November 7, 2013
Concrete Repair Report:
Follow-up Activities
Status
* Concrete Repair Report was published in August 2013.
* Included 40 recommendations for:
* Revisions to standards.
* New standards.
* Revisions to NRC regulatory documents.
* Research that is needed.
Status
* Follow-up activities:
* Pulled from the report each recommendation and the appropriate organization to address (SDOs, NRC).
* Identified 4 primary SDOs and points of contact for each:
* ACI, ASTM, ICRI, ASME
* Fran Schrotter had a preliminary conversation with each SDO.
* Letters were sent to each in September, including attachments.
Key Points in Letter
* The NESCC’s Concrete Repair Task Group recently published a report, entitled, “Codes and Standards for the Repair of
Nuclear Power Plant Concrete Structures: Recommendations
for Future Development.” The report is provided as Attachment A.
* We are seeking your organization’s engagement in assessing how the recommendations can be effectively implemented and in planning a path forward. We would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about this either in person or via conference call ….
Key Points in Letter - Continued
* In preparation for that discussion, Attachment B contains items specific to your organization that have been extracted from the task group report for your convenience. Along with those items, it may be helpful to consider the following:
* Significance of the issues and recommendations to your organization.
* Feasibility of and potential issues with implementing the applicable recommendations by your organization.
* Relationship of these recommendations to other efforts in your organization (or that you are aware of), and the relative priority you would place on the recommendations.
Status
* Follow-up activities - continued:* Only ACI has responded to date:* Have strategy for addressing recommendations
* Provided appropriate contacts
* Agreed to a discussion
* A conference call with ACI is scheduled for later this month.
* Other SDOs that have not responded will be contacted again.
* Process for following up is being documented so that it can be repeated for future task group reports.
* Response from the NRC as an end user – provided by Rick Jervey.