ML052520034
| ML052520034 | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/09/2005 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Swenson C AmerGen Energy Co |
| ASHLEY, D J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3191 | |
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| Download: ML052520034 (14) | |
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September 9, 2005 C. N. Swenson Site Vice President Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731
SUBJECT:
DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATIONS FROM AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
Dear Mr. Swenson:
By letter dated on July 22, 2005, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the AmerGen Energy Company, LLC application for renewal of Operating License No. DPR-16 for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2005 (70 FR 44940). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of the license renewal application for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The acceptance review determines whether or not the application is sufficiently completed to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the technical review.
The NRC staff has reviewed your request following the guidance in NUREG-1800, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Environmental Standard Review Plan. As a result, the NRC Staff has determined that the application is complete and is acceptable for docketing, in accordance with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23 and 51.53(c). However, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information as the review proceeds.
This letter forwards the staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the subject application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the safety and environmental reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 54 and 51, respectively. This schedule has been established in accordance with a 30-month review plan, which includes time to conduct a hearing should a hearing be requested and granted. Milestones for hearing activities are not included in the enclosed schedule because these dates will, if necessary, be established by the Commission or Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
I would like to stress that this is a very ambitious schedule. Nevertheless, the NRC staff will make every effort to meet this goal. We request that you inform the staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.
C. Swenson Finally, we have also enclosed, for your information, a copy of the notice relating to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2).
This notice provides the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.
If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Donnie J. Ashley, License Renewal Project Manager for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, by telephone at 301-415-3191 or via electronic mail at DJA1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/ (S. Lee for)
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-219
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: See next page
ML052520034 Document Name: E:\\Filenet\\ML052520034.wpd OFFICE PM:RLEP LA:RLEP OGC NLO SC:RLEP PD: RLEP NAME DJAshley MJenkins AHodgdon SLee PTKuo (S. Lee for)
DATE 8/31 /05 8/30/05 8/30/05 9/09/05 9/09/05
OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION cc:
Chief Operating Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President - Operations Support AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mayor of Lacey Township 818 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 445 Forked River, NJ 08731 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Plant Manager Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Regulatory Assurance Manager Oyster Creek AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 2301 Market Street, S23-1 Philadelphia, PA 19101 Ron Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415
OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION cc:
Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 License Renewal Manager Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, Suite 210 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
DISTRIBUTION: Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Dated: September 9, 2005 ADAMS Accession No.: ML052520034 HARD COPY RLEP RF E-MAIL:
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S. Duraiswamy Y. L. (Renee) Li RLEP Staff C. Holden R. Laufer P. Tam R. Bellamy, RI R. Cureton, RI J. Lilliendahl, RI M. Modes, RI T. Mensah A. Hodgdon OPA OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive License Renewal (LR) Application 07/22/05 07/22/05 Federal Register Notice (FRN) published - Receipt & Availability review 08/04/05 08/04/05 Public Information Meeting - LR Process & Safety Review Overview 08/24/05 08/24/05 FRN published - Acceptability/Opportunity for Hearing 09/14/05 FRN published - Intent/Environmental Scoping Meeting 09/16/05 Public Exit Meeting - Scoping & Screening Methodology Audit 10/05 Public Meeting - Environmental Scoping 10/13/05 Environmental Scoping Periods Ends 11/15/05 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 11/14/05 Public Exit Meeting - AMP/AMR Audit 12/12/05 Environmental Requests for Additional information (RAIs) - issued 12/16/05 Environmental RAIs - responses received 01/30/05 Safety RAIs - issued 02/06/06 Safety RAI - responses received 03/06/06 Public Exit Meeting - Scoping & Screening/AMP Inspections 04/01/06 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) Issued 06/23/06 FRN Published - Availability/Comment on draft SEIS 06/30/06 Public Meeting - draft SEIS 07/12/06 Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with Open Item(s) - Issued 08/31/06 End of draft SEIS comment period 09/13/06 ACRS Subcommittee Meeting on SER with Open Item(s) 10/06 SER Open Item(s) - Response(s) Received 10/20/06 SER - issued 12/15/06 Final SEIS - issued 01/19/07 FRN published - Availability of Final SEIS 01/26/07 ACRS Full Committee Meeting on SER 02/07 Decision - Director, NRR (license issued, if approved and no hearing is granted - 22 months) 05/22/07 Commission Decision (if hearing is granted - 30 months) 01/22/08
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE FOR DOCKETING OF THE APPLICATION AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING REGARDING RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-16 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20-YEAR PERIOD DOCKET NO. 50-219 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering application for the renewal of Operating License No. DPR-16, which authorizes the AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, to operate the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station at 1930 megawatts (MWt) thermal. The renewed license would authorize the applicant to operate the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station for an additional 20 years beyond the period specified in the current license. The current Operating License for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station expires on April 9, 2009.
