ML18094A799

Acceptance Review for Beaver Valley - Relief Request from ASME Section XI Code - 5th ISI Interval

ML18094A799
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	04/03/2018
From:	Jennifer Tobin Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Bologna R FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Venkataraman B
References
EPID L-2018-LLR-0026
Download: ML18094A799 (2)

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From: Tobin, Jennifer To: "bolognar@firstenergycorp.com" Cc: "talentz@firstenergycorp.com"; "phlashley@firstenergycorp.com"

Subject:

Acceptance Review for Beaver Valley - Relief Request from ASME Section XI Code - 5th ISI interval (EPID L-2018-LLR-0026)

Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 5:01:00 PM

Dear Mr. Bologna,

By letter dated March 12, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18072A287), FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company submitted a relief request for Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2 that requested relief from certain requirements related to repair methods for reactor vessel head penetrations and J-groove welds that are included in the ASME Section XI Code, 2013 Edition with no Addenda.

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this relief 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 relief request has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in the characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your request for relief and concluded that it provides 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 relief requests in terms of 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. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this relief request will take approximately 120 hours5 days <br />0.714 weeks <br />0.164 months <br /> to complete. As you requested, the NRC staff expects to complete this review by August 28, 2018. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date (greater than a month) or significant changes in the forecasted hours (greater than 25%), 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 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. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

Please contact me if you have any questions. A copy of this email will be made publicly available in ADAMS.

Thank you,

-Jenny

Jenny Tobin Project Manager NRR/DORL/LPL-1 Office O9-C12 Phone 301-415-2328