ML092220696

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Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Alternate Source Term Amendment Request (LAR 196)
ML092220696
Person / Time
Site: Turkey Point  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/18/2009
From: Mozafari B
Plant Licensing Branch II
To: Nazar M
Florida Power & Light Co
Mozafari B, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-2020
References
TAC ME1624, TAC ME1625
Download: ML092220696 (4)


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August 18, 2009 Mr. Mano Nazar Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

TURKEY POINT UNITS 3 AND 4 - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION NEEDED FOR ACCEPTANCE OF REQUESTED LICENSING ACTION RE: ALTERNATE SOURCE TERM AMENDMENT REQUEST (LAR-196) (TAC NOS. ME1624 AND ME1625)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

By letter dated June 25, 2009, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) submitted a license amendment request for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4. The proposed amendment would modify the facility's operating licensing bases to adopt the alternative source term as allowed in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.67, Accident source term, and described in Regulatory Guide 1.183, Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors. The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff=s acceptance review of this amendment request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

Consistent with 10 CFR 50.90, Application for amendment of license, construction permit, or early site permit, an amendment to the license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that the information delineated in the enclosure to this letter is necessary to enable the staff to make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed amendment in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment.

In order to make the application complete, the NRC staff requests that FPL supplement the application to address the information requested in the enclosure by August 28, 2009. This will enable the NRC staff to begin its detailed technical review. If the information responsive to the NRC staff=s request is not received by the above date, the application will not be accepted for review pursuant to 10 CFR 2.101, Filing of application, and the NRC will cease its review

M. Nazar activities associated with the application. If the application is subsequently accepted for review, you will be advised of any further information needed to support the staff=s detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

The information requested and associated timeframe in this letter were discussed with Elizabeth Abbott of your staff on August 7, 2009.

If you have any questions, please contact the Turkey Point Project Manager, Brenda Mozafari, at (301) 415-2020.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brenda L. Mozafari, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251

Enclosure:

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ML092020529 NRR-106 OFFICE DORL/LPL2-2/PE DORL/LPL2-2/PM DORL/LPL2-2/LA DE/EMCB/BC DORL/LPL2-2/BC NAME JPaige BMozafari RSola for BClayton MKhanna TBoyce DATE 08/11/09 08/11/09 08/11/09 08/17/09 08/18/09

Enclosure SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION NEEDED AMENDMENT REQUEST FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY TURKEY POINT UNIT NOS. 3 AND 4 DOCKET NOS. 50-250 AND 50-251

1.

Florida Power & Light (FPL) stated on page 33 of 40 of Enclosure 1 to the letter that the Control Room Ventilation System emergency air intakes will be relocated to different parts of the auxiliary building. The relocated intakes and associated duct work will be designed to seismic criteria, protected from environmental effects, and will meet the requirements of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50 Appendix A, General Design Criterion 19. Provide detailed information regarding the structural design and analysis of the emergency air intakes and the associated duct work under design basis seismic and potential tornado loads, other design loads and load combinations and the corresponding design acceptance criteria and margins.

2.

FPL stated on page 14 of 20 of Attachment 2 to the letter that it intends to install 10 stainless steel wire mesh baskets (2 large and 8 small) containing NaTB in the containment basement, as a means of controlling the containment sump pH. These baskets contain a combined mass of 11,061 lbm of NaTB. Provide detailed information regarding the structural design and analysis of these baskets under normal operating and accident conditions, including the geometry, anchoring, the design loads and load combinations, and the corresponding design acceptance criteria and margins.

3.

FPL stated on page 30 of 40 of Enclosure 1 that it will replace the aluminum fins on the normal containment coolers with copper fins to generate less chemical debris. Provide detailed information regarding the evaluation of potential structural effects on the coolers as a result of this replacement.