ML050620591

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

ML050620591
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	03/03/2005
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: ML050620591 (5)

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March 3, 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 December 9, 2004, the staff requested for additional information (RAIs). By letter dated January 10, 2005, 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 RELATED TO:

LRA Section 2.4, NMP1 and NMP2 Structures

Reference:

NMP letter dated January 10, 2005, (NMP1L 1913). This letter provides NMP responses to the staff RAIs regarding LRA Sections 2.4.A and 2.4.B, NMP1 and NMP2 Structures.

The above responses are under review; however, the staff has the following followup question:

Followup Item 2.4 In its RAI letter dated December 9, 2004 (Accession No. ML043500176), the staff asked the applicant to provide justification for not including a number of structural components that are needed to be in the scope of license renewal. By letter dated January 10, 2005 (Accession No. ML050190295), the applicant responded that the structures and components identified in the RAI are covered under any of the items related to their material of construction, and environment to which they are subjected to. Such a process for scoping and screening is not acceptable.

The staff deems that for an acceptable scoping and screening in a license renewal process, the Material and Environment description, such as, Carbon and Low Alloy Steel in Air, is a part of the aging management review that should be in Section 3.5 of the LRA. As required by 10 CFR 54.21, LRA Table 2.4 should include all the structures and components that are to be in the scope of license renewal pursuant to 10 CFR 54.4, together with their intended functions. The applicant's method of scoping structures and components is non-specificity and ambiguity.

The above staffs Followup Item is applicable to applicant's responses to RAIs 2.4.A-1 through 2.4.A-7 and 2.4.B-1 through 2.4.B-7. Please provide additional information to include all the structures and components that are required to be in the scope of license renewal and revise all Tables for Section 2.4 of the LRA for both NMP units accordingly.

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