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MONTHYEARML0435800062004-12-22022 December 2004 Tech Specs - Issuance of Amendment Deletion of Requirements for Submittal of Occupational Radiation Exposure Reports, Reports of Challenges to and Failures of the Pressurizer Power Operated Relief Valves and Safety Project stage: Approval ML0433800022004-12-22022 December 2004 Issuance of Amendment Deletion of Requirements for Submittal of Occupational Radiation Exposure Reports, Reports of Challenges to and Failures of the Pressurizer Power Operated Relief Valves and Safety Valves Project stage: Approval 2004-12-22
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MONTHYEARML23339A1332024-01-26026 January 2024 Exemption from the Req of 10 CFR Part 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) to Use the Kewaunee Decommissioning Trust Fund for the Management of Site Restoration Activities IR 05000305/20230022023-12-27027 December 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000305/2023002 (Drss); 07200064/2023001 (Drss) ML23332A1922023-11-28028 November 2023 Solutions, Inc., Request for Exemptions from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation ML23278A1002023-10-0505 October 2023 Response to Request for Additional Information (RAI) Application for Kewaunee Solutions (Ks) Site Restoration Activities ML23222A1522023-08-29029 August 2023 Letter RAI KPS Exemption Site Restoration Final Repaired IR 05000305/20230012023-08-17017 August 2023 NRC Inspection Report No. 05000305/2023001-Kewaunee Power Station ML23171B0822023-07-0505 July 2023 Letter - Kewaunee Power Station - Issuance of Exemption from Certain Requirements from 10 CFR Part 20, Appendix G, Section Iii.E ML23132A0012023-05-11011 May 2023 2022 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report ML23116A2182023-04-26026 April 2023 2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report ML23089A3042023-03-30030 March 2023 Decommissioning Fund Status Report ML23088A2752023-03-29029 March 2023 Solutions, Inc., Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 20, Appendix G, Section Iii.E ML23093A0312023-03-29029 March 2023 Solutions, Inc., Request for Exemptions from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(1)(iv) for Site Restoration Activities ML23087A0402023-03-27027 March 2023 Annual Property Insurance Status Report ML23087A0292023-03-27027 March 2023 2022 Annual Report of Occupational Radiation Exposure ML22361A1022023-02-24024 February 2023 Reactor Decommissioning Branch Project Management Changes for Some Decommissioning Facilities and Establishment of Backup Project Manager for All Decommissioning Facilities ML23024A0122023-01-26026 January 2023 Letter to Energysolutions Transmitting Threshold Determination for Merger/Restructuring IR 05000305/20220022023-01-0303 January 2023 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000305/2022002(DRSS) Kewaunee Power Station ML22292A2302022-11-25025 November 2022 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Analysis of Dominion Energy Kewaunees Decommissioning Funding Status Report for Kewaunee Power Station, Docket No. 50-305 ML22290A0052022-10-13013 October 2022 Resubmittal of Kewaunee Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Only Emergency Plan (Ioep) and IOEP- Emergency Action Level (EAL) Basis Document, Revision 0KS ML22241A0302022-08-25025 August 2022 (Ksp) ISFSI Submittal of Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan and Safeguards Contingency Plan, Revision 5 IR 05000305/20220012022-08-0101 August 2022 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000305/2022001(DNMS) - Kewaunee Power Station ML22215A1512022-07-27027 July 2022 Executed Financial Assurance Instruments for the Kewaunee License Transfer License No. DPR-43 (Docket Nos. 50-305, 72-64) ML22209A1252022-07-26026 July 2022 Amendment No. 11 to Indemnity Agreement No. B-53 for Kewaunee Power Station (KPS) - Signed by Kewaunee Solutions, Inc ML22175A1132022-06-30030 June 2022 Solutions, Inc. - Letter for Review and Acceptance of the Energysolutions, LLC Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program with Enclosure ML22160A5272022-06-28028 June 2022 Enclosure 1 - Amendment No. 221 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 ML22160A5282022-06-28028 June 2022 Enclosure 2 - Amendment No. 11 to Indemnity Agreement B-53 ML22160A5262022-06-28028 June 2022 Letter - KPS - Issuance of Conforming License Amendment Regarding Indirect Transfer of License from DEK, Inc. to Kewaunee Solutions, Inc ML22188A0812022-06-23023 June 2022 ISFSI, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 & ISFSI, North Anna Power Station, Units 1 & 2 & ISFSI, Surry Power Station, Units 1 & 2 & ISFSI - Submission of Revision 32 of the Quality