ML15167A504

Transmittal of Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment Request (LAR) to Adopt NFPA 805

ML15167A504
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	06/11/2015
From:	Joseph Pacher Exelon Generation Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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This letter forwards Security-related information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390. The balance of this letter may be considered non-Security Related upon the removal of Attachment 2.

VJoe Pacher Site Vice President Exelon Generation. R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.

Ontario, NY 14519 315-791-5200 Office 585 545 1586 Mobile www.exeloncorp.corn joselph.pacher@exeloncorp.com June 11, 2015 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTENTION: Document Control Desk

SUBJECT:

R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-18 Docket No. 50-244 Response to Request for Additional Information

REFERENCES:

(A) Letter from Mr. Joseph E. Pacher (Ginna LLC) to Document Control Desk (NRC) dated March 28, 2013,

Subject:

License Amendment Request Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90: Adoption of NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants (ML13093A064)

(B) Letter from Mr. Mohan Thadani (NRC) to Joe Pacher (Exelon) dated September 19, 2014,

Subject:

R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT- SECOND ROUND OF REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING REQUEST TO ADOPT NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD NFPA-805, "PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR LIGHT WATER REACTOR ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS," (TAC NO.

MF1393) (ML14254A166)

Enclosed is the response to the Request for Additional Information (RAI) to the License Amendment Request (LAR) for Ginna to Adopt NFPA 805 (Reference A). This response is for RAI 44.01.b received in the letter dated September 19, 2014 (Reference B).

Ginna has provided a response to PRA RAI 44.01.b on September 24, 2014, and in that response stated an approach, agreed upon with the NRC staff, to provide a response to PRA RAI 44.01 .b after the NRC had notified Ginna that the responses to 44.01 .a are acceptable and that there are no other PRA RAIs forthcoming. Ginna responded to further PRA RAIs on December 4, 2014 and March 18, 2015. On April 1, 2015, the NRC staff provided notification that the responses to the RAIs were acceptable and to prepare the aggregate analysis for submission. Attachments 2 and 3 contain the response to this RAI.

There are no new regulatory commitments identified in this letter; however, Attachment 1 of this letter replaces Enclosure 1 of Reference A; and Attachment 4 of this letter replaces This letter forwards Security-related information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390. The balance of this letter may be considered non-Security Related upon the removal of Attachment 2.

Document Control Desk June 11, 2015 Page 2 page 64 of reference A. Due to the indeterminate schedule for NRC approval of the Topical Report on the RCP seal design that Ginna intends to use for one of the committed modifications, Ginna is proposing to implement modifications identified in the Ginna Transition Report of Reference A, Attachment S, Table S-2, "Plant Modifications Committed," no later than the Second Refueling Outage more than 12 months after NRC approval of the LAR.

Should you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Thomas Harding at 315-791-5219.

Sin erely yours, seph E. Pacher JP/kc ATTACHMENTS: (1) Revised Commitments (2) R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Responses to Request for Additional Information (3) R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Responses to Request for Additional Information (Redacted Version)

(4) Revised Section 5.5 cc: NRC Regional Administrator, Region I (w/o Attachment 3)

NRC Project Manager, Ginna NRC Resident Inspector, Ginna (w/o Attachment 3)

A.L. Peterson, NYSERDA (w/o Attachment 2)

Attachment 1 Revised Commitments

SUMMARY

OF REGULATORY COMMITMENTS The following table identifies commitments made in this document. (Any other actions discussed in the submittal represent intended or planned actions. They are described to the NRC for the NRC's information and are not regulatory commitments.)

Commitment Committed Date or Commitment Type "Outage" One-Time Action Programmatic (Yes/No) (Yes/No)

Ginna will implement No later than the modifications modiicatonsSecond Refueling identified in the Ginna Transition Seond Rfengthan 12 Outage more months after NRC Yes Report, Attachment approval of the S, Table S-2, "Plant License Amendment Modifications Request.

Committed" Within 180 days after Ginna will implement NRC Licenseapproval of the Amendment the fire protection Rense Amevent licensing basis Request. However, if including items that date falls within identified listed in the a scheduled Ginna GinnaTranstion Transition refueling then outage, implementation Yes thnipenaio Rabepo Attachment Report, Attachwill

, occur within 60 S, Table S-3, days after plant "Implementation dy fe ln Items" startup from that scheduled refueling outage.