ML13011A301

Schedule Revision for the Safety and Environmental Review of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, License Renewal Application

ML13011A301
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	01/29/2013
From:	John Lubinski License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	Lieb R FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Cuadrado, Samuel, 415-2946
References
TAC ME4640
Download: ML13011A301 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 29, 2013 Mr. Raymond A. Lieb, Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. ME4640)

Dear Mr. Lieb:

By letter dated August 27,2010, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) submitted an application pursuant to Title 1Oof the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, to renew Operating License NPF-003 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 (Davis-Besse), for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff).

Enclosed is the NRC staffs revised safety and environmental review schedule for the Davis-Besse license renewal application (LRA). The staff has revised the license renewal review schedule to delay the final safety evaluation report (SER) issuance and the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards full committee meeting because the staff requires additional time to close open items and complete a thorough review of additional information regarding the Shield Building Monitoring and Bolting Integrity aging management programs. With respect to the Shield Building Monitoring Program, FENOC needs to provide additional information concerning the aging management of the shield building and other concrete structures at Davis-Besse. With respect to the Bolting Integrity Program, FENOC needs to provide additional information regarding the grade and class of the material and the inspection of high strength bolts at Davis-Besse.

Staff provided a follow-up request for additional information (RAI) on the Shield Building Monitoring Program on January 3, 2013, and plans to provide a follow-up RAI on the Bolting Integrity Program on February 8, 2013. To support the revised schedule milestones, your responses to the staffs follow-up RAls must be complete and provided in a timely manner. The staff will evaluate the RAI responses and incorporate the responses into its safety review. Any delay in your responses could result in additional revisions to the enclosed schedule with the potential of leaving milestone schedule dates to be determined until responses are received and appropriately factored into a new schedule. We request that you inform the NRC as soon as possible regarding any potential delays.

On January 31,2012, NRC sent a letter with a revised schedule for the Davis-Besse environmental schedule. The schedule was revised because FENOC identified errors in the Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives (SAMA) analysis and needed time to correct the SAMA analysis. That schedule indicated that future environmental milestones were to be determined after receipt and review of the revised SAMA analysis. The NRC has reviewed the revised

R. Lieb ~ 2 analysis. That schedule indicated that future environmental milestones were to be detem;ined' .

after receipt and review of the revised SAMA analysis. The NRC has reviewed the revised

. SAMA analysis and is now able to determine the schedule for completing the Davis-Besse envi ronmenta I review. .

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We would like to emphasize that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the revised schedule milestones. The NRC will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed review schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Mr. Samuel Cuadrado de Jesus, Project Manager for the Davis~Besse LRA safety review, by telephone at . .

. 301~415-2946 or bye-mail at SamueI.Cuadradodejesus@nrc.gov or Ms. Elaine Keegan, Project Manager for the Davis~Besse LRA environmental review by telephone at 301 ~415-8517. or by .

email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov. .:;:?'..

n W. Lubi ki, Director ivision of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346

Enclosure:

Revised safety review schedule cc w/encl: Listserv

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION UPDATED SAFETY REVIEW SCHEDULE Schedule Actual Milestones Date Date Receive license renewal application (LRA) 08/30/10 08/30/10 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA receipt and availability 09/17/10 09/20/10 Publish FRN - LRA acceptability and opportunity for hearing 10/20/10 10/25/10 Public Meeting - license renewal process and environmental scoping 11/04/10 11/04/10 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 12/24/10 12/24/10 Audit - scoping and screening methodology 01/24/11 01/24/11 Audit - aging management programs (AIVIPs) 02/14/11 02/14/11 Inspection - scoping, screening, and AMPs 04/2011 04/25/11

~afety Requests for Additional Information (RAls) - Issued 04/29/11 04/29/11 Safety RAls - First Round Responses Received 05/30/11 05/30/11 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 5/2013 Public Meeting-draft SEIS 6/2013 End of comment period for the draft SEIS 6/2013 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items(s) 7/2012 7/31/12 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting 9/19/12 9/19/12 on SER with open item(s)

Issue SER 7/2013 ACRS full committee meeting on SER 9/2013 Issue final SEIS 11/2013 NRR Decision TBD Commission Decision (hearing pending) TBD ENCLOSURE

R. Lieb -2 SAMA analysis and is now able to determine the schedule for completing the Davis-Besse environmental review.

We would like to emphasize that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the revised schedule milestones. The NRC will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed review schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Mr. Samuel Cuadrado de Jesus, Project Manager for the Davis-Besse LRA safety review, by telephone at 301-415-2946 or bye-mail at SamueI.Cuadradodejesus@nrc.gov or Ms. Elaine Keegan, Project Manager for the Davis-Besse LRA environmental review by telephone at 301-415-8517 or by email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

John W. Lubinski, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346

Enclosure:

Revised safety review schedule cc w/encl: Listserv ADAMS Accession No*.. ML13011A301 *concurred via email OFFICE PM:DLR/RPB1 LA:DLR/RPB2* BC:DLR/RPB2 BC:DLR/RPB1 NAME SCuadrado IKing DWrona DMorey DATE 1/16/13 1/11/13 1/22/13 1/16/13 OFFICE D:DLR NAME JLubinski DATE 1/29/13 OFFICIAL RECORD COpy

Letter to R. Lieb from J. Lubinski dated January 29, 2013

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. ME4640)

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