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Other: L-13-243, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys, First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order No, L-13-254, Online Reference Portal for Review of Mitigation Strategies Submittal in Response to Order EA-12-049, L-14-025, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-, L-14-257, Davis-Bes, Perry, Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Reqard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, L-15-002, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys (Fenocs) Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies, L-15-219, Fifth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External, L-16-004, Sixth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12. 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049), ML13364A166, ML14029A021, ML15152A218, ML15292A139
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MONTHYEARML13183A2162013-07-0303 July 2013
Online Reference Portal for Review of Mitigation Strategies Submittal in Response to Order EA-12-049
Project stage: Approval
ML13211A1682013-07-26026 July 2013
Westinghouse, Notification of Potential Existence of Defects Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 21 Inconsistency Between the Intended Design Functionality of the Shield Passive Thermal Shutdown Seal (SDS) and That Observed During Post-Service Testing
Project stage: Request
L-13-254, Online Reference Portal for Review of Mitigation Strategies Submittal in Response to Order EA-12-0492013-08-0505 August 2013
Online Reference Portal for Review of Mitigation Strategies Submittal in Response to Order EA-12-049
Project stage: Other
L-13-243, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys, First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order No2013-08-26026 August 2013
Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys, First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order No
Project stage: Other
IR 05000412/20132012013-08-26026 August 2013
FENOC, Closed Meeting Notice 13-02, Requested a Regulatory Conference with the NRC to Discuss IR 05000354 and 05000412/2013201
Project stage: Request
ML14029A0212014-01-28028 January 2014
Mega-Tech Services, LLC Technical Evaluation Report Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, TAC Nos.: MF0841 and MF0842 (Revision 2)
Project stage: Other
ML13364A1662014-01-29029 January 2014
Interim Staff Evaluation Related to Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-049 (Mitigation Strategies)
Project stage: Other
L-14-025, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-2014-02-27027 February 2014
Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-
Project stage: Other
L-14-119, Request for Schedule Relief/Relaxation from NRC Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049)2014-04-25025 April 2014
Request for Schedule Relief/Relaxation from NRC Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049)
Project stage: Request
ML14120A0492014-05-20020 May 2014
Relaxation of the Schedule Requirements for Order EA-12-049 Issuance of Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond Design Basis External Events,
Project stage: Approval
L-14-257, Davis-Bes, Perry, Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Reqard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events2014-08-28028 August 2014
Davis-Bes, Perry, Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Reqard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Other
L-15-002, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys (Fenocs) Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies2015-02-26026 February 2015
Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Companys (Fenocs) Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies
Project stage: Other
ML15152A2182015-06-0909 June 2015
Plan for the Onsite Audit Regarding Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Related to Orders EA-12-049 and EA-12-051
Project stage: Other
L-15-219, Fifth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External2015-08-27027 August 2015
Fifth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External
Project stage: Other
ML15292A1392015-11-0202 November 2015
Report for the Audit Regarding Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Related to Orders EA-12-049 and EA-12-051
Project stage: Other
L-16-004, Sixth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12. 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049)2016-02-26026 February 2016
Sixth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12. 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049)
Project stage: Other
2014-04-25
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Eric A. Larson Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P. 0. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 May 20, 2014
SUBJECT:
BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 1 -RELAXATION OF THE SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS FOR ORDER EA-12-049 "ISSUANCE OF ORDER TO MODIFY LICENSES WITH REGARD TO REQUIREMENTS FOR MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR BEYOND DESIGN BASIS EXTERNAL EVENTS" (TAG NO. MF0841)
Dear Mr. Larson:
By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12054A735), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC, the licensee) to take certain actions at Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, associated with the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendations. Order EA-12-049 directed that actions be taken by licensees to develop and implement strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, reactor coolant system inventory, containment cooling, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities during beyond design basis external events (BDBEE).
Section IV of the order states that licensees proposing to deviate from requirements contained in NRC Order EA-12-049 may request that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, relax or rescind certain conditions. By letter dated April 25, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14115A376), the licensee informed the NRC of its request for a schedule relaxation of the full implementation schedule requirements for BVPS, Unit 1, as prescribed in Section IV.A.2 of NRC Order EA-12-049. The required Flexible Coping Strategies (FLEX) implementation date for BVPS, Unit 1, is currently scheduled for May 2015. FENOC has requested that the requirement for full implementation for BVPS, Unit 1, be relaxed to fall 2016.
FENOC's letter dated April 25, 2014, provided a basis and justification for the request for schedule relief. The licensee's letter notes that recent testing of reactor coolant pump (RCP) low leakage seals has identified issues with the reliability of the current design to perform as assumed in the BVPS, Unit 1, FLEX strategies. The seal vendor is performing additional analysis to develop design changes, test. and qualify new generation seals. The requested extension would provide additional time for development of the new seal design, and for FENOC to safely plan, schedule, and install the new RCP seals at BVPS, Unit 1. Based on the timeline to complete these actions, FENOC is requesting a schedule relaxation to fall 2016 to accommodate an extension of one additional refueling cycle to :mplement the mitigation strategies for BVPS, Unit 1.
In light of the facts presented in FENOC's April 25, 2014, letter, the NRC staff has determined that the licensee has presented good cause for a relaxation of the order implementation date for BVPS, Unit 1. The extension would provide additional time to resolve the seal performance issues and fully design and safely implement modifications at BVPS, Unit 1. These are significant actions intended to enhance the licensee's capability to cope with a BDBEE.
Furthermore, the requested extension will support compliance for BVPS, Unit 1, before December 2016. The NRC staff also considered that, following the accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi, the NRC concluded that a sequence of events such as the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident is unlikely to occur in the United States, based on the current regulatory requirements and existing plant capabilities. Therefore, the extension time of one additional refueling cycle for BVPS, Unit 1, to achieve full implementation of the requirements of the mitigation strategies order is justified and completion before December 2016 is consistent with the intent of the order. These circumstances lead the NRC staff to approve the relaxation of the order implementation date.
Accordingly, based upon the authority granted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the requirement for full order implementation is relaxed for BVPS, Unit 1, until the completion of the fall 2016 refueling outage.
If you have any questions, please contact John Hughey, Mitigating Strategies Project Manager, at 301-415-3204, or atjohn.hughey@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
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Eric J. eeds, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-334 cc: Listserv
ML14120A049 OFFICE NRR/MSD/PM NRR/MSD/LA NRR/MSD/MSPB/BC OE NAME JHughey SLent JBowen RFretz DATE 04/30/14 04/30/14 05/01/14 05/01/14 OFFICE OGC MSD/D NRR/D NAME CHair JDavis Eleeds DATE 05/07/14 05/14/14 05/20/14