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Bowns Ferry, Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Browns Ferry Nuclear, Units 1, 2, and 3, License Renewal Application
ML050620592
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 03/03/2005
From: Subbaratnam R
NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To: Singer K
Tennessee Valley Authority
Subbaratnam R NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1478
References
TAC MC1704, TAC MC1705, TAC MC1706
Download: ML050620592 (6)


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March 3, 2005 Mr. Karl W. Singer Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MC1704, MC1705 AND MC1706)

Dear Mr. Singer:

By letter dated December 31, 2003, Tennessee Valley Authority, (TVA or the applicant) submitted an application pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Browns Ferry Nuclear (BFN) Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, 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 has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review.

These RAIs were discussed with your staff, Ken Brune, and a mutually agreeable date for this response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1594 or e-mail RXS2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ram Subbaratnam, Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encls: See next page

March 3, 2005 Mr. Karl W. Singer Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MC1704, MC1705 AND MC1706)

Dear Mr. Singer:

By letter dated December 31, 2003, Tennessee Valley Authority, (TVA or the applicant) submitted an application pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Browns Ferry Nuclear (BFN)

Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, 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 has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review.

These RAIs were discussed with your staff, Ken Brune, and a mutually agreeable date for this response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1478 e-mail RXS2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ram Subbaratnam, Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296

Enclosure:

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Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Michael J. Lorek, General Manager Nuclear Engineering Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Michael D. Skaggs, Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority ET 11A 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. John C. Fornicola, Manager Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Kurt L. Krueger, Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 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 Mr. Robert G. Jones Browns Ferry Unit 1 Plant Restart Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Fredrick C. Mashburn, Senior Program Manager Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Timothy E. Abney, Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Bobby L. Holbrook Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611-6970 State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611

Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

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

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Enclosure BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI)

SECTION 4.7.7 TIME LIMITED AGING ANALYSIS In Section 4.7.7 of the LRA that it evaluated loss of preload of the core plate hold-down bolts due to thermal and irradiation effects in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 54.21(c)(1)(ii). For the 40-year lifetime, the BWRVIP-25 concluded that all core plate hold-down bolts will maintain some preload throughout the life of the plant. For the period of extended operation, the expected loss of preload was assumed to be 20%, which bounds the original BWRVIP analysis. With a loss of 20% in preload, the core plate will maintain sufficient preload to prevent sliding under both normal and accident conditions. Based on this assumption, the applicant concludes that the loss of preload is acceptable for the period of extended operation.

RAI-4.7.7-1 Demonstrate how the BWRVIP-25 analysis can be applied to the BFN units based on the configuration and the geometry of core plate hold-down bolts and the reactor environment (temperature and neutron fluence) assumed in the original report.

RAI-4.7.7-2 Please explain the following questions with the preload determined to be 20%.

(A)

Identify the temperature of the bolts during the normal operation and the projected neutron fluence to be received by the bolts at the end of extended period of operation.

(B)

Explain how it was determined that the effect of temperature and neutron fluence result in a 20% loss of preload.

(C)

Provide a detailed description of the methodology and data used in Browns Ferry to perform the analysis as described in (B). Include the basis for the relaxation curves.