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NRR E-mail Capture - Cooper Nuclear Station - Acceptance Review of Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the ASME B&PV Code Section XI, Relief Request RR5-04 (L-2020-LLR-0123)
ML20260H481
Person / Time
Site: Cooper Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 09/09/2020
From: Thomas Wengert
NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4
To: Dewhirst L
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
References
L-2020-LLR-0123
Download: ML20260H481 (3)


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From: Wengert, Thomas Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 3:55 PM To: Dewhirst, Linda R.

Cc: Van Der Kamp, David W.; Dixon-Herrity, Jennifer

Subject:

Cooper Nuclear Station - Acceptance Review of Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the ASME B&PV Code Section XI, Relief Request RR5-04 (L-2020-LLR-0123)

By letter dated August 26, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML20248H484), Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee) submitted a request (Relief Request RR5-04) to use a portion of a later edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code for Cooper Nuclear Station (Cooper).

Specifically, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.55a(g)(4)(iv),

Applicable ISI [Inservice Inspection] Code: Use of subsequent Code editions and addenda, the licensee proposed to use subparagraph IWA-4540(b) of the 2017 Edition of the ASME BPV Code,Section XI, instead of the corresponding subparagraph from the current Code of Record. The licensee requested to use the requested subsequent ASME BPV Code edition and addenda for the remainder of the sites current Inservice Inspection interval.

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review for the above relief 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 application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide 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 the proposed relief request in terms of regulatory requirements and the 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 licensing request will take approximately 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by your requested date of September 23, 2020. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, 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, or unanticipated addition of scope to the review.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-4037.

Tom Wengert USNRC Project Manager - Cooper Nuclear Station NRR/DORL/LPL4 (301) 415-4037

Hearing Identifier: NRR_DRMA Email Number: 775 Mail Envelope Properties (DM6PR09MB4759EBC734B47F5B94B9FDCF8F260)

Subject:

Cooper Nuclear Station - Acceptance Review of Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the ASME B&PV Code Section XI, Relief Request RR5-04 (L-2020-LLR-0123)

Sent Date: 9/9/2020 3:55:28 PM Received Date: 9/9/2020 3:55:28 PM From: Wengert, Thomas Created By: Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Van Der Kamp, David W." <dwvande@nppd.com>

Tracking Status: None "Dixon-Herrity, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Dixon-Herrity@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Dewhirst, Linda R." <lrdewhi@nppd.com>

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