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Schedule Regarding the License Amendment Request for Total Flooding Automatic Carbon Dioxide Fire Suppression System Installed in the Auxiliary Instrument Room
ML102740464
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 10/04/2010
From: John Lamb
Watts Bar Special Projects Branch
To: Krich R
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lamb J, 415-1727
References
TAC ME2532
Download: ML102740464 (2)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 4, 2010 Mr. R. M. Krich Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUB~IECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 - SCHEDULE REGARDING THE LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR TOTAL FLOODING AUTOMATIC CARBON DIOXIDE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE AUXILIARY INSTRUMENT ROOM (TAC NO. ME2532)

Dear Mr. Krich:

By letter dated October 30,2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML093080377), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) requested a license amendment concerning a change to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 fire protection program requirements. Specifically, this involves changing the design basis of the total flooding automatic carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) fire suppression system in the Auxiliary Instrument Room from a 50-percent CO 2 concentration to a 45-percent concentration, retaining the currently required 15-minute hold time to suppression a fire.

TVA requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory commission (NRC) to complete its review by October 30, 2010. The NRC performance goals for licensing actions is to complete 95-percent in less than 1 year and 100-percent in less than 2 years. It is very unlikely that NRC will complete its review by October 30, 2010.

If you have any questions regarding this issue, please feel free to contact me at (301) 415-3100.

n G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager I atts Bar Special Projects Branch

\ ivision of Operating Reactor Licensing

'Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-390 cc: Distribution via Listserv

Mr. R. M. Krich Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 - SCHEDULE REGARDING THE LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR TOTAL FLOODING AUTOMATIC CARBON DIOXIDE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE AUXILIARY INSTRUMENT ROOM (TAC NO. ME2532)

Dear Mr. Krich:

By letter dated October 30, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML093080377), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) requested a license amendment concerning a change to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 fire protection program requirements. Specifically, this involves changing the design basis of the total flooding automatic carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) fire suppression system in the Auxiliary Instrument Room from a 50-percent CO 2 concentration to a 45-percent concentration, retaining the currently required 15-minute hold time to suppression a fire.

TVA requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory commission (NRC) to complete its review by October 30, 2010. The NRC performance goals for licensing actions is to complete 95-percent in less than 1 year and 100-percent in less than 2 years. It is very unlikely that NRC will complete its review by October 30, 2010.

If you have any questions regarding this issue, please feel free to contact me at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely, IRAI John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-390 cc: Distribution via Listserv Distribution:

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