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Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation for Proposed Amendments Transition to NFPA 805 (CAC Nos. MF3301 and MF3302; EPID L-2013-LLF-0001)
ML17313A642
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 11/09/2017
From: Booma Venkataraman
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Bologna R
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Venkataraman B, NRR/DORL/LPL1
References
CAC MF3301, CAC MF3302, EPID L-2013-LLF-0001
Download: ML17313A642 (3)


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OFFICIAL USE ONLY (PRE DECISIONAL)

MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED Mr. Richard D. Bologna Site Vice President NON SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION (SUNSI)

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 9, 2017 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1AND2-TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RE: TRANSITION TO NFPA 805, "PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR LIGHT WATER REACTOR ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS" (CAC NOS. MF3301 AND MF3302; EPID L-2013-LLF-0001)

Dear Mr. Bologna:

By letter dated December 23, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management Accession No. ML14002A086), as supplemented by letters dated February 14, 2014; April 27, May 27, June 26, November 6, and December 21; February 24 and May 12, 2016; January 30, April 21, June 23, August 22, and October 25, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML14051A499, ML15118A484, ML15147A372, ML15177A110, ML15313A306, ML15356A136, ML16055A160, ML16133A340, ML17030A312, ML17111A882, ML17177A097, ML17235A512, and ML17298B171, respectively), FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC or the licensee) requested review and approval to transition the fire protection licensing basis at Beaver Valley Power Station (Beaver Valley), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, from Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.48(b) to 10 CFR 50.48(c), NFPA 805, "Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants," 2001 Edition.

The licensee requested the amendments in order to establish and maintain a risk-informed, performance-based fire protection program in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR 50.48(c).

Enclosed is the draft Safety Evaluation (SE) the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has prepared to support the amendment request. Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390, the NRC staff has made a preliminary determination that the enclosed draft SE does not contain sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI). The NRC staff requests that the licensee confirm that the draft does not contain any SUNSI. The draft SE is also being sent to the licensee for review for factual accuracy and completeness, with the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Director-level approval.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY (PRE DECISIONAL)

MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION (SUNSI)

OFFICIAL USE ONLY (PRE DECISIONAL)

MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON SAFEGUARDS INFORMft.TION (SUNSI)

Enclosure 1 transmitted herewith may contain SUNS/. When separated from Enclosure 1, this document is decontrolled.

The NRC staff requests that FENOC provide comments regarding the factual accuracy, completeness, and SUNSI in the draft SE by November 30, 2017.

Since the NRC staff review is not yet complete, this letter and the enclosure do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the license amendment request. Should the license amendments be approved, the NRC staff will issue a publicly available, non-SUNSI version of the amendment package.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2934 or Booma.Venkataraman@nrc.gov.

Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

Enclosure:

Draft Safety Evaluation cc w/o

Enclosure:

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MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION (SUNSI)

Letter ML17313A642 OFFICE DORL/LPL 1 /PM DORL/LPL 1 /LA NAME BVenkataraman LRonewicz DATE 11/09/2017 11/09/2017 Draft SE ML173138106 (non-public)

DORL/LPL 1 /BC DORL/LPL 1 /PM JDanna BVenkataraman 11/09/2017 11/09/2017