ML18221A116

Status Update and Schedule Revision for the Review of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, License Renewal Application (CAC Nos. MF7492 and MF7493)

ML18221A116
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	08/17/2018
From:	George Wilson Division of Materials and License Renewal
To:	Dinelli J Entergy Operations
Phyllis Clark, NRR/DMLR/MENB, 415-6447
References
CAC MF7492, CAC MF7493
Download: ML18221A116 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 17, 2018 Mr. John C. Dinelli Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

SUBJECT:

STATUS UPDATE AND SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (CAC NOS. MF7492 AND MF7493)

Dear Mr. Dinelli:

By letter dated March 23, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML16088A324), Entergy Operations, Inc. submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54, to renew the operating license NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford), for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff).

The staffs review of the RAPTOR-M3G code used for license renewal time-limited aging analyses (e.g., reactor vessel fluence calculations) resulted in a 10 CFR 50.59 violation as documented in Inspection Report 05000382/2017010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17219A723).

Resolution of this issue was addressed via a license amendment that was issued on July 23, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18180A298), in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17332A898) in a timeframe earlier than was initially projected. The license renewal safety review schedule was tied to resolution of the code issue. As a result of the earlier than anticipated resolution of the code issue, the staff has revised the license renewal safety review schedule milestones for the safety evaluation report (SER), the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting, the final SER, and the ACRS full committee meeting. In addition, the environmental review milestones have been revised due to unanticipated resource constraints and competing priorities. Your staff was informed of the revised schedule and delays throughout the license renewal application (LRA) review. Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the Waterford LRA.

J. Dinelli If you have any questions on the revised schedule related to the safety review (10 CFR Part 54), please contact Ms. Phyllis Clark, Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-6447 or via email at Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov. If you have any questions on the schedule related to the environmental review (10 CFR Part 51), please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan, Senior Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-8517 or via email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George A. Wilson, Jr., Director Division of Materials and License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc w/encl: Listserv

ML18221A116 *Concurred via email OFFICE PM: MENB:DMLR LA:DMLR PM: MRPB:DMLR BC:MENB:DMLR BC:MRPB:DMLR NAME PClark SLent EKeegan BBeasely EOesterle DATE 08/14/2018 08/9/2018 08/14/2018 08/14/2018 08/14/2018 OFFICE D:DMLR NAME GWilson DATE 08/17/2018

WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVISION OF SCHEDULE Actual Milestones Schedule Date Date Receive license renewal application (LRA) 03/23/16 03/30/16 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 04/2016 04/14/16 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 05/2016 05/31/16 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 05/2016 06/06/16 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental 06/2016 06/08/16 Scoping Meeting Audit - Scoping & Screening Methodology 06/13/16 06/13/16 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 07/2016 08/01/16 (60 days)

Environmental scoping period ends 07/2016 08/01/16 Audit - Environmental 07/18/16 07/18/16 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 1) 07/11/16 07/11/16 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 2) 07/25/16 07/25/16 Regional Inspection - IP 71002, "License Renewal Inspection" 01/23/17 & 2/16/17 02/06/17 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement 08/2018 (SEIS)

End of draft SEIS comment period 10/2018 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) 08/2018 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 09/2018 Subcommittee meeting Issue final SEIS 11/2018 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published- 11/2018 availability of final SEIS Issue final SER 11/2018 ACRS full committee meeting 11/2018 Decision - Director, NRR 12/2018 Enclosure