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Results
Other: ML13220A351, ML13317A957, ML14339A838, ML15156B134, ML15161A413, RS-13-025, Overall Integrated Plan 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), RS-13-129, 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 Number EA-12-049), RS-14-203, Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), RS-14-213, Third 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), RS-15-024, Fourth 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), RS-15-033, Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), RS-17-022, Eighth 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
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MONTHYEARRS-13-025, Overall Integrated Plan 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)2013-02-28028 February 2013
Overall Integrated Plan 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
ML13134A0932013-06-0707 June 2013
Request for Additional Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: RAI
ML13176A3322013-06-25025 June 2013
NRR E-mail Capture - Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation - Request for Additional Information
Project stage: RAI
RS-13-129, 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 Number EA-12-049)2013-08-28028 August 2013
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 Number EA-12-049)
Project stage: Other
ML13275A1212013-10-0909 October 2013
Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA -12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: RAI
ML13317A9572013-11-20020 November 2013
Mega-Tech Services, LLC Technical Evaluation Report Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, TAC Nos.: MF1048 and MF1049
Project stage: Other
BYRON 2013-0141, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report2013-11-20020 November 2013
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report
Project stage: Request
ML13220A3512013-11-22022 November 2013
Interim Staff Evaluation Relating to Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-049 - Mitigation Strategies
Project stage: Other
ML14059A0752014-02-27027 February 2014
Request for Relaxation from Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Request
RS-14-213, Third 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)2014-08-28028 August 2014
Third 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
RS-14-203, Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)2014-08-28028 August 2014
Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)
Project stage: Other
ML14339A8382014-12-12012 December 2014
Plan for the Onsite Audit Regarding Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Reliable Spent Fuel Instrumentation Related to Orders EA-12-049 and EA-12-051
Project stage: Other
RS-15-024, Fourth 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)2015-02-27027 February 2015
Fourth 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
RS-15-033, Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)2015-02-27027 February 2015
Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)
Project stage: Other
RS-15-088, Request for Schedule Relaxation from NRC Order EA-12-049, Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Bases External Events2015-03-0404 March 2015
Request for Schedule Relaxation from NRC Order EA-12-049, Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Bases External Events
Project stage: Request
ML15084A1082015-03-0606 March 2015
Core Operating Limits Report for Cycle 24
Project stage: Request
RS-15-090, Supplemental Information - Request for Schedule Relaxation from NRC Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events2015-03-0606 March 2015
Supplemental Information - Request for Schedule Relaxation from NRC Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Supplement
ML15068A2062015-03-11011 March 2015
Relaxation of Certain 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
ML15161A4132015-06-11011 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
ML15156B1342015-06-25025 June 2015
Report 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
RS-17-022, Eighth 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 Events2017-02-28028 February 2017
Eighth 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
Project stage: Other
2014-02-27
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 March 11, 2015
SUBJECT:
QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR 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" (TAC NO. MF1048)
Dear Mr. Hanson:
By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12054A735), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) to take certain actions at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (Quad Cities), Unit 1, 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 (BDBEEs).
Section IV of Order EA-12-049 states that licensees proposing to deviate from requirements of the order may request that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, relax or rescind certain requirements. By letter dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15064A090),
as supplemented by letter dated March 6, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15068A064 ), the licensee requested schedule relaxation from the final compliance date of Order EA-12-049.
Specifically, the licensee requested an extension to December 11, 2015, for Quad Cities, Unit 1, to complete implementation of the seismic deepwell system to meet the requirements of Order EA-12-049. The extension request was proposed because installation of the seismic deepwell system will take additional time to complete due to unanticipated schedule delays caused primarily by adverse weather, contractor equipment failure, and insufficient well capacity and flow rate identified following drilling.
In light of the facts presented in the licensee's letter dated March 4, 2015, as supplemented by letter dated March 6, 2015, the NRC staff has determined that the licensee has presented good cause for a relaxation of the order implementation date. The requested extension allows the licensee sufficient time to complete the installation of the seismic deepwell system and related systems within an appropriate amount of time. 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. The NRC staff agrees that compliance with the Quad Cities, Unit 1 schedule requirements of Order EA-12-049 could create a hardship without a compensating increase in the level of safety. Given the plant-specific circumstances
at Quad Cities, Unit 1, and that the proposed completion date is prior to the December 2016 implementation date of the order, the NRC staff approves the relaxation.
Accordingly, based upon the authority granted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the requirement of the order for full implementation is relaxed until December 11, 2015, for Quad Cities, Unit 1.
If you have any questions, please contact John Beska at 301-415-2901.
Sincerely, i!Jh~
William M. Dean, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-254 cc: Listserv
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