ML16130A023

Acceptance-Letter Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Proposed Review Schedule, and Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding the Application from Entergy Operations, Inc., for Renewal of the Operating..

ML16130A023
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	05/20/2016
From:	John Marshall Division of License Renewal
To:	Kowalewski J Entergy Operations
Clark P, NRR/DLR, 415-6447
Shared Package
ML16130A015	List: ML16130A023 ML16131A008
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DLR-16-0109
Download: ML16130A023 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 20, 2016 Mr. Joseph A. Kowalewski Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford 3 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC., FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3

Dear Mr. Kowalewski:

By letter dated March 23, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Entergy Operations, Inc. application for renewal of facility operating license number NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3). Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81 FR 22128). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of the license renewal application (LRA) for Waterford 3. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental reviews.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application following the guidance in NUREG-1800, Revision 2, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants. The NRC staff has determined that the application is complete and acceptable for docketing, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 2.101, 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c).

However, the NRC staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.

This letter also forwards the NRC staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the Waterford 3 application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54.

The schedule of work activities and milestones for performing the LRA review for Waterford 3 reflects a 25-month review schedule. Milestones for hearing activities are not included in the enclosed schedule because these activities are determined by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.

J. Kowalewski We would like to emphasize that the review of your LRA will be very detailed and thorough, and that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones. Thus, your responses to the NRC staff's RAIs, if needed, must be complete and provided in a timely manner. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

If you have any general questions on this matter or any questions related to the safety review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Phyllis Clark, Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-6447 or by e-mail at Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov. If you have any questions related to the environmental review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan at 301-415-8517 or by e-mail at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jane E. Marshall, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Notice cc: Listserv

J. Kowalewski We would like to emphasize that the review of your LRA will be very detailed and thorough, and that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones. Thus, your responses to the NRC staff's RAIs, if needed, must be complete and provided in a timely manner. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

If you have any general questions on this matter or any questions related to the safety review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Phyllis Clark, Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-6447 or by e-mail at Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov. If you have any questions related to the environmental review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan at 301-415-8517 or by e-mail at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jane E. Marshall, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Notice cc: Listserv DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAMS Accession no.: ML16130A015 (Package), ML16130A023 (Letter), ML16131A008 (FRN)

• Concurred via e-mail OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPB1:DLR OGC (NLO) BC: RPB1:DLR BC:RSRP D:DLR NAME IBetts PClark YLindell YDiaz-Sanabria JDanna JMarshall (Lois James for)

DATE 5/11/2016 5/ 4 /2016 5/11/2016 5/12/2016 5/13/2016 5/20/2016 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 3/23/2016 3/30/2016 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 4/2016 4/14/2016 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 5/2016 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 5/2016 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping 6/2016 Meeting Audit - Scoping & Screening Methodology 6/13/2016 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention (60 days) 7/2016 Environmental scoping period ends 7/2016 Audit - Environmental 7/18/2016 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 1) 7/11/2016 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 2) 7/25/2016 1/23 &

Regional Inspection - IP 71002, License Renewal Inspection 2/6/2017 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 5/2017 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - draft SEIS available 5/2017 for comments Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 6/2017 End of draft SEIS comment period 7/2017 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 6/2017 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee meeting 7/2017 Issue final SEIS 1/2018 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - final SEIS available 1/2018 Issue final SER 1/2018 ACRS full committee meeting 3/2018 Decision - Director, NRR 4/2018 Commission decision, if hearing granted TBD ENCLOSURE 1

Letter to Joseph A. Kowalewski from Jane E. Marshall dated May 20, 2016

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC., FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSES FOR THE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 DISTRIBUTION:

HARD COPY:

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 20, 2016 Mr. Joseph A. Kowalewski Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford 3 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC., FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3

Dear Mr. Kowalewski:

By letter dated March 23, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Entergy Operations, Inc. application for renewal of facility operating license number NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3). Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81 FR 22128). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of the license renewal application (LRA) for Waterford 3. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental reviews.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application following the guidance in NUREG-1800, Revision 2, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants. The NRC staff has determined that the application is complete and acceptable for docketing, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 2.101, 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c).

However, the NRC staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.

This letter also forwards the NRC staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the Waterford 3 application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54.

The schedule of work activities and milestones for performing the LRA review for Waterford 3 reflects a 25-month review schedule. Milestones for hearing activities are not included in the enclosed schedule because these activities are determined by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.

J. Kowalewski We would like to emphasize that the review of your LRA will be very detailed and thorough, and that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones. Thus, your responses to the NRC staff's RAIs, if needed, must be complete and provided in a timely manner. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

If you have any general questions on this matter or any questions related to the safety review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Phyllis Clark, Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-6447 or by e-mail at Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov. If you have any questions related to the environmental review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan at 301-415-8517 or by e-mail at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jane E. Marshall, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Notice cc: Listserv

J. Kowalewski We would like to emphasize that the review of your LRA will be very detailed and thorough, and that the NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones. Thus, your responses to the NRC staff's RAIs, if needed, must be complete and provided in a timely manner. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

If you have any general questions on this matter or any questions related to the safety review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Phyllis Clark, Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-6447 or by e-mail at Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov. If you have any questions related to the environmental review of the Waterford 3 LRA, please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan at 301-415-8517 or by e-mail at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jane E. Marshall, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Notice cc: Listserv DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAMS Accession no.: ML16130A015 (Package), ML16130A023 (Letter), ML16131A008 (FRN)

• Concurred via e-mail OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPB1:DLR OGC (NLO) BC: RPB1:DLR BC:RSRP D:DLR NAME IBetts PClark YLindell YDiaz-Sanabria JDanna JMarshall (Lois James for)

DATE 5/11/2016 5/ 4 /2016 5/11/2016 5/12/2016 5/13/2016 5/20/2016 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 3/23/2016 3/30/2016 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 4/2016 4/14/2016 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 5/2016 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 5/2016 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping 6/2016 Meeting Audit - Scoping & Screening Methodology 6/13/2016 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention (60 days) 7/2016 Environmental scoping period ends 7/2016 Audit - Environmental 7/18/2016 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 1) 7/11/2016 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 2) 7/25/2016 1/23 &

Regional Inspection - IP 71002, License Renewal Inspection 2/6/2017 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 5/2017 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - draft SEIS available 5/2017 for comments Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 6/2017 End of draft SEIS comment period 7/2017 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 6/2017 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee meeting 7/2017 Issue final SEIS 1/2018 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - final SEIS available 1/2018 Issue final SER 1/2018 ACRS full committee meeting 3/2018 Decision - Director, NRR 4/2018 Commission decision, if hearing granted TBD ENCLOSURE 1

Letter to Joseph A. Kowalewski from Jane E. Marshall dated May 20, 2016

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC., FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSES FOR THE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 DISTRIBUTION:

HARD COPY:

DLR RF E-MAIL:

PUBLIC RidsNrrDlr Resource RidsNrrDlrRpb1 Resource RidsNrrDlrRerb Resource RidsNrrDlrRarb Resource RidsNrrDlrRasb Resource RidsNrrDlrRsrg Resource RidsNrrPMWaterford Resource RidsRgn4MailCenter@nrc.gov P. Clark E. Keegan D. Drucker J. Danna E. Gettys E. Sayoc E. Stahl A. Pulvirenti Y. Lindell, OGC D. McIntyre, OPA S. Burnell, OPA A. Moreno, OCA F. Ramirez, RIV C. Speer, RIV M. Dapas, RIV J. Jarrell, RIV A. Thomas, RIV J. Rodriguez, RIV L. Murray, RIV G. Young, RIV D. Lach, RIV A. Taylor, RIV