy Florida, Inc. (the licensee), at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the licensees plans for an extended power uprate (EPU) for Crystal River Unit 3 and its integration with the license renewal application, balance of plant efficiency improvement, and other EPU-related licensing actions. Enclosure 1 contains a list of attendees. The licensees slide presentation may be accessed from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML081410862.
DISCUSSION At the beginning of the meeting, the NRC staff informed the licensee of the recent issuance of a new Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) LIC-109, "Acceptance Review Procedures,"
which was signed on May 2, 2008, for implementation by the staff. This office instruction, along with its attached document, A Guide for Performing Acceptance Reviews, provides all NRR staff (and other staff supporting NRR work) a basic framework for performing an acceptance review upon receipt of a requesting licensing action. The NRC staff advised the licensee that linked amendment requests will not pass acceptance.
During the meeting, the licensee provided an overview of the proposed modifications, analyses, and licensing activities that will be performed in support of the power uprates. The measurement uncertainty recapture power uprate that increased thermal power by 1.6 percent was approved on December 26, 2007 and implemented in January 2008. A package of balance of plant efficiencies that will increase thermal power by 0.9 percent is planned for installation in the third quarter of 2009. The licensee is planning to submit an application for Crystal River in the third quarter of 2009. If approved, the licensee would implement this uprate during the 2011 refueling outage that would raise the plants rated thermal power from 2069 Mwt to 3014 Mwt
(~15.5 percent). This project will position Crystal River Unit 3 as the first Babcock & Wilcox plant to operate at over 3000 Mwt.
The licensee is planning to commence plant modifications for power uprate during the 2009 refueling outage and finishing EPU-related modifications in the 2011 refueling outage. In addition, steam generator replacement will take place during the 2009 refueling outage.
Although an independent effort, a license renewal application for Crystal River Unit 3 will also be submitted during the 2009 timeframe.
During the discussions, the NRC staff advised the licensee to provide submittals that contained all necessary information to perform the required reviews, as opposed to submittals which would require multiple rounds of requests for additional information, thus drawing out the approval process. Also, the NRC staff noted that although an environmental assessment will be performed for the license renewal, a separate albeit similar assessment will need to be performed for the EPU. The licensee was also asked by the staff to provide a markup of the RS-001, Review Standard for Extended Power Uprates, matrix to show how their current licensing basis relates to the guidance.
The licensee is considering four potential issues that may require licensing actions. The first is the need for an exemption for core flood line break with concurrent bus failure on the other train.
The NRC advised the licensee to submit the exemption as non-risk-informed for scheduling purposes. The submittal is expected in August of 2008.
The second issue is the small-break loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) with manual action/mitigation. The licensee will replace the atmospheric dump valves (ADVs) with larger safety relief valves and will expand manual actions to change steam generator level setpoints to also open ADVs, resulting in faster depressurization. The licensing amendment request (LAR) submittal is expected in August 2008.
The third issue is the rod withdrawal (reactivity insertion) methods. Results with the current methods are not acceptable. AREVA plans to submit an operating plant topical report in the fall of 2008. After the NRC provides requests for additional information on similar topical reports for new reactors, the licensee will submit a plant-specific LAR in February 2009.
The last issue is the boron precipitation methods. Current methods will be evaluated under 10 CFR 50.59. If an LAR submittal is required, it is planned for October 2008. Other potential issues are setpoint methodologies, evacuation time estimates, source term, and dispersion factor calculation methodology.
The staff and the licensee are planning additional pre-application meetings on the EPU environmental report plan and technical discussions of the some of the EPU-related licensing activities (e.g., core flood line break and secondary depressurization) in July 2008. Steam generators replacement and its impact on EPU will be discussed in a separate meeting in August 2008.
No commitments or regulatory decisions were made by the NRC staff during the meeting.
Although members of the public were invited, none were in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1447, or farideh.saba@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Farideh Saba, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-302
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next page Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1447, or farideh.saba@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Farideh Saba, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-302
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Enclosure List of Attendees U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting with Progress Energy Florida, Inc.
Regarding Crystal River Power Uprates May 19, 2008 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION T. Alexion T. Boyce E. Brown Y. Chung G. Cranston J. Gavula A. Hiser N. Iqbal S. Jones B. Kemper E. Lenning L. Lund K. Manoly R. Mathew G. Miller T. Orf F. Orr B. Parks J. Quichocho F. Saba C. Schulten S. Tingen G. Wilson PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.
J. France M. Heath S. Huntington D. Varencer L. Wells T. Williams K. Wilson AREVA NP, INC.
T. Beckham J. Seals
Progress Energy Florida, Inc.
Crystal River Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 cc:
Mr. Dale E. Young, Vice President Crystal River Nuclear Plant (NA1B)
ATTN: Supervisor, Licensing
& Regulatory Programs 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-6708 Mr. R. Alexander Glenn Associate General Counsel (MAC-BT15A)
Florida Power Corporation P.O. Box 14042 St. Petersburg, Florida 33733-4042 Mr. Michael J. Annacone Plant General Manager Crystal River Nuclear Plant (NA2C) 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-6708 Mr. Jim Mallay Framatome ANP 1911 North Ft. Myer Drive, Suite 705 Rosslyn, Virginia 22209 Mr. William A. Passetti, Chief Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control 2020 Capital Circle, SE, Bin #C21 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1741 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Mr. Craig Fugate, Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs 2740 Centerview Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Chairman Board of County Commissioners Citrus County 110 North Apopka Avenue Inverness, Florida 34450-4245 Mr. Stephen J. Cahill Engineering Manager Crystal River Nuclear Plant (NA2C) 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-6708 Mr. Jon A. Franke Director Site Operations Crystal River Nuclear Plant (NA2C) 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-6708 Senior Resident Inspector Crystal River Unit 3 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6745 N. Tallahassee Road Crystal River, Florida 34428 Ms. Phyllis Dixon Manager, Nuclear Assessment Crystal River Nuclear Plant (NA2C) 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-6708 David T. Conley Associate General Counsel II - Legal Dept.
Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. Daniel L. Roderick Vice President, Nuclear Projects &
Construction Crystal River Nuclear Plant (SA2C) 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-6708 Mr. David Varner Manager, Support Services - Nuclear Crystal River Nuclear Plant (SA2C) 15760 W. Power Line Street Crystal River, Florida 34428-670