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NRR E-mail Capture - Joseph M. Farley, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Request for One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appx E, Biennial EP Exercise Requirements Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
ML20289A115
Person / Time
Site: Farley  Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 10/09/2020
From: Stephanie Devlin-Gill
NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL2-1
To: Coleman J
Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
L-2020-LLE-0148
Download: ML20289A115 (3)


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From: Devlin-Gill, Stephanie Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 11:44 AM To: JAMIEMCO@SOUTHERNCO.COM Cc: Sparkman, Wesley A.; Williams, Shawn

Subject:

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Re: Request for One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appx E, Biennial EP Exercise Requirements due to COVID-19 Pandemic (EPID L-2020-LLE-0148)

Dear Ms. Coleman,

By letter dated September 21, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML20265A353), Southern Nuclear Operating Company submitted an exemption request for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this exemption 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 exemption 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 exemption request will take approximately 70 hours8.101852e-4 days <br />0.0194 hours <br />1.157407e-4 weeks <br />2.6635e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by December 31, 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, 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 and Shawn Williams.

stephanie Stephanie Devlin-Gill, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Hearing Identifier: NRR_DRMA Email Number: 825 Mail Envelope Properties (BLAPR09MB6130FB1C5FC49C5924BA12BBBD080)

Subject:

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Re: Request for One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appx E, Biennial EP Exercise Requirements due to COVID-19 Pandemic (EPID L-2020-LLE-0148)

Sent Date: 10/9/2020 11:44:28 AM Received Date: 10/9/2020 11:44:28 AM From: Devlin-Gill, Stephanie Created By: Stephanie.Devlin-Gill@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Sparkman, Wesley A." <WASPARKM@southernco.com>

Tracking Status: None "Williams, Shawn" <Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "JAMIEMCO@SOUTHERNCO.COM" <JAMIEMCO@SOUTHERNCO.COM>

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