ML21239A071

Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Adopt TSTF-505, Revision 2

ML21239A071
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/27/2021
From:	Perry Buckberg Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Taylor A Tennessee Valley Authority
Buckberg P
References
EPID L-2021-LLA-0145
Download: ML21239A071 (2)

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From:

Buckberg, Perry To:

Taylor, Andrew Charles Cc:

Hulvey, Kimberly Dawn; Wrona, David

Subject:

Sequoyah 1 and 2 - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Adopt TSTF-505, Revision 2 (EPID L-2021-LLA-0145)

Date:

Friday, August 27, 2021 8:37:00 AM

Andy,

By letter dated August 5, 2021, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21217A174), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the licensee) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The purpose of this communication is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this LAR. 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 10 CFR 50.69, an amendment to the 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 staff's 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 staff's detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this request will take approximately 2247 hours0.026 days <br />0.624 hours <br />0.00372 weeks <br />8.549835e-4 months <br /> to complete, excluding any contractor hours, if appropriate. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by August 27, 2022, 12 months from the date of this acceptance. 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, and the contractor resources will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

These estimates are based on the NRC staff's 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 NRG in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 4151383 or by e-mail at Perry.Buckberg@nrc.gov.

Thanks, Perry Buckberg Senior Project Manager / Agency 2.206 Petition Coordinator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation office: (301)415-1383 perry.buckberg@nrc.gov Mail StopO-8B1a, Washington, DC, 20555-0001