ML20045C190

Verification Letter of the Approval Version of Framatome Inc. Topical Report ANP-10346P-A, Revision 0, ATWS-I Analysis Methodology for BWRs Using RAMONA5-FA

ML20045C190
Person / Time
Site:	99902041
Issue date:	03/02/2020
From:	Dennis Morey Licensing Processes Branch
To:	Peters G Framatome
Rowley J
References
EPID L-2017-TOP-0067
Download: ML20045C190 (2)

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March 2, 2020 Mr. Gary Peters, Director Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Framatome Inc.

3315 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24501

SUBJECT:

VERIFICATION LETTER OF THE APPROVAL VERSION OF FRAMATOME INC.

TOPICAL REPORT ANP-10346P-A, REVISION 0, ATWS-I ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR BWRs USING RAMONA5-FA (EPID L-2017-TOP-0067)

Dear Mr. Peters:

By letter dated January 30, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20034E886), Framatome Inc. (Framatome) submitted an approval

(-A) version of Topical Report (TR) ANP-10346P-A, Revision 0, ATWS-I Analysis Methodology for BWRs Using RAMONA5-FA, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. Framatome has done so in accordance with our request to publish approval proprietary and non-proprietary versions of this TR, as detailed in the transmittal letter dated October 30, 2019, of the NRC staffs final safety evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. ML19276E577) for the original TR.

The NRC staff has completed its review of the approval version of the TR. The NRC staff verified that Framatome has met the requirements and determined that the submitted -A versions are acceptable for referencing in licensing applications for nuclear power plants to the extent specified and under the limitations delineated in the accepted versions of the TR. TR ANP-10346P-A, Revision 0, ATWS-I Analysis Methodology for BWRs Using RAMONA5-FA, is now approved for use in future licensing actions.

Please contact Jonathan G. Rowley of my staff at (301) 415-4053 if you have any questions on this subject.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Dennis C. Morey, Chief Licensing Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99902041

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