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Acceptance Review Email, License Amendment Request to Adopt National Fire Protection Standard NFPA -805 Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generation Plants,
ML113630083
Person / Time
Site: Fort Calhoun Omaha Public Power District icon.png
Issue date: 12/29/2011
From: Lynnea Wilkins
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To: Hansher B
Omaha Public Power District
Wilkins, L E, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 415-1377
References
TAC ME7244
Download: ML113630083 (2)


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From: Wilkins, Lynnea Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:33 AM To: HANSHER, BILL R Cc: Lent, Susan; Burkhardt, Janet

Subject:

Acceptance of Fort Calhoun LAR to Adopt NFPA-805 (ME7244)

Bill, By letter dated September 28, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML11276A118), as supplemented by a letters dated December 19 and 22, 2011, (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML113540334 and MLxxxxxxxxx1, respectively) Omaha Public Power District (OPPD, the licensee) submitted a license amendment for Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 (FCS). The proposed amendment request would adopt National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard NFPA-805, a performance-based standard for fire protection for light water reactor electric generating plants, as part of its transition to compliance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50.48(c).

The purpose of this message is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs 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 Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 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, as supplemented, and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and 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. If additional information is needed for the staff to complete its technical review, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1377.

Lynnea Wilkins, Project Manager Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 Cooper Nuclear Station Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-415-1377

1 As of the date of issuance of this acceptance review, the supplemental letter dated December 22, 2011, had not yet been added to ADAMS.