ML040910016

Review Schedule for Application for Renewal of the Operating Licenses for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3

ML040910016
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	03/31/2004
From:	Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Scalice J Tennessee Valley Authority
Kuo PT, NRR/DRIP/RLEP,415-1183
References
TAC MC1704, TAC MC1705, TAC MC1706
Download: ML040910016 (7)

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March 31, 2004 Mr. J. A. Scalice Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6 A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN, 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSES FOR THE BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. MC1704, MC1705 AND MC1706)

Dear Mr. Scalice:

On January 6, 2004, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Tennessee Valley Authority application for renewal of Operating Licenses DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2004 (69 FR 2012). On February 19, 2004, the staff received supplemental information on the application regarding the evaluation of Browns Ferry Unit 1 Lay-up and Preservation Program (ADAMS Accession Number ML0405102410). On March 4, 2004, the staff accepted the application for review (ADAMS Accession Number ML040650206). Notice of acceptability and sufficiency for docketing and opportunity for a hearing regarding the application was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2004 (69 FR 11460).

This letter forwards the staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the subject application (Enclosure 1). The staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the safety and environmental reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 54 and 51, respectively. This schedule has been established in accordance with a 36-month review plan which includes time to conduct a hearing should a hearing be requested and granted.

Milestones for hearing activities are not included in the enclosed schedule because these dates are established by the Commission and the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. This schedule has been discussed with your staff.

The NRC staff determined that an additional 6 months was needed beyond the usual 30-month schedule for license renewal application reviews because of the following reasons:

(1) evaluations of the aging effects on systems and structures in Unit 1 that were in extended lay-up condition, (2) assessment of the impact of the extended power uprate evaluations on the license renewal application reviews and (3) evaluation of the Unit 1 current licensing basis differences that are to be resolved prior to Unit 1 restart. The extended power uprate item is based on your stated intentions to submit a licensing amendment request for extended power uprate in June 2004, while the staffs review of the application for license renewal is ongoing.

Your staff indicated that the necessary information pertaining to the application for license renewal review demonstrating that the renewal evaluations bound the uprated conditions would also be submitted at that time.

I would like to stress that this is a very ambitious schedule. Nevertheless, the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the goal of this schedule. We request that you inform the staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. Jimi Yerokun, License Renewal Project Manager for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3, by telephone at 301-415-2292 or via electronic mail at jty@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

I would like to stress that this is a very ambitious schedule. Nevertheless, the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the goal of this schedule. We request that you inform the staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. Jimi Yerokun, License Renewal Project Manager for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3, by telephone at 301-415-2292 or via electronic mail at jty@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page C:\MyFiles\Checkout\BrownsFerry LRA Schedule Letter.wpd Accession No: ML040910016 OFFICE: LA:RLEP PM:RLEP SC:RLEP PD:RLEP NAME: YEdmonds J. Yerokun S. Lee PTKuo DATE: 3/26/04 3/26/04 3/29/04 3/31/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive license renewal application 01/06/04 01/06/04 Federal Register Notice (FRN) published for receipt & availability 01/13/04 01/13/04 Public Meeting - Safety Review Overview 02/05/04 02/05/04 Receive Supplemental Information on LRA 02/19/04 02/19/04 FRN published describing acceptance/rejection/opportunity 03/10/04 03/10/04 FRN published for Intent/Environmental Scoping meeting 03/10/04 03/10/04 Public Meeting - Environmental Scoping 04/01/04 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 05/09/04 Environmental scoping period ends 05/09/04 Scoping and screening methodology audit complete 06/11/04 On-Site GALL Audit #1 complete 06/25/04 On-Site GALL Audit #2 complete 07/30/04 On-Site GALL Audit #3 complete (Optional) TBD Scoping and screening inspection complete 11/19/04 Aging management review (AMR) inspection complete 12/17/04 3rd Inspection complete TBD Draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) issued 12/17/04 Public meeting to discuss draft SEIS 01/20/05 End of draft SEIS comment period 03/02/05 Final SEIS issued 07/15/05 Safety evaluation report (SER) with open items issued 08/10/05 ACRS Subcommittee meeting on SER with open items 10/05 SER open item responses received 10/05/05 4th Inspection TBD Regional Administrator's Letter issued 11/30/05 SER issued 01/16/06 ACRS Full Committee meeting on SER 03/06 ACRS Letter issued 03/06 Commission Paper with Staff Recommendations 11/13/06 Commission Decision (36 months) 01/05/07 Enclosure 1

DISTRIBUTION: Dated: March 31, 2004 Accession No: ML040910016 HARD COPY RLEP RF Project Manager E-MAIL:

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Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Karl W. Singer, Senior Vice President Mr. Robert G. Jones Nuclear Operations Browns Ferry Unit 1 Plant Restart Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 6A Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. James E. Maddox, Vice President Mr. Mark J. Burzynski, Manager Engineering & Technical Services Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Site Vice President Mr. Timothy E. Abney, Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, AL 35609 P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Resident Inspector ET 11A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 400 West Summit Hill Drive Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Knoxville, TN 37902 10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611 Mr. T. J. Niessen, Acting General Manager Nuclear Assurance State Health Officer Tennessee Valley Authority Alabama Dept. of Public Health 6A Lookout Place RSA Tower - Administration 1101 Market Street Suite 1552 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Mr. Michael D. Skaggs Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Chairman Tennessee Valley Authority Limestone County Commission P.O. Box 2000 310 West Washington Street Decatur, AL 35609 Athens, AL 35611 Mr. Jon R. Rupert, Vice President Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609

Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-2708 Gary M. Adkins Manager, Browns Ferry License Renewal Project Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801