ML050540263

Requests for Additional Information for the Review of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML050540263
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	02/23/2005
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: ML050540263 (6)

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February 23, 2005 Mr. James A. Spina Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

SUBJECT:

REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF 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, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application (LRA) and by letter dated November 02, 2004, the staff requested for additional information (RAIs). By letter dated December 22, 2004, you provided your responses to the staffs RAIs. The staff has reviewed the responses and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where followup information is needed to complete the review.

Based on discussions with Mr. Peter Mazzaferro of your staff, a mutually agreeable date for your response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions regarding this letter or if circumstances result in your need to revise the response date, 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

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NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (NMP1 and NMP2)

LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)

STAFFs FOLLOWUP ITEMS (FUIs)

RELATED TO:

LRA Section 2.0, Scoping And Screening Methodology On December 22, 2004, NMP provided its responses (NMP1L 1904) to the staff RAIs regarding LRA Section 2.0, Scoping And Screening Methodology For Identifying Structures And Components Subject To Aging Management Review, And Implementation Results The following is the staff followup question and this question has been discussed with the NMP staff at the NRC/Constellation LLC public meeting on February 2, 2005:

RAI 2.1-4 (Followup Item 2.1-4) - The staff requested the applicant review their 10 CFR 54.21(a)(2) evaluation to verify that the equivalent anchors and equipment within the anchor boundaries were included within scope. Specifically, with respect to NMP responses to RAI 2.1-4(a), the staff requested the applicant to verify that for systems which use plant equipment as the equivalent anchors, the equipment was included in scope. Additionally, for systems that are already in scope but which transition outside of the safety-related buildings, the staff requested the applicant to verify that equivalent anchor was also included in those cased where the equivalent anchor was located beyond the building boundary. For both cases the staff requested the applicant to document their scoping evaluations that were used to verify these conditions.

The staff requested the applicant to provide additional information to NMP response to RAI 2.1-4(b) and identify how many non safety-related (NSR) components were excluded from scope based on the use of the NSR Safety Systems and Components (SSCs) which Functionally Interact With SR SSCs' criterion. The staff requested the applicant to confirm that the criterion was not used to exclude any NSR SSCs that could inhibit a SR SSC from performing its intended functions.

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