ML18057A080

Acceptance for Review of the Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group Topical Report PWROG-17018-PINP, Solid State Protection System General Warning Alarm Modification.

ML18057A080
Person / Time
Site:	PROJ0694, 99902037
Issue date:	03/13/2018
From:	Dennis Morey NRC/NRR/DLP/PLPB
To:	Nowinowski W Westinghouse
Benney B
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March 13, 2018 Mr. W. Anthony Nowinowski, Program Manager PWR Owners Group, Program Management Office Westinghouse Electric Company 1000 Westinghouse Drive, Suite 380 Cranberry Township, PA 16066

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE FOR REVIEW OF THE PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR OWNERS GROUP TOPICAL REPORT PWROG-17018-PINP, "SOLID STATE PROTECTION SYSTEM GENERAL WARNING ALARM MODIFICATION"

Dear Mr. Nowinowski:

By letter dated February 1, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18039A033), the Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group (PWROG) submitted Topical Report (TR) PWROG-17018-PINP, "Solid State Protection System General Warning Alarm Modification," to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff for review.

The NRC staff has found that the material presented is sufficient to begin our review. The NRC staff expects to issue its request for additional information by June 1, 2018, and issue its draft safety evaluation (SE) in August 2018. This schedule information takes in consideration the NRCs current review priorities and available technical resources and may be subject to change.

If modifications to these dates are deemed necessary, we will provide appropriate updates to this information. Section 170.21 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires that TRs are subject to fees based on the full cost of the review.

As with all TRs, the SE will be reviewed by the NRCs Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to determine whether it falls within the scope of the Congressional Review Act (CRA). During the course of this review, OGC considers whether any endorsement or acceptance of a TR by the NRC amounts to a rule as defined in the CRA. If this initial review concludes that the SE, with its accompanying TR, may be a rule, the NRC will forward the package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for further review and consideration. Any review by OMB would impact the schedule for the issuance of the final SE.

W. A. Nowinowski If you have questions regarding this matter, please contact Brian Benney at (301) 415-2767.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Dennis C. Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99902037

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NAME BBenney DHarrison MWaters DATE 3/12/18 2/27/18 2/26/18 OFFICE NRR/DLP/PLPB/BC NAME DMorey DATE 3/13/18