The Commissions staff has received an application dated July 22, 2005, from AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating license number DPR-16 for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. A Notice of Receipt and Availability of the license renewal application, AmerGen Energy Company, LLC; Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station; Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 for an Additional 20-Year Period, was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2005 (70 FR 44940).
The Commissions staff has determined that AmerGen Energy Company, LLC has submitted sufficient information in accordance with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, and 51.53(c) that is acceptable for docketing. The current Docket No. 50-219 for Operating License No. DPR-16 will be retained. The docketing of the renewal application does not preclude requesting additional information as the review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny the application.
Before issuance of each requested renewed license, the NRC will have made the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations. In accordance with 10 CFR 54.29, the NRC will issue a renewed license on the basis of its review if it finds that actions have been identified and have been or will be taken with respect to: (1) managing the effects of aging during the period of extended operation on the functionality of structures and components that have been identified as requiring aging management review, and (2) time-limited aging analyses that have been identified as requiring review, such that there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by the renewed license will continue to be conducted in accordance with the current licensing basis (CLB), and that any changes made to the plant*s CLB comply with the Act and the Commissions regulations.
Additionally, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.95(c), the NRC will prepare an environmental impact statement that is a supplement to the Commissions NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants, dated May 1996. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information regarding this meeting will be the subject of a separate Federal Register notice.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this Federal Register Notice, the applicant may file a request for a hearing, and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene with respect to the renewal of the licenses. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commissions Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings in 10 CFR Part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the Commissions Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, First Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20852 and is accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRCs PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or by email at pdr@nrc.gov. If a request for a hearing/petition for leave to intervene is filed within the 60-day period, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel will rule on the request/petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order. In the event that no request for a hearing/petition for leave to intervene is filed within the 60-day period, the NRC may, upon completion of its evaluations and upon making the findings required under 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54, renew the license without further notice.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding, taking into consideration the limited scope of matters that may be considered pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54. The petition must specifically 1To the extent that the application contains attachments and supporting documents that are not publicly available because they are asserted to contain safeguards or proprietary information, petitioners desiring access to this information should contact the applicant or applicants counsel to discuss the need for a protective order.
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the nature of the requestors/petitioners right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the requestors/petitioners property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the proceeding on the requestors/petitioners interest. The petition must also set forth the specific contentions which the petitioner/requestor seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the requestor/petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of each contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or the expert opinion that supports the contention on which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The requestor/petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the requestor/petitioner is aware and on which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The requestor/petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.1 Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the action under consideration. The contention must be one that, if proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/petitioner who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
2If the request/petition is filed by e-mail or facsimile, an original and two copies of the document must be mailed within 2 (two) business days thereafter to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001; Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
The Commission requests that each contention be given a separate numeric or alpha designation within one of the following groups: (1) technical (primarily related to safety concerns); (2) environmental; or (3) miscellaneous.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two or more requestors/petitioners seek to co-sponsor a contention or propose substantially the same contention, the requestors/petitioners will be required to jointly designate a representative who shall have the authority to act for the requestors/petitioners with respect to that contention.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing. A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by: (1) first class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; (2) courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services: Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; (3) E-mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV; or (4) facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff at 301-415-1101, verification number is 301-415-1966.2 A copy of the request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene must also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001, and it is requested that copies be transmitted either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-3725 or by email to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy of the request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene should also be sent to the attorney for the applicant, Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire, Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20004.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition, request and/or contentions should be granted based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(a)(1)(i)-(viii).
Detailed information about the license renewal process can be found under the Nuclear Reactors icon at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html on the NRCs Web site. Copies of the application to renew the operating license for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station are available for public inspection at the Commission*s PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, First Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738, and at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html, the NRCs Web site while the application is under review. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRCs public documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRCs Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS accession number ML052080172. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS may contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
The staff has verified that a copy of the license renewal application is also available to local residents near the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station at the Lacey Public Library, 10 East Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of September, 2005.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation