ML14272A003
| ML14272A003 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 09/25/2014 |
| From: | Dapas M Region 4 Administrator |
| To: | Flores R Luminant Generation Co |
| Walker W | |
| References | |
| CAL-4-12-004, EA-12-218 | |
| Download: ML14272A003 (7) | |
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September 25, 2014 EA-12-218 Mr. Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Luminant Generation Company, LLC Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, CLOSURE OF CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER 4-12-004
Dear Mr. Flores:
The purpose of this letter is to acknowledge the actions Luminant Generation Company, LLC, (Luminant) has taken in response to the Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) 4-12-004 that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued to you on October 22, 2012. The NRC issued the CAL in response to Luminant's spent fuel pool storage practices for uprated fuel at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2.
You submitted license amendment request LAR 13-01 on March 28, 2013, to modify the technical specifications to account for storage of fuel subject to uprated power conditions as required by the CAL. By [[letter::CP-201400632, License Amendment Request (LAR)14-001, Revision to TS 3.8.1, AC Sources - Operating, for a 14-Day Completion Time for Offsite Circuits|letter dated July 1, 2014]], the NRC staff issued license amendment number 162 to facility operating licenses NPF-87 and NPF-89 respectively, which revised the technical specifications to authorize the storage of uprated fuel in Region II of the Units 1 and 2 spent fuel pools. By letter dated August 14, 2014, you informed the NRC that Luminant implemented all of the requisite actions to comply with the license amendment and technical specification changes.
Based on the NRC's inspection activities (which will be documented in NRC Integrated Inspection Report 2014004), and review of Luminant's actions from October 9, 2012, through the date of this letter, the NRC concludes that Luminant satisfied the commitments in CAL 4-12-004 (see Enclosure 2). Specifically, with the issuance of license amendment 162 to both facility licenses, and your completed actions to implement the requirements of the license amendment, the NRC considers all commitments contained in CAL 4-12-004 as no longer applicable and, therefore, the CAL is closed. Enclosure 1 provides a list of pertinent publicly available documents associated with the CAL and technical specification amendments.
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 E LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
/RA K. Kennedy for/
Marc L. Dapas Regional Administrator Docket Nos.: 05000445; 05000446 License Nos.: NPF-87, NPF-89
Enclosures:
- 1. Documents Associated with Confirmatory Action Letter 4-12-004
- 2. Luminant Power Commitments for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (excerpt from CAL 4-12-004)
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DATE 9/5/14 9/10/14 9/10/14 9/12/14 9/15/14 9/22/14 9/25/14
Letter to R. Flores from M. Dapas dated September 25, 2014
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, CLOSURE OF CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER 4-12-004 Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Deputy Director (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (John.Kramer@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)
Acting Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Theresa.Buchanan@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/A (Brian.Cummings@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, NRR/DORL/LPL4-1 (Eric.Oesterle@nrc.gov)
Deputy Division Director, NRR/DORL (Michael.Markley@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer/RIV (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
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Documents Associated with Confirmatory Action Letter 4-12-004 ADAMS Accession Number Title Date ML12296A937 Confirmatory Action Letter (4-12-004) - Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Commitments Regarding Spent Fuel Pool Storage Practices October 22, 2012 ML12292A193 Comanche Peak, Units 1 and 2 - Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis October 9, 2012 ML12293A225 Comanche Peak, Units 1 and 2 - Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis October 16, 2012 ML13032A240 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, License Amendment Request 12-06, Revision to Technical Specifications 3.7.16, Fuel Storage Pool Boron Concentration, 3.7.17, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage and 5.5 Programs and Manuals January 15, 2013 ML13213A156 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request (LAR)12-006 Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis July 23, 2013 ML13210A159 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Withdrawal of License Amendment Request, Revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.16, Fuel Storage Pool Boron Concentration, TS 3.7.17, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage, and TS 5.5, Programs and Manuals (TAC MF0504 and MF0505)
August 2, 2013 ML13095A023 Comanche Peak, Units 1 and 2, License Amendment Request (LAR) 13-01, Revision to Technical Specifications 3.7.16, Fuel Storage Pool Boron Concentration, 3.7.17, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage 4.3, Fuel Storage, and 5.5 Programs and Manuals March 28, 2013 ML13211A222 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Spent Fuel Pools Region II Configuration Changes June 13, 2013 ML13234A533 Plans for Spent Fuel Pool Alterations and Confirmatory Action Letter (4-12-004) - Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Commitments Regarding Spent Fuel Storage Practices August 22, 2013 ML14160A035 Comanche Peak, Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 -
Redacted, Issuance of Amendment No. 162, Revise TS 3.7.16, Fuel Storage Pool Boron Concentration, TS 3.7.17, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage, and TS 5.5, Programs and Manuals July 1, 2014
ADAMS Accession Number Title Date ML14246A224 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446, Implementation of License Amendment and Spent Fuel Pools Region II Configuration Changes July 21, 2014 ML14246A246 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446, Implementation of License Amendment and Spent Fuel Pools Region II Configuration Changes August 14, 2014
LUMINANT POWER COMMITMENTS FOR COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Number Commitments Implementation Date 1
Any discharged fuel irradiated under up-rate power conditions from Unit 2 Cycle 13 and later and Unit 1 Cycle 16 and later, will be restricted to storage in The Region I storage racks until the NRC approves a license amendment revising Technical Specification 3.7.17, Spent Fuel Storage, authorizing storage in Region II storage racks.
October 12, 2012 2
Luminant Power will retain the Region II spent fuel storage racks in both spent fuel pools 1 and 2 in the current as-loaded configuration as of October 11, 2012, for both fuel assemblies and fuel assembly inserts (excluding thimble plugging devices). If configuration changes are required, plans for the changes will be communicated to the NRC Region IV Regional Administrator in advance.
October 12, 2012 3
Luminant Power will prepare and submit a license amendment to revise Technical Specification 3.7.17, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage with the current spent fuel pool configurations with fuel discharged from reactor operation at up-rate conditions (3612 MWt). The schedule for submittal of this license amendment is January 15, 2013.
October 12, 2012 4
Luminant Power will maintain Spent Fuel Pool boron concentration at or above 2400 ppm, above that required for operability as allowed in Technical Specification 3.7.16, Fuel Storage Pool Boron Concentration (2000 ppm).
October 9, 2012