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MONTHYEARML23354A1922024-01-0505 January 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting) ML21265A4382021-10-13013 October 2021 Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2021-LLE-0041 (COVID-19)) ML21260A1622021-09-17017 September 2021 COVID-19 Related Request for Exemption from Part 26 Work Hours Requirements ML20335A0902020-12-21021 December 2020 Federal Register Notice - November 2020 COVID-19 Exemptions ML20325A0172020-12-10010 December 2020 Exemption from Annual Force-on-Force Exercise Requirement of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security Personnel, Subsection VI.C.3.(l)(1) (EPID L-2020-LLE-0192 (COVID-19)) NMP1L3362, Request for an Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix B, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(I)(1) Regarding 2020 Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises Due to COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency2020-11-13013 November 2020 Request for an Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix B, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(I)(1) Regarding 2020 Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises Due to COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency ML20288A7182020-11-0606 November 2020 ISFSI and Units 2 and 3 - Temporary Exemption from Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Frequency Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section Iv.F (EPID L-2020-LLE-0151 (COVID-19)) ML20271A0002020-10-13013 October 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for September 2020 ML20283A7722020-10-0909 October 2020 Submittal of Pennsylvania Letter Requesting Exemption from Biennial Exercise Requirements for Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plants in Calendar Year 2020 ML20269A2672020-09-25025 September 2020 Request for One-Time Exemption from the Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements in 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.c, Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ML20247J6202020-09-10010 September 2020 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 ML20241A0782020-08-28028 August 2020 Incoming Request-Peach Bottom-Exelon Generation Co., LLC RS-13-140, Exemption Request for Transnuclear TN-68 Casks Loaded with Fuel Bundles with Incorrect Cooling Times2013-05-23023 May 2013 Exemption Request for Transnuclear TN-68 Casks Loaded with Fuel Bundles with Incorrect Cooling Times ML1034103932011-08-0101 August 2011 FRN: General Notice. Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 1 - Exemption from Certain Security Requirements in 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 73 ML0614302462006-06-27027 June 2006 TMI and Zion - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) Re Submittal of Changes to Quality Assurance Topical Report ML0233805992002-11-25025 November 2002 Exemption Request from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36(c)(1) 2024-01-05
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E. Ginna - Issuance of Amendments to Adopt TSTF-273-A, Revision 2, Safety Function Determination Program Clarifications ML23232A0012023-08-19019 August 2023 Revision of One Procedure That Implements the Radiological Emergency Response Plan (Rerp). Includes EPP 06-009, Rev. 13 IR 05000277/20230112023-08-15015 August 2023 Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection Report 05000277/2023011 and 05000278/2023011 ML23226A1112023-08-14014 August 2023 10 CFR 50.46 Annual Report IR 05000277/20230022023-08-0808 August 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000277/2023002 and 05000278/2023002 RS-23-087, Revision to Approved Alternatives Associated with the Use of the BWRVIP Guidelines in Lieu of Specific ASME Code Requirements on Reactor2023-08-0404 August 2023 Revision to Approved Alternatives Associated with the Use of the BWRVIP Guidelines in Lieu of Specific ASME Code Requirements on Reactor IR 05000277/20230402023-07-17017 July 2023 95001 Inspection Supplemental Report 05000277/2023040 and Follow-Up Assessment Letter ML23188A0532023-07-0707 July 2023 Registration of Use of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Casks ML23186A1272023-07-0606 July 2023 Response to Disputed Non-Cited Violation Documented in Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Inspection Report 05000277/2022004 and 05000278/2022004 ML23178A0352023-06-27027 June 2023 Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Initial License Examinations RS-23-077, Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2023-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations2023-06-16016 June 2023 Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2023-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations ML23151A4162023-05-31031 May 2023 Revision of One Form That Implements the Radiological Emergency Response Plan (RERP) for Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS) ML23150A2052023-05-30030 May 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Isfsi), Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report 80 January 1, 2022 Through December 31, 2022 RS-23-042, Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-580, Provide Exception from Entering Mode 4 with No Operable RHR Shutdown Cooling2023-05-25025 May 2023 Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-580, Provide Exception from Entering Mode 4 with No Operable RHR Shutdown Cooling ML23142A1602023-05-23023 May 2023 Summary of April 11, 2023, Public Observation Meeting with Constellation Energy Generation, LLC Re Proposed Exemption Request from Work Hour Requirements ML23132A1582023-05-18018 May 2023 Correction to Technical Specification 3.4.7 (Page 3.4-16) Issued in Amendment No. 337 ML23132A1532023-05-12012 May 2023 Transmittal of 2022 Annual Financial Reports WM 23-0009, Financial Assurance Requirements for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Reactors 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1)2023-05-10010 May 2023 Financial Assurance Requirements for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Reactors 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1) IR 05000277/20230012023-05-0808 May 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000277/2023001 and 05000278/2023001 ML23114A2522023-04-28028 April 2023 Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI 2024-01-05
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September 10, 2020 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 -
EXEMPTION FROM SELECT REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0138 [COVID-19])
Dear Mr. Hanson:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the requested exemption from specific requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs, Section 26.205, Work hours, for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Peach Bottom). This action is in response to the Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) application dated August 28, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20241A078),
which cited the March 28, 2020, letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML20087P237) from Mr. Ho Nieh describing a process to request expedited review of certain exemptions from 10 CFR Part 26 during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE).
