CNL-19-013, Comments on the Draft Safety Evaluation for Topical Report TVA Overall Basin Probable Maximum Precipitation and Local Intense Precipitation Analysis Calculation

Comments on the Draft Safety Evaluation for Topical Report TVA Overall Basin Probable Maximum Precipitation and Local Intense Precipitation Analysis Calculation

ML19015A016
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry, Watts Bar, Sequoyah
Issue date:	01/11/2019
From:	Henderson E Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
CNL-19-013, EPID L-2016-TOP-0011
Download: ML19015A016 (6)

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission CNL-19-013 Page 2 January 11, 2019 TVA does not consider any of the material contained in the draft safety evaluation to be proprietary, and as such, the final safety evaluation does not need to be withheld from public disclosure.

There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this letter.

If additional information is needed regarding this update, please contact Russell Thompson at (423) 751-2567.

Respectfully,

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E. K. Henderson Director, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

Enclosures:

1. Summary Table - TVA Comments on Draft Safety Evaluation

2. Marked Pages - Draft Safety Evaluation for TVA Topical Report cc (w/Enclosures):

NRC Regional Administrator - Region II NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

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upstream Baiin Statistics:

A.re.a; 41,900 mi1 Cenlroid:

35.58 N, 85.14 W Average Etevatlon:

1.4.51 leel Maximum Elevatioff 6,578 feet Minfflum Elevation: 49 feet

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