ML16305A068

NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Hope Creek and Salem LAR to Remove Certain Training Program Requirements (MF8477, MF8478, and MF8479

ML16305A068
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/31/2016
From:	Carleen Parker Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Duke P, Bernard Thomas Public Service Enterprise Group
References
MF8477, MF8478, MF8479
Download: ML16305A068 (3)

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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Parker, Carleen Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 8:16 AM To: Duke, Paul R. (Paul.Duke@pseg.com); Thomas, Brian J. (Brian.Thomas@pseg.com)

Cc: Tilton, Caroline; Kolb, Timothy; Koenick, Stephen

Subject:

Acceptance Review - Hope Creek and Salem LAR to Remove Certain Training Program Requirements (MF8477, MF8478, and MF8479)

Paul and Brian, By letter dated October 17, 2016 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML16291A318), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) submitted a license amendment request to revise the Hope Creek Generating Station and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Technical Specifications by removing certain training program requirements. Specifically, the amendments would remove the reference to the training program requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 55 for licensed operators and the training program requirements which have been superseded by the requirements contained in 10 CFR 50.120.

The purpose of this email is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of these amendment requests. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

Consistent with 10 CFR 50.90, an amendment to the license must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed amendments in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 180 hours7.5 days <br />1.071 weeks <br />0.247 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by your requested date of February 6, 2017. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date (greater than a month) or significant changes in the forecasted hours (greater than 25%), the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates will be communicated, during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

These estimates are based on the staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

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If you have any questions, please contact me.

Carleen Parker Project Manager -

Hope Creek and Salem Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301)415-1603 carleen.parker@nrc.gov 2

Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 3132 Mail Envelope Properties (ff5a882ddb554aada35351f5d0ad6d7a)

Subject:

Acceptance Review - Hope Creek and Salem LAR to Remove Certain Training Program Requirements (MF8477, MF8478, and MF8479)

Sent Date: 10/31/2016 8:15:33 AM Received Date: 10/31/2016 8:15:00 AM From: Parker, Carleen Created By: Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Tilton, Caroline" <Caroline.Tilton@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Kolb, Timothy" <Timothy.Kolb@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Koenick, Stephen" <Stephen.Koenick@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Duke, Paul R. (Paul.Duke@pseg.com)" <Paul.Duke@pseg.com>

Tracking Status: None "Thomas, Brian J. (Brian.Thomas@pseg.com)" <Brian.Thomas@pseg.com>

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