The application provided the following information:
A statement that Peach Bottom can no longer meet the work-hour controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d) for certain positions; A list of positions for which Peach Bottom will implement alternative work-hour controls upon the NRC granting the requested exemption. (From this, the NRC has determined the positions for which Peach Bottom will maintain current work-hour controls under 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1)-(d)(7) and the positions for which Exelon is requesting the exemption);
The date and time when Peach Bottom will begin implementing site-specific COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management controls for personnel specified in 10 CFR 26.4(a);
A statement that Peach Bottoms site-specific COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management controls are consistent with the constraints outlined in the March 28, 2020, letter; and
B. Hanson A statement that Peach Bottom will establish alternative controls for the management of fatigue during the period of the exemption and that, at a minimum, the controls ensure that for individuals subject to these alternative controls:
o Individuals will not work more than 16 work hours in any 24-hour period and not more than 86 work hours in any 7-day period, excluding shift turnover; o A minimum 10-hour break is provided between successive work periods; o 12-hour shifts are limited to not more than 14 consecutive days; o A minimum of 6 days off is provided in any 30-day period; and o Requirements have been established for behavioral observation and self-declaration during the period of the exemption.
Therefore, the NRC staff finds that the technical basis for an exemption described in the March 28, 2020, letter is applicable to the Peach Bottom application.
Section 26.9, Specific exemptions, of 10 CFR allows the NRC to grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 as it determines are authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest.
The NRC determined that the requested exemption is permissible under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and other regulatory requirements. Therefore, the NRC finds that the requested exemption is authorized by law.
The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 26.205(d) is to prevent impairment from fatigue due to duration, frequency, or sequestering of successive shifts. Based on the evaluation provided in the NRCs March 28, 2020, letter and the criteria discussed above, no new accident precursors are created by utilizing whatever licensee staff resources may be necessary or available during the term of this exemption to respond to a plant emergency and to ensure that the plant maintains a safe and secure status. Therefore, the probability of postulated accidents is not increased. Also, the consequences of postulated accidents are not increased because there is no change in the types of accidents previously evaluated. The requested exemption would allow the utilization of licensee staff resources as may be necessary to maintain safe operation of the plant and to respond to a plant emergency. Therefore, the NRC finds that the requested exemption will not endanger life or property.
The requested exemption would allow the utilization of licensee security staff resources as may be necessary to ensure the common defense and security. Therefore, the NRC finds that the requested exemption will not endanger the common defense and security.
Due to the impacts that the COVID-19 PHE has had on the licensees ability to comply with the work-hour controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d), the importance of maintaining the operations of Peach Bottom, and the controls that the licensee has established, the NRC finds that the requested exemption is in the public interest.
Granting the requested exemption is categorically excluded under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25) and there are no extraordinary circumstances present that would preclude reliance on this exclusion.
The NRC staff determined, per 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(I), that the requirements from which the exemption is sought involve other requirements of an administrative, managerial, or organizational nature. The NRC staff also determined that approval of this exemption involves no significant hazards consideration because it does not authorize any physical changes to the facility or any of its safety systems, does not authorize changes to any of the assumptions or
B. Hanson limits used in the licensees safety analyses, and does not introduce any new failure modes.
There is no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite because this exemption does not affect any effluent release limits as provided in the licensees technical specifications or by the regulations in 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation. There is no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure because this exemption does not affect limits on the release of any radioactive material or the limits provided in 10 CFR Part 20 for radiation exposure to workers or members of the public. There is no significant construction impact because this exemption does not involve any changes to a construction permit. There is no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents because the exemption does not alter any of the assumptions or limits in the licensees safety analysis.
In addition, the NRC staff determined that there would be no significant impacts to biota, water resources, historic properties, cultural resources, or socioeconomic conditions in the region.
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the approval of this exemption request.
Based on the above, the NRC staff finds that (1) the exemption is authorized by law, (2) the exemption will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and (3) the exemption is otherwise in the public interest.
This exemption is effective from October 12, 2020, through December 11, 2020.
Sincerely, Digitally signed by Craig Craig G. G. Erlanger Date: 2020.09.10 Erlanger 09:42:37 -04'00' Craig G. Erlanger, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 cc: Listserv
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