Assurance Topical Report ML22172A2452022-06-22022 June 2022 Notification of Planned Closing Date and Required Regulatory Approvals for the Kewaunee License Transfer Transaction ML22175A0662022-06-17017 June 2022 Designation of Additional Reviewing Official for ISFSI and 10 CFR Part 37 Program Security Background Investigations ML22166A3392022-06-13013 June 2022 Notification of Nuclear Insurance ML22138A2552022-05-10010 May 2022 Submittal of 2021 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report ML22158A2112022-05-10010 May 2022 Summary of Facility Changes, Tests and Experiments and Summary of Commitment Changes ML22108A0352022-04-0101 April 2022 License Transfer to Kewaunee Solutions, Inc ML22091A1892022-04-0101 April 2022 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report ML22089A2432022-03-30030 March 2022 Decommissioning Funding Status Report, Financial Test and Independent Public Accountants' Letter of Attestation ML22076A0652022-03-15015 March 2022 Energy Solutions and Dominion Energy Kewaunee - Supplement to License Transfer Application Related to Use of Existing Dominion Energy Quality Assurance Program ML22060A1912022-02-25025 February 2022 Response to Request for Additional Information Related to Submittal for Approval of the Kewaunee Solutions Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program (Dqap), Revision O for Kewaunee Power Station (KPS) ML22066A4982022-02-24024 February 2022 Nuclear Property Insurance Coverage ML22047A0572022-02-16016 February 2022 Supplement to License Transfer Application Related to Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program ML22032A3242022-02-0202 February 2022 Letter to C. Sly, Dominion, from B. Watson, NRC - Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. - RAI Regarding Energysolutions Submittal for Approving Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program IR 05000305/20210012021-12-27027 December 2021 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000305/2021001 (Dnms); 07200064/2021001 (DNMS) ML21351A4352021-12-19019 December 2021 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S Analysis of Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.'S Decommissioning Funding Status Report for Kewaunee Power Station, Docket No. 50-305 ML21355A2972021-12-14014 December 2021 ISFSI, 10 CFR 72.30 Decommissioning Funding Plan ML21309A0152021-11-0909 November 2021 Acceptance Review of Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. - Energysolutions Submittal for Approving Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program (EPID L-2021-DP3-0000) ML21301A1782021-10-28028 October 2021 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Application for Order Approving Transfer of Control of Kewaunee Power Station License and Conforming License ML21294A3652021-10-21021 October 2021 Changes to Decommissioning Trust Agreement ML21288A5572021-10-18018 October 2021 Energysolutions Submittal for Approving Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program (EPID L-2021-DP3-0000) ML21257A0682021-09-30030 September 2021 Request for Additional Information Regarding Application for Order Approving Transfer of Control of Kewaunee Power Station License and Conforming License Amendments ML21277A2462021-09-29029 September 2021 Resubmittal of Solutions Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program (Dqap), Revision 0 2024-01-26
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MONTHYEARML17123A0282017-06-0707 June 2017 Enclosure 1 - KPS Amendment 220 Regarding Permanent Removal of Spent Fuel for the Spent Fuel Pool - LAR260 ML17052A5912017-05-0909 May 2017 KPS Amendment 219 - Removal of Cyber Security Requirements for Operating License ML16341C7912017-03-0202 March 2017 Enclosure 1 - Amendment to Facility Operating License ML16320A0442016-11-30030 November 2016 Amendment No. 217 ML15245A4822015-10-0707 October 2015 Millstone Power Station, Surry Power Station, and North Anna Power Station - Issuance of Amendments to Revise the Cyber Security Milestone 8 Completion Date in the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses ML14237A0452015-02-13013 February 2015 Issuance of Amendment No. 215, Revise Operating License and Technical Specifications to the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications Consistent with Permanent Cessation of Reactor Operation ML14008A2972014-06-23023 June 2014 Issuance of Amendment No. 213 - Deletion of License Conditions Associated with Extended Operations ML14111A2342014-06-0909 June 2014 Issuance of Amendment No. 212 Revise Operating License and Technical Specifications to the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications Consistent with Permanent Cessation of Reactor Operation ML11192A2492011-08-31031 August 