ML031320110
| ML031320110 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Issue date: | 06/23/2003 |
| From: | Lyons J NRC/NRR/NRLPO |
| To: | Simard R Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Scott M L, NRR/ADIP/NRLPO, 301-415-1421 | |
| References | |
| RS-002 | |
| Download: ML031320110 (6) | |
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June 23, 2003 Dr. Ronald L. Simard Senior Director, New Plant Development Nuclear Generation Division Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
SUBJECT:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RESPONSES TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI) COMMENTS ON DRAFT RS-002, PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR EARLY SITE PERMITS
Dear Dr. Simard:
This letter provides the responses of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to the comments on the subject document provided in your letter to James E. Lyons dated March 31, 2003. Enclosed with this letter are item-by-item NRC staff responses to the comments provided in the enclosure to your letter. The responses reflect the staffs positions on your comments, and they will be addressed as appropriate in the development of the final RS-002 scheduled for completion by the end of 2003.
The staff believes that the combination of the following will constitute sufficient guidance to the staff to allow rigorous, consistent, and efficient NRC staff reviews of any early site permit (ESP) applications received prior to release of the final RS-002:
Staff guidance on ESP reviews in draft RS-002 The staffs positions on ESP-related issues raised by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) as documented in various letters from the staff to NEI in 2002 and 2003 The staffs responses to public comments on draft RS-002 Additional guidance to be made available to the NRC staff reviewers of potential ESP applications as needed We also believe that draft RS-002, the staffs responses to public comments on draft RS-002, and the letters the staff has provided to NEI collectively provide sufficient information to enable ESP applicants to understand the staffs expectations for the content of an ESP application.
Your letter also expressed concerns regarding NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants. The staff continues to believe that the document, with the clarifications noted in Attachment 3 to draft RS-002 and as noted in the enclosure to this letter, provides appropriate guidance to the staff for its review of an ESP
R. Simard applicants environmental report and for the staffs development of the environmental impact statement. We do not believe that the clarifications warrant markups of NUREG-1555 as suggested in your letter. Please see the staffs response to NEI comment J.1 for additional discussion on the staffs reasoning for this position.
Your letter also notes that several sections of RS-002 have not yet been released for public comment and interim use. Since the date of your letter, the staff has issued additional sections of the document on the subjects of quality assurance and accident analysis. The staff has decided that the appropriate method of providing guidance to the three potential ESP applicants on the subject of physical security is by letter. Letters providing this guidance were sent to all three potential ESP applicants on May 8, 2003. The staff may supplement this guidance in the future. The other subjects noted in your letter as missing from the draft RS-002 (emergency planning, site missiles, and aircraft hazards) are, in fact, already addressed in draft RS-002 (in Sections 13.3, 2.2.1, and 3.5.1.6, respectively).
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the staffs responses to your comments, please contact Mr. Michael L. Scott at (301) 415-1421.
Sincerely,
/RA/
James E. Lyons, Director New Reactor Licensing Project Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 689
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
R. Simard applicants environmental report and for the staffs development of the environmental impact statement. We do not believe that the clarifications warrant markups of NUREG-1555 as suggested in your letter. Please see the staffs response to NEI comment J.1 for additional discussion on the staffs reasoning for this position.
Your letter also notes that several sections of RS-002 have not yet been released for public comment and interim use. Since the date of your letter, the staff has issued additional sections of the document on the subjects of quality assurance and accident analysis. The staff has decided that the appropriate method of providing guidance to the three potential ESP applicants on the subject of physical security is by letter. Letters providing this guidance were sent to all three potential ESP applicants on May 8, 2003. The staff may supplement this guidance in the future. The other subjects noted in your letter as missing from the draft RS-002 (emergency planning, site missiles, and aircraft hazards) are, in fact, already addressed in draft RS-002 (in Sections 13.3, 2.2.1, and 3.5.1.6, respectively).
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the staffs responses to your comments, please contact Mr. Michael L. Scott at (301) 415-1421.
Sincerely,
/RA/
James E. Lyons, Director New Reactor Licensing Project Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 689
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page ACCESSION NO.: ML031320110-ML031710698-Pkg. *See previous concurrence OFFICE NRR/NRLPO*
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NRR/NRLPO NAME AFernandez JLyons DATE 6/19/03 6/20/03 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
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& Technology NE-1, Room 5A-143 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 Mr. Ron Simard Nuclear Energy Institute Suite 400 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Russell Bell Nuclear Energy Institute Suite 400 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708