ML13339A437

Request for Additional Information Regarding Reactor Vessel Surveillance Capsule Withdrawal Schedules

ML13339A437
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	12/06/2013
From:	Jeffrey Whited Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Emily Larson FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Whited J
References
TAC MF1929, TAC MF1930
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 necember 6, 2013 Mr. Eric A. Larson, Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2- REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING REACTOR VESSEL SURVEILLANCE CAPSULE WITHDRAWAL SCHEDULES (TAC NOS. MF1929 AND MF1930)

Dear Mr. Larson:

By letter dated May 28, 2013, 1 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) submitted a request to revise the reactor vessel surveillance capsule withdrawal schedules for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2. To complete its review, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff requests responses to the enclosed questions.

The draft question was sent to Mr. Thomas Lentz, of your staff, to ensure that the question was understandable, the regulatory basis for the question was clear, and to determine if the information was previously docketed. On December 4, 2013, Mr. Lentz agreed that you would provide a response by January 10, 2014.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at 301-415-4090.

Sincerely,

~A<<d Jeffrey Whited, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv 1

Agencywide Documents Access Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13151A058.

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROPOSED REVISION TO REACTOR VESSEL SURVEILLANCE CAPSULE WITHDRAWAL SCHEDULES FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-334 AND 50-412 By letter dated May 28, 2013, 1 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company submitted a request to revise the reactor vessel {RV) surveillance capsule withdrawal schedules for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (BVPS-1 and BVPS-2). In order to complete its review, the staff requires additional information.

Appendix H to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50 states, "[e]ach capsule withdrawal and the test results must be the subject of a summary technical report to be submitted, as specified in§ 50.4, within one year of the date of capsule withdrawal, unless an extension is granted by the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation." Electric Power Research Institute's "Materials Reliability Program: Coordinated PWR [pressurized-water reactor] Reactor Vessel Surveillance Program {CRVSP) Guidelines {MRP-326)," dated December 2011, 2 states that BVPS-1 Capsule X "is planned to be withdrawn at a fluence of 5.01 x 10 19 n/cm 2 in 2013."

RAI #1:

Provide the withdrawal date tor BVPS-1 Capsule X.

1 Agencywide Documents Access Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. Ml13151A058.

2 ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12040A314 and Ml12040A315.

Enclosure

ML13339A437 *via memo dated **via email OFFICE LPLI-2/PM LPLI-2/LA EVIB/BC LPLI-2/BC (A) LPLI-2/PM NAME JWhited ABaxter ** SRosenberg* Jlamb JWhited DATE 12/06/2013 12/06/2013 12/04/2013 12/06/2013 12/06/2013