ML17341A943
| ML17341A943 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | PROJ0710, 99902024 |
| Issue date: | 01/05/2018 |
| From: | Dennis Morey NRC/NRR/DLP/PLPB |
| To: | Head J GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas |
| Golla J | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2016-TOP-0003 | |
| Download: ML17341A943 (3) | |
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January 5, 2018 Mr. Jerald G. Head Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A-18 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780
SUBJECT:
VERIFICATION OF THE APPROVAL VERSION OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL
- AMERICAS TOPICAL REPORT NEDC-33840P, REVISION 0, THE PRIME MODEL FOR TRANSIENT ANALYSIS OF FUEL ROD THERMAL -
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE (EPID NO. L-2016-TOP-0003)
Dear Mr. Head:
By letter dated August 18, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17230A010), Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas (GNF) submitted an approval (-A) version of Topical Report (TR) NEDC-33840P, Revision 0, The PRIME Model for Transient Analysis of Fuel Rod Thermal - Mechanical Performance, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. GNF has done so in accordance with our request to publish an approved version of this TR, as detailed in the transmittal letter of the NRC staffs final safety evaluation (SE) (ADAMS Accession No. ML17159A806) of the original TR. It is understood that the approval version of NEDC-33840P, Revision 0, is designated as NEDC-33840P-A, Revision 1.
The NRC staff has completed its review of the approval version of the TR. The NRC staff verified that Global Nuclear Fuel has met the requirements and determined that the submitted
-A version is acceptable for referencing in licensing applications for nuclear power plants to the extent specified and under the limitations delineated in the approval version of the TR.
TR NEDC-33840P-A, Revision 1, "The PRIME Model for Transient Analysis of Fuel Rod Thermal - Mechanical Performance," is now approved for use in future licensing actions as specified in the final SE.
Please contact Joseph A. Golla at (301) 415-1002, if you have any questions on this subject.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Dennis C. Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99902024
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Project No. 710 cc:
Mr. James F. Harrison GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Vice President - Fuel Licensing P.O. Box 780, M/C A-55 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 james.harrison@ge.com Ms. Patricia L. Campbell Vice President, Washington Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 9th Floor Washington, DC 20004 patriciaL.campbell@ge.com Mr. Brian R. Moore General Manager, Core & Fuel Engineering Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A-75 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 Brian.Moore@gnf.com
ML17341A943; *concurred via e-mail NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/DLP/PLPB/PM NRR/DLP/PLPB/LA* NRR/DSS/SNPB NRR/DLP/PLPB/BC NAME JGolla DHarrison RLukes DMorey DATE 1/3/2018 12/19/2017 1/3/2018 1/5/2018