ML13052A382

Request Schedule Suspension for the Safety Review of the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML13052A382
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/26/2013
From:	John Lubinski Division of License Renewal
To:	Rencurrel D South Texas
Daily J, 415-3873
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ML13052A667	List: ML13052A382
References
TAC ME4936, TAC ME4937
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 26, 2013 Mr. D. W. Rencurrel Sr. Vice President STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

REQUESTED SCHEDULE SUSPENSION FOR THE SAFETY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PRO..IECT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. ME4936 AND ME4937)

Dear Mr. Rencurrel:

By letter dated October 25,2010, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) submitted a license renewal application (LRA) pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the South Texas Project (STP),

Units 1 and 2, operating licenses NPF-076 and NPF-080, respectively, for review by the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). In your letter dated December 11,2012, you requested a temporary suspension of the safety review of the LRA for calendar year 2013, except to the limited extent necessary to issue the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with Open Items and place the work in a status that can be readily resumed in 2014 without duplicating effort. The letter also states that STPNOC desires to refocus resources to support the near-term operations of Units 1 and 2, and to work on current open issues associated with the LRA.

The staff agrees with the request subject to the following observations:

• The staff completed its SER with the open items as of December 2012 in order to efficiently document the status of the project to date.

• The staff understands that you will continue to provide annual updates in accordance with 10 CFR 54.21 (b), and you will respond to the outstanding requests for additional information (RAls) in 2014 upon resumption of the safety review.

• The staff has issued RAI B2.1.37-5, which is the RAI related to the open item on your Selective Leaching of Aluminum Bronze aging management program.

• The staff understands that you intend to continue supporting the environmental review of the LRA and that no suspension of the environmental review is requested.

• The staff will continue to manage the project on a minimal basis and to track the status of any developments in the selective leaching of aluminum bronze issue.

D.W. Rencurrel

- 2 This letter and the enclosed safety review schedule update will be posted to the website reflecting the pause in activities to inform the public. If you have any questions on this course of action, please contact Mr. John Daily, project manager for the safety review of the STP, Units 1 and 2, LRA, by telephone at 301-415-3873 or bye-mail at o:..:...;h"-,,n.:..:;.d;o:::..:.:..*~c:....:..:....::..:..o::L.::"":"

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Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc w/encl: Listserv

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION UPDATED SAFETY REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone,

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,Schedule'.',Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 10/26/10 10/28/10 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 12/09/10 12/09/10 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping 03/02/11 03/02/11 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 03/14/11 03/14/11 Audit - Scoping & Screening Audit Methodology 05/16/11 05/20/11 Audit - Aging Management Programs 06/13/11 06/24/11 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 02/2013*

02/2013 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee TBD Issue final SER TBD ACRS full committee meeting TBD Decision - Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (if no hearing)

TBD Commission decision (if hearing)

TBD

• Safety Review Portion of the Schedule is temporarily paused until 2014 at request of the applicant ENCLOSURE

D.W. Rencurrel

- 2 This letter and the enclosed safety review schedule update will be posted to the website reflecting the pause in activities to inform the public. If you have any questions on this course of action, please contact Mr. John Daily, project manager for the safety review of the STP, Units 1 and 2, LRA, by telephone at 301-415-3873 or bye-mail at john.daily@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

John W. Lubinski, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50:-499

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc w/encl: Listserv DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAMS Accession No'.. ML13052A382

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Letter to D. W. Rencurrel from J. Lubinski dated February 26,2013

SUBJECT:

REQUESTED SCHEDULE SUSPENSION FOR THE SAFETY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. ME4936 AND ME4937)

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