NG-13-0324, First Six-Month Status Report in Response to Letter Dated March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

First Six-Month Status Report in Response to Letter Dated March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

ML13242A008
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	08/27/2013
From:	Richard Anderson NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EA-12-051, NG-13-0324
Download: ML13242A008 (5)

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NEXTera ENBRGY&.A0 DUANE ARNOLD August 27, 2013 NG-13-0324 10 CFR 2.202 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Duane Arnold Energy Center Docket No. 50-331 Renewed Op. License No. DPR-49 NextEra Enerqy Duane Arnold Energy Center, LLC's First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

References:

1) Order EA-12-051, "Order to Modify Licenses with Regqard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" dated March 12, 2012 (ML12054A682)

2) Letter, R. Anderson (NextEra Energqy Duane Arnold, LLC) to U. S. NRC, "NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC's Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)," NG-13-0086, dated February 28. 2013 (ML13063A014)

On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Reference 1, an immediately effective Order to all licensees including NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (hereafter NextEra Energy Duane Arnold). In Reference 2, NextEra Energy Duane Arnold submitted an Overall Integrated Plan for the implementation of this Order. The Order required Licensees to provide periodic status reports for the Overall Integrated Plan. The purpose of this letter is to provide the first six-month status report pursuant to Section IV, Condition C.2, of Reference 1, that delineates progress made in implementing the requirements of Reference 1. The enclosure to this letter provides an update of milestone accomplishments since the last status report, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief and the basis, if any.

If you have any questions or require additional information contact Ken Putnam at 319-851-7238.

ACC I NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, 3277 DAEC Road, Palo, IA 52324

Document Control Desk NG-1 3-0324 Page 2 of 2 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on August 27, 2013 Richard L. Andern Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC Enclosure cc: Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region III Resident Inspector, USNRC, Duane Arnold Energy Center Project Manager, USNRC, Duane Arnold Energy Center

Attachment to NG-13-0324 NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC's First Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Re-gard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation 2 pages follow

NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC's first Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

1. Introduction NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (hereafter NextEra Energy Duane Arnold),

developed an Overall Integrated Plan (Reference 1), documenting the planned modification with regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation in response to Reference 2. This attachment provides an update of milestone accomplishments since submittal of the Overall Integrated Plan, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief/relaxation and the basis, if any.

2. Milestone Accomplishments No Milestones have been completed since the submittal of the Integrated Plan on February 28, 2013.

3. Milestone Schedule Status There are no changes to the status of the milestones in the integrated plan that was submitted on February 28, 2013.

Target ARevised Completion Activity Target Milestone Date Status Completion Date Commence Engineering and Design In Progress Started N/A Complete Design 4Q 2015 Started N/A Complete Procurement of SFP Started N/A Instruments 2Q 2016 Complete Installation of SFP Not Started N/A Instruments 4Q 2016 Instruments Operational and Not Started N/A Training Complete 4Q 2016

4. Changes to Compliance Method There are no changes to the compliance method as documented in the Overall Integrated Plan (Reference 1).

5. Need for Relief/Relaxation and Basis for the Relief/Relaxation NextEra Energy Duane Arnold expects to comply with the order implementation date and no relief/relaxation is required at this time.

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6. Open Requests for additional Information The following table provides a summary of the open RAts items that were received as of July 31, 2013 in response to the sites initial Integrated Plan submittal.

Open RAts Status No requests for additional information have been Awaiting NRC request received as of July 31, 2013

7. References The following references support the updates to the Overall Integrated Plan described in this enclosure.

1. NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC's Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)," dated February 28, 2013.

2. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated March 12, 2012.

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