ML021400085
| ML021400085 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/15/2002 |
| From: | Tam P NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Conway J Nine Mile Point |
| Tam P, NRR/DLPM, 415-1451 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB3532 | |
| Download: ML021400085 (4) | |
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May 15, 2002 Mr. John T. Conway Site Vice President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093
SUBJECT:
NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO. 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SCHEDULAR EXEMPTION TO 10 CFR 54.17(c)
RE: LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. MB3532)
Dear Mr. Conway:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing the proposed schedular exemption, requested by your letter dated January 4, 2002. On March 28, 2002, we communicated by e-mail (publicly available in ADAMS Accession No. ML020920044) our need for additional information to complete this review, and held telephone conferences with your staff on April 17 and May 13, 2002. This letter formally conveys our request for additional information (RAI).
Your request did not provide sufficient information to justify the bases for granting the schedular exemption. Specifically, the application did not address how the operating experience of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 (NMP-1), which is a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)/2 design, can be applied to NMP-2, which is a BWR/5 design. The containment designs and thermal output of these two designs are significantly different. Consequently, additional information is needed to either justify the applicability of NMP-1s BWR/2 operating experience as the basis for the exemption request, or discuss how industry-wide BWR/5 operating experience can make up for NMP-2s lack of sufficient operating experience. In the May 13, 2002, telephone conference, we discussed a few options with your staff, including possibly using additional operating experience in the relevant areas of other BWR plants with Mark II containments that may have 20 or longer years of operating experience.
Please respond within 45 days of receipt of this RAI. If more time is needed, or if you need clarification, feel free to call me at 301-415-1451.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-410 cc: See next page
ML020920044) our need for additional information to complete this review, and held telephone conferences with your staff on April 17 and May 13, 2002. This letter formally conveys our request for additional information (RAI).
Your request did not provide sufficient information to justify the bases for granting the schedular exemption. Specifically, the application did not address how the operating experience of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 (NMP-1), which is a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)/2 design, can be applied to NMP-2, which is a BWR/5 design. The containment designs and thermal output of these two designs are significantly different. Consequently, additional information is needed to either justify the applicability of NMP-1s BWR/2 operating experience as the basis for the exemption request, or discuss how industry-wide BWR/5 operating experience can make up for NMP-2s lack of sufficient operating experience. In the May 13, 2002, telephone conference, we discussed a few options with your staff, including possibly using additional operating experience in the relevant areas of other BWR plants with Mark II containments that may have 20 or longer years of operating experience.
Please respond within 45 days of receipt of this RAI. If more time is needed, or if you need clarification, feel free to call me at 301-415-1451.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-410 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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- Memo of 3/26/02 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station P.O. Box 126 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. John V. Vinquist, MATS Inc.
P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. Paul D. Eddy Electric Division NYS Department of Public Service Agency Building 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 C. Adrienne Rhodes Chairman and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101 Albany, NY 12223-1556 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20005-3502 Mr. Michael J. Wallace President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC c/o Constellation Energy Group 250 W. Pratt Street - 24th Floor Baltimore, MD 21201-2437 Mr. Raymond L. Wenderlich Senior Constellation Nuclear Officer Responsible for Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 James M. Petro, Jr., Esquire Counsel Constellation Power Source, Inc.
111 Market Place Suite 500 Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. William M. Flynn, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority Corporate Plaza West 286 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY 12203-6399