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RM and staffing
by ddgoff＠aep.com 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hopefully, folks have time to answer a few staffing questions. Thank you! How many reactor engineers per unit at your site? What experience level? What reactivity management-related duties are there? For example: plan preparation, control room attendance during maneuvers, run/attend station RM oversight committee. Other programs or responsibilities you would deem major? For example: SNM tracking/reporting, plant systems, computer administration. David Goff Reactor Engineer Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant 269-465-5901 x1465

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Any US PWRs using zinc injection in primary coolant?
by Kenneth R Pike 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

If so could you provide some details as to flow path, amount injected, if constant or periodic injection and any other info you can share. Thanks Ken Pike (610) 277-8991 Ext.253

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2013 RETAQS Calendars
by Tom Tomlinson 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

It looks like we will be able to return to publishing our famous Luke the Nuke calendars for 2013. We therefore invite everyone to submit your ideas for cartoons. Let your creative side be free! Tom Tomlinson RETAQS, Inc.

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Fwd: Looking for peers for conduct of reactor engineering self assessment
by Tom Tomlinson 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

If you did not already receive this message, FENOC is looking for RE Peers to help with self-assessments. See message below. Please respond directly back to Paul at prgilles(a)firstenergycorp.com. Thanks Tom Tomlinson Begin forwarded message: > From: prgilles(a)firstenergycorp.com > Date: June 4, 2012 1:31:01 PM EDT > To: adam.bracke(a)exeloncorp.com, William.Buchanan(a)cengllc.com, bscatalanotto(a)tva.gov, Andrew.Cecchetti(a)aps.com, jeremy.a.custer(a)dom.com, Mike.Devoe(a)pgnmail.com, nicholas.domenico(a)cengllc.com, Erik.Flodin(a)aps.com, emfrazer(a)tva.gov, Meghan.Hahn(a)dom.com, Winston.Hamilton(a)duke-energy.com, Nicolas.Hernandez(a)duke-energy.com, kevin.houston(a)duke-energy.com, wscott.jackson(a)pgnmail.com, robert.jaffa(a)exeloncorp.com, Larry.James(a)duke-energy.com, adina.k.lafrance(a)dom.com, Jennifer.L.Meszaros(a)dom.com, Steve.Perrero(a)duke-energy.com, danny.powers(a)sce.com, david.punch(a)duke-energy.com, Jason.Schaefer(a)cengllc.com, Tom.Schleicher(a)dom.com, kyle.semmler(a)duke-energy.com, Robert.Stclair(a)duke-energy.com, Wtstackler(a)tva.gov, atate(a)entergy.com, brian.thompson3(a)pgnmail.com, Jonathon.Waldes(a)pgnmail.com, hester.wan(a)duke-energy.com, Ralph.Williams(a)duke-energy.com, drwilliamson(a)oppd.com, paul_gurney(a)flp.com, Cody.Lemons(a)luminant.com, JEEichenlaub(a)stpegs.com, edward.mcvey(a)exeloncorp.com, wrhayes(a)tva.gov, john.mckernan(a)pgnmail.com, mark.vandermyde(a)exeloncorp.com, kvanspeybroeck(a)energy-northwest.com, ljcovin(a)nppd.com, mark.budelier(a)exeloncorp.com, brad.lindley(a)nexteraenergy.com, lakem(a)dteenergy.com, wdrews1(a)entergy.com, wlong(a)entergy.com, cajames(a)southernco.com, james.krall(a)pseg.com, philip.hansett(a)exeloncorp.com, craig.hoffman(a)exeloncorp.com, todd.erickson(a)xenuclear.com, john.darweesh(a)cengllc.com, james.frank(a)exeloncorp.com, jason.murphy(a)exeloncorp.com, gjames1(a)entergy.com, david.schumacher(a)exeloncorp.com, jvukovi(a)entergy.com, jhirt(a)pplweb.com, elindsa(a)entergy.com > Cc: msrupp(a)firstenergycorp.com, pmessman(a)firstenergycorp.com, spierce(a)firstenergycorp.com, dbkelley(a)firstenergycorp.com, chandlerl(a)firstenergycorp.com, rjborland(a)firstenergycorp.com, jdowney(a)firstenergycorp.com, nschlichting(a)firstenergycorp.com, shopper(a)firstenergycorp.com, kmedved(a)firstenergycorp.com, tguo(a)firstenergycorp.com, mumbel(a)firstenergycorp.com, etomlinson(a)firstenergycorp.com, srafferty(a)firstenergycorp.com, jlong(a)firstenergycorp.com, sspacek(a)firstenergycorp.com, pwbordley(a)firstenergycorp.com, aburger(a)firstenergycorp.com, kszellers(a)firstenergycorp.com > Subject: Looking for peers for conduct of reactor engineering self assessment > > > Greetings, > > FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) will be conducting a fleet > focused self assessment of Reactor Engineering from September 10 – 21 this > year. The self assessment will include Reactor Engineering activities at > Beaver Valley (2 unit, 3 loop Westinghouse PWR), Davis-Besse (Babcock & > Wilcox PWR), and Perry (GE BWR 6). > > We are looking for two external peers to assist with this self assessment, > one PWR and one BWR knowledgeable. The ideal PWR peer would have both B&W > and Westinghouse experience, but this is not mandatory. The ideal BWR peer > would have BWR 6 experience, but also not mandatory. > > Although the self assessment spans two weeks, industry peers will only be > required to be present during the period of assessment specific to their > technology area. The detailed schedule and assessment plan will be > determined based on the input of all team members, once the team has been > established. > > Please feel free to forward this invitation. If you would like to > participate, please respond to prgilles(a)firstenergycorp.com by Friday, June > 15. Don't hesitate to call if you have questions. Thanks! > > Sincerely, > > Paul Gilles > Supervisor, Core Design & Physics Support > FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company > (330) 315-6779 work > (330) 314-6243 cell > > > ----------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If > the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an > agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that you have received this document in error > and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of > this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete > the original message.

