ML17039A844

NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Salem RR S1-14R-160: One-Time Relief for Reactor Vessel Cold Leg Nozzle to Safe-End Weld Examination Inspection Interval (MF9149)

ML17039A844
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	02/08/2017
From:	Carleen Parker Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Duke P, Bernard Thomas Public Service Enterprise Group
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MF9149
Download: ML17039A844 (3)

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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Parker, Carleen Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 11:33 AM To: Duke, Paul R. (Paul.Duke@pseg.com); Thomas, Brian J. (Brian.Thomas@pseg.com)

Cc: Collins, Jay; Koenick, Stephen

Subject:

Acceptance Review - Salem RR S1-14R-160: One-Time Relief for Reactor Vessel Cold Leg Nozzle to Safe-End Weld Examination Inspection Interval (MF9149)

Paul and Brian, By letter dated January 31, 2017 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML17031A278), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) submitted a relief request for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1. The request would extend the required reactor vessel cold leg nozzle inspections by approximately six months (until the Spring 2019 refueling outage), to align these examination activities with the currently scheduled Reactor Vessel Internal Materials Reliability Program (MRP-227) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Section XI Reactor Vessel weld examinations with the core barrel removed.

The purpose of this email 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(z)(1) and 50.55a(z)(2) 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 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 150 hours6.25 days <br />0.893 weeks <br />0.205 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by your requested date of October 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 and unanticipated addition of scope to the review. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance of 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: 3331 Mail Envelope Properties (Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov20170208113300)

Subject:

Acceptance Review - Salem RR S1-14R-160: One-Time Relief for Reactor Vessel Cold Leg Nozzle to Safe-End Weld Examination Inspection Interval (MF9149)

Sent Date: 2/8/2017 11:33:13 AM Received Date: 2/8/2017 11:33:00 AM From: Parker, Carleen Created By: Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Collins, Jay" <Jay.Collins@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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