ML091380185

RAI for the Review of License Renewal Application

ML091380185
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/20/2009
From:	Kimberly Green License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Green Kimberly NRR/DLR/RPB2 415-1627
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May 20, 2009 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION - OFFSITE POWER, REFUELING CAVITY, AND UNIT 2 AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP ROOM FIRE EVENT

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated April 23, 2007, as supplemented by letters dated May 3, 2007, and June 21, 2007, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., (Entergy) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). The staff is completing its review of the application. The initial findings are documented in the Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items Related to the License Renewal of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, issued in January 2009. Since the issuance of the safety evaluation report, Entergy has provided additional information to close out the open items. Based on its review of the information contained in Entergys recent letters, the staff requests additional information as described in the enclosure.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Mr. Robert Walpole, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1627, or via e-mail Kimberly.Green@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kimberly Green, Safety Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION - OFFSITE POWER, REFUELING CAVITY, AND IP2 AFW PUMP ROOM FIRE EVENT HARD COPY:

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Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Senior Vice President Mr. Paul Eddy Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New York State Department P.O. Box 31995 of Public Service Jackson, MS 39286-1995 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350 Vice President Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Regional Administrator, Region I P.O. Box 31995 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jackson, MS 39286-1995 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety &

Licensing Senior Resident Inspectors Office Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Indian Point 2 and 3 P.O. Box 31995 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jackson, MS 39286-1995 P.O. Box 59 Buchanan, NY 10511 Senior Vice President and COO Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire 440 Hamilton Avenue Assistant Attorney General White Plains, NY 10601 New York Department of Law 120 Broadway Assistant General Counsel New York, NY 10271 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue Mr. Raymond L. Albanese White Plains, NY 10601 Four County Coordinator 200 Bradhurst Avenue Manager, Licensing Unit 4 Westchester County Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Hawthorne, NY 10532 Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB Mayor, Village of Buchanan P.O. Box 249 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Buchanan, NY 10511 Mr. Francis J. Murray Mr. William DiProfio President and CEO PWR SRC Consultant New York State Energy, Research, and 48 Bear Hill Road Development Authority Newton, NH 03858 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Garry Randolph PWR SRC Consultant Ms. Alyce Peterson 1750 Ben Franklin Drive, 7E New York State Energy, Research, and Sarasota, FL 34236 Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Mr. William T. Russell Albany, NY 12203-6399 PWR SRC Consultant 400 Plantation Lane Stevensville, MD 21666-3232

Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Mr. Jim Riccio Robert Snook Greenpeace Assistant Attorney General 702 H Street, NW Office of the Attorney General Suite 300 State of Connecticut Washington, DC 20001 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Mr. Phillip Musegaas Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Ms. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Tarrytown, NY 10591 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mr. Mark Jacobs Washington, DC 20004 IPSEC 46 Highland Drive Mr. Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Garrison, NY 10524 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mr. R. M. Waters Washington, DC 20004 Technical Specialist Licensing 450 Broadway Mr. Martin J. ONeill, Esq.

P.O. Box 0249 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Mr. Sherwood Martinelli 351 Dyckman Street The Honorable Nita Lowey Peekskill, NY 10566 222 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 White Plains, NY 10605 Ms. Susan Shapiro, Esq.

21 Perlman Drive Ms. Joan Leary Matthews Spring Valley, NY 10977 Senior Counsel for Special Projects Office of General Counsel Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D. NYS Department of Environmental Sive, Paget, & Riesel, P.C. Conservation 460 Park Avenue 625 Broadway New York, NY 10022 Albany, NY 12233-5500 Mr. John Sipos Assistant Attorney General New York State Department of Law Environmental Protection Bureau The Capitol Albany, NY 12224

INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OFFSITE POWER, REFUELING CAVITY, AND UNIT 2 AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP ROOM FIRE EVENT RAI 2.5-4 In license renewal application (LRA) Section 2.5, as clarified in LRA Amendment 3, dated March 24, 2008, the applicant included in the scope of license renewal the structures and components for one offsite circuit path (138 kV/Station Auxiliary Transformer circuit, the immediate access circuit). The applicant is requested to explain why the second offsite circuit (the delayed access circuit) path, from the first inter-tie with the offsite distribution systems at the Buchanan substations to the safety buses, was not included in the scope of license renewal.

Specifically, the applicant is requested to explain why the components up to and including either 138 kV circuit breaker F1 or 345 kV circuit breaker F7 for IP2 and either 138 kV circuit breaker F3 or 345 kV circuit breaker F7 for IP3 were not included in the scope of license renewal.

Follow-up RAI 2: Open Item 3.0.3.2.15-1 The purpose of this follow-up request for additional information (RAI) is to request additional information and clarification to help the staff to understand the applicants May 1, 2009 response to Follow-up RAI 1 for Open Item 3.0.3.2.15-1. Specifically, the staff requests the following:

(a) In part (a) of the applicants response, Figures 1 through 4 do not clearly identify the flow path from the refueling cavity liner to the A, B, and C water exit locations. Therefore, please provide the following additional descriptive information. In an elevation view (similar to Figure 2), cut through each of the exit locations A, B, and C, showing the horizontal and vertical dimension between the entry point through the liner and the exit location. To the extent possible, describe the possible circumferential traverse of the leakage, from the entry point through the liner to the exit location.

(b) The staff requests the applicant to provide the following additional information/clarification regarding the revised license renewal commitments in part (b) of the applicants response:

(1) The current remediation plan has targeted the 2014 outage for completion.

Please identify actions that will be taken if the remediation plan is unsuccessful.

(2) Identify the specific location and number of the concrete core samples (e.g., the three water exit locations) that will be removed and tested (i) during the upcoming 2010 refueling outage, and (ii) at 10 years into the extended period of operation (if a permanent solution for the leakage has not been achieved, in accordance with Entergys current remediation plan). Define the tests that will be performed, and the objective of each test.

(3) Please advise if the revised commitments in the applicants May 1, 2009 response include chemical analysis of the leaking water (i) during the upcoming 2010 refueling outage, and (ii) at 10 years into the extended period of operation.

ENCLOSURE

Please identify the analyses that will be performed, and the objective of each analysis.

RAI 3.4.2-2 By letter dated January 27, 2009, Entergy responded to RAI 3.4.2-1, and provided clarifying details regarding the passive, long-lived component types, materials, environments, aging effects and aging management programs for systems, structures and components that support the auxiliary feedwater (AFW) pump room fire event at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 (IP2) that were not already within the scope of license renewal for 10 CFR 54.4(a)(1) or (a)(2).

The staff reviewed the response and determined that the systems contain passive, long-lived components made of materials that when exposed to the stated environments may experience aging effects as described in the GALL Report, which must be managed during the period of extended operation in accordance with 10 CFR 54.21(a)(3).

By letter dated May 1, 2009, Entergy submitted a revised commitment list which included a new commitment (Commitment 39) to install a fixed automatic fire suppression system for IP2 in the AFW pump room which would make the suppression configuration of the room similar to that of the AFW pump room at Unit 3.

Because the planned installation is not yet part of the current licensing basis, the staff cannot make a finding consistent with the requirement in 10 CFR 54.29(a). Therefore, the staff requests that the applicant provide information to demonstrate that the effects of aging will be adequately managed so that the intended function(s) will maintained consistent with the current licensing basis for the period of extended operation as required by 10 CFR 54.21(a)(3). Specifically, the staff requests that the applicant list all aging effects and the aging management programs needed to manage the aging effects for the component types provided in the January 27, 2009 letter.