ML043450440

Status of Staff Review of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML043450440
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	12/07/2004
From:	Le N NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Spina J Nine Mile Point
Le N. B., NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1458
References
TAC MC3272, TAC MC3273
Download: ML043450440 (5)

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December 7, 2004 Mr. James A. Spina Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

SUBJECT:

STATUS OF STAFF REVIEW OF THE NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MC3272 AND MC3273)

Dear Mr. Spina:

By letter dated May 26, 2004, Constellation Energy Group Inc., submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), to renew the operating licenses for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (NMP), Units 1 and 2. As part of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review, we conducted audits of your aging management activities at the NMP plant site and at the Constellation Energy Group office in Crofton, Maryland. We also had follow-up meetings in Rockville, Maryland to further discuss audit open items. The staff discussed the audit activities with you and your staff at the audit exit meeting on November 5, 2004, in Scriba, New York. At the exit meeting, the staff also discussed your lack of adequate resources to support the NMP license renewal project.

For a typical license renewal application (LRA), the NRC staff normally would conduct only two or three audits to review its aging management activities; however, for NMP Units 1 and 2, the staff has conducted 5 audits and expects to conduct at least one more audit. The number of NMP audits is twice that of a typical LRA review.

At the November 5, 2004, exit meeting, you have committed to provide the staff with three supplements to your LRA. One of your supplements is three weeks late and incomplete.

Because your support was below the level that is normally expected of a license renewal applicant, the staff audit activities are five months behind our normal schedule at this time.

In addition, the staff review involves substantial non-audit activities. Your support of these activities, such as the review of the draft requests for additional information (RAIs) has been less than timely. The staff review of the NMP license renewal application is already challenging because of the different designs between Units 1 and 2. Timely responses from you will be essential in order for the staff to meet the completion dates as previously stated in our letter to you dated July 15, 2004.

Please discuss your plan to provide adequate resources to support the established review schedule.

J. Spina If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at 301-415-1458 or by e-mail at nbl@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

N. B. (Tommy) Le, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-220 and 50-410 cc: See next page

J. Spina If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at 301-415-1458 or by e-mail at nbl@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

N. B. (Tommy) Le, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-220 and 50-410 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 126 Lycoming, NY 13093 Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James R. Evans LIPA P.O. Box 129 Lycoming, NY 10393 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Mr. Paul D. Eddy Electric Division NYS Department of Public Service Agency Building 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 C. Adrienne Rhodes Chairman and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101 Albany, NY 12223-1556 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 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, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. James M. Petro, Jr., Esquire Counsel Constellation Energy Group 750 East Pratt Street, 5th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Mark Flaherty Manager - Fleet Licensing R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.

Ontario, NY 14519 Mr. M. Steven Leonard General Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Matters Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Peter Mazzaferro Site Project Manager - License Renewal Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Mike Heffley Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Generation Group 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 500 Annapolis, MD 21401