IR 05000410/2026010
| ML26083A066 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  (NPF-069) |
| Issue date: | 03/24/2026 |
| From: | Erin Carfang Division of Operating Reactors |
| To: | Mudrick C Constellation Energy Generation, Constellation Nuclear |
| References | |
| IR 2026010 | |
| Download: ML26083A066 (0) | |
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March 24, 2026
SUBJECT:
NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 2 - INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL; INSPECTION REPORT 05000410/2026010
Dear Christopher Mudrick:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Region I staff will conduct a license renewal post-approval inspection at your Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2. Jeff Kulp, a Senior Reactor Inspector from the NRCs Region I office, will lead the inspection team. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal, dated August 11, 2023, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22245A071). This inspection is described as a Phase 2 license renewal inspection in the referenced inspection procedure and is conducted three months to one year prior to the plant entering its period of extended operation.
The inspection will assess the adequacy of the planned and/or completed activities and programs described in the regulatory commitments and license conditions added as part of your renewed license. This inspection will also evaluate the need for additional follow-up inspections (Phase 3) under Inspection Procedure 71003 or as part of the Reactor Oversight Process.
Finally, an inspector will perform a license renewal inspection - Phase 1 in March 2026, performed to observe implementation of aging management programs and activities that are only accessible during a scheduled plant outage.
This onsite Phase 2 inspection is scheduled for the weeks of June 8 and June 22, 2026.
In order to minimize the impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for information needed for the inspection. It is important that these documents are up-to-date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.
Insofar as possible, this information should be provided electronically to the lead inspector. The information request includes the information required for the team to review the selected activities. This information should be provided to the team by May 23, 2026, or made available upon arrival onsite, as appropriate.
If there are any questions about the inspection or the information requested in the enclosure, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector at 610-547-2603 or via e-mail at Jeffrey.Kulp@nrc.gov.
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control Number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget Control Number.
This letter and its enclosure will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Sincerely, Erin E. Carfang, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000410 License No. NPF-69
Enclosure:
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INFORMATION REQUEST POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL - PHASE II
Enclosure Inspection Report:
Onsite Inspection Dates:
June 8-12, and June 22-26, 2026
Inspection Procedure:
Inspection Procedure 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for
Lead Inspector:
Jeff Kulp, Senior Reactor Inspector
610-547-2603
Jeffrey.Kulp@nrc.gov
Information Request Prior to the On-site Inspection Weeks
The following information is requested by May 23, 2026, to facilitate inspection preparation.
I. General Information for Inspection Preparation
This section of the request identifies general information that will help the inspectors to understand the applicable administrative procedures and overall completion status of license renewal activities. As such, the information requested herein is not aimed at a particular regulatory commitment, license condition, aging management program (AMP), or time-limited aging analysis (TLAA).
Please contact the lead inspector as soon as possible if you have any questions regarding this information request. Please provide the information electronically in pdf files, Excel, or other searchable formats, preferably on electronic media (e.g., SharePoint, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.). The files should contain descriptive names, be indexed, and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use. Information in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood by someone who has knowledge of light water reactor technology.
(1)
Verify that the July 2005 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Amended License Renewal Application is the document of record for the license renewal process.
(2)
Verify that American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Section XI code of record is the 2013 Edition with no addenda.
(3)
The inspectors are using Revision 22 of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) and have extracted Appendix C, License Renewal Supplement - Aging Management Programs and Time-Limited Aging Analyses, for descriptions of AMPs, TLAAs, and commitments credited for license renewal. If there is a more current revision of Appendix C (UFSAR License Renewal Supplement), please supply it.
(4)
Copies of the following site-specific documents:
Correction Action Program
Operating Experience Program
Regulatory Commitment Change Process
Technical Requirements Manual
INFORMATION REQUEST POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL - PHASE II
(5)
A listing of all the Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.59 screenings that were performed in support of license renewal for Unit 2.
(6)
Post-approval evaluations or assessments performed to verify that in-scope structures, systems, or components (SSCs) were not excluded from the License Renewal Application (LRA) and appropriate aging management has been considered in accordance with 10 CFR 54.37(b).
(7)
List of plant modifications with a brief description of the modification scope that were approved and/or implemented from the date the LRA was submitted to the date the renewed license was issued.
(8)
Self-assessments performed after the renewed license was issued associated with the implementation of license renewal commitments, including AMPs and TLAAs.
(9)
Gap analyses performed to assess the differences between the current AMPs and the recommendations in the latest revision of NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned, and subsequent NRC Interim Staff Guidance.
(10) Site-specific responses and/or evaluations for NRC generic communications associated with license renewal that were issued after the renewed license was granted.
(11) List of your license renewal commitments with a description of the overall completion status of action items associated with each commitment, including AMPs and TLAAs.
If not complete, provide a description of pending activities due prior to the Period of Extended Operation (PEO), which are necessary to meet license conditions, license renewal commitments, and the activities described in the UFSAR. For example, this may include a list of pending work orders with a brief description of the work to be performed.