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Definitions of "Degraded" and "Non-conforming" as they apply to Fuel
by Gore, Duane 14 Mar '12

14 Mar '12

STP treats changing core designs separately from the Site's Design Change Process". We are trying to upgrade part of the process and would like to get some advice from the group. 1) Does your plant have a Definition of "Degraded Fuel" that is used for evaluating fuel conditions? If so, please provide it. 2) Does your plant have a Definition of "Non-conforming Fuel" that is used for evaluating fuel conditions? If so, please provide it. 3) Do you address fuel conditions under the requirements of RIS 05-20? Thank you for your trouble. Duane Gore, P.E. Reactor Engineering Supervisor STPNOC (361) 972-8909 (979) 318-6314 (c)

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FW: Fuel Movement in the SFP (non-outage)
by Kelliher, Andrew P 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

R.E. Ginna is obviously attempting to utilize more informal benchmarking (i.e. this mailing list) to try to improve SFP related activities and controls. Over the last few weeks I've kind of been spamming this list but I feel your responses will greatly help Ginna going forward. Thank you for all your responses to this point. See below for (hopefully) our last set of questions for a while. This time the questions are mostly from our Director of Reactor Services and relates to fuel movement. Your response to any of the questions below will be much appreciated. Thank you in advance for you time, -Andy Andrew Kelliher Reactor Engineer R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Phone: (585) 771-3457 "I'm just sayin', I don't like fun." - Karl Pilkington From: Brown, Kenneth Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:10 PM To: pwrrm(a)retaqs.com Subject: Fuel Movement in the SFP (non-outage) I am looking for information related primarily to Non-Outage fuel movement in the SFP. 1. What is the level of Operations involvement in fuel movement? * Is fuel movement at your site performed by Operations or by Vendor? * If Vendor, what group provides primary oversight? * If Vendor, do you require any site specific training related to fuel movement? * When moving fuel in the SFP (non-outage) what role / responsibility does Operations have at your site? (On the bridge? - In the Area? - Remote Monitoring? - Periodic Observation?- Other?) 2. What is the make-up of the Fuel movement Crew? (Handler, Spotter, Coordinator, SRO?) * What groups participate in fuel movement and in what capacity? * What verifications are performing during fuel movement and who performs them? * Do you have site personnel qualified to move fuel or do you exclusively use contractors? * 3. Do you have a detailed communication script for fuel movement? 4. What specific barriers do you have in place to minimize the potential for a fuel mispositioning event? 5. What pieces of information are included on your fuel movement sheets? * How are verifications documented during fuel movement? 6. Once the activity is scheduled and movement sheets have been generated, what is the process for moving a fuel assembly during a refueling outage? 7. Once the activity is scheduled and movement sheets have been generated, what is the process for moving a fuel assembly during when not in a refueling outage? Thanks for feedback, Ken Brown R. E. Ginna Reactor Services Desk 585-771-3314 Mobile 585-465-1432 >>> This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2

