ML18064A325
| ML18064A325 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 03/12/2018 |
| From: | Tanya Hood Plant Licensing Branch 1 |
| To: | Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
| Hood, Tanya, NRC/DORL/LPLI, 415-1387 | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2018-LLA-0032 | |
| Download: ML18064A325 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 12, 2018 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - ACCEPTANCE OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL SCHEMES (EPID L-2018-LLA-0032)
Dear Mr. Hanson:
By application dated January 31, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18037A786), Exelon Generation Company, LLC submitted a license amendment request for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. The amendment would revise the emergency plan by changing the emergency action level schemes for this facility. The proposed changes are based on the Nuclear Energy lnstitute's (NEl's) guidance in NEI 99-01, Revision 6, "Development of Emergency Action Levels for Non-Passive Reactors," which was endorsed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by letter dated March 28, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12346A463).
The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of this amendment 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.
Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an amendment to the license must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.
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 amendment 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 the review of this licensing request will take approximately 240 hours0.00278 days <br />0.0667 hours <br />3.968254e-4 weeks <br />9.132e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by January 31, 2019. 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 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, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1387.
Docket No. 50-333 cc: Listserv
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ML18064A325 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL 1/PM NRR/DORL/LPL 1/LA NRR/DORL/LPL 1/BC NAME THood LRonewicz Joanna (JBurkhardt for)
DATE 03/05/18 03/09/18 03/12/18