LR-N14-0169, Third Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

Third Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

ML14239A327
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/26/2014
From:	Davison P Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EA-12-051, LR-N14-0169
Download: ML14239A327 (6)

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PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 Order EA-12-051 LR-N14-0169 AUG 2 6 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hope Creek Generating Station Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-57 NRC Docket No. 50-354

Subject:

PSEG Nuclear LLC's Third Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

References:

1. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated March 12, 2012

2. PSEG Letter LR-N13-0019, "PSEG Nuclear LLC's Overall Integrated Plan for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051),"dated February 27, 2013

3. PSEG Letter LR-N13-0174, "PSEG Nuclear LLC's First Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)," dated August 22, 2013

4. PSEG Letter LR-N14-0034, "PSEG Nuclear LLC's Second Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051),"dated February 25, 2014

AUG 2 6 2014 Order EA-12-051 LR-N14-0169 Page 2 On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Order EA-12-051 (Reference 1) to PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG). Reference 1 was immediately effective and required submission of an Overall Integrated Plan (OIP) pursuant to Condition IV.C.1.a of the Order. Reference 2 provided the Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) spent fuel pool level instrumentation OIP. Condition IV.C.2 of NRC Order EA-12-051 requires six-month status reports to delineate progress made in implementing the requirements of the Order. References 3 and 4 provided the first and second six-month status reports, respectively, for HCGS. Enclosure 1 to this letter provides the third six-month status report of progress made in implementing the requirements of NRC Order EA-12-051 at HCGS as of July 31, 2014. There are no changes in compliance method or issues requiring relief identified in Enclosure 1.

There are no regulatory commitments contained in this letter.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Brian Thomas at 856-339-2022.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

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.<0 Paul J. Davison Site Vice President Hope Creek Generating Station - Hope Creek Generating Station Third Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation cc: Director of Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Administrator, Region I, NRC Project Manager, NRC NRC Senior Resident Inspector, Hope Creek Mr. P. Mulligan, Manager IV, NJBNE Hope Creek Commitment Tracking Coordinator PSEG Corporate Commitment Coordinator

ENCLOSURE 1 LR-N14-0169 Hope Creek Generating Station Third Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Hope Creek Generating Station PSEG Nuclear LLC

ENCLOSURE 1 LR-N14-0169 1 Introduction PSEG developed an Overall Integrated Plan (OIP) (Reference 1) for Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS), documenting the requirements to install reliable spent fuel pool instrumentation (SFPI) in response to NRC Order EA-12-051 (Reference 2). In References 3 and 4, respectively, PSEG provided the first and second six-month status reports associated with implementation of the requirements of NRC Order EA-12-051.

This report is the third six-month status report, which provides implementation status as of July 31, 2014. This status report follows the guidance in Appendix A to Nuclear Energy Institute ( NEI) Report 12-02, Revision 1 (Reference 5), which states that the six month status reports should include any changes to the compliance method, schedule, and the need for relief and the basis for relief, if applicable. There are no changes to compliance method or requests for relief associated with this report.

2 Milestone Accomplishments As of July 31, 2014, the following milestones have been completed since the development of the SFPI OIP (Reference 1).

• Submit Integrated Plan: PSEG submitted the SFPI OIP to the NRC (Reference 1) .

• Issue SfPl Equipment Purchase Order: PSEG issued a material purchase order to the Sf Pl vendor.

3 Milestone Schedule Status The following table provides an update of the milestone schedule provided in Section 3 of the HCGS SFPI OIP (Reference 1), as well as additional milestones (e.g., six-month status reports, procedures, training and a completion report) that have been included for completeness. The table provides the activity status of each item, and the expected completion date. The dates are planning dates subject to change as design and implementation details are developed.

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ENCLOSURE 1 LR-N14-0169 Revised Target Activity Target Milestone Completion Status Completion Date Date Conceptual Design Dec 2012 Complete Submit Overall Integrated Plan Feb 2013 Complete Aug 2013 Complete Feb 2014 Complete Six-Month Status Updates Aug 2014 Complete Feb 2015 Not Started Aug 2015 Not Started Issue SFPI Equipment Purchase 202013 Complete Order Design Change Package Started Complete Detailed Design 202014 402014 (Note 1)

Begin Installation 302014 Not Started Installation Complete, SFPI 202015 Not Started Channels Fully Functional Implementation Outage May 2015 Not Started Procedures Develop Procedures Jan 2015 Not Started Issue Procedures May 2015 Not Started Complete Training May 2015 Not Started Submit Final Completion Report Aug 2015 Not Started Section 3 Table Note

1. The HCGS Design Change Package for SFP level instrumentation was issued in May 2014 and is being revised pending completion and acceptance of vendor documentation.

4 Changes to Compliance Method There are no changes to the compliance method as documented in Reference 1.

5 Need for Relief/Relaxation and Basis for the Relief/Relaxation PSEG expects to fully comply with the order implementation date and no relief or relaxation is requested at this time.

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ENCLOSURE 1 LR-N14-0169 6 Open Items from Overall Integrated Plan and Draft Safety Evaluation Open items consist of the NRC Requests for Additional Information (RAls) resulting from the NRC's Interim Staff Evaluation (Reference 6). Reference 7 requested a response to the RAls by September 30, 2014. PSEG plans to provide the requested information by September 30, 2014, as part of the ongoing NRC audit of HCGS compliance with NRC Order EA-12-051.

7 Potential Draft Safety Evaluation Impacts There are no potential draft safety evaluation impacts at this time.

8 References

1. PSEG Letter LR-N13-0019, "PSEG Nuclear LLC's Overall Integrated Plan for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051),"dated February 27, 2013

2. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation,"dated March 12, 2012

3. PSEG Letter LR-N13-0174, "PSEG Nuclear LLC's First Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051 )," dated August 22, 2013

4. PSEG Letter LR-N14-0034, "PSEG Nuclear LLC's Second Six-Month Status Report for the Hope Creek Generating Station in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051 ),"dated February 25, 2014

5. NEI 12-02, "Industry Guidance for Compliance with NRC Order EA-12-051, 'To Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation,"'

Revision 1, dated August 2012 (ADAMS Accession ML12240A307)

6. NRC Letter to PSEG, "Hope Creek Generating Station, Unit No. 1 - Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC NO. MF1031 ), dated November 22, 2013

7. NRC Letter to PSEG, "Hope Creek Generating Station, Unit No. 1 - Correction to Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC NO. MF1031),"dated March 13, 2014 Page 3 of 3