ML20023A285

Final Safety Evaluation for Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC (Gnf) Licensing Topical Report Nede 33885P, Revision 0, Gnf Control Rod Drop Accident Application Methodology

ML20023A285
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Site:	99901376
Issue date:	01/16/2020
From:	Dennis Morey Licensing Processes Branch
To:	Michelle Catts GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Otto N, 415-6695
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EPID L-2018-TOP-0006
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION January 16, 2020 Ms. Michelle P. Catts Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A-10 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780

SUBJECT:

FINAL SAFETY EVALUATION FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - AMERICAS, LLC (GNF) LICENSING TOPICAL REPORT NEDE-33885P, REVISION 0, GNF CONTROL ROD DROP ACCIDENT APPLICATION METHODOLOGY (EPID L-2018-TOP-0006)

Dear Ms. Catts:

By letter M180035 dated February 28, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18059A874), Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC (GNF-A) submitted Licensing Topical Report (TR) NEDE-33885P, Revision 0, GNF Control Rod Drop Accident (CRDA) Application Methodology, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff for review.

By letter dated October 16, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19253C866), an NRC draft safety evaluation (SE) regarding our approval of TR NEDE-33885P, Revision 0, was provided for your review and comment. By letter M190192 dated October 29, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19302F246), you provided comments on the draft SE. The NRC staffs disposition of the GNF comments on the draft SE are discussed in the attachment of the final SE enclosed with this letter.

The NRC staff has found that TR NEDE-33885P, Revision 0 is acceptable for referencing in licensing applications for nuclear power plants to the extent specified and under the limitations delineated in the TR and in the enclosed final SE. The final SE defines the basis for our acceptance of the TR.

Our acceptance applies only to material provided in the subject TR. We do not intend to repeat our review of the acceptable material described in the TR. When the TR appears as a reference in licensing applications, our review will ensure that the material presented applies to the specific plant involved. License amendment requests that deviate from this TR will be subject to a plant-specific review in accordance with applicable review standards.

NOTICE: The enclosure contains SUNSI information, when the enclosure is separated from this transmittal letter the letter is decontrolled OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION M. Catts In accordance with the guidance provided on the NRC website, we request that GNF publish approved proprietary and non-proprietary versions of TR NEDE-33885P, Revision 0, within three months of receipt of this letter. The approved versions shall incorporate this letter and the enclosed final SE after the title page. For Non Proprietary versions, GNF shall strike the proprietary information markings in this letter and make the appropriate redactions and adjustments to document security classifications to the attached SE. Also, they must contain historical review information, including NRC requests for additional information (RAIs) and your responses. The approved versions shall include a "-A" (designating approved) following the TR identification symbol.

As an alternative to including the RAIs and RAI responses behind the title page, if changes to the TR were provided to the NRC staff to support the resolution of RAI responses, and the NRC staff reviewed and approved those changes as described in the RAI responses, there are two ways that the accepted version can capture the RAIs:

1. The RAIs and RAI responses can be included as an Appendix to the accepted version.

2. The RAIs and RAI responses can be captured in the form of a table (inserted after the final SE) which summarizes the changes as shown in the approved version of the TR. The table should reference the specific RAIs and RAI responses which resulted in any changes as shown in the accepted version of the TR.

If future changes to the NRCs regulatory requirements affect the acceptability of this TR, GNF will be expected to revise the TR appropriately or justify its continued applicability for subsequent referencing. Licensees referencing this TR would be expected to justify its continued applicability or evaluate their plant using the revised TR.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Dennis C. Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99901376

Enclosure:

Final SE (Proprietary) cc w/ encl.: See next page OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

ML20023A285 (Cover Letter)

ML19345E185 (Final SE - Proprietary) *concurrence via e-mail OFFICE NRR/DORL/LLPB/PM NRR/DORL/LLPB/LA* NRC/DSS/SNPB/BC NRR/DORL/LLPB/BC NAME NOtto DHarrison RLukes DMorey DATE 1/10/20 1/10/20 1/14/20 1/16/20 OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION cc:

Ms. Michelle P. Catts Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780 M/C A-10 Wilmington, NC 28401 Michelle.Catts@ge.com Mr. Kent E. Halac Senior Project Manager, Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A-70 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 Kent.Halac@ge.com Dr. Brian R. Moore General Manager, Core & Fuel Engineering Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A-75 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 Brian.Moore@ge.com OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION