ML16349A217

NRR E-mail Capture - Columbia Acceptance of License Amendment Request CAC No. MF8794 Completion Time Technical Specification Change for Residual Heat Removal Pump a

ML16349A217
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	12/14/2016
From:	John Klos Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Ronnie Garcia Energy Northwest
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MF8794
Download: ML16349A217 (3)

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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Klos, John Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 9:33 AM To: Garcia, Richard M.

Cc: Klos, John

Subject:

Columbia Acceptance of License amendment request CAC No. MF8794 Completion time Technical Specification change for Residual Heat Removal pump A Mr. Garcia, By letter dated November 8, 2016, Agency-wide Documents and Access Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML16313A573, Energy Northwest submitted a license amendment request for Columbia Generating Station. The proposed license amendment would, on a one-time basis, extend the completion time by 7 days for Technical Specification condition 3.5.1.A, 3.6.1.5.A, and 3.6.2.3.A. This onetime extension will be used to support preventive maintenance which replaces the Residual Heat Removal train A subsystems pump and motor.

The purpose of this email is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this license amendment. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to all 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.

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 license amendment request 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. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 250 hours10.417 days <br />1.488 weeks <br />0.342 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is November 10, 2017. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, 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 NRC 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.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

John Klos DORL Callaway, Columbia Project Manager U.S. NRC, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, O8E7 1

NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4-1, MS O8H4A Washington, DC 20555-0001 301.415.5136, 301.415.2102 (fax)

John.Klos@NRC.gov 2

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Columbia Acceptance of License amendment request CAC No. MF8794 Completion time Technical Specification change for Residual Heat Removal pump A Sent Date: 12/14/2016 9:33:21 AM Received Date: 12/14/2016 9:33:22 AM From: Klos, John Created By: John.Klos@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Klos, John" <John.Klos@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Garcia, Richard M." <rmgarcia@energy-northwest.com>

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