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BEACON TSM transition
by Gibson, Kara A. 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

For those of you that currently use BEACON-TSM, what was your transition plan for going from your old system to BEACON-TSM? Did you run both systems in parallel for a certain amount of time? We currently use BEACON-Incore and are wondering if we need to run an Incore model on a separate computer at the same time we are running the TSM model on the new computer. Thank you in advance for your input. Kara Gibson Xcel Energy | Responsible By Nature Reactor Engineer 1717 Wakonade Dr. East Welch, MN 55089 P: 651.388.1121 x4719 F: 612.330.5743 E: kara.gibson(a)xenuclear.com<mailto:kara.gibson@xenuclear.com> ________________________________________________ <blocked::blocked::http://www.xcelenergy.com/>XCELENERGY.COM<http://www.xcelenergy.com/> Please consider the environment before printing this email

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Questions for comprehensive benchmark of FM team / training
by Kelliher, Andrew P 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

R.E. Ginna is working to determine the appropriate makeup of a foreign material retrieval team and the tools that should be available to them. We have developed the following questions: 1. When recovering FM, do you have station personnel, or contractors perform the work? 2. If station personnel, what departments (groups) make up the retrieval team? 3. What tools/methods do you use to recover FM in the SFP? 4. What qualifications are required to be part of the retrieval team? a. Can you provide a copy of the training program qualification card? Your response to any of the questions above will be much appreciated. I understand that a lot of this is a duplicate of what was sent a few weeks ago but we're really getting pushed to get some more benchmarking information. Thank you in advance for you time, -Andy Andrew Kelliher Reactor Engineer R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Phone: (585) 771-3457 "I'm just sayin', I don't like fun." - Karl Pilkington >>> This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP1

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Foreign Material Exclusion (FME) in the Spent Fuel Pool (SFP)
by Kelliher, Andrew P 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

R.E. Ginna is working to improve our practices related to FME around the SFP. We have developed the following questions: What FME controls are in place for work around the SFP? Is there a project plan or FME plan in place? Does your SFP have legacy foreign material (FM) in it? If you have legacy FM, do you have a plan established to recover it long term? How do you document and track FM in the SFP? If you discover FM during the performance of other work, do you stop all work to recover FM, or proceed as long as you will not impact that location? When recovering foreign material FM, do you have station personnel or contractors perform the work? What tools/methods do you use to recover FM in the SFP? Your response to any of the questions above will be much appreciated. Also, if you have a good procedure, project plan or FME plan that controls work around the spent fuel pool please forward it to me. Thank you, Andy Andrew Kelliher Reactor Engineer R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Phone: (585) 771-3457 "I'm just sayin', I don't like fun." - Karl Pilkington >>> This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2

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Lower Plenum Flow Anomaly
by Kenneth R Pike 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

Can anyone tell me if B&W or CE units have ever seen intermittent flow vortex formation during operation resulting in periodic NIS, Temp and Flow signal perturbations? I know that 4 loop Westinghouse Flat Lower Support Plate design plants are susceptible and have experienced it and some of the 4 loop Dome Lower Support design plants also have reported it. Have any 3 loop or 2 loop Westinghouse designs seen LPFA? Thanks for any input. Ken Pike (610) 277-8991 Ext.253

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