ML18088A025

Acceptance Review Regarding Proposed Expanded Maximum Extended Load Line Limit Analysis Plus (Mellla+)

ML18088A025
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	04/06/2018
From:	Farideh Saba Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
Saba F DORL/LPL2-2 301-415-1447
References
EPID L-2018-LLA-0048
Download: ML18088A025 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 April 3, 2018

SUBJECT:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3-ACCEPTANCE REVIEW REGARDING PROPOSED EXPANDED MAXIMUM EXTENDED LOAD LINE LIMIT ANALYSIS PLUS (EPID L-2018-LLA-0048)

Dear Mr. Shea:

By letter dated February 23, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18079B140), as supplemented by letter dated March 7, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18067A495), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3. The proposed amendment would allow operation in the expanded Maximum Extended Load Line Limit Analysis Plus operating domain.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's acceptance review of this LAR. 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 (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 1 O 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 TVA's submitted information 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 request 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 this licensing request will take approximately 2500 hours0.0289 days <br />0.694 hours <br />0.00413 weeks <br />9.5125e-4 months <br /> to review the LAR. The NRC staff expects to complete its reviews within 26 months of the date of its submittal, which is April 2020, and that is aligned with the licensee's request for approval of the LAR.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1447 or Farideh.Saba@nrc.gov.

Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc: Listserv Sincerely, Farideh E. Saba, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

ML18088A025 OFFICE DORL/LPL! 1-2/

DORL/LPLll-2/LA DSS/SRXB/BC(A)

PM NAME FSaba BClayton JWhitman*

DATE 03/29/18 03/29/18 03/20/18 (Reactor Analyses)

OFFICE DSS/SRXB/

DRA/APHB/

DSS/SCPB/BC BC(A)

BC(A)

NAME JWhitman*

CFong*

RDennig*

DATE 03/23/18 03/15/18 04/03/18 (containment analyses)

OFFICE DSS/STSB/BC DE/EMIB/BC DMLR/MENB/BC NAME VCusmano*

SBailey*

BBeasley*

DATE 03/26/2018 03/23/18 03/30/18