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Other: LIC-12-0155, OPPD Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), LIC-13-0019, Omaha Public Power Districts Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond Design Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049, LIC-13-0124, First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, LIC-14-0023, Omaha Public Power Districts Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, LIC-15-0024, Fourth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, LIC-15-0032, OPPD, Fort Calhoun, Unit 1 - Fourth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, LIC-15-0096, Fifth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, LIC-15-0098, Fifth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, LIC-16-0009, Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, LIC-16-0010, Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, LIC-16-0080, Omaha Public Power District Request to Rescind the March 12, 2012, NRC Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (EA-12-051), ML12056A044, ML14055A412, ML14237A574, ML14239A679, ML16064A077, ML16179A373, ML16320A287
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MONTHYEARML12056A0442012-03-12012 March 2012
Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) - to All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status
Project stage: Other
ML12073A3662012-03-13013 March 2012
Correction to Issuance of Orders and Request for Information Issued Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50.54(f)
Project stage: Approval
LIC-12-0155, OPPD Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)2012-10-27027 October 2012
OPPD Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)
Project stage: Other
LIC-13-0011, Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Overall Integrated Plan2013-02-28028 February 2013
Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Overall Integrated Plan
Project stage: Request
LIC-13-0019, Omaha Public Power Districts Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond Design Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-0492013-02-28028 February 2013
Omaha Public Power Districts Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond Design Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049)
Project stage: Other
ML13235A1682013-08-23023 August 2013
Draft Request for Additional Information Email, Overall Integrated Plan in Response to 3/12/2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order EA-12-051)
Project stage: Draft RAI
LIC-13-0124, First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2013-08-28028 August 2013
First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
LIC-13-0144, Omaha Public Power District Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051 Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2013-10-18018 October 2013
Omaha Public Power District Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051 Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Response to RAI
ML13317A5832013-11-25025 November 2013
Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)
Project stage: RAI
LIC-14-0023, Omaha Public Power Districts Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2014-02-24024 February 2014
Omaha Public Power Districts Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
ML14055A4122014-02-24024 February 2014
Omaha Public Power Districts Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Other
ML14237A5742014-08-25025 August 2014
Third Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
ML14239A6792014-08-27027 August 2014
Third Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Other
LIC-15-0024, Fourth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2015-02-27027 February 2015
Fourth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
LIC-15-0032, OPPD, Fort Calhoun, Unit 1 - Fourth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events2015-02-27027 February 2015
OPPD, Fort Calhoun, Unit 1 - Fourth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Other
LIC-15-0096, Fifth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2015-08-19019 August 2015
Fifth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
LIC-15-0098, Fifth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events2015-08-27027 August 2015
Fifth Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Other
LIC-15-0113, Response to Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2015-09-28028 September 2015
Response to Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Request
LIC-16-0009, Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation2016-02-26026 February 2016
Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
LIC-16-0010, Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events2016-02-29029 February 2016
Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events
Project stage: Other
ML16064A0772016-03-0808 March 2016
Plan for the Onsite Audit Regarding Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Related to Orders EA-12-049 and EA-12-051
Project stage: Other
ML16179A3732016-07-0505 July 2016
Audit Report for Orders EA 12-049 and EA 12-051
Project stage: Other
LIC-16-0080, Omaha Public Power District Request to Rescind the March 12, 2012, NRC Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (EA-12-051)2016-09-0909 September 2016
Omaha Public Power District Request to Rescind the March 12, 2012, NRC Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (EA-12-051)
Project stage: Other
ML16320A2872016-12-0808 December 2016
Rescission of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Project stage: Other
2014-08-27
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Shane M. Marik Site Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station 9610 Power Lane, Mail Stop FC-2-4 Blair, NE 68008 December 8, 2016
SUBJECT:
FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 - RESCISSION OF ORDER EA-12-051, "ORDER MODIFYING LICENSES WITH REGARD TO RELIABLE SPENT FUEL POOL INSTRUMENTATION" (CAC NO. MF0968)
Dear Mr. Marik:
By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12054A679), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Order EA-12-051 to Omaha Public Power District (OPPD, the licensee). This order requires certain actions at Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 (FCS) associated with the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendations. Order EA-12-051 requires that reliable spent fuel pool (SFP) instrumentation be installed and maintained in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event.
