ML092780118
| ML092780118 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/2009 |
| From: | Samson Lee Division of License Renewal |
| To: | Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Ashley D, NRR/DLR, 415-3191 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML092780114 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2011-0113 | |
| Download: ML092780118 (4) | |
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October 15, 2009 Mr. Thomas Joyce President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM PSEG NUCLEAR LLC FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSES FOR THE SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2
Dear Mr. Joyce:
By letter dated August 18, 2009, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received PSEG LLCs application for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses DPR-70 and DPR-75 for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (SALEM). Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2009 (74 FR 46238). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of the license renewal application for SALEM. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental reviews.
The NRC staff has reviewed your application and followed the guidance in NUREG-1800, Revision 1, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, issued September 2005, and NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, issued March 2000. 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 (10 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.
This letter forwards the NRC staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the SALEM application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, and 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions. This schedule includes time to conduct a hearing, should a hearing be requested and granted. The enclosed schedule does not include milestones for hearing activities because these dates are established by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
We would like to emphasize that the review of your license renewal application will be very detailed and thorough. The NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones; thus, your responses to the staffs RAIs, if any, must be complete and prompt. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.
Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the Federal Register notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.
If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. Donnie Ashley, Project Manager, for the review of the SALEM license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-3191 or by e-mail at Donnie.Ashley@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Samson S. Lee, Deputy Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: See next page
ML092780114 (Package) ML092780118 (Letter) ML092780121 (Federal Register Notice)
- concurred via e-mail OFFICE PM:RPB1:DLR LA:RPOB:DLR BC:RPB1:DLR OGC NAME DAshley YEdmonds BPham BHarris DATE 10/07/09 10/07/09 10/08/09 10/14/09 OFFICE DD:DLR:NRR NAME SLee DATE 10/15/09
ENCLOSURE 1 SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 08/18/2009 08/18/2009 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN)-LRA availability 09/08/2009 09/08/2009 Publish FRN-acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 10/20/2009 Publish FRN-notice of intent to conduct scoping 10/20/2009 Public meeting-license renewal overview/environmental scoping meeting 11/05/2009 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 12/19/2009 Environmental scoping period ends 12/21/2009 Issue environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) 01/20/2010 Issue safety RAIs 03/01/2010 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 07/01/2010 Publish FRN-draft SEIS available for comments 07/09/2010 Public meeting-draft SEIS meeting 08/11/2010 End of draft SEIS comment period 09/17/2010 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 09/06/2010 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting 10/06/2010 Issue final SEIS 01/28/2011 EPA FRN published-availability of final SEIS 02/04/2011 Issue final SER 03/14/2011 ACRS full committee meeting 05/12/2011 Decision-Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 06/14/2011 Commission decision (if hearing is granted) 02/04/2012
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessment PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Robert Braun Site Vice President - Salem PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Carl Fricker Vice President - Operations Support PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George Gellrich Plant Manager - Salem PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Larry Wagner Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Manager - Licensing PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire Manager - Licensing PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Gaffney Manager - Hope Creek Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Steven Mannon Manager - Salem Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Brian Beam Board of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Salem Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Mr. Michael Gallagher Vice President - License Renewal Projects Exelon Nuclear LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. Ed Eilola Plant Manager - Salem PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Larry Wagner Plant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Davison Director - Nuclear Oversight PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Ms. Christine Neely Director - Regulator Affairs PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Ali Fakhar Manager, License Renewal PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. William Mattingly Manager - Salem Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear LLC One Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Earl R. Gage Salem County Administrator Administration Building 94 Market Street Salem, NJ 08079 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038