2011 Issuance of Amendment Regarding Cyber Security to Dominion Plants ML11102A0272011-07-29029 July 2011 Issuance of Amendment License Amendment Request to Change the Current Licensing Basis for Automatic Operation of Transformer Load Tap Changers ML1110105232011-04-29029 April 2011 Issuance of Amendment 208 Regarding Technical Specification Change Regarding Reactor Vessel Heatup and Cooldown Curves and Low Temperature Overpressure Protection for 52.1 Effective Full Power Years ML0530403522011-02-24024 February 2011 Current Facility Operating License DPR-43, Tech Specs, Revised 10/07/2015 ML1101006002011-02-24024 February 2011 Renewed License ML1101005752011-02-24024 February 2011 Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-043 for Kewaunee Power Station ML1033706912011-02-0202 February 2011 Part 080 ME2139 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ML1020206622011-02-0202 February 2011 Issuance of Amendment for Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications with Beyond Scope Issues ML1002110292009-08-0303 August 2009 2009 Kewaunee Power Station Retake Examination Proposed Exam Files ML0912710592009-06-0101 June 2009 License Amendment No. 206, Containment Purge and Vent Isolation Valves Surveillance Requirement ML0905707102009-04-30030 April 2009 Issuance of Amendment No. 205 Seismic Analysis Methodology for the Auxiliary Building Crane ML0905708922009-04-27027 April 2009 Issuance of Amendment No. 204 Re. One-time Extension of the 15-Year Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test Interval ML0902805812009-02-0606 February 2009 Issuance of Amendment No. 203 Regarding Diesel Generator Fuel Storage Tank Capacity Requirement ML0833607832009-01-0909 January 2009 Issuance of Amendment Steam Line Isolation Function Applicability (Tac No. MD8544) ML0832906532008-12-30030 December 2008 License Amendment, Issuance of Amendment No. 201 Shield Building and Auxiliary Building Special Ventilation Train Filter Heater Requirements ML0829710792008-11-20020 November 2008 Issuance of Amendment to Relocate Spent Fuel Pool Crane Requirements from the Technical Specifications to the Technical Requirements Manual ML0829405472008-11-0606 November 2008 License Amendment, Increased the Minimum Required Safety Injection Accumulator Boron Concentration from 1900 parts-per-million (Ppm) to 2400 Ppm ML0816201402008-07-0202 July 2008 Issuance of Amendment Deletion of License Condition on Fuel Burnup ML0804603632008-03-28028 March 2008 Issuance of Amendment Regarding Nuclear Instrumentation System Permissive Setpoints ML0807701792008-03-28028 March 2008 Issuance of Amendments Licensing Basis Design Criteria Associated with Internal Flooding ML0728802892007-10-31031 October 2007 License Amendment Regarding Relocation of Technical Specifications Requirements ML0721300932007-08-0202 August 2007 Revised Pages of Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 ML0711100062007-05-18018 May 2007 Issuance of Amendment Refueling Water Storage Tank Boron Concentration ML0712001862007-05-0101 May 2007 Issuance of License Amendment 191 Regarding Emergency Diesel Generator Rated Load Testing ML0704300202007-03-0808 March 2007 Radiological Accident Analysis ML0631800362006-12-14014 December 2006 License Amendment 189 Regarding Referencing the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants ML0617002082006-07-17017 July 2006 Issuance of Amendment Steam Generator Tube Integrity ML0616402862006-07-12012 July 2006 Issuance of Amendment Surveillance Interval Extension ML0532100822005-11-18018 November 2005 Correction to Amendment 186 ML0521504282005-10-0404 October 2005 Issuance of License Amendment 186 Regarding Technical Specification Changes for Radioactive Effluents Control Program and Off-Site Dose Calculation Manual ML0518801062005-07-0505 July 2005 Issuance of Conforming Amendment Re Transfer of Facility Operating License from Nuclear Management Company, Wisconsin Public Service Corp and Wisconsin Power and Light Company to Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc ML0517100302005-06-21021 June 2005 Emergency License Amendment, Revises the TSs to Remove the Requirement to Have a Containment Spray Pump Suction Flow Path from the Containment Sump ML0516000912005-06-20020 June 2005 Issuance of Amendment Auxiliary Feedwater System ML0503902742005-04-0606 April 2005 Issuance of License Amendment 182 Relocation of Surveillance Requirements ML0505407072005-03-24024 March 2005 License Amendment, Revised Technical Specification Rod Position Indication ML0435001062005-02-15015 February 2005 Issuance of License Amendment 180 Administrative Changes to Technical Specifications ML0433800022004-12-22022 December 2004 Issuance of Amendment Deletion of Requirements for Submittal of