ML13318A953

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Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
ML13318A953
Person / Time
Site: Quad Cities  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 11/26/2013
From: Blake Purnell
Plant Licensing Branch III
To: Pacilio M
Exelon Generation Co
Blake Purnell, NRR/DORL 415-1380
References
EA-12-051, TAC MF1050, TAC MF1051
Download: ML13318A953 (5)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 26, 2013 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2- REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE OVERALL INTEGRATED PLAN FOR ORDER EA-12-051, RELIABLE SPENT FUEL POOL INSTRUMENTATION (TAC NOS. MF1052 AND MF1053)

Dear Mr. Pacilio:

By letter1 dated February 28, 2013, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) submitted the overall integrated plan for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in response to the March 12, 2012, Commission Order modifying licenses with regard to requirements for reliable spent fuel pool instrumentation (Order EA-12-051 ). The licensee provided supplemental information by letters2 dated July 3, and August 28, 2013. By letter3 dated October 9, 2013, the NRC staff issued an interim staff evaluation and request for additional information (RAI) regarding the overall integrated plan.

During a teleconference held on October 22, 2013, the NRC staff informed the licensee that it needs additional information regarding the spent fuel pool instrumentation that was not identified as an RAI in the interim staff evaluation. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter.

Please provide a response to this information request in the 6-month status updates, as the information becomes available, but not later than September 30, 2014. This schedule is consistent with what the NRC requested in the October 9, 2013, letter.

1 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13060A124.

2 ADAMS Accession Nos. ML13186A003 and ML13241A243, respectively.

3 ADAMS Accession No. ML13275A121.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 301-415-1380.

Sincerely, Blake Purnell, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OVERALL INTEGRATED PLAN IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSION ORDER EA-12-051 MODIFYING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR RELIABLE SPENT FUEL POOL INSTRUMENTATION EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-254 AND 50-265 By letter1 dated February 28, 2013, Exelon Generation Company, LLC {the licensee) submitted the overall integrated plan (OIP) for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in response to the March 12, 2012, Commission Order modifying licenses with regard to requirements for reliable spent fuel pool (SFP) instrumentation (Order EA-12-051 ). The licensee provided supplemental information by letters 2 3

dated July 3 and August 28, 2013. By letter dated October 9, 2013, the NRC staff issued an interim staff evaluation and request for additional information (RAI) regarding the OIP. During a teleconference held on October 22, 2013, the NRC staff informed the licensee that it needs additional information regarding the SFP level instrumentation that was not identified as an RAI in the interim staff evaluation.

The licensee's OIP states that the Unit 1 and Unit 2 SFPs are interconnected by a transfer canal, and the gates to the transfer canal are normally open. The OIP also states that the primary SFP level instrument will be located in the Unit 1 SFP and the backup SFP level instrument will be located in the Unit 2 SFP. In its July 3, 2013, letter, the licensee provided a sketch that shows the bottom of the transfer canal is above the elevation the licensee defined for Level 3 (the level where fuel remains covered and actions to implement make-up water should no longer be deferred). Since the bottom of the transfer canal is above Level 3, the staff is concerned about the ability of the instrument in one SFP to measure Level 3 in the other SFP.

Therefore, the NRC staff is revising RAI #1 in the interim staff evaluation as follows:

Please provide the following:

a) Describe the impact of the installation of the gates between the SFPs and transfer canal on the reliability of the SFP level instrumentation for each SFP. Describe the compensatory measures that would be taken to ensure reliable indication in each SFP when the gates are installed.

1 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13060A124.

2 ADAMS Accession Nos. ML13186A003 and ML13241A243, respectively.

3 ADAMS Accession No. ML13275A121.

Enclosure

b) Describe the elevation for the bottom of the gate opening or highest elevation of the bottom of the transfer canal to demonstrate that both the primary and backup SFP level instrument channels can measure the same Level 3 elevation in both SFPs.

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