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2019 Equipment Qualification Technical Meeting Agenda
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Monday - Friday, November 11 - November 15, 2019
Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida
Agenda Overview
Monday, November 11, 2019
2019 Advanced EQ Training Course - 8:00am – 5:00pm
EQ Inspection Issues and Unresolved Items (URIs)
Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, & Ron Wise, NEQ Consulting
- Beach Room
Breakfast& Lunch (Training Attendees & Registered Guest Only)
- Beach Room (Breakfast) - 7:30am – 8:00am
Gulf Room (Lunch) - 12:00pm-1:00pm
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
2019 Advanced EQ Training Course - 8:00am – 12:00pm
- Beach Room
Breakfast (Training Attendees & Registered Guest Only) - 7:30am – 8:00am
- Beach Room
EQMS User Group Meeting - 3:00pm – 5:00pm
- Cardita Room (5th Floor)
Welcoming Reception - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
- Poolside (grass area)
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
31st Annual EQ Technical Meeting (full agenda below) - 8:00am – 5:00pm
Moderator - Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Nuclear Division, - EQPS
Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP – Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment Qualification
- Island Ballroom
Wednesday’s Activities
- Ice Cream Social – Rusty’s Dinning Hall
- Dinner, entertainment with Magician Geoff Williams & Bourbon Tasting
Breakfast& Lunch
- Breakfast – Gulf/Palm/Bay
- Lunch – Gulf/Palm/Bay
Thursday, November 14, 2019
30th Annual EQ Technical Meeting - 8:00am – 5:00pm
Moderator – Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP, and Ron Wise, NEQ Consulting
- Island Ballroom
Thursday Evening
- No activity planned
Breakfast& Lunch
- Breakfast – Gulf/Palm/Bay
- Lunch – Gulf/Palm/Bay
Friday, November 15, 2019
30th Annual EQ Technical Meeting - 8:00am – 12:00pm
Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Nuclear Division, - EQPS
Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP – Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment Qualification
- Island Ballroom
Breakfast
- Gulf/Palm/Bay
Full Agenda
2019 EQ Technical Meeting Wednesday, November 13
Welcome and Introductions - 8:00am – 8:15am
Opening Remarks/Introductions
Moderator - Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Nuclear Division, - EQPS
EQ PowerSuite Year in Review - Wednesday AM Session
Year in Review - 8:20am – 8:45am
Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Nuclear Division, - EQPS
EQ Program Topics - Wednesday AM Session
Why Are Pressure Transmitters Qualified Way? - 8:45pm – 9:30am
Jim Gleason, GLSEQ, LLC
Break - 9:30 – 9:45am
EQ Program Topics - Wednesday AM Session
What I hope I’ve Left Behind – Perspective from a Career
Vince Bacanskas, Entergy - 9:45am – 10:30am
Systematic Approach to Environmental Qualification Master List Validation Process - 10:30am – 11:15am
Robert Kalantari, EPM
Q & A/Network/Open Discussion - 11:15am – 11:45am
Lunch - 11:45am – 1:15pm
EQ Industry Initiatives and Technical Topics - Wednesday PM Session
EQ & Dedication - 1:15pm – 2:00pm
Marc Tannenbaum, EPRI
NP-1558 Update & EQ Initiatives - 2:00pm – 2:30pm
Drew Mantey, EPRI
Break - 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Cooper Cable Removal and Testing - 3:00pm – 3:45pm
Jim Whitney, NPPD & Trevor Toll, AMS
Material Substitution - 3:45pm-4:30pm
Ed Hurley, ESGe
Q & A/Network/Open Discussion - 4:30pm – 5:00pm
Meeting Adjourn - 5:00pm
2019 EQ Technical Meeting Thursday, November 14
Introductions and NUGEQ Business - 8:00am - 8:45am
WSPlus Updates, Group Communications (EQFAX, ENotices), Working Group
NRC/Licensee Operating Experience Communications - 8:45am - 9:30am
EQ- Related Part 21’s, Generic Communications, LER’s, INPO, DPO
NRC EQ-Related Inspection and Enforcement Activities - 9:30am – 12:00pm
(10:10am - 10:30am Break)
NRC EQ DA Program Inspections
Individual Plant Results – Summary, Inclusive of Minor Violations
Unresolved Issues – URI plant-specific resolutions, generic potential impacts
NRC's Programmatic Lessons Learned from DBA EQ Inspections to Inform the Development of Future Engineering Inspection Procedures
Future Program Inspection EQ-Issues
POV Program, Inspection Schedule
EQ Topic Integration, NRC Inspector Guidance, Training
Vendor Inspection EQ Issue Focus; Related Actions – Panel (Industry, NRC)
Vendor Suspension of Appendix B Programs, Test Report Revisions
EQ-Related Vendor Inspection Schedule
LUNCH 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Additional Regulatory Developments Impacting EQ - 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Revision to Management Directive 8.4, “Backfitting, Issue Finality, and Information Collection”
Revision to Operability Guidance Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0326, “Operability Determinations” and NEI Guidance
Revision of Regulatory Guides 1.89, 1.97
Potential Interrelationship Between Current Plant EQ Issues and - 2:15pm - 3:00pm
Additional Licensing Contexts
License Renewal, New Plants, New Plant Design (SMR), Regulatory Arenas (Maintenance)
Utility Information Exchange – CLOSED Session – Utilities ONLY - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Individual Utility Issues, Industry Issues
2019 EQ Technical Meeting Friday, November 15
International Topics - 8:00am – 12:00pm
Moderator – Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Scientech, EQPS
EQ of a Neutron Moderator Assembly - 8:15am – 9:00am
Marc Dumont, Tractebel
Break
Equipment Failures due to Oil Formulation Changes - 9:15am – 10:00am
Serena Jagtiani-Krause,
Additional Presentations - 10:00am – 11:30am
Break
Q & A/Network/Open Discussion - 11:30am – 12:00am
Meeting Adjourn