ML20322A454
| ML20322A454 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 02/19/2021 |
| From: | Dennis Morey Licensing Processes Branch |
| To: | Richter M Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Fields L | |
| References | |
| EPID L-20-TOP-0011 | |
| Download: ML20322A454 (2) | |
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1 Fields, Leslie To:
RICHTER, Mark; Earl Mayhorn (EMayhorn@ameren.com) (EMayhorn@ameren.com)
Cc:
Morey, Dennis; Diaz-Castillo, Yamir; Park, Dong; Kavanagh, Kerri
Subject:
NRC Transmittal of the Final SE for NEI 14-05A, Revision 1 February 19, 2021 Mark A. Richter, Ph.D.
Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Energy Institute 1201 F St NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004
Dear Mr. Richter,
By letter dated February 20, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No.
(ADAMS No.) ML20034F042), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted Revision 1 of Technical Report (TR) NEI 14-05 A, Guidelines for the Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for NRC staff review and approval. By email dated October 31, 2020, the NRC staff issued its draft safety evaluation (SE) (ADAMS Nos. ML20300A454 and ML20300A011).
NEI provided comments on the draft SE by email dated November 16, 2020. Nonproprietary copies of the comments are available in ADAMS.
The NRC staff concludes that the TR continues to provide an acceptable approach for licensees and suppliers subject to the quality assurance (QA) requirements of Appendix B to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 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.
Our acceptance applies only to material provided in the subject TR. When a licensee uses NEI 14-05 A, Revision 1, the NRC staff would not need to perform any additional review for those referencing the license amendment for the QA program change. License amendment requests that deviate from this TR will be subject to a plant specific review in accordance with applicable review standards.
In accordance with the guidance provided on the NRC website, we request that NEI publish an accepted version of the TR, within three months of receipt of the date of this email. The accepted version shall incorporate this email and the enclosed SE after the title page.
Both this email and the final SE have been placed in ADAMS (under Nos. ML20322A454 and ML20322A019),
made Official Agency Records, and declared publicly available.
Also, the accepted versions must contain historical review information, including NRC requests for additional information (RAI) questions and responses. The accepted versions shall include a -A (designating approved) following the TR identification symbol.
As an alternative to including the RAI questions and RAI responses behind the title page, if changes to the TR 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:
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- 1. The RAI questions and responses can be included as an Appendix to the accepted version.
- 2. The RAI questions and 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 RAI questions 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, NEI 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, Leslie Fields, at 301-415-1186 or via electronic mail at leslie.fields@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Sincerely, Dennis Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99902038