ML13228A186

Supplement to Application for Order Approving Transfer of Operating Authority and Conforming License Amendments

ML13228A186
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs, Nine Mile Point, Ginna
Issue date:	08/14/2013
From:	Spina J Constellation Energy Group, EDF Group
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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James A. Spina Office 410-470-5203 VP-Corporate Site Operations Fax 410-470-6305 E-mail: James.Spina@cengllc.com CENG.

a joint venture of Corat~atio 10 CFR 50.80 10 CFR 50.90 10 CFR 72.50 August 14, 2013 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTENTION: Document Control Desk

SUBJECT:

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318 Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Materials License No. SNM-2505 Docket No. 72-8 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69 Docket Nos. 50-220 and 50-410 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation General License Docket No. 72-1036 R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR- 18 Docket No. 50-244 R.E. Ginna Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation General License Docket No. 72-67 Supplement to Application for Order Approving Transfer of Operating Authority and Conforming License Amendments

REFERENCE:

(a) Letter from M. G. Korsnick (CENG) and B. P. Wright (Exelon), dated August 6, 2013, Application for Order Approving Transfer of Operating Authority and Conforming License Amendments Attachment (1) contains the Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation license markup that was inadvertently omitted from Enclosure (la) of Reference (a). We apologize for any inconvenience this omission has caused.

Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC 100 Constellation Way, Suite 200C, Baltimore, MD 21202 A-Do

Document Control Desk August 14 2013 Page 2 This supplement does not change the no significant hazards discussion presented in Reference (a).

There are no regulatory commitments in this correspondence.

If there are any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Everett (Chip) Perkins everett.perkins@cengllc.com at 410-470-3928.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 14, 2013.

Sincerely, JAS/EMT/bjd

Attachment:

(1) Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License Markup cc: NRC Project Manager, Calvert Cliffs NRC Project Manager, R.E. Ginna NRC Project Manager, Nine Mile Point NRC Region 1 Susan Uttal, NRC Office of General Counsel Thomas Fredrichs, Senior Level Advisor for Financial Matters, NRR NRC, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation NRC, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Calvert Cliffs NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Nine Mile Point NRC Senior Resident Inspector - R.E. Ginna S. Gray, Maryland DNR A. L. Peterson, NYSERDA B. Frymire, NYSDPS

ATTACHMENT (1)

CALVERT CLIFFS INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION LICENSE MARKUP Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC August 14, 2013

NRC FORM 588 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (10-2000) 10 CFR 72 PAGE 1 OF 4 PAGES LICENSE FOR INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Part 72, and in reliance on statements and representations heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, and possess the power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive materials associated with spent fuel storage designated below; to use such material for the purpose(s) and at the place(s) designated below; and to deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any conditions specified herein.

Licensee

1. Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC (Owner) 3. License No. SNM-2505 Exelon GenerationCompany, LLC (operator) Amendment No. 9

2. 400 Genst--II&etn Way____

B.ltimere, M9 21202 C I*,tj November 30, 2012 II 300 Exelon Way 5. Docket or 8 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Reference No.

6. Byproduct, Source, and/or 7. Chemical or Physical Form 8. \ximum Amount That Licensee Special Nuclear Material T yPossess at Any One Time 61 anon rrThis License A. Spent fuel assemblies f Ar*

,2 cl zir A. 1,M.68 TeU of spent fuel Calvert Cliffs Nuclear a on rniu ~~fS. as wblies.

Units 1 and 2 reactor u /

natural water for coolirmand '

enriched not greater th~r4 5 percent U-235 and asshated radioactive materials rel to receipt, storage, and tra of fuel assemblies.

9. Authorized Use: For use i prdance with thO ions I hi 11 and the attached Technical Specifications. The basis for 4l cense was submitted in the alysis Report (SAR) application dated December 21, 1989, and supple ented April 26, June29, ember 1, and December 20, 1990; February 1, February 12, Septemberlq- ber 18, qcer 19, and December 27, 1991; August 18 and September 4, 1992; July 29 and Octobt 20199 arch 31, 1995; November 22, 1999; May 19, June 20, October 4, November 10 and 16, 2000; May 18, and July 26, 2001; December 12, 2003, May 12, 2004 and June 7, 2005; May 16, September 29, October 28, 2005, January 22, February 26, April 8, June 25, July 27, October 15, October 19, October 25 (2 letters), October 26, October 28, 2009, June 15, 2009, February 18, March 31, May 6, and September 1,2010.

The material identified in 6.A and 7.A above is authorized for receipt, possession, storage, and transfer.

10. Authorized Place of Use: The licensed material is to be received, possessed, transferred, and stored at the Calvert Cliffs ISFSI located on the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant site in Calvert County, Maryland. This site is described in Chapter 2 of the 'eeineee's Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for the Calvert Cliffs ISFSl.

11. The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A attached hereto are incorporated into the license.

Exelon Generationshall operate the installation in accordance with the Technical Specifications in Appendix A.

