ML20236Q143

Responds to Administrative Ltr 98-03 Re Operating Reactor Licensing Action Estimates

ML20236Q143
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/08/1998
From:	Kinkel P CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
AL-98-03, AL-98-3, NUDOCS 9807200030
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. . - * -*. Paul H. Kiniti Vce Presdert

. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

l- Indian Point Station Broadway & Bieakley Avenue July 08,1998 i j Buckanan. NY 10511 l Telephone (914) 734-5340 Re: Indian Point Units No.1 I Fax: (914) 734-5923 and No. 2 l kinkelp@ coned com Docket No.50-003 and No. 50-247 Document Control Desk l US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Station PI-137 Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Respome to Administrative letter 98-03 Ooerating Reactor Licensing Action Estimates The Indian Point Station currently estimates that approximately two (2) licensing actions will be submitted to the NRC during the remainder of the 1998 NRC fiscal year and approximately five (5) will be submitted during the 1999 NRC fiscal year.

l Should you or your staff have any questions, please contact Mr. Charles W.

Jackson, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Licensing.

Very truly yours, Pd11k 1

cc: Mr. Hubert J. Miller Regional Administrator- Region i US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road i King of Prussia, PA 194 % -1498 Senior Resident Inspector

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=c UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMMISSION OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

. WASHINGTON D.C. 20555-CC01 May 5,1998 NRC ADMINISTRATE LETTER 98-03:

CPERATING REACTOR LICENSING ACTION ESTIMATES q Acdressees -

All pcwer reacter licensees. I

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Purecse The U.S. Nuclear Regulatcry_ Ccmmission PlRC) is issuing this administrative letter to recu that adcressees, en a vcluntarf basis, suomit information pertaining to estimates of the numcer of licensing actions that will be sucmitted fer NRC's review in ucccming fiscal years. The

- submittal required. of this information is sinedy voluntary. No spec:fic acticn er wntten respcnse is Backercund in recent years, the NRC has uncertaken a series of initiatives to improve the Commission's planning prccess. Beginning with the NRC Strategic Assessment and Recaselining initiative in

'S95, the NRC has implemented an integrated planning, budgeting, anc pedermance measurement system to ensure that the business pnnciples of gcal settng, strategy deve!cpment, rescurce assessment, and per1crmance measurement uncergird NRC activities.

These initiatives meet the requirements of the Govemment Performance and Results Act of 1993.-

tied Amongperformance to individual cther things, measures. the integratec process results in an agency bucget that is strcng

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The Strategic Assessment and Rebasehnmg initiative inc!uced ccpcrtunities for invcivement and comment by a wide crcss section of NRC stakencicers, including members of the general public and regulated communities. To ensure that certain incivicual per'ccmance measures and resulting resource forecasts are as accurate as possible, the NRC penedically assesses ,

I the currency cf the information and assumptions used in the performance plan and the bucget development process.

Recuested Information One element in the strategic planning process with significant resource implications is the i number of licensing actions reviewed by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) in a budget cycle; For planning purposes, licensing a ctions may be defined as requests forlicense amendments, exemptions, and reliefs. To impreve the accuracy of the resource forecasts, the I a9e05010070 ~

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' ' May 5,1998 Fage 2 cf 3 NRC is requesting that all power reacter licensees, inclucing these that have ceterminec to permanently cease cperations and have submitted certification pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(aR1), {

provide, en a voluntary basis, estimates of the numcer cf new ficensing acden recuests they plan to sucmit in upccming 5 scal years.

Specifically, licensees are requestec to previce (1) a simple numerical estimate cf the licensing 1 actions expected to be submitted in the remainder cf Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 and (2) an estimate l cf the number cf licensing actions expected to be submitted in FY 1999. To acecuately capture l the larger resource impact of certain !icensing reviews, licensees are recuested to icenufy by brief title these licensing acticns that are expected to generate ccmciex reviews, sucn as power f

j uprate requests, license renewal recuests, anc cry cask stcrage acplicaticns.

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in the future, the NRC expects to issue similar requests fer voluntary licensing acticn estimates 4 on an annual basis. The next request will likely be issued in the fall 1998 time frame anc will request licensing action sucmittal estimates for FY 1999 and FY 2000.

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Licensees are requested to voluntarily previde estimates of FY 1999 licensing acticn sucmittais to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccmmission, ATTN: Document Centrcl Cesk, Washingten, ,

D.C. 20555-0001, with a ecpy to Micnael L. Ecyle, U.S. Nuclear Regulatcry Commission, Mail j Step O-14 E4, Washingten D.C. 20555-0001, within 45 days of receipt cf this letter.

3 l Pacerwerk Reduction Act Staten*ent

'. The vcluntary infermaticn ecliections centained in this recuest are coverec by the Office cf Management and Budget clearance numcer 3150-0011, which expires Sectemcer 30,2000.

The public reperting burcen fer this vcluntary ceilection of information is estmated to average 10 hours1.157407e-4 days <br />0.00278 hours <br />1.653439e-5 weeks <br />3.805e-6 months <br /> per response, inctucing the time for reviewing instruedens, searening existing cata sources, gathenng anc maintaining the data needed, and ccmpleting anc reviewing tne cellection of infcrmaticn. Senc comments regarding this burcen, inclucing suggestions fer recucing this burden, to the Receres Management Eranch, U.S. Nuc! ear Regulatcry Commission, Wasningten, D.C. 20555-0001, and to the Desk Officer, Office cf Information anc Regulatcry Affairs, NEOB-10202 (3150-0011), Office of Management and Bucget, Wasningten, D.C. 20503.

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Paga 3 cf 3 This administrative letter requires no scecific action or wntten respense. If ycu have any

~ questions aceut this letter, please contact the contact listed be!cw cr the accrepnate Cffice of -

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' Jack W. Ree, Acting Directer

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Office cf Nuclear Reacter Regulation

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Micnael L. Scyte, NRR 301-415-1401 E-Mail: mlb4@nrc. gov Attacnment: . List of Recently issued NRC Administrative Letters 1

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