Occupational Radiation Exposure Reports, Reports of Challenges to and Failures of the Pressurizer Power Operated Relief Valves and Safety Valves ML0431200302004-10-29029 October 2004 Administrative Change to Facility Operating License in Conjunction with the Commission Order EA-03-086 Regarding Revised Design Basis Threat... ML0514402972004-10-26026 October 2004 Revision to Emergency Action Levels, Facility Operating License as Amended Through October 21, 2004 Document ML0426400982004-10-0505 October 2004 License Amendment, Revises TS 3.3.a.2.B, by Extending Completion Time from 1 Hour to 24 Hours for an Accumulator That Is Inoperable for Any Reason Other than Failure to Meet Minimum Boron Concentration Requirements ML0416100952004-09-24024 September 2004 Issuance of Amendment No. 177 Re. Revision of TS 3.3.e, Service Water System ML0422300682004-09-22022 September 2004 License Amendment No. 176, Revise TS 3.10.f.2 to Add an Allowed Outage Time for the Individual Rod Position Indication (Irpi) System of 24 Hours with More than One Irpi Group Inoperable & Adds the Definition of Immediately to TS Section 1.0 2017-06-07
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MONTHYEARML23339A1362024-01-26026 January 2024 Safety Evaluation Re NRC Issuance of Exemption for Site Restoration ML23024A0122023-01-26026 January 2023 Letter to Energysolutions Transmitting Threshold Determination for Merger/Restructuring ML22175A1132022-06-30030 June 2022 Solutions, Inc. - Letter for Review and Acceptance of the Energysolutions, LLC Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program with Enclosure ML18225A0202018-08-29029 August 2018 ISFSI; North Anna 1 & 2 Isfsls, and Unit 3; Surry Power 1 & 2, and Isfsls); Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (Kewaunee Power Station and Isfsi): Request for Threshold Determination Under 10 CFR 50.80 ML17332A0782017-12-12012 December 2017 ISFSI; Millstone and ISFSI; North Anna and ISFSI; Surry and ISFSI - Request for Approval of Revision 24 of the Nuclear Facility Quality Assurance Program Description Topical Report, DOM-QA-1 (CAC Nos. MF9732-MF9739; EPID L-2017-LLQ-0001) ML17123A0292017-06-0707 June 2017 Enclosure 2 - Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Unloaded Spent Fuel Pool at KPS - LAR260 ML17046A3162017-04-0606 April 2017 Connecticut, Virginia, Millstone, North Anna, Surry, Submission of Revision 21 of the Quality Assurance Topical Report for NRC Approval and Submission Revision 22 for Information Only (CAC Nos. MF8128 - MF8234) ML15245A4822015-10-0707 October 2015 Millstone Power Station, Surry Power Station, and North Anna Power Station - Issuance of Amendments to Revise the Cyber Security Milestone 8 Completion Date in the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses ML14237A0452015-02-13013 February 2015 Issuance of Amendment No. 215, Revise Operating License and Technical Specifications to the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications Consistent with Permanent Cessation of Reactor Operation ML14279A4822014-10-31031 October 2014 Issuance of Amendment, No. 214 Revise Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme ML14261A2232014-10-27027 October 2014 Letter and Safety Evaluation, Exemptions from Emergency Planning Requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix E ML14008A2972014-06-23023 June 2014 Issuance of Amendment No. 213 - Deletion of License Conditions Associated with Extended Operations ML14111A2342014-06-0909 June 2014 Issuance of Amendment No. 212 Revise Operating License and Technical Specifications to the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications Consistent with Permanent Cessation of Reactor Operation ML14104A0462014-05-12012 May 2014 Approval of Certified Fuel Handler Training Program ML12271A3662012-10-0404 October 2012 Relief Request Number RR-2-4 Regarding Fourth 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML12249A4412012-09-20020 September 2012 Evaluation of Relief Request Number RR-G-5 Regarding Fourth 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML1200505532012-02-17017 February 2012 Millstone Power Station Units 2 and 3, North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2 - Review of Dominion Fleet Quality Assurance Topical Report, Revision 11 ML11271A1782011-10-0303 October 2011 Review of Topical Report, Revision 11 for Kewaunee Power Station and ISFSI, Millstone Power Station, Units 1, 2, & 3 and ISFSI, North Anna Power Station, Units 1 & 2 and ISFSI, Surry Power Station, Units 1 & 2 and ISFSI (Tac ME6649, ME6650, ML11192A2492011-08-31031 August 2011 Issuance of Amendment Regarding Cyber Security to Dominion Plants ML11102A0272011-07-29029 July 2011 Issuance of Amendment License Amendment Request to Change the Current