ML12314A422

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ME8074 - Request for Additional Information Regarding Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks
ML12314A422
Person / Time
Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 11/08/2012
From: Mahesh Chawla
Plant Licensing Branch III
To: Gustafson O, Kuemin J
Entergy Nuclear Palisades
Chawla M
References
TAC ME8074
Download: ML12314A422 (1)


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From: Chawla, Mahesh Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:08 AM To: KUEMIN, JAMES L; GUSTAFSON, OTTO W Cc: Miller, Joshua; Jackson, Christopher; Carlson, Robert; Davidson, Evan; Cunanan, Davida; Anderson, Shaun; Hoang, Dan; Hunt, Christopher; Jimenez, Manuel; Keefe, Molly

Subject:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - ME8074 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF SPENT FUEL POOL REGION I STORAGE RACKS By letters dated February 28, 2012 and September 16, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems Accession Number [ADAMS] ML12061A288 and ML122541048, respectively), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee), submitted a license amendment request to revise the Palisades Nuclear Plant Technical Specifications to support the replacement of the Region I spent fuel pool storage racks with storage racks equipped with the neutron absorbing material, MetamicTM .

The NRC staff has reviewed the information the licensee provided and determined that additional information is needed in order to complete the review. Please arrange a teleconference to discuss this information if any clarification is required. Please provide your response on the docket within 30 days of the receipt of this request.

1. In NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report, the guidance proposes a 10 year maximum surveillance interval for the inspection and testing of a neutron absorbing material other than Boraflex in the spent fuel pool. Your application is consistent with this guidance with the exception of the time interval between 36 years and 48 years, and again between 48 years and 60 years, where the surveillance interval is 12 years.
a. Please provide a surveillance schedule that is consistent with the staff guidance, or
b. Provide a justification for a surveillance interval greater than 10 years.

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