ML053570341

Revised Schedule for Response to Extended Power Uprate Requests for Additional Information

ML053570341
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	01/19/2006
From:	Marshall M Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
Brown E, NRR/DLPM 415-2315
References
TAC MC3743, TAC MC3744, TAC MC3812
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January 19, 2006 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:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 REVISED SCHEDULE FOR RESPONSE TO EXTENDED POWER UPRATE REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. MC3812, MC3743, AND MC3744) (TS-431 AND TS-418)

Dear Mr. Singer:

This letter discusses the impact of proposed delays in response to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff requests for information regarding the ongoing extended power uprate (EPU) reviews described in your letter dated October 3, 2005. By letters dated June 28 and 25, 2004, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the licensee, submitted amendment requests for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3. The proposed amendments would change the BFN operating licenses to increase the maximum authorized power level by approximately 20 percent above the current maximum authorized power level for Unit 1 and approximately 15 percent for Units 2 and 3.

In two letters dated October 3, 2005, the NRC staff described areas where additional information was needed. TVA responded in two letters dated December 19, 2005. In discussions held with TVA staff, the NRC staff was made aware of the proposed delay in response to the NRC staffs question on credit for Containment Overpressure. However, the December 19, 2005, letter stated that there would be delays in the submittal of responses concerning the vibration monitoring program and steam dryer acoustical analyses, which had not been previously discussed. The December 19, 2005, letter states that TVA expects to respond to the question regarding vibration monitoring by February 1, 2006, and to submit the response to the questions regarding the steam dryer in July 2006.

As discussed in letters accepting the EPU applications for review dated May 27, 2005, the NRC staff committed to complete the review of both EPU applications by the need date of spring 2007 for Units 1 and 2. Based on the delay in responding to the request for additional information described in your two December 19, 2005, letters, the schedule for completion of the review may be extended, and the NRC staff may not complete its review by the need date of spring 2007.

K. Singer January 19, 2006 If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Eva Brown at 301-415-2315 or Ms. Margaret Chernoff at 301-415-4041.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael L. Marshall, Jr., Chief Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc: See next page

ML053570341 NRR-106 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA LPL2-2/BC NAME MChernoff for MChernoff BClayton MMarshall EBrown DATE 01/17/06 01/19/06 01/17/06 01/19/06 Mr. Karl W. Singer BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Tennessee Valley Authority cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Mr. Robert G. Jones, General Manager Senior Vice President Browns Ferry Site Operations Nuclear Operations Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place P.O. Box 2000 1101 Market Street Decatur, AL 35609 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Scott M. Shaeffer Mr. Larry S. Bryant, Vice President Browns Ferry Unit 1 Project Engineer Nuclear Engineering & Technical Services Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6 Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6A Lookout Place 61 Forsyth Street, SW.

1101 Market Street Suite 23T85 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 Brian OGrady, Site Vice President Mr. Glenn W. Morris, Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Corporate Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority and Industry Affairs P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, AL 35609 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Mr. Robert J. Beecken, Vice President Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. William D. Crouch, Manager 6A Lookout Place Licensing and Industry Affairs 1101 Market Street Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 General Counsel Decatur, AL 35609 Tennessee Valley Authority 11A East Tower Mr. Thierry Ross 400 West Summit Hill Drive Senior Resident Inspector Knoxville, TN 37902 U.S. NRC Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Mr. John C. Fornicola, Manager 10833 Shaw Road Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Athens, AL 35611-6970 Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place State Health Officer 1101 Market Street Alabama Dept. of Public Health Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 Mr. Bruce Aukland, Plant Manager P.O. Box 303017 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Chairman Decatur, AL 35609 Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Mr. Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Athens, AL 35611 Brown Ferry Unit 1 Restart Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609