ML16118A311

Revision of Schedule for the Conduct of the South Texas Project License Renewal Application Review (TAC Nos. ME4938, ME4939, ME5122, and ME5123)

ML16118A311
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	09/09/2016
From:	John Marshall Division of License Renewal
To:	Gerry Powell South Texas
James L, NRR/DLR, 415-3306
References
TAC ME4938, TAC ME4939, TAC ME5122
Download: ML16118A311 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 9, 2016 Mr. G.T. Powell Site Vice President STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (TAC NOS. ME4938, ME4939, ME5122, AND ME5123)

Dear Mr. Powell:

By letter dated October 25, 2010, STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54, to renew operating licenses NPF-76 and NPF-80 for the South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This letter is to inform you about a schedule change in the STP license renewal review.

By letter dated September 27, 2012, the NRC staff revised the STP license renewal review schedule for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting, the final Safety Evaluation Report (SER), and the ACRS full committee meeting to to be determined (TBD), in part, to further assess the selective leaching of aluminum bronze open item. In January 2016, STPNOC informed the NRC during a public meeting that it was significantly revising the aging management program associated with the selective leaching of aluminum bronze.

Based on the information provided by STPNOC since January 2016, the NRC staff will be issuing a second SER with open items and revising the current STP license renewal review schedule from TBD to provide dates for the second SER with open items, the ACRS subcommittee meeting, final SER, the ACRS full committee meeting, and NRC decision on issuing the renewed licenses.

G. T. Powell Enclosed is the revised schedule for the license renewal review of the STP license renewal application.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Lois James by telephone at 301-415-3306 or by e-mail at Lois.James@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jane E. Marshall, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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DATE 4 / 28 /2016 9 / 2 /2016 9 / 6 /2016 9 / 7 /2016 OFFICE BC: DLR/RPB1 DD:DLR NAME YDiaz-Sanabria JMarshall DATE 9 / 8 /2016 9 / 9 /2016

Letter to G. T. Powell from J. E. Marshall dated September 9, 21016

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (TAC NOS. ME4938, ME4939, ME5122, AND ME5123)

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LJames, DLR YDiaz-Sanabria, DLR TTran, DLR KFolk, DLR DMcIntyre, OPA LRegner, DORL NTaylor, RIV DProulx, RIV SJanicki, RIV SMoney, RIV ASanchez, RIV NHernandez, RIV WMaier, RIV VDricks, RIV GPick, RIV SGraves, RIV ajaldridge@STPEGS.COM, STP rjgonzales@STPEGS.COM, STP lsterling@STPEGS.COM, STP mpmurray@STPEGS.COM STP jwconnolly@stpegs.com, STP

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION UPDATED SAFETY REVIEW SCHEDULE Schedule Actual Milestones Date Date Receive license renewal application (LRA) 10/26/10 10/28/10 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA receipt and 12/09/10 12/09/10 availability Publish FRN - LRA acceptability, environmental scoping period, 01/13/11 01/13/11 and opportunity for hearing Publish FRN - intent to conduct environmental scoping 01/31/11 01/31/11 Public Meeting - license renewal process and environmental 03/02/11 03/02/11 scoping Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 03/14/11 03/14/11 Environmental scoping periods ends 04/01/11 04/01/11 Audit - scoping and screening methodology 05/16/11 05/20/11 Audit - aging management programs (AMPs) 06/13/11 06/24/11 Audit - environmental 07/11/11 07/11/11 Inspection - scoping, screening, and AMPs 08/2011 08/07/11 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 12/05/12 12/05/12 Public Meeting - draft SEIS 01/15/13 01/15/13 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s) 02/15/13* 02/15/13*

End of comment period for the draft SEIS 02/22/13 02/22/13 Issue second safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s) 10/2016 ACRS subcommittee meeting on SER with open item(s) 11/2016 Issue final SER 12/2016 Issue final SEIS 11/2013 11/2013 ACRS full committee meeting on SER 02/2017 NRR decision 04/2017

• The safety review portion of the schedule was paused from February 2013 through December 2013 at request of the applicant.

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