ML071640133
| ML071640133 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | PROJ0690 |
| Issue date: | 08/02/2007 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR |
| To: | Jeffrey Riley Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Emch R, NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-1590 | |
| References | |
| LR-ISG-2006-03 | |
| Download: ML071640133 (7) | |
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August 2, 2007 Mr. James H. Riley Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
SUBJECT:
FINAL LICENSE RENEWAL INTERIM STAFF GUIDANCE LR-ISG-2006-03: STAFF GUIDANCE FOR PREPARING SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSES
Dear Mr. Riley:
By letter dated August 10, 2006, we issued our proposed License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2006-03, for public comments. By letter dated September 15, 2006, Dr. Jill Lipoti, State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, provided comments and requested that the staff take this opportunity to include a review of the impacts of terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities as part of the National Environmental Policy Act in the interim staff guidance. The staff reviewed Dr. Lipotis comments and provided responses in a letter dated July 31, 2007, which can be found in the Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML071380307. No changes were incorporated in the Final LR-ISG-2006-03 based on these comments. is our Final LR-ISG-2006-03. A notice relating to this Final LR-ISG will be published in the Federal Register. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., by telephone at 301-415-1590 or by e-mail at RLE@nrc.gov.
An identical letter was sent to Mr. David Lochbaum at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 690
Enclosure:
Final LR-ISG-2006-03 cc w/encl: See next page
August 2, 2007 Mr. David Lochbaum Union of Concerned Scientists 1707 H Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006-3919
SUBJECT:
FINAL LICENSE RENEWAL INTERIM STAFF GUIDANCE LR-ISG-2006-03: STAFF GUIDANCE FOR PREPARING SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSES
Dear Mr. Lochbaum:
By letter dated August 10, 2006, we issued our proposed License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2006-03, for public comments. By letter dated September 15, 2006, Dr. Jill Lipoti, State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, provided comments and requested that the staff take this opportunity to include a review of the impacts of terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities as part of the National Environmental Policy Act in the interim staff guidance. The staff reviewed Dr. Lipotis comments and provided responses in a letter dated July 31, 2007, which can be found in the Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML071380307. No changes were incorporated in the Final LR-ISG-2006-03 based on these comments. is our Final LR-ISG-2006-03. A notice relating to this Final LR-ISG will be published in the Federal Register. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., by telephone at 301-415-1590 or by e-mail at RLE@nrc.gov.
An identical letter was sent to Mr. James H. Riley at the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 690
Enclosure:
Final LR-ISG-2006-03 cc w/encl: See next page
August 2, 2007 Mr. James H. Riley Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
SUBJECT:
FINAL LICENSE RENEWAL INTERIM STAFF GUIDANCE LR-ISG-2006-03: STAFF GUIDANCE FOR PREPARING SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSES
Dear Mr. Riley:
By letter dated August 10, 2006, we issued our proposed License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2006-03, for public comments. By letter dated September 15, 2006, Dr. Jill Lipoti, State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, provided comments and requested that the staff take this opportunity to include a review of the impacts of terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities as part of the National Environmental Policy Act in the interim staff guidance. The staff reviewed Dr. Lipotis comments and provided responses in a letter dated July 31, 2007, which can be found in the Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML071380307. No changes were incorporated in the Final LR-ISG-2006-03 based on these comments. is our Final LR-ISG-2006-03. A notice relating to this Final LR-ISG will be published in the Federal Register. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., by telephone at 301-415-1590 or by e-mail at RLE@nrc.gov.
