ML21133A250

NRR E-mail Capture - Prairie Island - Acceptance Review of TSTF-471 and TSTF-571-T

ML21133A250
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	05/13/2021
From:	Robert Kuntz NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL3
To:	Kivi J Xcel Energy Services
References
L-2021-LLA-0069
Download: ML21133A250 (3)

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From:

Kuntz, Robert Sent:

Thursday, May 13, 2021 10:06 AM To:

Kivi, Jeffrey L.

Cc:

Harvey, Jackie; Scott, Sara

Subject:

Prairie Island - Acceptance Review of TSTF-471 and TSTF-571-T (EPID L-2021-LLA-0069)

By letter date April 19, 2021, Northern States Power Company, doing business as Xcel Energy, submitted a license amendment for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2.. The proposed amendment The proposed amendment will adopt Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) TSTF-471, Eliminate Use of the Term CORE ALTERATIONS in ACTIONS and Notes, with site-specific variations. This proposed change eliminates the defined term CORE ALTERATIONS and all uses of the term from the Technical Specifications (TSs) and Bases.

The proposed amendment also adopts TSTF-571-T, Revise Actions for Inoperable Source Range Neutron Flux Monitor, which changes TS 3.9.3, Nuclear Instrumentation, to ensure that no actions are taken that could alter the core reactivity when a required core subcritical neutron flux monitor is inoperable. The proposed amendment also makes an administrative change to reformat the page numbering of TS Section 5.0 and remove unused pages for ease of future changes. The purpose of this letter 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 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. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 210 hours0.00243 days <br />0.0583 hours <br />3.472222e-4 weeks <br />7.9905e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is May 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.

Robert Kuntz Senior Project Manager Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Prairie Island - Acceptance Review of TSTF-471 and TSTF-571-T (EPID L-2021-LLA-0069)

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"Harvey, Jackie" <jacquelyn.harvey@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Scott, Sara" <sara.scott@xcelenergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Kivi, Jeffrey L." <jeffrey.l.kivi@xcelenergy.com>

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