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(PINGP) COVID-19 Exemption Request for the 2020 Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise
ML20266F105
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Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 09/23/2020
From: Rachel Johnson
Xcel Energy
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Kuntz R
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Prairie Island (PINGP) COVID-19 Exemption Request for the 2020 Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise 9.23.2020

Pre-Submittal Meeting Agenda

1. Purpose

2. Background

3. Exemption Elements
4. Schedule
5. Closing Remarks

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Purpose To discuss a proposed exemption for PINGP1 and ISFSI from 10 CFR 50 Appendix E, Sections IV.F.2.b and IV.F.2.c regarding the 2020 biennial EP exercise.

1 PINGP used throughout rest of this presentation to mean Unit 1, Unit 2, and ISFSI

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Background===

Last PINGP biennial EP exercise was conducted July 18, 2018.

The PINGP biennial EP exercise was originally scheduled for July 21, 2020 and had been rescheduled for December 1, 2020.

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Exemption Elements Follow the May 14, 2020 and September 2, 2020 NRC guidance Deferral of the 2020 exercise to be conducted nominally in June 2021 (June 8th).

The exemption submission would request exceeding 35 months Waiver of ORO participation in this deferred exercise State of Minnesota State of Wisconsin Counties in MN and WI The subsequent biennial exercise will be conducted in 2022 with ORO participation Deferral to 2021 would not affect the PINGP 8-year inspection cycle

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Schedule Plan to submit the exemption request by October 1, 2020 and request NRC approval by December 31, 2020.

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Acronyms PINGP Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant ISFSI Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation ORO Offsite Review Organization EP Emergency Preparedness

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