ML18317A058

Response to Request for Additional Information - License Amendment Request to Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme to Address the Permanently Defueled Condition

ML18317A058
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	11/08/2018
From:	Halter M Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
2.18.063
Download: ML18317A058 (3)

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1340 E;chelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Tel 601-368-5573 Mandy K. Halter Director, Nuclear Licensing 10 CFR 50.90 10 CFR 50.54(q)(4)

Letter Number: 2.18.063 November 8, 2018 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Response to Request for Additional Information - License Amendment Request to Revise the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme to Address the Permanently Defueled Condition Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Docket 50-293 Renewed License No. DPR-35

REFERENCES:

1. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. letter to NRC, "License Amendment Request to Revise the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme to Address the Permanently Defueled Condition," dated August 1, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 18218184)

2. NRC email to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., RAls - Pilgrim - LAR

- EP and EAL Scheme to Address Permanently Defueled Condition,"

dated October 12, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18285A818)

In Reference 1, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for approval of a revision to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) Site Emergency Plan (SEP).

In Reference 2, the NRC requested additional information concerning the LAR.

Attachment 1 to this letter provides the ENO response to the NRC request for additional information (RAI). Attachments 2 through 5 provide revised pages of enclosures and attachments provided in Reference 1. These revised pages supersede the original pages in their entirety. '

This RAI response does not impact the conclusions of the no significant hazards evaluation or the environmental considerations evaluation presented in Reference 1.

This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mr. Peter J. Miner at (508) 830-1121. fr xrt- c..

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Letter Number 2.18.063 Page 2 of 3 In accordance with 10 CFR 50.91, "Notice for public comment; State consultation," paragraph (b), a copy of this submittal has been provided to the designated Commonwealth of Massachusetts officials.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on November 8, 2018.

Respectfully,

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Mandy K. Halter MKH/dd/mp Attachments:

1. Response to Request for Additional Information - License Amendment Request to Revise the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme to Address the Permanently Defueled Condition

2. Revised Pages of the PNPS Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan (Enclosure 1 of the LAR)

3. Revised Pages of the Permanently Defueled Emergency Action Level Technical Bases Document (Enclosure 2 of the LAR)

4. Revised Pages of the Permanently Defueled Emergency Action Level Scheme Matrix (Enclosure 3 of the LAR)

5. Revised Pages of the Comparison Matrix for Permanently Defueled EALs Based on NEI 99-01, "Development of Emergency Action Levels for Non-Passive Reactors," Revision 6 (Attachment 2 of the LAR) cc:

Mr. David C. Lew Acting Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2100 Renaissance Blvd, Suite 100 King of Prussia, PA 19406-2713 Mr. John Lamb, Senior Project Manager Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 9 D12 Washington, DC 20555-0001

Letter Number 2.18.063 Page 3 of 3 Mr. John Giarrusso, Jr.

Planning, Preparedness and Nuclear Section Chief Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Mr. John Priest, Director Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiation Control Program Commonwealth of Massachusetts 529 Main Street, Suite 1 M2A Charlestown, MA 02129-1121 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station