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NRR E-mail Capture - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Acceptance for Review - Request to Use a Later Edition of the ASME Code for Containment ISI Activities
ML18081A004
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 03/21/2018
From: Robert Schaaf
Plant Licensing Branch II
To: Wells R
Tennessee Valley Authority
References
CNL-18-034, L-2018-LLR-0006
Download: ML18081A004 (3)


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1 NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From:

Schaaf, Robert Sent:

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 4:36 PM To:

Wells, Russell Douglas Cc:

Schrull, Edward Dustin (edschrull@tva.gov); Hulvey, Kimberly Dawn; 'Edmondson, Carla'; Saba, Farideh; Hoang, Dan; Tindell, Brian; Nadel, Jared

Subject:

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Acceptance for Review - Request to Use a Later Edition of the ASME Code for Containment ISI Activities (EPID L-2018-LLR-0006)

By letter dated February 20, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML180582A087), the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted a request for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (Watts Bar), Unit 2. The proposed action requests Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval to use a later edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for the Containment Inservice Inspection (ISI) IWE program for Watts Bar Unit 2 for the remainder of the first ISI interval. The purpose of this e-mail is to provide you with the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of this 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 request has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your request and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to proceed with its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed amendment in terms of regulatory requirements and 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 80 hours9.259259e-4 days <br />0.0222 hours <br />1.322751e-4 weeks <br />3.044e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 5 months, which is August 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 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 301-415-6020.

Regards, Robert G. Schaaf Robert G. Schaaf Senior Project Manager, Watts Bar

2 Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-8B1A Washington, DC 20555 301-415-6020 (o)

Robert.Schaaf@nrc.gov

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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Acceptance for Review - Request to Use a Later Edition of the ASME Code for Containment ISI Activities (EPID L-2018-LLR-0006)

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"Schrull, Edward Dustin (edschrull@tva.gov)" <edschrull@tva.gov>

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"'Edmondson, Carla'" <cedmondson@tva.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Saba, Farideh" <Farideh.Saba@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Hoang, Dan" <Dan.Hoang@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Tindell, Brian" <Brian.Tindell@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Nadel, Jared" <Jared.Nadel@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Wells, Russell Douglas" <rdwells0@tva.gov>

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