2016 Equipment Qualification Technical Meeting Agenda
Monday – Friday, November 14 – 18, 2016
Opal Sands Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida
Monday, November 14, 2016
2016 Advanced EQ Training Course (8:30am – 5:00pm)
Advanced EQ Training topic: The Theory and Application of Arrhenius
Methodology in EQ Calculations
Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Scientech, and Ron Wise, NEQ Consulting
· Sea Watch and Sea Shore Meeting Rooms, 2nd Floor
Breakfast & Lunch
· Seaside Room
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
2016 Advanced EQ Training Course (8:30am – 12:00pm)
· Sea Watch and Sea Shore Meeting Rooms, 2nd Floor
JANUS Working Group (10:00am – 3:00pm)
· Sunset Salon Room (2nd Floor)
EQMS User Group Meeting (3:00pm – 5:00pm)
· Sunset Salon Room (2nd Floor)
Breakfast & Lunch
· Seaside Room (2nd Floor)
Welcoming Reception (7:00pm - 9:00pm)
· Poolside (grass area)
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
28th Annual EQ Technical Meeting (8:00am – 5:00pm)
Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Nuclear
Division, - EQPS
Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP – Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment
Qualification
· Opal Sand and Opal Sea Ballrooms, 2nd Floor
Wednesday Evening Activity
· Tour, Dinner and Entertainment at the Armed Forces Museum
Breakfast & Lunch
· Breakfast Opal Ballroom Foyer
· Lunch Sea Salon
Thursday, November 17, 2016
28th Annual EQ Technical Meeting (continued) (8:30am. – 5:00pm)
Moderator – Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP, and Ron Wise, NEQ Consulting
· Opal Sand and Opal Sea Ballrooms, 2nd Floor
Thursday Evening
· No activity planned
Breakfast & Lunch
· Breakfast Opal Ballroom Foyer
· Lunch Sea Salon
Friday, November 18, 2016
28th Annual EQ Technical Meeting (continued) (8:30am. – 5:00pm)
· Opal Sand and Opal Sea Ballrooms, 2nd Floor
Breakfast
· Opal Ballroom Foyer
*All attendees and their registered guests are welcome to participate in all meals
and social events*
2016 EQ Technical Meeting Wednesday, November 16th
Welcome and Introductions (8:00am – 8:15am)
Opening Remarks/Introductions
Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Nuclear Division, - EQPS
Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP – Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment
Qualification
Keynote Presentation (Wednesday AM Session)
Environmental Qualification, have we learned from history (8:20am – 10:00am)
or are we doomed to repeat it?
Vince Bacanskas, Entergy Nuclear Operations
Break
EQ Program Topics (Wednesday AM Session)
Dedication Regulatory Guide, Impact on EQ (10:20am – 11:00am)
Harry Medsger, AREVA NP
Update on IEEE Nuclear EQ Certification Program
(11:00am – 11:45am)
Ravi Subramaniam, IEEE
EQ Industry Initiatives and Technical Topics (Wednesday PM Session)
Environmental Qualification of a Medium Voltage (MV) Motor Lead Wire (1:15am - 1:45pm)
James Dean, AES Nuclear
Eric Rasmussen, RSCC Wire and Cable
The First EQ Program for IEC‐IEEE 60780‐323 including Severe Accident (1:45pm - 2:15pm)
Jim Gleason, GLSEQ, LLC
Reverse Engineering – EMC Equipment Qualification Pitfalls (2:45pm – 3:15pm)
Steve Ferguson, Washington Laboratories
Break
Qualification of a Prototype of Low Differential Pressure Switch (3:45am – 4:30pm)
Caroline van Ertbruggen, Tractabel
Dan Mikow, Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division
Q & A/Network/Open Discussion (4:30pm – 5:00pm)
Meeting Adjourn (5:00pm)
2016 EQ Technical Meeting Thursday, November 17th
Moderators – Bill Horin, Winston & Strawn LLP, and Ron Wise, NEQ Consulting
Introductions and NUGEQ Business (8:00am-8:15am)
Industry Panel
Discussion – NRC EQ Program Inspections – 2017-18 (8:15am-9:30am)
(Bruce Montgomery (NEI), Jim Isom
(NRC), Vince Bacanskas (Entergy), Ron Wise (NEQ Consulting), Additional
Industry Representative)
Regulatory Developments – Inspections and OE (9:30am-10:20am)
Inspection and Enforcement Developments – NRC Inspections
Inspection and Enforcement Developments – EQ Pilot Program Inspections
Other Regulatory Activities and Operating Experience
(Part 21, LER, INPO OE (NUGEQ Summaries)
EQFAX and ENotice Summaries
Break
Regulatory Developments – Regulatory Initiatives (10:40am-12:00pm)
External Petitions for NRC Action
Oversight of Active Component Aging
Service Life Draft Regulatory Information Summary
New Backfitting Direction - NRC/Industry Initiative
Important to Safety Petition for Rulemaking
Subsequent License Renewal
Industry Operability Guidance Initiative
Lunch (12:00pm-1:15pm)
Industry Initiative - Nuclear Promise (1:15pm-2:00pm)
Benchmarking Discussion (2:00pm-2:15pm)
Vendor Developments (2:15pm-2:45pm)
ASCO Inspection
Electroswitch
Commercial Grade Dedication
Break
Utility Information Exchange – CLOSED Session – Utilities ONLY (3:00pm-5:00pm)
Adjourn (5:00pm)
2016 EQ Technical Meeting Friday, November 18th
International Topics
Moderator – Rick Weinacht, Curtiss-Wright, Scientech, EQPS
Equipment Qualification Update on New Plant Construction, (8:30am – 9:15am)
United Kingdom
Paul Kendall, EDF Energy
Break
Current Status of the EQ Program in the Canadian NPPs (9:30am – 10:15am)
Meliha Vlatkovic, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Seismic Testing (Random Input Motion) of Large Nuclear Grade (10:15am – 11:00am)
Piston-Type Actuator
David Marttila, Kinectrics
Philip Dale, Kinectrics
Mike Frohwein, Fisher Controls Intl., LLC
Break
Q & A/Network/Open Discussion (11:15am – 12:00pm)
Meeting Adjourn
