ML15238B790

Schedule Revision for the Safety Review of the Fermi 2 License Renewal Application

ML15238B790
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	08/28/2015
From:	Melendez-Colon D Division of License Renewal
To:	Kaminskas V DTE Electric Company
Melendez-Colon D, NRR/DLR, 415-3301
References
DLR-15-0420, TAC MF4222
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 28, 2015 Mr. Vito Kaminskas Site Vice President - Nuclear Generation DTE Electric Company Fermi 2 - 280 OBA 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SAFETY REVIEW OF THE FERMI 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. MF4222)

Dear Mr. Kaminskas:

By letter dated April 24, 2014, DTE Electric Company (DTE or the applicant) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, to renew operating license NPF-43 for Fermi 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff).

Enclosed is the staffs revised safety review schedule for the Fermi 2 license renewal application (LRA). In order to support an Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting, the applicant needs to provide a clear path forward for resolution of the open items that will be discussed in the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with open items. The staff has determined that adequate resolution of technical issues to resolve open items cannot be achieved within the current schedule.

The staffs concern regarding adequacy of the Boraflex Monitoring Program has been the subject of several rounds of requests for additional information (RAIs) and conference calls, involving several issues that remain unresolved. The staff cannot complete its review of this program until these aging management issues are addressed. As a result, the staff has revised the license renewal safety review schedule milestones for the SER with open items, the ACRS subcommittee meeting, the final SER, and the ACRS full committee meeting. The date for the SER with open items is changed to January 2016. The new dates for the ACRS subcommittee meeting, the final SER, and the ACRS full committee meeting are now To Be Determined (TBD) pending the applicants provision of a clear path forward for resolution of the staffs concerns. None of the environmental review milestones have been affected.

We would like to emphasize that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the revised schedule milestones. The NRC will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed safety review schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Part 54.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christopher G. Miller, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-341

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc: Listserv

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ENCLOSURE FERMI 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION SCHEDULE REVISION Milestones Schedule Date Actual Date Receive license renewal application (LRA) 04/30/14 04/30/14 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 05/2014 05/12/14 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 06/2014 06/18/14 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 06/2014 06/30/14 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping Meeting 07/24/14 07/24/14 Audit - Scoping and Screening Methodology 08/04/14 08/04/14 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 08/18/14 08/18/14 Environmental scoping periods ends 08/2014 08/29/14 Audit - Environmental 09/08/14 09/08/14 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 1) 09/15/14 09/15/14 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 2) 09/29/14 09/29/14 Regional Inspection - IP 71002, License Renewal Procedure 04/2015 04/13/15 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 10/2015 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - draft SEIS available for comments 11/2015 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 12/2015 End of draft SEIS comment period 12/2015 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s) 01/2016 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee meeting TBD Issue final SEIS 06/2016 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - final SEIS available 07/2016 Issue final SER TBD ACRS Full Committee meeting TBD Decision - Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation TBD Commission decision, if hearing granted TBD