ML20300A309

Transmittal Email for BWRVIP-321 Final SE

ML20300A309
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Site:	99902016
Issue date:	11/20/2020
From:	Joseph Holonich Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Mcgruder W, Rouse D - No Known Affiliation
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ML20300A308	List: ML20300A309
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EPID L-2019-TOP-0007
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From:

Holonich, Joseph To:

McGruder, Wynter; Rouse, Deborah Cc:

Morey, Dennis; Gonzalez, Hipo; Yee, On; Medoff, James

Subject:

BWRVIP-321 Final Safety Evaluation Date:

Friday, November 20, 2020 6:41:26 AM Mr. Tim Hanley, Chairman ATTN: Debbie Rouse BWR Vessel and Internals Project 1300 West W.T. Harris Boulevard (Building 1)

Charlotte, NC 28262

Dear Mr. Hanley,

By letter dated March 8, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19071A234), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) submitted for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review the Topical Report (TR) TR-3002013097, BWR [Boiling Water Reactor] Vessel and Internals Project, Plan for Extension of the BWR Integrated Surveillance Program (ISP) Through the Second License Renewal (SLR), (BWRVIP-321). By email dated October 21, 2020 the NRC staff issued its draft safety evaluations (SEs) (ADAMS Accession No. ML20280A318).

EPRI provided comments on the draft SE by letter dated November 5, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20318A165). The comments identified proprietary information, made editorial changes, and provided recommendations for clarification of the SE.

The NRC staff has found the TR acceptable for referencing in licensing applications for nuclear power plants to the extent specified and under the limitations delineated in the TR and in the enclosed SE. The final SE defines the basis for our acceptance of the TR. A copy of the final SE, which contains proprietary information, was provided to Ms. Wynter McGruder via the NRC box.com folder.

Our acceptance applies only to material provided in the subject TR. We do not intend to repeat our review of the accepted material described in the TR. When the TR appears as a reference in license applications, our review will ensure that the material presented applies to the specific plant involved. License amendment requests that deviate from this TR will be subject to a plantspecific review in accordance with applicable review standards.

In accordance with the guidance provided on the NRC website, we request that EPRI publish accepted versions of the proprietary and nonproprietary TR within six months of the date of the date of this email. The accepted versions shall incorporate this email and the enclosed SE after the title page.

For the nonproprietary version, EPRI shall redact the proprietary information in the final SE and strike the header and footer to create the nonproprietary version of the SE.

Both this email and the SE have been placed in ADAMS and made Official Agency Records. The SE is declared as nonpublic because it may contain proprietary information.

This email is declared public.

Also, the accepted versions must contain historical review information, including NRC

requests for additional information (RAIs) and responses. The accepted versions shall include a -A (designating approved) following the TR identification symbol.

As an alternative to including the RAIs and RAI responses behind the title page, if changes to the TRs provided to the NRC staff to support the resolution of RAI responses, and the NRC staff reviewed and approved those changes as described in the RAI responses, there are two ways that the accepted version can capture the RAIs:

1. The RAIs and RAI responses can be included as an Appendix to the accepted version.

2. The RAIs and RAI responses can be captured in the form of a table (inserted after the final SE) which summarizes the changes as shown in the accepted version of the TR. The table should reference the specific RAIs and RAI responses which resulted in any changes, as shown in the accepted version of the TR.

If future changes to the NRCs regulatory requirements affect the acceptability of this TR, EPRI will be expected to revise the TR appropriately. Licensees referencing this TR would be expected to justify its continued applicability or evaluate their plant using the revised TR.

If you have any questions, please contact the Project Manager for the review, Joseph J.

Holonich at jjh1@nrc.gov.

Dennis Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No.: 9902016 EPID: L-2019-TOP-0007