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NRC FORM 588A U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PAGE 2 OF 4 PAGES (10-2000) LLicense No. Amendment No.I 10 CFR 72.4ean7.6 LICENSE FOR INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR SNM-2505-- 9 FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE [Docket or Reference No. 72-8 SUPPLEMENTARY SHEETj____________________

12. Exrelon Generation shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans previously approved by the Commission and all amendments made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 72.56, 10 CER 72.44(e), and 72.186.

13. The Technical Specifications for Environmental Protection contained in Appendix A attached hereto are incorporated into the license.

Specifications required pursuant to 10 CFR 72.44(d), stating limits on the release of radioactive materials for compliance with limits of 10 CFR Part 20 and "as low as is reasonably achievable objective" for effluents are not applicable. Dry Shielded Canister (DSC) external surface contamination within the limits of Technical Specification 3.2.3.1 ensures that the offsite dose will be inconsequential.

In addition, there are no normal or off-norl e p%.Iunts expected from the double-sealed storage canisters of the ISFSI.

Specifications required pursu 0 CFR 72.44(d)(1) for operatin$ sedures, for control of effluents, and for the maintenance an ddJQ of equipment in radioactive waste treannt systems to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 72.14 are not applicable. There are, by the deg t sealed storage canisters at the ISFSI, n'luefr ases. Also, all Calvert Cliffs O9d Transfer Cask (TC) loading and unloading # tions treatment therefr ccur aftie Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant under the cification . eraujens.

14. No spent nuclear fuel Offill be allow oad '6n ls s the folloWg preoperational license conditions areuisfied:

A. A training exerQ (dry f al m e (HSM) loading and handling activitie hall Ind i e limi thosited below and need not be performed in (upird

1. Loading D3 I, cask.

2. DSC (length m*ý4runcated) drying, welding, and,ý,-tefgas backfilling operations.

3. Moving cask to and aligrV *donkM on the storage pad.

4. Insertion of DSC in HSM.

5. Withdrawal of DSC from HSM.

6. Returning the cask to the decontamination pit.

7. Removing the cask lid and cutting open the DSC (length may be truncated) assuming fuel cladding failure.

8. Removing the DSC from the cask.

9. All dry run activities shall be done using written procedures.

10. The activities listed above shall be performed to show that each activity can be successfully executed prior to actual fuel loading.

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NRC FORM 588A U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PAGE 3 OF 4 PAGES (10-2000) License No. Amendment No.

10 CFR 72 LICENSE FOR INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR SNM-2505 9 FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Docket or Reference No. 72-8 SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET B. The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Plan shall be reviewed and modified as required to include the ISFSI.

C. A training module shall be developed for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Training Program establishing an ISFSI Training and Certification Program which will include the following:

1. DSC, TC, and HSM Design (overview)

2. ISFSI Facility Design (overview)

3. ISFSI Safety Analysis (overview)

4. Fuel loading and DSC and TC handling procedures and abnormal procedures

5. ISFSI License (overview).

D. The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant health physics procedures shall be reviewed and modified as required to include the ISFSI.

E. The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Administrative Procedures shall be reviewed and modified as required to include the ISFSI.

F. A procedure shall be developed and implemented for the documentation of the characterizations performed to select spent fuel to be stored in the canisters and modules. Such procedure shall include independent verification of fuel assembly selection by an individual other than the original individual making the selection.

G. A procedure shall be developed and implemented for two independent determinations (two samples analyzed by different individuals) of the boron concentration in the water used to fill the DSC cavity for fuel loading and unloading activities.

H. Written procedures shall be implemented to describe actions to be taken during operation and abnormal/emergency conditions.

15. The design, construction, and operation of the ISFSI shall be accomplished in accordance with the NRC regulations specified in Title 10 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. All commitments to the applicable NRC Regulatory Guides and to engineering and construction codes shall be carried out.

16. The double closure seal welds at the bottom end of the DSC shall satisfy the Liquid Penetrant Acceptance Standards of ASME B&PV Code Section III, Division 1, Subsection NB-5350 (1983).

Additionally, these seal welds at the bottom of the DSC shall be leak tested in accordance with ANSI N14.5 (1987).

17. Fuel and TC movement and handling activities which are to be performed in the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Auxiliary Building will be governed by the requirements of the Exelon GenerationFacility Operating Licenses (DRP-53 and -69) and associated Technical Specifications.

18. Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, the licensee is hereby exempted from the provisions of 10 CFR 72.122(i) with respect to providing instrumentation and control systems for the DSC and HSM during storage operations.

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NRC FORM SISA U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4 OF 4 PAGES i72 License No. Amendment No.

LICENSE FOR INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR SNM-22505 9 FUEL AND HIGH.-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Docket or Reference No. 72-8 SafUPPLEMENTARY SHEETj S _

19. This license is effective as of the date of issuance shown below.

FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Eric Brenner, Chief Licensing Branch aSlRtu, torage and Transportation Division O~~tra Safety and Safegua Ad(i Washington, DC 2O5 Date of Issuance: November 3O,11ý12 0 Amendment No. 9 dated Sepleer 1

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Technical Spej ~tions 0) 0 I-O Page 4 of 4