ML18353B583
| ML18353B583 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 12/19/2018 |
| From: | Siva Lingam Plant Licensing Branch IV |
| To: | Neve D Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| References | |
| L-2018-LLR-0197 | |
| Download: ML18353B583 (3) | |
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1 NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From:
Lingam, Siva Sent:
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 3:13 PM To:
Neve, Douglas A Cc:
Pascarelli, Robert; Alley, David; Ruffin, Steve; Poehler, Jeffrey; Rezai, Ali; Cheruvenki, Ganesh
Subject:
Grand Gulf - Acceptance Review of Relief Request GG-ISI-023, Inservice Inspection Impracticality, Limited Coverage Examinations During the Third 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval (EPID L-2018-LLR-0197)
By letter dated November 30, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML18334A246), Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) submitted a relief request GG-ISI-023 associated with limited coverage examinations of certain welds during the third 10-year inspection interval due to inservice inspection impracticality. The licensee requested relief from the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, pertaining to examination coverage of the Class 1 piping and vessel welds at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station.
The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review. 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.
The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide 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 proposed relief 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 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 licensing request will take approximately 250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review approximately by November 30, 2019. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, 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, or unanticipated addition of scope to the review.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1564.
Siva P. Lingam U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Project Manager Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Location: O-9E22; Mail Stop: O-9E03 Telephone: 301-415-1564 E-mail address: Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov
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717 Mail Envelope Properties (Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov20181219151200)
Subject:
Grand Gulf - Acceptance Review of Relief Request GG-ISI-023, Inservice Inspection Impracticality, Limited Coverage Examinations During the Third 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval (EPID L-2018-LLR-0197)
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12/19/2018 3:12:47 PM Received Date:
12/19/2018 3:12:00 PM From:
Lingam, Siva Created By:
Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov Recipients:
"Pascarelli, Robert" <Robert.Pascarelli@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Alley, David" <David.Alley@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Ruffin, Steve" <Steve.Ruffin@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Poehler, Jeffrey" <Jeffrey.Poehler@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Rezai, Ali" <Ali.Rezai@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Cheruvenki, Ganesh" <Ganesh.Cheruvenki@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Neve, Douglas A" <dneve@entergy.com>
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