Licensing Basis for Automatic Operation of Transformer Load Tap Changers ML1110105232011-04-29029 April 2011 Issuance of Amendment 208 Regarding Technical Specification Change Regarding Reactor Vessel Heatup and Cooldown Curves and Low Temperature Overpressure Protection for 52.1 Effective Full Power Years ML1033605042011-02-0202 February 2011 Part 002 ME2139 Safety Evaluation and Safety Evaluation Attachments ML1020206622011-02-0202 February 2011 Issuance of Amendment for Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications with Beyond Scope Issues ML1019701932010-08-22022 August 2010 Approval of Revision to Previously Approved IST Relief Request VRR-5 ML1016200342010-06-21021 June 2010 Approval to Remove Mixing Vane Grid Restriction in Appendix B of Dominion Fleet Topical Report DOM-NAF-2-A ML0934106522009-12-22022 December 2009 Authorization of Proposed Alternative RR-1-11 Regarding Visual Examinations for Reactor Pressure Vessel Bottom-Mounted Instrument Penetrations ML0923210792009-09-28028 September 2009 Irradiated Fuel Management Program and Preliminary Decommissioning Cost Estimate ML0905707102009-04-30030 April 2009 Issuance of Amendment No. 205 Seismic Analysis Methodology for the Auxiliary Building Crane ML0905708922009-04-27027 April 2009 Issuance of Amendment No. 204 Re. One-time Extension of the 15-Year Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test Interval ML0902805812009-02-0606 February 2009 Issuance of Amendment No. 203 Regarding Diesel Generator Fuel Storage Tank Capacity Requirement ML0833607832009-01-0909 January 2009 Issuance of Amendment Steam Line Isolation Function Applicability (Tac No. MD8544) ML0829710792008-11-20020 November 2008 Issuance of Amendment to Relocate Spent Fuel Pool Crane Requirements from the Technical Specifications to the Technical Requirements Manual ML0829405472008-11-0606 November 2008 License Amendment, Increased the Minimum Required Safety Injection Accumulator Boron Concentration from 1900 parts-per-million (Ppm) to 2400 Ppm ML0816201402008-07-0202 July 2008 Issuance of Amendment Deletion of License Condition on Fuel Burnup ML0814902822008-05-20020 May 2008 Submittal of Approved Topical Report DOM-NAF-5, Revision 0.0-A, Application of Dominion Nuclear Core Design and Safety Analysis Methods to the Kewaunee Power Station (KPS) ML0807701792008-03-28028 March 2008 Issuance of Amendments Licensing Basis Design Criteria Associated with Internal Flooding ML0804603632008-03-28028 March 2008 Issuance of Amendment Regarding Nuclear Instrumentation System Permissive Setpoints ML0806305402008-03-28028 March 2008 Issuance of License Amendment 196 Nuclear Core Design and Safety Analysis Methods ML0801604122008-02-0707 February 2008 Issuance of Amendment Regarding Emergency Diesel Generator Testing ML0728802892007-10-31031 October 2007 License Amendment Regarding Relocation of Technical Specifications Requirements ML0722903732007-08-30030 August 2007 Safety Evaluation for Topical Report DOM-NAF-5 ML0721102772007-08-14014 August 2007 Reactor Vessel Surveillance Capsule Test Results for Capsule T ML0721200032007-08-0202 August 2007 Conforming License Amendment to Incorporate the Mitigation Strategies Required by Section B.5.b. of Commission Order EA-02-026 Tac No. MD4543) ML0711100062007-05-18018 May 2007 Issuance of Amendment Refueling Water Storage Tank Boron Concentration ML0712001862007-05-0101 May 2007 Issuance of License Amendment 191 Regarding Emergency Diesel Generator Rated Load Testing ML0704300202007-03-0808 March 2007 Radiological Accident Analysis ML0631800362006-12-14014 December 2006 License Amendment 189 Regarding Referencing the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants ML0624205112006-08-30030 August 2006 Approval of Topical Report DOM-NAF-3 ML0617002082006-07-17017 July 2006 Issuance of Amendment Steam Generator Tube Integrity ML0616402862006-07-12012 July 2006 Issuance of Amendment Surveillance Interval Extension 2024-01-26
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December 22, 2004 Mr. Thomas Coutu Site Vice President Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511
SUBJECT:
KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT RE: DELETION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTAL OF OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE REPORTS, REPORTS OF CHALLENGES TO AND FAILURES OF THE PRESSURIZER POWER OPERATED RELIEF VALVES AND SAFETY VALVES, AND MONTHLY OPERATING REPORTS (TAC NO. MC4621)
Dear Mr. Coutu:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 179 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 for the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. This amendment revises the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated October 5, 2004.
