ML20197C387

Acceptance Review for Beaver Valley - Non-Conservative Heat Flux Factor TS LAR

ML20197C387
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	07/15/2020
From:	Jennifer Tobin NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL1
To:	Penfield R Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp
Tobin J, NRR/DORL 301-415-2328
References
EPID L-2020-LLA-0138
Download: ML20197C387 (2)

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From: Tobin, Jennifer To: rpenfield@firstenergycorp.com Cc: Lashley, Phil H (EH)

Subject:

Acceptance Review for Beaver Valley - NonConservative Heat Flux Factor TS LAR (EPIDS L-2020-LLA-0138)

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 1:38:00 PM

Dear Mr. Penfield,

By letter dated June 23, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20176A431), EnergyHarbor Nuclear Corp. submitted a license amendment request for Beaver Valley Power Station Units 1 and 2, that requests to correct non-conservative technical specifications to ensure plant operation will remain bounded by the facility safety analyses, and update the list of NRC-approved analytical methods for the core operating limits. The proposed changes conform to the requirements of 10 CFR 50.36, Technical specifications, for the contents of TS, and are consistent with the improved Standard Technical Specifications issued by the NRC in NUREG- 1431, Standard Technical Specifications - Westinghouse Plants.

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this license amendment request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the license amendment request has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in the characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your license amendment request and concluded that it provides technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of this license amendment request in terms of protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this license amendment request will take a total of approximately 260 hours0.00301 days <br />0.0722 hours <br />4.298942e-4 weeks <br />9.893e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by June 30, 2020, as you requested. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date (greater than a month) or significant changes in the forecasted hours (greater than 25%), the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager. These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

Please contact me if you have any questions. A copy of this email will be made publicly available in ADAMS.

Thanks,

-Jenny