L-2013-017, Units 1 & 2, 60-Day Response to NRC 10 CFR 50.54(f) Request for Information Regarding Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1, Flooding

Units 1 & 2, 60-Day Response to NRC 10 CFR 50.54(f) Request for Information Regarding Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1, Flooding

ML13028A473
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Site:	Saint Lucie, Point Beach, Seabrook, Turkey Point, Duane Arnold
Issue date:	01/24/2013
From:	Bhatnagar A Nextera Energy
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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L-2013-017
Download: ML13028A473 (2)

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NExTera M T

ENERGY L-2013-017 JAN 2 4 2013 10 CFR 50.54(f)

ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-001 RE: Florida Power & Light Company St. Lucie Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Seabrook Station Docket No. 50-443 NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC Duane Arnold Energy Center Docket No. 50-331 NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC Point Beach Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 60-Day Response to NRC 10 CFR 50.54(f) Request for Information Regarding Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1, Flooding

References:

(1) NRC Letter, Request for Information Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50.54(f) Regarding Recommendations 2.1, 2.3, and 9.3, of the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident; dated March 12, 2012, Accession No. ML12073A348.

(2) U.S. NRC Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate, JLD-ISG-2012-05, Guidance for Performing the Integrated Assessment for External Flooding, Interim Staff Guidance, Revision 0, dated November 30, 2012, Accession No. ML12311A214.

(3) NRC Letter, David L. Skeen (NRC) to Joseph E. Pollock (NEI), Trigger Conditions for Performing and Integrated Assessment and Due Date for Response, dated December 3, 2012, Accession No. ML12326A912.

On March 12, 2012, the NRC staff issued Reference 1 requesting information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50.54(f). Enclosure 2 of the Reference 1 request identifies the Requested Information associated with Near-Term Task Force (NTTF)

Recommendation 2.1 for Flooding. Item 1 of the Requested Information is for a Hazard NextEra Energy, Inc.

700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL 33408

L-2013-017 Page 2 Reevaluation Report, which is to be provided for each plant site. Item 2 of the Requested Information is for an Integrated Assessment Report, which is to be provided for those plant sites where the reevaluated flooding hazard is not bounded by the current design basis. Further, Required Response 1 of Reference 1 Enclosure 2 directs that: 'Within 60 days of the date of the NRC's issuance of guidance on implementation details of the Integrated Assessment Report, including criteria for identifying vulnerabilities, submit an approach for developing an Integrated Assessment Report including criteria for identifying vulnerabilities."

Florida Power & Light Company, the licensee for the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 3 and 4, and its affiliates, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, the licensee for the Seabrook Station, NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, the licensee for the Duane Arnold Energy Center, and NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC, the licensee for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (hereafter referred to collectively as "NextEra"), submits the following 60-Day response to Required Response 1.

On November 30, 2012, the NRC issued the Reference 2 Interim Staff Guidance. NextEra adopts the Reference 2 guidance as our approach for developing the NTTF 2.1 flooding Integrated Assessment Report for those plant sites in our nuclear generating fleet where the reevaluated flooding hazard is not bounded by the current design basis flood.

NextEra also adopts the guidance provided by Reference 3 regarding the trigger conditions and scope of any required Integrated Assessment.

This letter contains no new Regulatory Commitments and no revision to existing Regulatory Commitments.

Should you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Christopher Wasik, NextEra Nuclear Licensing Project Manager, at 561-691-7419.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on C,3iiJ 29, ZoJ03.

Very truly yours, Ashok Bhatnagar Vice President Nuclear Fleet Technical Support