The amendment deletes TS 6.9.a.2.B (requirement to submit an occupational radiation exposure report), TS 6.9.a.2.C (requirement to report challenges to and failures of pressurizer power operated relief valves and safety valves), and TS 6.9.a.3, Monthly Operating Report, as described in the Notice of Availability published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004 (69 FR 35067).
A copy of the Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next regular biweekly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 179 to License No. DPR-43
- 2. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: See next page
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant cc:
John Paul Cowan David Zellner Executive Vice President & Chairman - Town of Carlton Chief Nuclear Officer N2164 County B Nuclear Management Company, LLC Kewaunee, WI 54216 700 First Street Hudson, MI 54016 Mr. Jeffery Kitsembel Electric Division Plant Manager Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant PO Box 7854 N490 Highway 42 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 David Molzahn Nuclear Asset Manager Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 600 N. Adams Street Green Bay, WI 54307-9002 Resident Inspectors Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission N490 Hwy 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 Regional Administrator, Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Jonathan Rogoff Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Larry L. Weyers Chairman, President and CEO Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 600 North Adams Street Green Bay, WI 54307-9002
ML043380002 (Letter) ML043580235 (Package)
ML043580006 (Tech Specs)
OFFICE PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA LPM:CLIIP OGC PDIII-1/SC NAME FLyon THarris WReckley MHiggins LRaghavan DATE 12/07/04 12/06/04 12/14/04 12/20/04 12/21/04 NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-305 KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 179 License No. DPR-43
- 1. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A. The application for amendment by Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC),
dated October 5, 2004, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
- 2. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 179, are hereby incorporated in the license. The licensees shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
- 3. This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 90 days of the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
L. Raghavan, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: December 22, 2004
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 179 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-43 DOCKET NO. 50-305 Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
REMOVE INSERT TS 6.9-2 TS 6.9-2 TS 6.9-3 TS 6.9-3
SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATING TO AMENDMENT NO. 179 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-43 NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-305
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By application dated October 5, 2005, the Nuclear Management Company, LLC (the licensee),
requested changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) for the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed changes would delete TS 6.9.a.2.B (requirement to submit an occupational radiation exposure report), TS 6.9.a.2.C (requirement to report challenges to and failures of pressurizer power operated relief valves and safety valves), and TS 6.9.a.3, Monthly Operating Report, as described in the Notice of Availability published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004 (69 FR 35067).
2.0 EVALUATION Section 182(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, (the Act) requires applicants for nuclear power plant operating licenses to state TS to be included as part of the license. The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRCs) regulatory requirements related to the content of TSs are set forth in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50.36, Technical specifications. The regulation requires that TSs include items in five (5) specific categories, including (1) safety limits, limiting safety system settings, and limiting control settings; (2) limiting conditions for operation (LCOs); (3) surveillance requirements; (4) design features; and (5) administrative controls. However, the regulation does not specify the particular requirements to be included in a plant's TSs.
The NRC has provided guidance for the content of TSs in its Final Policy Statement on Technical Specification Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors (58 FR 39132, published July 22, 1993), in which the NRC indicated that compliance with the Final Policy Statement satisfies Section 182(a) of the Act. The Final Policy Statement identified four (4) criteria to be used in determining whether a particular item should be addressed in the TSs as an LCO. The criteria were subsequently incorporated into 10 CFR 50.36 (60 FR 36593, published July 19, 1995). While the criteria specifically apply to LCOs, the NRC indicated that the intent of these criteria may be used to identify the optimum set of administrative controls in TSs.
Addressing administrative controls, 10 CFR 50.36 states that they are the provisions relating to organization and management, procedures, record keeping, review and audit, and reporting necessary to assure operation of the facility in a safe manner. The specific content of the administrative controls section of the TS is, therefore, related to those programs and reports that the NRC deems essential for the safe operation of the facility, which are not adequately
covered by regulations or other regulatory requirements. Accordingly, the staff may determine that specific requirements, such as those associated with this change, may be removed from the administrative controls in the TS if they are not explicitly required by 10 CFR 50.36(c)(5) and are not otherwise necessary to obviate the possibility of an abnormal situation or event giving rise to an immediate threat to the public health and safety.
The impetus for the monthly operating report (MOR) came from the 1973-1974 oil embargo.
