2019 EQ Technical Meeting (21093-217)
 
EQ Technical Meeting Agenda


 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? - 8:45pm9:30am

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 - 1:15pm2:00pm

Marc Tannenbaum, EPRI

 

NP-1558 Update & EQ Initiatives - 2:00pm2:30pm

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