ML20045E863
| ML20045E863 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/08/1993 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kintner E UTILITY STEERING COMMITTEE ADVANCED LWR PROGRAM |
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| PROJECT-669A NUDOCS 9307060156 | |
| Download: ML20045E863 (3) | |
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. <y P_roject No. 669 Mr. E. E. Kintner Chairman, Utility Steering Committee 1
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Dear Mr. Kintner:
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SUBJECT:
PREPARATION OF THE FINAL SAF'TY EVALUATION REPORT (FSER) REGARDING THE UTILITY REQUIREMENTS _ DOCUMENT (URD) FOR PASSIVE PLANT. DESIGNS I am pleased to. note that significant-progress has been made toward resolving.
the policy and-technical issues identified'in-the draft safety evaluation'.
report (DSER) for passive plant designsJissued~in April 1992, and in thle draft ~
Commission paper transmitted to you by letter dated July 2,_1992..A.consoli-dated policy paper,. which included many of these issues, was sent to the Pommission as SECY-93-087, " Policy, Technical, and Licensing Issues. Pertaining to Evolutionary and' Advanced Light-Water Reactor' 1993,-(copy enclosed). A separate Commission pape(ALWR)LDesigns,"=on' April 2,.
r addressing-a number of-issuer related-to the. regulatory treatment. of non-s'afety < issues 71s nearing completion and ~another addressing' issues. related to source term -is'_ in arepara-tion.
Resole Mn cf. these issues will _be; documented in the FSER for_ tie URD.
'for' passive designs.
The staff is ne. a.g completion of its review of your res30nses to;the passive DSER, however, we are aware that you'are contemplating =su)mitting additional ~
information to support resolution of some remaining 1 technical issues, as well as'an optimization issue concerning emergency planning..In order for the-staff to. finalize the FSER technical evaluations,. it is' imperative that Lthe-staff receive all relevant information and positions by May 3,1993.,The staff cannot~ assure.that correspondence received after that date can;be evaluated and incorporated in the passive FSER which SECY-91-161, " Schedules for the Advanced Reactor Reviews and, Regulatory Guidance Revisions,": scheduled:-
'for release to the Commission in June'1993. The May 3. deadline is not:
intended to preclude future technical and policy discussions ~between the. staff?
and the-Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
1 also request that changes to the.URD fo?. passive: plants be limited to Lresolving issues identified in-the passive DSER. Changes to areastwhere there is already agreement between.EPRI and the Nuclear Regulatory. Commission staffr E
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Focusing appropriate staff resources on resolving open issues, not creating new areas of concern, is the only way to ensure that the FSER will be issued in a timely manner.
Sincere'y, 2NISignejgg Dennis M. Crutchfield, Associate Director for Advanced Reactors and License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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