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Acceptance for Review of BAW-10227P, Revision 2 (Email)
ML20049H705
Person / Time
Site: 99902041
Issue date: 02/07/2020
From: Rowley J
Licensing Processes Branch
To: Peters G
Framatome
Rowley J
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From: Rowley, Jonathan To: "PETERS Gary (Framatome)"

Cc: ELLIOTT Gayle (Framatome); "HOLM Jerald (Framatome)"; Morey, Dennis

Subject:

Acceptance for Review of BAW-10227P, Revision 2 Date: Friday, February 07, 2020 2:40:00 PM Mr. Peters By letter dated December 31, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML20003E146), Framatome Inc. (Framatome) submitted for U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review Topical Report (TR) BAW-10227P, Revision 2, "Evaluation of Advanced Cladding and Structural Material (M5) in PWR Reactor Fuel." The NRC staff has performed an acceptance review of TR BAW10227P, Revision

2. We have found that the material presented is sufficient to begin our review.

In the submittal letter, Framatome requested approval by December 2020 with the use of the Limited Safety Evaluation process proposed for Revision 8 of LIC-500. The NRC staff does not agree the incoming TR should be considered limited in scope per the new definitions proposed for LIC-500, Revision 8. While the NRC staff does recognize that the TR itself has been previously approved, the NRC staff cannot determine with reasonable certainty that the expansion of models to higher burn-ups constitutes a limited scope review. In short, due to the NRC staffs uncertainty about the review required in ensuring the credibility of models at higher burn-ups, the NRC staff is not able to confirm that this TR should be considered of limited scope. However, the NRC staff can support the requested December 2020 review timeline provided that review of TR ANP-10323P, Revision 1, GALILEO Fuel Rod Thermal-Mechanical Methodology for Pressurized Water Reactors,"

and accompanying draft safety evaluation (SE) has been sufficiently completed.

The NRC staff expects to issue its requests for additional information by July 10, 2020, and issue its draft SE by December 27, 2020. This schedule information takes in consideration the NRCs current review priorities and available technical resources and may be subject to change. If modifications to these dates are deemed necessary, we will provide appropriate updates to this information. The NRC staff estimates that the review will require approximately 470 staff hours including project management time.

Jonathan Rowley, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL)

Licensing Projects Branch (LLPB)

Phone: 301-415-4053 Email: jonathan.rowley@nrc.gov