ML14113A180

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Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation for Proposed Extended Power Update (Tac Nos. ME9631 and ME9632)
ML14113A180
Person / Time
Site: Peach Bottom  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/09/2014
From: Richard Ennis
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Pacilio M
Exelon Nuclear
Ennis R, NRR/DORL/LPLI-2
References
TAC ME9631, TAC ME9632
Download: ML14113A180 (3)


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OFFICIAL USE ONLY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

~1ay 9, 2014 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3-TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION FOR PROPOSED EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAG NOS. ME9631 AND ME9632)

Dear Mr. Pacilio:

By letter dated September 28, 2012, 1 as supplemented by additionalletters, 2 Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) submitted a license amendment request for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3. The proposed amendment would authorize an increase in the maximum power level from 3514 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3951 MWt. The requested change, referred to as an extended power uprate (EPU), represents an increase of approximately 12.4 percent above the current licensed thermal power level.

Enclosed is the draft safety evaluation (SE) that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has prepared to support the proposed EPU license amendment. The draft SE has also been provided to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) in preparation for the upcoming meetings which are currently scheduled as follows:

  • ACRS Subcommittee Meeting on June 10, 2014, in Rockville, Maryland; and
  • ACRS Full Committee Meeting on July 9, 2014, in Rockville, Maryland.

The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure at this time, because it contains proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390. The NRC Enclosure 1 transmitted herewith contains sensitive unclassified information.

When separated from Enclosure 1, this document is decontrolled.

1 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML122860201.

2 February 15, 2013 (ML13051A032), May 7, 2013 (ML13129A143), May 24,2013 (ML13149A145), June 4, 2013 (ML13156A368), June 27, 2013 (ML13182A025), July 30, 2013 (ML13211A457), July 31, 2013 (ML13213A285),

August 5, 2013 (ML13217A431 ), August 22, 2013 (ML13240A002), August 29, 2013 (ML13241A418), September 13, 2013 (ML13260A076), October 11, 2013 (ML13289A191 ), October 15, 2013 (ML13289A300), October 31, 2013 (ML13308A331 ), December 6, 2013 (ML13345A687), December 20, 2013 (ML13358A083), January 17, 2014 (ML14023A659), January 31,2014 (ML14031A422), January 31, 2014 (ML14035A158), February 20, 2014 (ML14051A629), February 28,2014 (ML14070A141), March 10, 2014 (ML14072A016), March 17,2014 (ML14076A082), April11, 2014 (ML14105A383), April 18, 2014 (ML14111A316), and May 6, 2014 (ML14127A480).

OFFICIAL USE ONLY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

OFFICIAl USE ONlY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION staff has made some preliminary proprietary markings in the draft SE identified by underlined text (in red font) enclosed within double brackets.

The NRC staff requests that Exelon provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE within 15 business days from the date of this letter. Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE. The response timeframe was discussed with Mr. Kevin Borton of your staff on April 23, 2014.

Since the NRC review is not yet complete, this letter and the enclosure do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the licensee's request. Should the amendment be approved, the NRC staff will issue a publicly available, nonproprietary version of theSE.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1420.

Sincerely, Richard B. Ennis, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/o encl: Distribution via Listserv OFFICIAl USE ONlY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

Package: ML14113A172 (non-publicly available)

Letter: ML14113A180 (publicly available)

Draft SE: ML13252A040 (non-publicly available)

OFFICE LPL 1-2/PM LPL 1-2/LA LPL 1-2/BC NAME REnnis ABaxter MKhanna DATE 5/7/14 4/25/14 5/9/14