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Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing and Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding the Application from FPL Energy Duane Arnold LLC, for Renewal of the Operating License for the Duane Arnold Energy Center
ML090140399
Person / Time
Site: Duane Arnold NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 02/10/2009
From: Brian Holian
Division of License Renewal
To: Richard Anderson
Duane Arnold
Heath, M, NRR/DLR/RLRA, 415-3137
Shared Package
ML090230701 List:
References
TAC MD9769, TAC MD9770
Download: ML090140399 (3)


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February 10, 2009 Richard L. Anderson Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, Iowa 52324

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM FPL ENERGY DUANE ARNOLD LLC, FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (TAC NO. MD9769 AND MD9770)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By letter dated September 30, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLCs application for renewal of operating license DPR-49 for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC). Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2008 (73 FR 67895). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of the license renewal application (LRA) for the DAEC. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental review.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and the supplemental information included in your January 23, 2009 response (ML090280418) to our letter dated December 11, 2008, Review Status of the License Renewal Application for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (ML083290275). The staff followed the guidance in NUREG-1800, Revision 1, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants.

As a result, the NRC staff has determined that the application is sufficiently complete and acceptable for docketing, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Sections 2.101, 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c). However, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.

The NRC staff will follow established review procedures required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54.

We would like to emphasize that the review of your LRA will be very detailed and thorough.

When the safety and environmental review schedule for the DAEC application is finalized, it will be transmitted in a subsequent letter.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 1). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

R. Anderson If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. Maurice Heath, Project Manager for the review of the DAEC license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-3137 or via e-mail at Maurice.Heath@NRC.Gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian E. Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

1. Federal Register Notice cc w/encl: See next page

R. Anderson If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. Maurice Heath, Project Manager for the review of the DAEC license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-3137 or via e-mail at Maurice.Heath@NRC.Gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian E. Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

1. Federal Register Notice cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAMS Access Nos.: ML090230701 (Pkg), ML090140399 (Ltr), ML090140373 (FRN)

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Letter to FPL Energy Duane Arnold LLC from B. Holian dated February 10, 2009

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM FPL ENERGY DUANE ARNOLD LLC, FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (TAC NOS. MD9769 AND MD9770)

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Duane Arnold Energy Center cc:

Mr. J. A. Stall Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. M. S. Ross Managing Attorney Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Ms. Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004 T. O. Jones Vice President, Nuclear Operations Mid-West Region Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Steven R. Catron Manager, Regulatory Affairs Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector=s Office Rural Route #1 Palo, IA 52324 Mr. Mano Nazar Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Mr. D. A. Curtland Plant Manager Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785 Abdy Khanpour Vice President, Engineering Support Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Daniel K. McGhee Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Radiological Health 321 East 12th Street Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 Chairman, Linn County Board of Supervisors 930 1st Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Peter Wells, Acting Vice President, Nuclear Training and Performance Improvement Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mark E. Warner Vice President, Nuclear Plant Support Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420