ML063210259

11/30/2006 - 12/01/2006 Notice of Meetings with EPRI and the Materials Reliability Program to Discuss Implications of Recent Dissimilar Metal Weld Inspection Results at Wolf Creek

ML063210259
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek, PROJ0669
Issue date:	11/17/2006
From:	Tanya Mensah NRC/NRR/ADRA/DPR/PSPB
To:	Rosenberg S NRC/NRR/ADRA/DPR/PSPB
Mensah T
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November 17, 2006MEMORANDUM TO:Stacey L. Rosenberg, ChiefSpecial Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationFROM:Tanya M. Mensah, Senior Project Manager /RA/Special Projects BranchDivision of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING NRC MEETING WITH THE ELECTRIC POWERRESEARCH INSTITUTE (EPRI) AND THE MATERIALS RELIABILITY PROGRAM (MRP)DATE & TIME:Thursday, November 30, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Friday, December 1, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.LOCATION:Electric Powe r Research Institute1300 W.T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262PURPOSE:To discuss the implications of recent dissimilar metal weld inspectionresults at Wolf Creek. The NRC and industry will discuss analyses performed to understand the implication of these results to the butt weld inspection schedules contained in the industry initiative MRP-139, "Primary System Piping Butt Weld Inspection and Evaluation Guidelines."

Certain portions of this meeting pertaining to proprietary information on MRP-109, "Alloy 82/182 Pipe Butt Weld Safety Assessment for US PWR Plant Designs: Westinghouse and CE Design Plants," MRP-113, "Alloy 82/182 Pipe Butt Weld Safety Assessment for US PWR Plant Designs,"

and MRP-139 will be closed to the public. (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML042430093, ML042080193, and ML052150196)CATEGORY 2*: This is a Category 2 meeting. The public is invited to participate in thismeeting by discussing regulatory issues with the NRC at designated points identified on the agenda. PARTICIPANTS:Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of NuclearReactor Regulation and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

NRCINDUSTRYK. GrussC. KingA. CsantosD. Covill S. ShengW. Bamford, et al.Project No. 669

Enclosure:

Agenda cc w/encl: See next page MEETING CONTACT:Tanya M. Mensah, NRR301-415-3610 tme@nrc.gov* Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings,"

(67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002. PARTICIPANTS:Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of NuclearReactor Regulation and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

NRCINDUSTRYK. GrussC. KingA. CsantosD. Covill S. ShengW. Bamford, et al.Project No. 669

Enclosure:

Agenda cc w/encl: See next page MEETING CONTACT:Tanya M. Mensah, NRR301-415-3610 tme@nrc.gov* Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings,"

(67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002.ADAMS ACCESSION NO.: ML063210259NRC-001OFFICEPSPB/PMPSPB/LAPSPB/BCNAMETMensah EHylton forDBaxley SRosenbergDATE11/17/0611/17/0611/17/06OFFICIAL RECORD COPY DISTRIBUTION FOR FORTHCOMING MEETING WITH EPRI ON NOVEMBER 30, 2006Date: November 17, 2006 PUBLICPSPB Reading File RidsNrrAdro RidsNrrDpr RidsNrrDprPspb RidsNrrPMTMensah RidsNrrLADBaxley RidsOpaMail MMurphy RidsNrrDciCpnb ESullivan MKhanna KGruss ACsantos SSheng PMNS RJasinski RidsOgcMailCenter RidsAcrsAcnwMailCenter Receptionist (OWFN and TWFN)

RidsNrrDe Agenda for November 30 and December 1, 2006, Public Meeting with EPRI and MRPIImplications of Wolf Creek Dissimilar Metal Weld Inspection Results*Introductions*Purpose and Objectives of the Meeting (NRC)

• Opening Remarks (NRC/EPRI)

• Presentation of analyses performed in MRP-109 and MRP-113 (Industry: Discussionclosed to the public)*Summary of Additional Analyses Related to Wolf Creek Inspection Findings (Industry)

• Discussion of Industry Analysis Assumptions (Industry)

• Summary of NRC Analyses to Evaluate Recent Inspection Results (NRC)

• Discussion of NRC Analysis Assumptions (NRC)

• Discussion of Differences in Analysis Assumption and Results (NRC and Industry)

• Discussion of Generic Imp lications (NRC/NEI/Industry) *Public Comments

• Conclusion Electric Power Research InstituteProject No.

669 cc:Mr. David J. Modeen Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

EPRI 1300 W. T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550Mr. John Gaertner EPRI 1300 W.T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550Ms. Rosa Yang EPRI 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1338Mr. Kenneth Huffman EPRI 1300 W. T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550Mr. Gary L. Vine, Executive Director EPRI 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 805 Washington, DC 20036-4907