An identical letter was sent to Mr. David Lochbaum at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 690
Enclosure:
Final LR-ISG-2006-03 cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION: See next page Adams Accession No. ML071640133 OFFICE PM:DLR:REBB LA:DLR PM:DLR:RLRB OGC NAME REmch YEdmonds LTran SUttal (NLO w/
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Letter to: James H. Riley, David Lochbaum, from: Pao-Tsin Kuo, dated: August 2, 2007
SUBJECT:
FINAL LICENSE RENEWAL INTERIM STAFF GUIDANCE LR-ISG-2006-03: STAFF GUIDANCE FOR PREPARING SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSES HARD COPY DLR RF REmch LTran E-MAIL:
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Enclosure FINAL LICENSE RENEWAL INTERIM STAFF GUIDANCE LR-ISG-2006-03:
STAFF GUIDANCE FOR PREPARING SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSES Introduction A Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives (SAMA) analysis is required as part of a license renewal application, if a SAMA analysis has not already been performed for the plant and reviewed by the NRC staff. SAMA analyses have been performed and submitted to the NRC for all applications for license renewal received by the staff thus far. Therefore, this LR-ISG is being recommended as guidance consistent with our goal to more effectively and efficiently resolve license renewal issues identified by the staff or the industry.
Background and Discussion After receiving extensive requests for additional information regarding the SAMA analyses, several applicants for license renewal concluded that they did not fully understand the kind of information that the NRC staff was expecting to see in SAMA analyses.
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) developed a generic guidance document to help clarify the NRC staffs expectations regarding the information that should be submitted in SAMA analyses.
On April 8, 2005, NEI submitted NEI 05-01, ?Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives (SAMA)
Analysis - Guidance Document. The NRC staff reviewed this guidance document, and by letter, dated July 12, 2005, provided comments on NEI 05-01. The NRC staffs comments were discussed during a public meeting between NEI and NRC on July 21, 2005.
On February 17, 2006, NEI submitted its NEI 05-01, Revision A, dated November 2005. The NRC staff reviewed and concluded that this version fully resolved the NRC staffs comments. In addition, the NRC staff concluded that NEI 05-01, Revision A, describes existing NRC regulations and facilitates complete preparation of SAMA analysis submittals.
Some applicants for license renewal have submitted SAMA analyses using the guidance provided in NEI 05-01, Revision A. The NRC staff found improved quality in the submitted SAMA analyses and a reduction in the number of requests for additional information for those applications that followed the guidance provided in NEI 05-01, Revision A.
Recommended Action The staff is recommending that applicants for license renewal follow the guidance provided in NEI 05-01, Revision A, when preparing their SAMA analyses. The staff finds that NEI 05-01, Revision A, describes existing NRC regulations, and facilitates complete preparation of SAMA analysis submittals.
Although this final LR-ISG does not convey a change in the NRCs regulations or how they are interpreted, it is being provided to facilitate complete preparation of future SAMA analysis submittals in support of applications for license renewal. The NRC staff plans to incorporate the guidance provided in NEI 05-01, Revision A, into a future update of Supplement 1 to Regulatory Guide 4.2, ?Preparation of Supplemental Environmental Reports for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses. This LR-ISG provides a clarification of existing guidance with no additional requirements. For those that are interested in reviewing NEI 05-01, Revision A, the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession Number is ML060530203.
Nuclear Energy Institute Project No. 690 cc:
Ms. Christine S. Salembier, Commissioner State Liaison Officer Department of Public Service 112 State St., Drawer 20 Montipelier, VT 05620-2601 Mr. Gordon A. Clefton Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Frederick W. Polaski Manager License Renewal Exelon Corporation 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. Clifford I. Custer Project Manager, License Renewal FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 4 Route 168 (Mail Stop SIM-2)
Shippingport, PA 15077 Mr. Paul Gunter, Director Reactor Watchdog Project Nuclear Information & Resource Service 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 340 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Mr. Hugh Jackson Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy &
Environment Program 215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 Mary Olson Nuclear Information & Resource Service Southeast Office P.O. Box 7586 Asheville, NC 28802 Mr. Garry G. Young Manager, License Renewal Services 1448 SR 333, N-GSB-45 Russellville, AR 72802 Robert A. Vincent Licensing Lead - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Lorrie Bell, Project Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Roger Stewart Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
3581 West Entrance Road RNP A9 Hartsville, SC 29550 Michael H. Crowthers, Supervisor Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street (GENPL4)
Allentown, PA 18101-1179