ML13018A444
| ML13018A444 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/2013 |
| From: | Billoch-Colon A Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | Hamrick G Carolina Power & Light Co |
| Billoch-Colon, Araceli | |
| References | |
| TAC MF0308 | |
| Download: ML13018A444 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 31, 2013 Mr. George Hamrick, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165
SUBJECT:
SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - ACCEPTANCE REVIEW FOR REQUESTED LICENSING ACTION REGARDING THE LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TABLE 3.3-4, "DEGRADED VOLTAGE TIME DELAY VALUES" (TAC NO. MF0308)
Dear Mr. Hamrick:
By letter dated November 29,2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML123350104), as supplemented by letter dated January 3, 2013, (ADAMS Accession No, ML13003A214), Carolina Power and Light Company (the licensee),
doing business as Duke Energy, submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1. The proposed amendment request would revise Technical Specification (TS) Table 3.3-4 associated with 6.9 KiloVolt Emergency Bus Secondary Undervoltage time delay values to resolve a nonconservative TS.
The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's acceptance review of this LAR. 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 ~pplication 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 TSs) 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 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. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate
G. Hamrick
- 2 acceptance review. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staff's detailed technical review by separate correspondence.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3302 or via e-mail at Araceli. Billoch@nrc.gov.
Sincerely.
Araceli T. Billoch Colon, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400 cc: Distribution via Listserv
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