(12) Description of administrative controls that will be used to ensure that all activities due prior to (and during) the PEO will be satisfactorily completed as described in the license renewal documents.
(13) Description of plans or processes that would be used during the PEO to continuously incorporate operating experience into license renewal activities.
(14) Internal/external self-assessment and associated corrective action documents generated in preparation for this inspection.
(15) If applicable, a description of instances where examination scope expansion was required based on the initial examination of an SSC for license renewal. Please describe the logic to select the scope expansion, and any resulting changes to the AMP.
(16) If applicable, a description of instances where examination scope changes were required based on limitations encountered during the initial examination of an SSC for license renewal. Please describe the actions taken, and any resulting changes to the AMP.
INFORMATION REQUEST POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL - PHASE II
(17) Copy of any correspondence between the licensee and the NRC, after the license was issued, associated with regulatory issues affecting the license renewal commitment.
For example, this may include notifications of commitment changes, or license amendment requests, affecting a license condition or a license renewal commitment.
(18) Copy of evaluations performed for applicable external/internal Operating Experience issues associated with license renewal. This request is limited to Operating Experience items issued after the renewed operating license was granted.
II. Information Requested Pertaining to Inspection Samples (Specific requests for each sample)
The samples (arranged by AMP and TLAA) selected for inspection are attached at the end of this document request. For each sample, please provide the following documentation:
- Provide the revised program and program basis documents. Include administrative procedures describing key program attributes such as program objectives, scope, detection and monitoring methods, administrative controls, acceptance criteria, corrective actions, and scope expansion requirements.
- Implementing procedures for program activities (e.g., visual examination procedures, ultrasonic examination procedures, maintenance procedures, system walkdowns, etc.).
- Provide completed work orders for work performed to satisfy the commitments.
- Provide completed evaluations performed to satisfy the commitment.
- Provide revised or new calculations performed to satisfy the commitment.
- Provide inspection results for inspections performed to satisfy the commitment.
- Applicable Requests for Additional Information issued by NRCs technical reviewers during the review of the LRA and corresponding responses.
- If necessary, ready access to the key industry standards that will be followed during the PEO for the implementation of the program (e.g., ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Electric Power Research Institute Guidelines, Nuclear Energy Institute Guidelines, etc.).
- Description of changes made to the license renewal commitment, including the associated technical and regulatory evaluations supporting the change.
- List of Corrective Action Program documents (e.g., condition reports) associated with the implementation of the AMP/TLAA/Commitment. This includes unacceptable aging effects identified during the implementation of license renewal activities and programmatic deficiencies requiring resolution.
INFORMATION REQUEST POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL - PHASE II
III. Information Requested to be Provided Throughout the Inspection
(1)
Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the teams questions or queries during this inspection.
AMP/TLAA Title Commitment TLAA C.2.5.1 Main Steam Isolation Valve Corrosion Allowance
TLAA C.2.5.2 Stress Relaxation of Core Plate Hold-Down Bolts
AMP C.1.1 10CFR50 Appendix J Program
AMP C.1.2 ASME Section XI Inservice Inspection (Subsection IWE) Program
AMP C.1.6 Buried Pipe and Tanks Inspection Program
AMP C.1.7 BWR Feedwater Nozzle Program
AMP C.1.11 BWR Vessel ID Attachment Welds Program
AMP C.1.12 BWR Vessel Internals Program 13, 35, 40 AMP C.1.13 Closed-Cycle Cooling Water System Program
AMP C.1.15 Fatigue Monitoring Program
AMP C.1.16 Fire Protection Program
AMP C.1.17 Fire Water System Program
AMP C.1.18 Flow-Accelerated Corrosion
AMP C.1.19 Fuel Oil Chemistry Program
AMP C.1.21 Inspection of Overhead Heavy Load and Light Load Handling Systems (Crane) Program
AMP C.1.23 Non-EQ Electrical Cables and Connections Program 25 AMP C.1.24 Non-EQ Electrical Cables and Connections Used in Instrumentation Circuits Program
AMP C.1.25 Non-EQ Inaccessible Medium-Voltage Cables Program
AMP C.1.26 Non-Segregated Bus Inspection Program
AMP C.1.27 One Time Inspection Program
AMP C.1.28 Open Cycle Cooling Water System Program
AMP C.1.29 Preventive Maintenance Program
AMP C.1.31 Reactor Vessel Surveillance Program
AMP C.1.32 Selective Leaching
AMP C.1.33 Structures Monitoring Program
AMP C.1.34 Systems Walkdown Program
AMP C.1.36 Bolting Integrity Program
AMP C.1.37 Protective Coating Monitoring and Maintenance Program
INFORMATION REQUEST POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL - PHASE II
AMP C.1.38 Non-EQ Electrical Cable Metallic Connections Inspection Program
AMP C.1.39 Wooden Power Pole Inspection Program 34