ML14150A416

Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Proposed Review Schedule, and Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding the Application from DTE Electric Company, for Renewal of the Operating License for Fermi 2

ML14150A416
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	06/11/2014
From:	John Lubinski Division of License Renewal
To:	Conner J DTE Electric Company
Melendez-Colon D, 415-3301
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June 11, 2014 Mr. James T. Conner Site Vice President - Nuclear Generation DTE Electric Company Fermi 2 - 280 OBA 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY, FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR FERMI 2

Dear Mr. Conner:

By letter dated April 24, 2014, as amended by letter dated June 5, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the DTE Electric Company (DTE) application for renewal of operating license number NPF-43 for Fermi 2. Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2014 (79 FR 27003). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of the license renewal application (LRA) for Fermi 2. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental review.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application following the guidance in NUREG-1800, Revision 2, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants. The NRC staff has determined that the application is complete and acceptable for docketing, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sections 2.101, 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c).

However, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.

This letter also forwards the NRC staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the Fermi 2 application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54. The schedule of work activities and milestones for performing the LRA review for Fermi 2 reflects a 25-month review schedule. Milestones for hearing activities are not included in the enclosed schedule because these activities are determined by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.

The NRC staff noted that a triennial fire protection inspection is scheduled during the third quarter of 2014. The NRC staff understands that a large number of your license renewal team members will be providing assistance to this inspection and that you will not be able to support the Aging Management Program audits until September 15, 2014, due to resources availability.

J. T. Conner We would like to emphasize that the review of your LRA will be very detailed and thorough, and the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones. Thus, your responses to the staff's RAIs, if needed, must be complete and provided in a timely manner. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Ms. Daneira Meléndez-Colón, Project Manager, for the safety review of Fermi 2 LRA, by telephone at 301-415-3301 or via e-mail at Daneira.Melendez-Colon@nrc.gov. If you have any questions related to the environmental review of the Fermi 2 LRA, please contact Ms. Leslie Perkins at 301-415-2375 or by e-mail at Leslie.Perkins@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John W. Lubinski, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-341

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: See next page

ML14150A416 (Letter), ML14150A340 (Federal Register Notice),

ML14157A168 (Package) *concurred via email OFFICE LA:DLR* PM:RPB1:DLR BC:RPB1:DLR PM:RPB2:DLR NAME YEdmonds DMelendez-Colon YDiaz-Sanabria LPerkins DATE 6/3/14 6/4/14 6/4/14 6/5/14 OFFICE BC:RPB2:DLR OGC D:DLR NAME BWittick CKanatas JLubinski DATE 6/5/14 6/9/14 6/11/14 FERMI 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 04/30/2014 04/30/2014 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 05/2014 05/12/2014 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 06/2014 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 06/2014 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping 07/24/2014 Meeting Audit - Scoping and Screening Methodology 08/04/2014 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 08/2014 Environmental scoping period ends 08/2014 Audit - Environmental 09/08/2014 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 1) 09/15/2014 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 2) 09/29/2014 Regional Inspection - IP 71002, License Renewal Procedure 03/2015 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 06/2015 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - draft SEIS available 06/2015 for comments Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 07/2015 End of draft SEIS comment period 08/2015 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 09/2015 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee meeting 11/2015 Issue final SEIS 02/2016 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - final SEIS available 02/2016 Issue final SER 02/2016 ACRS Full Committee meeting 04/2016 Decision - Director, NRR 05/2016 Commission decision, if hearing granted TBD ENCLOSURE 1

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RECEIPT AND AVAILABILITY OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR FERMI 2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DISTRIBUTION:

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