ML17289A164

NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review of Relief Request Regarding Revised RR No. RR-A37

ML17289A164
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	10/16/2017
From:	Sujata Goetz Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Jonathan Haas DTE Energy
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Goetz, Sujata Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 8:50 AM To: Jason R Haas

Subject:

Acceptance Review of Relief Request Regarding Revised RR No. RR-A37

Dear Mr. Haas,

By letter dated September 26, 2017, (Agencywide Documents and Access Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML17270A036), DTE Energy Company submitted a license relief request for Fermi 2. The proposed relief request would implement ASME Code Case N-702, Alternative Requirements for Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Nozzle Inner Radius and Nozzle-to-Shell Welds,Section XI, Division 1, and Boiling Water Reactor Vessel Inspection Program (BWRVIP)-241, Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Evaluation for the Boiling Water Reactor Nozzle-to-Vessel Shell Welds and Nozzle Blend Radii.

The purpose of this e-mail 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 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 120 hours5 days <br />0.714 weeks <br />0.164 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by September 2018.

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.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-8004 Sujata Goetz Project Manager, Fermi, Unit 2 1

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Office of the Nuclear Reactor Regulation NRC/NRR/DORL/LP3 Office O8F2 Mailroom O8-B1A Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (o) 301.415.8004 (fax) 301.415.3313 Mail Stop 08A1A 2

Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 3770 Mail Envelope Properties (Sujata.Goetz@nrc.gov20171016085000)

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Acceptance Review of Relief Request Regarding Revised RR No. RR-A37 Sent Date: 10/16/2017 8:50:19 AM Received Date: 10/16/2017 8:50:00 AM From: Goetz, Sujata Created By: Sujata.Goetz@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Jason R Haas" <haasj@dteenergy.com>

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