ML20281A369

Energy Harbor Fleet, Results of Acceptance Review Request to Use Provision in Later Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, EPID-l-2020-LLR-0132

ML20281A369
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley, Davis Besse, Perry
Issue date:	10/05/2020
From:	Bhalchandra Vaidya Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Penfield R Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp
Vaidya B
References
EPID-l-2020-LLR-0132
Download: ML20281A369 (2)

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Vaidya, Bhalchandra From: Vaidya, Bhalchandra Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 7:41 AM To: Lashley, Phil H Cc: Salgado, Nancy; Mitchell, Matthew; Gonzalez, Hipo

Subject:

Energy Harbor Fleet, Results Of Acceptance Review Re: Request to Use Provision in Later Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, EPID-l-2020-LLR-0132

SUBJECT:

Results Of Acceptance Review Re: Request to Use Provision in Later Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, EPIDl2020LLR0132 By letter dated September 28, 2020, Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. (Energy Harbor, the Licensee) submitted a relief request for DavisBesse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 (DBNPS), Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1 (PNPP), and Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (BVPS). The purpose of this email is to provide the results of the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this [amendment/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.

Pursuant to Sections 50.55a(z)(1) and 50.55a(z)(2) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed alternatives would provide an acceptable level of quality and safety, or that compliance with the specified requirements of Section 50.55a would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety.

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 amendment 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. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 10 hours1.157407e-4 days <br />0.00278 hours <br />1.653439e-5 weeks <br />3.805e-6 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 4 months, which is January 2021. 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, and unanticipated addition of scope to the review. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Bhalchandra K. Vaidya US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Division of Operatig Reactor Licensing LPL3 301-415-3308 Bhalchandra.vaidya@nrc.gov 2