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NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - ANO-1 Relief Request VRR-ANO1-2017-1
ML16356A592
Person / Time
Site: Arkansas Nuclear Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 12/20/2016
From: Thomas Wengert
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To: David Bice
Entergy Nuclear Operations
References
MF8853
Download: ML16356A592 (2)


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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Wengert, Thomas Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 2:34 PM To: BICE, DAVID B (ANO)

Cc: CLARK, ROBERT W; Billerbeck, John; Alley, David

Subject:

Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 - Acceptance Review of Relief Request VRR-ANO1-2017-1 (CAC No. MF8853)

By letter dated November 16, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML16321A412), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) submitted a relief request (VRR-ANO1-2017-1) for Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (ANO-1). The licensee has requested relief from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) OM Code-2004 Edition, Appendix I, Paragraph 8200 Seat Tightness Testing for the relief valve for the ANO-1 sodium hydroxide storage tank. The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this relief request. 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.

Pursuant to Sections 50.55a(a)(3)(i) and 50.55a(a)(3)(ii) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed alternatives would provide an acceptable level of quality and safety, or that compliance with the specified requirements of Section 50.55a would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety.

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 relief request amendment 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 120 hours5 days <br />0.714 weeks <br />0.164 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is November 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 at (301) 415-4037.

Tom Wengert Project Manager - Arkansas Nuclear One NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4 (301) 415-4037 1

Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 3225 Mail Envelope Properties (Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov20161220143400)

Subject:

Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 - Acceptance Review of Relief Request VRR-ANO1-2017-1 (CAC No. MF8853)

Sent Date: 12/20/2016 2:34:26 PM Received Date: 12/20/2016 2:34:00 PM From: Wengert, Thomas Created By: Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov Recipients:

"CLARK, ROBERT W" <RCLARK@entergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Billerbeck, John" <John.Billerbeck@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Alley, David" <David.Alley@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "BICE, DAVID B (ANO)" <DBICE@entergy.com>

Tracking Status: None Post Office:

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