ML20239A166

Informs That Commissioner Nj Diaz Approves Publication of FSER & Issuance of Final Design Approval for Westinghouse AP600 Design

ML20239A166
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Site:	05200003
Issue date:	09/03/1998
From:	Diaz N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
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FINAL SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT (FSER) AND FINAL DESIGN APPROVAL (FDA) FOR THE AP600 f 2- 3 In its staff requirements memorandum (SRM) of December 15,1989, the Commission directed the NRC staff to provide it with a copy of all draft or final safety evaluation reports on standard ,

I designs before they are issued. In SECY-97 298, " Revised Schedule for the Staffs Review of the AP600 Design Certification Application," dated December 24,1997, the staff estimated that it would issue the AP600 FSER to the Commissica in August 1998. This memorandum notifies the Commission of the staffs intent to publish the ESER for the Westinghouse Electric Company's AP600 standard plant design (Attachme it 1), as discussed in my memorandum of August 20,1998.

The staff sent the Commission the advance version of the FSER in SECY-98-097, " Advance Final Safety Evaluation Report on the Westinghouse AP600 Standard Design," on May 1,1998.

Since that time, the staff has resolved the open and confirmatory items identified in Sections 1.9 and 1.10 of that report that required reso!ution before an FDA could be issued. In addition, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has issued a letter report on the AP600 that is required by 10 CFR 52.53; that ACRS report appears in Appendix G of the AP600 FSER.

I There are three confirmatory items (see Section 1.9 of the attached FSER) that do not need to be resolved before issuing the FDA. Westinghouse has committed to formally submit updates to the non-proprietary versions of certain documents withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, which will resolve one of these matters. If Westinghouse decides to proceed with design certification, then it must complete the other two confirmatory items; i.e., submit the design control document (DCD) and designate Tier 2* information (identified in Section 1.7 of the FSER)in the DCD.

The staff has also prepared an FDA for the AP600 standard design (Attachment 2). Issuance of the FDA signifies completion of the technical review phase and readiness for the rulemaking phase of Westinghouse's design certification application. The format of the AP600 FDA is identical to previously issued FDAs, including the FDAs for the evolutionary designs, except for the highlighted provision that was added to item 6 of the AP600 FDA. This provision was added I g ,

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