ML17041A238

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Acceptance Review Letter, Request for Exemptions from Portions of 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR 50, Appendix E to Allow Plant to Reduce Emergency Planning Requirements Consistent with Permanently Defueled Condition
ML17041A238
Person / Time
Site: Fort Calhoun 
Issue date: 02/15/2017
From: James Kim
Special Projects and Process Branch
To: Fisher M
Omaha Public Power District
Kim J
References
CAC MF9067
Download: ML17041A238 (3)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Ms. Mary J. Fisher Senior Director for Decommissioning Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station 9610 Power Lane, Mail Stop FC-2-4 Blair, NE 68008 February 15, 2017

SUBJECT:

FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT NO. 1 -ACCEPTANCE OF REQUESTED LICENSING ACTION RE: EXEMPTIONS PORTIONS OF 10 CFR 50.47 AND 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX E (CAC NO. MF9067)

Dear Ms. Fisher:

By letter dated December 16, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16356A578), Omaha Public Power District (OPPD, the licensee) requested exemptions from portions of Sections 50.47(b) and 50.47(c)(2) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E for the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1 (FCS). The proposed exemptions would allow FCS to reduce emergency planning requirements consistent with the permanently defueled condition of the station.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's acceptance review of the exemption 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.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that the decay heat rate analysis was necessary to enable the staff to make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed exemptions request in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment.

By letter dated February 7, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17037D162), the NRC staff requested that OPPD supplement the application to address the decay heat rate analysis by February 17, 2017. By letter dated February 10, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17044A062),

you provided a supplement and the NRC staff has found that the supplement, along with the application, 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 exemptions 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 staff's 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 staff's 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 480 hours0.00556 days <br />0.133 hours <br />7.936508e-4 weeks <br />1.8264e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is December 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 NRG staff's 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. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRG in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-4125 or e-mail at James.Kim@nrc.gov.

Docket No. 50-285 cc: Listserv Sincerely, James Kim, Project Manager Special Projects and Process Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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