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Acceptance of Requested License Amendment Request to Adopt Technical Specification Task Force Traveler 582
ML21025A144
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 01/25/2021
From: Marshall M
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Reynolds R
Exelon Nuclear, Exelon Generation Co
Marhsall M, NRR/DORL/LPL, 415-2871
References
EPID L-2020-LLA-0271
Download: ML21025A144 (2)


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From: Marshall, Michael To: [Licensee] Ron Reynolds (Exelon)

Subject:

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1 - Acceptance of Requested License Amendment Request to Adopt Technical Specification Task Force Traveler 582 (EPID L-2020-LLA-0271)

Date: Monday, January 25, 2021 9:05:00 AM Hello Ron, By letter dated December 18, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20353A401), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Nine Mile Point 1). The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this[amendment 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.

Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an application for an amendment to a license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The LAR included a request for the NRC to process the review using the consolidated line item improvement process (CLIIP). A LAR that includes a request to use CLIIP should not vary in any way from or include any changes beyond the traveler the request is seeking to adopt. The NRC has determined that the LAR does not meet the criteria in Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office Instructions 101, License Amendment Review Procedures (ADAMS Accession No. ML19248C539) and 600, Standard Technical Specifications Change Traveler Review and Adoption Process (ADAMS Accession No. ML16082A125) for CLIIP. Specifically, the

  • need to review plant-specific justification, and
  • need to expand review to include additional technical review.

The NRC staff provided details of the above at a public meeting held on January 5, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20356A252). In addition, the NRC staff identified potential request for additional information during the public meeting. The need for additional information to support a review being conducted as a CLIIP is highly atypical. Therefore, the NRC will not be reviewing this LAR under CLIIP, but instead will follow the normal review process.

Based on the information provided in your submittal and discussions during the post-

submittal meeting on January 5, 2021, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 130 hours0.0015 days <br />0.0361 hours <br />2.149471e-4 weeks <br />4.9465e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by the end of January 2022. 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, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. 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.

Best Regards, Michael L. Marshall, Jr.

Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 301-415-2871 Docket No. 50-220