Section IV of Order EA-12-051 (the order) required that OPPD submit an overall integrated plan by February 28, 2013, describing how FCS planned to achieve compliance with the requirements of the order. The licensee responded to the order by letter dated February 28, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13059A268).
Section IV of the order also provided the NRC's Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation the authority to relax or rescind any or all of the conditions of the order upon demonstration by the licensee of good cause.
By letter dated June 24, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16176A213), OPPD submitted a Certification of Permanent Cessation of Power Operations for FCS in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 O CFR), Sections 50.82(a)(1 )(i) and 50.4(b)(8). In this letter, OPPD provided notification to the NRC of its intent to permanently cease power operations by December 31, 2016. By letter dated August 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16242A127), OPPD revised its estimate for permanent cessation of operations to October 24, 2016. By letter dated November 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16319A254),
OPPD certified to the NRC that it had permanently ceased power operations at FCS, effective October 24, 2016. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1 )(ii), the licensee also certified in the November letter that, as of November 13, 2016, it had permanently defueled the FCS reactor vessel and placed the fuel in the SFP.
By letter dated September 9, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16253A181 ), OPPD requested rescission of Order EA-12-051, to be effective upon docketing of the 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) certifications for permanent cessation of operation and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel.
Section Ill of the order states that the Commission determined that all power reactor licensees and construction permit holders must have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range SFP levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. This statement forms the basis of the order and reflects the need to effectively deploy limited resources to mitigate very low frequency events with the potential to challenge both the reactor and SFP. With reliable indication of the SFP coolant level, decision-makers can determine when to deploy resources to the SFP and avoid unnecessary deployment of staff to monitor pool level.
Because the licensee for FCS docketed the 1 O CFR 50.82(a)(1 )(i) and (ii) certifications for permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel, the safety of the fuel in the SFP becomes the primary safety function for site personnel. In the event of a challenge to the safety of fuel stored in the SFP, decision-makers would not have to prioritize actions and the focus of the staff would be the SFP condition. Thus, the basis for the order no longer applies to the configuration of FCS.
Therefore, for the reasons discussed above, the NRC staff concludes that good cause has been demonstrated to rescind the order for FCS. All other regulatory requirements for which rescission was not specifically requested remain applicable and are not impacted by the rescission of this order. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority granted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Order EA-12-051 is rescinded in its entirety for FCS.
Docket No. 50-285 cc: Listserv
ML16253A181), OPPD requested rescission of Order EA-12-051, to be effective upon docketing of the 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) certifications for permanent cessation of operation and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel.
Section Ill of the order states that the Commission determined that all power reactor licensees and construction permit holders must have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range SFP levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. This statement forms the basis of the order and reflects the need to effectively deploy limited resources to mitigate very low frequency events with the potential to challenge both the reactor and SFP. With reliable indication of the SFP coolant level, decision-makers can determine when to deploy resources to the SFP and avoid unnecessary deployment of staff to monitor pool level.
Because the licensee for FCS docketed the 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) certifications for permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel, the safety of the fuel in the SFP becomes the primary safety function for site personnel. In the event of a challenge to the safety of fuel stored in the SFP, decision-makers would not have to prioritize actions and the focus of the staff would be the SFP condition. Thus, the basis for the order no longer applies to the configuration of FCS.
Therefore, for the reasons discussed above, the NRC staff concludes that good cause has been demonstrated to rescind the order for FCS. All other regulatory requirements for which rescission was not specifically requested remain applicable and are not impacted by the rescission of this order. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority granted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Order EA-12-051 is rescinded in its entirety for FCS.
Docket No. 50-285 cc: Listserv Distribution:
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