Regulatory Guide 1.16, Revision 4, Reporting of Operating Information-Appendix A Technical Specifications, published for comment in August 1975, identifies operating statistics and shutdown experience information that was desired in the operating report at that time. In the mid-1990s, the NRC staff assessed the information that is submitted in the MOR and determined that while some of the information was no longer used by the staff, the MOR was the only source of some data used in the NRC Performance Indicator (PI) Program of that time period (see NRC Generic Letter (GL) 97-02, Revised Contents of the Monthly Operating Report). Beginning in the late 1990s, the NRC developed and implemented a major revision to its assessment, inspection, and enforcement processes through its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). The ROP uses both plant-level PIs and inspections performed by NRC personnel. In conjunction with the development of the ROP, the NRC developed the Industry Trends Program (ITP). The ITP provides the NRC a means to assess overall industry performance using industry level indicators and to report on industry trends to various stakeholders (e.g.,
Congress). Information from the ITP is used to assess the NRC's performance related to its goal of having no statistically significant adverse industry trends in safety performance. The ITP uses some of the same PIs as the PI Program from the mid-1990s and, therefore, the NRC has a continuing use for the data provided in MORs. The NRC also uses some data from the MORs to support the evaluation of operating experience, licensee event reports, and other assessments performed by the staff and its contractors.
The reporting requirements also include challenges to, and failures of, pressurizer power operated relief valves and safety valves. The reporting of challenges to the pressurizer power operated relief valves or pressurizer safety valves was included in TSs based on the guidance in NUREG-0694, "[Three Mile Island] TMI-Related Requirements for New Operating Licensees. The industry proposed and the NRC accepted the elimination of the reporting requirements in TS for challenges to pressurizer power operated relief valves or pressurizer safety valves in Revision 4 to TSTF-258, "Changes to Section 5.0, Administrative Controls.
The staff's acceptance of TSTF-258 and subsequent approval of plant-specific adoptions of TSTF-258 is based on the fact that the information on challenges to relief and safety valves is not used in the evaluation of the MOR data, and that the information needed by the NRC is adequately addressed by the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 50.73, "Licensee event reports.
Licensees are required by TSs to submit annual occupational radiation exposure reports (ORERs) to the NRC. The reports, developed in the mid-1970s, supplement the reporting requirements currently defined in 10 CFR 20.2206, Reports of individual monitoring, by providing a tabulation of data by work areas and job functions. The NRC included data from the ORERs in its annual publication of NUREG-0713, Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors and Other Facilities, through the year 1997, but no longer includes the data in that or other reports.
3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION
3.1 Monthly Operating Reports As previously mentioned, the administrative requirements in TSs are reserved for the provisions relating to organization and management, procedures, recordkeeping, review and audit, and reporting necessary to assure operation of the facility in a safe manner. The current use of the information from the MORs is not related to reporting on or confirming the safe operation of specific nuclear power plants. Instead, the data is used by the NRC to assess and communicate with stakeholders regarding the overall performance of the nuclear industry. Data related to PIs for specific plants are reported to the NRC as part of the ROP. The NRC staff has determined that the MORs do not meet the criteria defined for requirements to be included in the administrative section of TSs and the reporting requirement may, therefore, be removed.
Although the MORs do not satisfy the criteria for inclusion in TSs, the NRC staff nevertheless has a continuing need to receive the data in order to compile its reports on industry trends and to support other evaluations of operating experience. In addition, information such as plant capacity factors that are reported in the MORs are useful to the staff and are frequently asked for by agency stakeholders.
The NRC staff interacted with licensees, industry organizations, and other stakeholders during the development of the Consolidated Data Entry (CDE) program (currently being developed and maintained by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operation), regarding the use of an industry database like CDE to provide data currently obtained from MORs. These discussions also involved the related Revision 1 to TSTF-369, Removal of Monthly Operating Report and Occupational Radiation Exposure Report. As described in Section 4 of this safety evaluation, the licensee is making a regulatory commitment to continue to provide the data identified in GL 97-02, following the removal of the TS requirement to submit MORs, and will, therefore, continue to meet the needs of the NRC staff for the ITP and other evaluations. The use of an industry database such as CDE is more efficient and cost-effective for both the NRC and licensees than would be having the NRC staff obtain the needed information from other means currently available. Should a licensee fail to satisfy the regulatory commitment to voluntarily provide the information, the NRC could obtain the information through its inspection program (similar to the process described in NRC Inspection Procedure 71150, Discrepant or Unreported Performance Indicator Data) with the licensee being charged for the time spent by the NRC staff.
