ML18319A147

Letter to J. Welsch Application for Renewal of the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License No. SNM-2514 - Accepted for Review

ML18319A147
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	11/14/2018
From:	Christopher Markley Renewals and Materials Branch
To:	Welsch J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Markley C
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EPID L-2018-RNW-0016
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 14, 2018 Mr. James M. Welsch Vice President, Nuclear Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE HUMBOLDT BAY INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION LICENSE NO. SNM-2514 - ACCEPTED FOR REVIEW (EPID NO. L-2018-RNW-0016)

Dear Mr. Welsch:

By letter dated July 10, 2018, and supplemented October 22, 2018, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) submitted an application for renewal of License No. SNM-2514 for the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. The current license expires on November 17, 2025. The submittal of the renewal application was timely per the requirements of 10 CFR 72.42(b). In the application, PG&E requested to renew the license for an additional 40 years. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff performed an acceptance review of your application to determine if the application contains sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the staff to conduct the detailed technical review.

This letter acknowledges acceptance of your application. The application appears to contain the information needed for the NRC staff to conduct a detailed technical review. We have established a schedule for the review. The schedule allows for the staff to complete its technical review and issue a request for additional information (RAI) in February 2019 and the license renewal in July 2019, based on you responding to the RAI in April 2019. If no RAI is needed, and based on the staffs evaluation, the approval may be issued at an earlier time. If an additional RAI is needed, the staff will keep you informed of any schedule changes. In general, no additional changes to the application should be submitted except for changes resulting from your response to an RAI.

J. Welsch 2 If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-6293 or at Christopher.Markley@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christopher T. Markley, Systems Performance Analyst Renewals and Materials Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-27 License No. SNM-2514 EPID No. L-2018-RNW-0016 cc: Humboldt Bay Service List

Humboldt Bay ISFSI Renewal Service List cc:

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Redwood Alliance Senior Vice President and P.O. Box 293 Chief Nuclear Officer Arcata, CA 95521 Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 56 Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Mail Code 104/6 Sierra Club California Avila Beach, CA 93424 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, CA 94814 Barry Allen Vice President - Diablo Canyon Operations Mr. Gonzalo Perez, Chief and Station Director Radioactive Materials Licensing Section Diablo Canyon Power Plant California Department of Public Health P.O. Box 56 Radiologic Health Branch Avila Beach, CA 93424 1500 Capital Avenue, MS 7610 Sacramento, CA 95814-5006 Loren Sharp, Director and Plant Manager, Humboldt Bay Nuclear Robert Weisenmiller, Chairman Pacific Gas & Electric Company California Energy Commission 1000 King Salmon Avenue 1516 Ninth Street Eureka, CA 95503 Sacramento, CA 95814 Jennifer K. Post Deputy Attorney General Law Department State of California Pacific Gas and Electric Company 110 West A Street, Suite 700 77 Beale Street, B30A San Diego, CA 92101 San Francisco, CA 94105 Chairman, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors County Courthouse 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 San Francisco, CA 94102

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