ML20029D506
| ML20029D506 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Mcguire, Catawba, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 02/13/2020 |
| From: | Bernie White Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Snider S Duke Energy Corp |
| White B | |
| References | |
| EPID L 2020-LLE-0003, EPID L 2020-LLE-0004 | |
| Download: ML20029D506 (3) | |
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February 13, 2020 Mr. Steve Snider, Vice President Nuclear Engineering Duke Energy 526 South Church Street, EC-07H Charlotte, NC 28202
SUBJECT:
APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTIONS FOR CATAWBA AND MCGUIRE -
ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER
Dear Mr. Snider:
By letter dated January 9, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML20009E527), Duke Energy (Duke) submitted an application requesting a exemptions pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 72.7, for the McGuire Nuclear Station and Catawba Nuclear Station to be able to use two exceptions to the American Society of Mechanical, Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for the storage of spent fuel in the independent spent fuel storage installation at Catawba and McGuire using the MAGNASTOR storage cask.
This letter informs you that the application appears to contain the necessary information to begin our technical review. We have established the same schedule for the technical review of your exemptions. The schedule allows for the staff to issue a possible request for additional information by February 21, 2020, and issue the exemption by the end of May 1, 2020, based on you responding to a request for additional information by March 13, 2020. If no additional information is needed, the exemption may be issued by Mid-April 2020. The staff estimates that completing the safety review of this application will require approximately 100 staff hours, 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> for each exemption. Please note that this schedule and estimate of staff hours presumes that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepts the use of the categorical exclusion for issuance of this exemption, which is still under discussion within the NRC.
Please reference Docket Number: 72-38 and Enterprise Project Identifier Number:
L-2020-LLE-0003 for the McGuire exemption and Docket Number: 72-45 and Enterprise Project Identifier Number: L-2020-LLE-0004 for the Catawba exemption in future correspondence related to this request. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-6577.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Bernard White, Senior Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket: 72-38 and 72-45 EPID: L-2020-LLE-0003, and L-2020-LLE-0004
SUBJECT:
APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTIONS FOR CATAWBA AND MCGUIRE -
ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER DATED: February 13, 2020 DISTRIBUTION: J. Wise, NMSS M. Mahoney, NRR ADAMS Accession No.: ML20029D506 *via email OFFICE DFM DFM DFM NAME BWhite
- WWheatley DDoyle DATE 1/23/2020 1/24/2020 2/10/2020 OFFICIAL AGENCY RECORD