The only significant changes resulting from the adoption of TSTF-369 are that the information will be provided quarterly instead of monthly (although the operating data will still be divided by month) and the form of the reporting will be from a consolidated database such as CDE instead of in correspondence from individual licensees. The change of reporting frequency to quarterly has some advantages for both the NRC staff and licensee, since it will coincide with the collection and submission of the ROP PI data. In terms of the specific method used to transmit the data to the NRC, the licensee has committed (see Section 4.0) to provide data identified in GL 97-02 on a quarterly basis. The NRC staff believes that the most efficient process for licensees and the NRC will be for all licensees to use a system such as CDE. Such systems have advantages in terms of improved data entry, data checking, and data verification and validation. The NRC will recognize efficiency gains by having the data from all plants reported using the same computer software and format. Although the data may be transmitted to the NRC from an industry organization maintaining a database such as CDE, the licensee provides
the data for the system and remains responsible for the accuracy of the data submitted to the NRC for its plant(s). The public will continue to have access to the data through official agency records accessible on the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
Therefore, the staff finds it acceptable that TS 6.9.a.3 is being deleted and the MOR will no longer be submitted by the licensee.
3.2 Reports of Challenges and Failures of the Pressurizer Power Operated Relief Valves and Safety Valves As discussed in Section 2.0, herein, the NRC staff has documented in its approval of TSTF-258 and related plant-specific amendments that the reporting of challenges to, and failures of, pressurizer power operated relief valves and safety valves may be removed from TSs since the information needed by the NRC is adequately addressed by the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 50.73, "Licensee event reports. The NRC staff finds it acceptable to remove the requirement to report challenges to, and failures of, pressurizer power operated relief valves and safety valves in TS 6.9.a.2.C.
3.3 Occupational Radiation Exposure Reports The information that the NRC staff needs regarding occupational doses is provided by licensees in the reports required under 10 CFR Part 20. The data from the Part 20 reports are sufficient to support the NRC trending programs, radiation related studies, and preparation of reports such as NUREG-0713. Accordingly, the NRC's limited use of the ORER submitted pursuant to the existing TS requirements no longer warrants the regulatory burden imposed on licensees. Therefore, the staff finds it acceptable that TS 6.9.a.2.B is being deleted and the ORER will no longer be submitted by the licensee.
4.0 VERIFICATIONS AND COMMITMENTS In order to efficiently process incoming license amendment applications, the NRC staff requested each licensee requesting the changes addressed by TSTF-369 using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process (CLIIP) to address the following plant-specific regulatory commitment.
Each licensee should make a regulatory commitment to provide to the NRC using an industry database the operating data (for each calender month) that is described in Generic Letter 97-02, Revised Contents of the Monthly Operating Report, by the last day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. The regulatory commitment will be based on use of an industry database (e.g., the industry's CDE program, currently being developed and maintained by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)).
The licensee, in their October 5, 2004, application, made a regulatory commitment to provide to the NRC using an industry database the operating data (for each calendar month) that is described in GL 97-02, "Revised Contents of the Monthly Operating Report," by the last day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. The regulatory commitment will be based on use of an industry database (e.g., the industry's CDE program, currently being developed and maintained by the INPO). This regulatory commitment will be implemented to prevent any gaps in the monthly operating statistics
and shutdown experience provided to the NRC (i.e., data for all months will be provided using one or both systems (monthly operating reports and CDE)).
The NRC staff finds that reasonable controls for the implementation and subsequent evaluation of proposed changes pertaining to the above regulatory commitment(s) can be provided by the licensee's administrative processes, including its commitment management program. The NRC staff has agreed that Nuclear Energy Institute 99-04, Revision 0, Guidelines for Managing NRC Commitment Changes, provides reasonable guidance for the control of regulatory commitments made to the NRC staff (see Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-17, Managing Regulatory Commitments Made by Power Reactor Licensees to the NRC Staff, dated September 21, 2000). The NRC staff notes that this amendment establishes a voluntary reporting system for the operating data that is similar to the system established for the ROP Pl program. Should the licensee choose to incorporate a regulatory commitment into the final safety analysis report or other document with established regulatory controls, the associated regulations would define the appropriate change-control and reporting requirements.
5.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the NRC's regulations, the Minnesota State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official had no comments.
6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendments relate to changes in recordkeeping, reporting, or administrative requirements.
The NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts and no significant change in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The NRC has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding (69 FR 64989). Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
7.0 CONCLUSION
The NRC has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the NRC's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: CLIIP Safety Evaluation dated June 23, 2004 (69 FR 35067)
Date: December 22, 2004