ML093060197

Conversation Record: Diablo Canyon Site Specific ISFSI, TAC L24210, Docket No. 72-26, Held on October 7, 2009

ML093060197
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	10/07/2009
From:	Goshen J NRC/NMSS/SFST/LID/LB
To:	Hagler R, Heggli G, Kabour A, Kozink K, Morin T, Parker L, Rosenbaum E, Strickland J Holtec, Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Goshen, JM, NNSS/SFST, 492-3325
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Page 1 NRC FORM 699 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DATE (9-2003 )

10/07/2009 CONVERSATION RECORD TIME 3:30pm NAME OF PERSON(S) CONTACTED OR IN CONTACT WITH YOU TELEPHONE NO.

See below I 805-545-4162 ORGANIZAT ION PG&E. HoUec SUBJECT Clarification of Responses to Diablo Canyon site specific ISFSI LAR #1

SUMMARY

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Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)- Rich Hagler, Greg Heggli, Larry ParkerT, Chris Pendleton,hrl Strickland Holtec - Adam Kabo, Kelly Kozink, Tammy Morin, Evan Rosenbaum Contacted PG&E to I.Clarify several RAI responses provided on September 1, 2009.

2.Discuss the confusion regarding the Diablo Canyon (DC) references to the Holtec generically licensed HI-STORM 100 MPC 32, and DC 's intent to utilize a 9" shortened version of the standard MPC 32.

3.The time line of the change of the MPC 32 design in relation to LAR 1 and the June 2008 FSAR revision update.

4.Have PG&E explain why the change in the MPC 32 design was not addressed 1 referenced in the LAR.

5.Discuss editorial discrepancies on several pages. Proprietary stamps were provided on several pages on one attachment that was non-proprietary.

6.PG&E's need to provide a separate Proprietary Affidavit for its specific proprietary documents. PG&E had provided only the Holtec Proprietary Affidavit for HoUec's proprietary portion of the RAI response.

Discussion 1.1 asked DC to identify new information in the RAI responses that was not provided in the base LAR. I had reviewed the LAR along with the RAIs and RAI responses and was having difficulty determining what specific new information was provided versus what was just clarification. Most of the new information pertained discussed the effect of the reduction of the standard MPC 32 by 9" and the effect that had on the thermal, hydraulic and confinement evaluations. PG&E stated that it was their belief that they had mostly clarified information that had been previously provided in the original LAR. I asked PG&E to 'provide a table showing the RAls along with the references to information provided in the original LAR. I also clarified the materials RAIs #12, 13, and 14. The NRC's RAI request of April 9, 2009, requested that PG&E revise the FSAR to clarify specific items. The intent of the RAls was for PG&E to provide responses to specific situations, and then commit to revising the FSAR in the future to include these responses. Therefore, PG&E responses to RAIs 12, 13, and 14 will become regulatory commitments.

Continue on Page 2 ACTION REQUIRED PG&E to provide copy of 10 CFR 72.48 evaluations used in adopting a shortened version ofMPC 32 PG&E to provide affadavit for their proprietary responses.

NAME OF PERSON DOCUMENTING CONVERSATION John Goshen ISIGNATURE ~ 1/ DATE 10/30/2009 ACTION TAKEN Reviewed 10 CFR 72.48 evaluations and forwarded to Thermal and Containment Branch PG&E provided affadavit on 10/28/09.

TITLE OF PERSON TAKING ACTION ISIGNATURE OF PERSON TAKING ACTION DATE Proiect Manaaer 10/30/2009 NRC FORM 699 (9-2003) PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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SUMMARY

(Continue on Page 3) 2.Holtec stated that during the original licensing process of the HI-STORM 100 system it was decided not to specify a design height of any of the proposed MPCs. This was to allow for different site specific requirements. The height used in the original analyses was 170 ". Holtec's intent was to allow users the flexibility to vary the height for their specific applications, and then either perform bounding analyses or have Holtec provide specific site specific calculations. Therefore PG&E's continued references to an MPC-32 as approved in HI-STORM 100 general license certificate 1014 amendment 1 is correct even though the height was reduced by 9" to meet DC's requirements. In its original license application DC intended to use the " target" MPC 32 which required DC to transport the MPC horizontally out the spent fuel building hatch. In 2007 DC made the decision to change to a shortened model that would allow it to transport the MPC vertically. This change was performed under 10 CFR 72.48 per DC's Licensing Basis Impact Evaluations (LBIEs) program. LBIE 2008-16 approved the 9" MPC-32 height reduction. During the process of preparing the LBIEs, Jearl Strickland and Terry Grebel (ISFSI Project Licensing Manager) discussed the modifications with Randy Hall, who was the NRC Project Manager at that time, and his staff. I requested that PG&E provide me the applicable HI-STORM 100 and ISFSI 10 CFR 72.48 evaluations.

3.As stated above PG&E decided in 2007 to change to a shorter MPC that would allow for vertical transportation through the spent fuel building hatch.

LBIE 2008-16 was prepared on 11/23/2007 and submitted for management approval. Holtec Report HI-2053376, Revision 5 "Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses for Diablo Canyon Site-Specific HI-STORM System Design" was provided as supporting documentation for this site specific evaluation. Other Holtec calculations and analyses were referenced in LBIE 2008-16.

PG&E Letter DIL-08-003, dated March 20, 2008, contains the 10 CFR 72.48 Report of Changes, Tests, and Experiments for the Period of March 1,2006, through February 29, 2008.The letter indicates that there were no 72.48s completed during that time period. PG&E requested and received a one-time exemption to delay its submittal oflSFSI FSAR Update, Revision 2, to allow time to incorporate significant changes identified in the attached LBIEs.PG&E did not request a one-time exemption to delay its72.48 Report, whichwas due March 22, 2008.

PG&E submitted LAR #1 on April 6, 2008. The LAR made no mention of the change to the MPC height or other system changes since they were being performed under 10 CFR 72.48.

LBIE 2008-16 was approved on April 7, 2008.

FSAR Revision 2 update was provided in June 2008, and it included the reduced height MPC.

4.PG&E again stated this change was evaluated and approved per 10 CFR 72.48, and therefore did not require NRC pre-approval. I stated that may be true, but that the subsequent confusion that it created at the NRC expended needless hours and wasted critical time. PG&E stated that they had discussed these changes with the NRC project manager in 2008. I stated that although each specific change was approvable via 10 CFR 72.48, they did actually impact some of the TS changes requested in the LAR .

5.1 indentified several pages on non-proprietary material that had a proprietary notation on them. I told PG&E that I had corrected these and resent them to the document control desk.

6.1 informed PG&E that a Proprietary Affidavit needed to be provided for their portion of the Proprietary RAI responses, and informed them I needed this as soon as possible.

I told PG&E that I would review the 10 CFR 72.48 evaluations and would call them back if I had any further questions.

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