ML080110051

Discussion of Review Schedule Regarding Alternate Source Term Application

ML080110051
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	01/30/2008
From:	Mcginty T Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Martin R, NRR/DORL, 415-1493
References
TAC MD2934, TAC MD2935
Download: ML080110051 (4)

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January 30, 2008 Mr. Dennis R. Madison Vice President - Hatch Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT:

EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (HNP), DISCUSSION OF REVIEW SCHEDULE REGARDING ALTERNATE SOURCE TERM APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MD2934 AND MD2935)

Dear Mr. Madison:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated August 29, 2006, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), proposed to revise the HNP licensing and design basis with a full scope implementation of an alternative source term. To date we have issued requests for additional information (RAI) in the technical areas of radiological dose assessment, electrical power supplies, seismic capability of piping and ventilation systems, balance-of-plant systems, containment systems, human factors issues, and meteorology and chemical engineering. SNC has provided responses in some of these areas.

On January 9, 2008, we discussed the schedule for the remaining review with representatives of your staff. We expressed our objective of ensuring that sufficient resources be provided so that a decision may be reached by the NRC staff on this licensing action within a 2-year period from its submittal. Your staff committed to providing responses to five currently outstanding RAIs by February 29, 2008. We also noted that, at this phase of the review, we can expect numerous follow-up efforts such as telephone conferences, further RAIs and perhaps meetings to assist in clarifying issues and documenting the information needed for our review. We noted that these issues would necessitate a prompt response by SNC in order to complete the NRC staffs review by July 31, 2008. Our understanding is that SNC committed to providing the resources to accomplish that objective.

The purpose of this letter is to document our communication and to confirm our request for SNCs commitment of resources to support the objective mentioned above.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Timothy J. McGinty, Deputy Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 cc: See next page

ML080110051 OFFICE NRR/LPL2-1/PM NRR/LPL2-1/LA NRR/LPL2-1/BC (A)

NRR/DORL/DD NAME RMartin:nc MOBrien MWong TMcGinty DATE 01/ 30 /08 01/14/08 01/ 30 /08 01/ 30 /08

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Laurence Bergen Oglethorpe Power Corporation 2100 E. Exchange Place P.O. Box 1349 Tucker, GA 30085-1349 Mr. R. D. Baker Manager - Licensing Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Resident Inspector Plant Hatch 11030 Hatch Parkway N.

Baxley, GA 31531 Harold Reheis, Director Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE., Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334 Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia 1470 Riveredge Parkway, NW Atlanta, GA 30328-4684 Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission 244 Washington St., SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Troutman Sanders Nations Bank Plaza 600 Peachtree St, NE, Suite 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216 Chairman Appling County Commissioners County Courthouse Baxley, GA 31513 Mr. Jeffrey T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 General Manager Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

U.S. Highway 1 North P.O. Box 2010 Baxley, GA 31515 Mr. K. Rosanski Resident Manager Oglethorpe Power Corporation Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 2010 Baxley, GA 31515