ML19079A204

NRR E-mail Capture - Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Proposed Relief Request FNP-ISI-ALT-05-04

ML19079A204
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	03/20/2019
From:	Shawn Williams Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Coleman J Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
L-2019-LLR-0020
Download: ML19079A204 (3)

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NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From: Williams, Shawn Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 10:28 AM To: Coleman, Jamie Marquess Cc: Jackson, Nicole D.

Subject:

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Proposed Relief Request FNP-ISI-ALT-05-04 (EPID L-2019-LLR-0020)

Dear Ms. Coleman,

By letter dated March 8, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19067A213), the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., (SNC) submitted a relief request (FNP-ISI-ALT-05-04, Version 1.0) for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. SNC proposed relief from certain American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (B&PV code),Section XI, Inservice Inspection (ISI) requirements. SNC proposed the use of an alternate IWL examination schedule for performing the 45th Unit 1 IWL surveillance activities and 40th Unit 2 IWL surveillance activities during the Fifth lSI Interval, which began December 1, 2017. This relief request also proposes a one-time exemption for Unit 1 from the examination frequency requirement in Table IWL-2521-2. The alternative request was submitted pursuant to Section 50.55a(z)(1) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which requires the applicant to demonstrate that the proposed alternative would provide an acceptable level of quality and safety.

The purpose of this e-mail 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 alternative 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 140 hours5.833 days <br />0.833 weeks <br />0.192 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by September 8, 2019, as requested in your application. 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, and unanticipated addition of scope to the review. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1009.

Shawn Williams, Senior Project Manager 1

Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 2

Hearing Identifier: NRR_DMPS Email Number: 873 Mail Envelope Properties (BL0PR0901MB3154A741CA65F8AFD6E6D55C90410)

Subject:

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Proposed Relief Request FNP-ISI-ALT-05-04 (EPID L-2019-LLR-0020)

Sent Date: 3/20/2019 10:27:44 AM Received Date: 3/20/2019 10:27:46 AM From: Williams, Shawn Created By: Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Jackson, Nicole D." <NDJACKSO@southernco.com>

Tracking Status: None "Coleman, Jamie Marquess" <JAMIEMCO@SOUTHERNCO.COM>

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