ML022820370
| ML022820370 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 10/17/2002 |
| From: | Raghavan L NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3 |
| To: | O'Connor W Detroit Edison |
| References | |
| TAC MB5840 | |
| Download: ML022820370 (4) | |
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October 17, 2002 Mr. William T. OConnor, Jr.
Vice President - Nuclear Generation Detroit Edison Company 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166
SUBJECT:
FERMI 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE BOILING WATER REACTOR VESSEL AND INTERNALS PROJECT (BWRVIP)
INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM (ISP) PLAN FOR REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL (RPV) MATERIAL SURVEILLANCE AND DEFERRAL OF REPORTING THE FIRST REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL SURVEILLANCE CAPSULE TEST RESULTS (TAC NO. MB5840)
Dear Mr. OConnor:
By application dated August 8, 2002, you submitted a license amendment request to incorporate the boiling-water reactor (BWR) Integrated Surveillance Program (ISP) in the Fermi 2 plant licensing basis. On August 14, September 19, and October 7, 2002, we conducted teleconferences with representatives of your staff to discuss your August 8, 2002, application. During these teleconferences, we requested additional information regarding your commitment for updating the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) neutron fluence calculations using an NRC-approved methodology consistent with the guidance in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.190, Calculational and Dosimetry Methods for Determining Pressure Vessel Neutron Fluence.
More specifically, we requested that you quantify the vessel fluence used to estimate the pressure/temperature curves. This is to account for the interim period until a planned fluence recalculation is carried in accordance with RG 1.190. You projected that the recalculation will be performed within the next two operating cycles. To this end, you can use conservative factors to demonstrate that indeed the delay in the recalculation is justifiable. We also requested that the proposed revision to the Fermi 2 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, describing implementation of the BWRVIP ISP, be submitted for our review. Your staff agreed to a prompt response to the requested additional information.
During the conference call on September 19, 2002, you requested that we address the status of the first Fermi 2 RPV surveillance capsule, which, as stated in the August 8, 2002, application, would have to be tested and the results reported to the NRC by October 29, 2002. You expressed a concern that due to delays (associated with this being a first-of-its-kind submittal) which have occurred in the processing the August 8, 2002, application, we may have insufficient time to complete our review of the application prior to October 29, 2002. This is significant because if Fermi 2 is approved to participate in the BWRVIP RPV ISP, the Fermi 2 surveillance capsules would not have to be tested, nor the results reported to the NRC.
W. OConnor We approved the reporting date of October 29, 2002, by letter dated January 16, 2001, in response to information you submitted in support a one-cycle deferral in the surveillance capsule reporting date. We reviewed the information you provided in letters dated September 29 and December 13, 2000, which were submitted in support the existing October 29, 2002, reporting date. We have concluded that the information provided would support extending the reporting date of the first Fermi 2 RPV surveillance capsule withdrawal test results further to January 31, 2003. Therefore, in accordance with the requirements in Section IV of Appendix H to 10 CFR Part 50, we hereby grant an extension to you regarding the reporting of the test results for the first Fermi 2 RPV surveillance capsule until January 31, 2003. This should provide sufficient time for us to resolve any remaining issues with the August 8, 2002, application. However, should the resolution of these issues result in Fermi 2 not being approved to participate in the BWRVIP RPV ISP, the results of the testing of the first Fermi 2 RPV surveillance capsule would be due by January 31, 2003.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact the Fermi 2 Project Manager, T. J. Kim, at (301) 415-1392.
Sincerely,
/RA/
L. Raghavan, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-341 cc: See next page
Fermi 2 cc:
Mr. Peter Marquardt Legal Department 688 WCB Detroit Edison Company 2000 2nd Avenue Detroit, MI 48226-1279 Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd P. O. Box 30630 CPH Mailroom Lansing, MI 48909-8130 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office 6450 W. Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Monroe County Emergency Management Division 963 South Raisinville Monroe, MI 48161 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Norman K. Peterson Director, Nuclear Licensing Detroit Edison Company Fermi 2 - 280 TAC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 March 2002