ML15310A197

Staff Review of Interim Evaluation Associated with Reevaluated Seismic Hazard Implementation Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1

ML15310A197
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	11/06/2015
From:	Frankie Vega Japan Lessons-Learned Division
To:	Fessler P DTE Electric Company
Wyman, Steve, NRR/JLD 415-3041
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TAC MF5241
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 6, 2015 Mr. Paul Fessler Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer DTE Electric Company Fermi 2 - 210 NOC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Ml 48166

SUBJECT:

FERMI UNIT 2 - STAFF REVIEW OF INTERIM EVALUATION ASSOCIATED WITH REEVALUATED SEISMIC HAZARD IMPLEMENTATING NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 2.1 (TAC NO. MF5241)

Dear Mr. Fessler:

By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12053A340), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50, Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter). The request was issued as part of implementing lessons-learned from the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter requested that licensees reevaluate seismic hazards at their sites using present-day methodologies and guidance. Enclosure 1, Item 6, of the 50.54(f) letter requested that licensees identify "interim evaluation and actions taken or planned to address the higher seismic hazard relative to the design basis as appropriate, prior to completion of the

[seismic] risk evaluation." In addition to the interim evaluation provided in the March 2014 Seismic Screening and Hazard report, the licensees for the Central and Eastern United States committed to providing the Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process (ESEP) report, an interim evaluation, by December 31, 2014.

By letter dated December 9, 20141, DTE Electric Company (DTE, the licensee), provided its ESEP report in a response to Enclosure 1, Item (6) of the 50.54(f) letter, for Fermi Unit 2 (Fermi). The NRC staff assessed the licensee's implementation of the ESEP guidance through the completion of a reviewer checklist 2 . In support of NRC staff questions, DTE provided a response dated May 28, 2015 3 , clarifying submittal information. Based on the NRC staff review of the ESEP report and responses to the staff's questions, the NRC staff concludes that the licensee's implementation of the interim evaluation meets the intent of the guidance.

The NRC staff concludes that, through the implementation of the ESEP guidance, the licensee 1 The December 9, 2014, letter can be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML14345A469.

2 The Fermi ESEP NRC review checklist can be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML15209A950.

3 The DTE response to NRC staff questions can be found ADAMS Accession No. ML15148A432.

P. Fessler identified and evaluated the seismic capacity of certain key installed mitigating strategies equipment that is used for core cooling and containment functions to cope with scenarios that involve a loss of all alternating current power and loss of access to the ultimate heat sink to withstand a seismic event up to 1.6 times the safe shutdown earthquake for Fermi. The licensee's ESEP assessment provides additional assurance which supports continued plant safety while the longer-term seismic evaluation is completed to support regulatory decision making. The NRC staff concludes that the licensee responded appropriately to Enclosure 1, Item (6) of the 50.54(f) letter. Application of this review is limited to the interim evaluation as part of the Recommendation 2.1 Seismic review.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1617 or via e-mail at Frankie.Vega@nrc.gov.

y Frankie G. Vega, Project Manager Hazards Management Branch Japan Lessons-Learned Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-341 cc: Distribution via Listserv

P. Fessler identified and evaluated the seismic capacity of certain key installed mitigating strategies equipment that is used for core cooling and containment functions to cope with scenarios that involve a loss of all alternating current power and loss of access to the ultimate heat sink to withstand a seismic event up to 1.6 times the safe shutdown earthquake for Fermi. The licensee's ESEP assessment provides additional assurance which supports continued plant safety while the longer-term seismic evaluation is completed to support regulatory decision making. The NRC staff concludes that the licensee responded appropriately to Enclosure 1, Item (6) of the 50.54(f) letter. Application of this review is limited to the interim evaluation as part of the Recommendation 2. 1 Seismic review.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1617 or via e-mail at Frankie.Vega@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA/

Frankie G. Vega, Project Manager Hazards Management Branch Japan Lessons-Learned Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-341 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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