ML21313A117

Summary of Public Meeting with Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Regarding a Proposed License Amendment Request to Change the Technical Specification Related to Technical Specification 5.5.16 for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

ML21313A117
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle, Farley
Issue date:	11/18/2021
From:	John Lamb Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Lamb J, NRR/DORL/LPL2-1, 415-3100
References
EPID L-2021-LRM-0108
Download: ML21313A117 (4)

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November 18, 2021 LICENSEE: Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

FACILITY: Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF NOVEMBER 8, 2021, PUBLIC MEETING WITH SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, INC., REGARDING A PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO CHANGE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION RELATED TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 5.5.16 FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (EPID L-2021-LRM-0108)

On November 8, 2021, an Observation public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee). The purpose of the meeting was for SNC to describe its plan to submit a license amendment request (LAR) to change the Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.16 for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley), Units 1 and 2; and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Units 1 and 2. SNC proposes to revise Farley, Units 1 and 2, TS 5.5.16, Main Steamline Inspection Program, and Vogtle, Units 1 and 2, TS 5.5.16, MS [Main Steam] and FW [Feedwater] Piping Inspection Program.

A list of attendees is provided as an Enclosure.

On October 15, 2021 (Agencywide Document and Access Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21288A004), the meeting was noticed on the NRC public webpage.

The NRC staff opened the meeting with introductory remarks and introduction of the attendees.

The SNC representative discussed the following topics: (1) background, (2) the proposed LAR, (3) evaluation, (4) precedent, and (5) schedule. The SNC representative presented slides contained in ADAMS Accession No. ML21306A024.

The NRC staff asked about safety limits, containment isolation valves (one inside and one outside, or just one outside), containment boundary, risk-informed submittal, surveillance requirements and inspection, separate instrumentation, linked amendment to amendments under review, Updated Final Safety Analysis Report update, high energy line break (HELB) analysis, re-analysis of HELB piping, and Farley (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 1974 edition.

Public Questions to NRC There were no members of the public in attendance.

Closing The NRC staff made no regulatory decisions during the meeting.

Once received, the NRC staff will perform a thorough review of the proposed LAR and make any regulatory decisions in writing in a timely manner.

Public Meeting Feedback forms were available, but no comments were received.

The meeting adjourned at 1:58 pm (Eastern time).

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-3100.

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch, II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348, 50-364, 50-424 and 50-425

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc: Listserv

LIST OF ATTENDEES NOVEMBER 8, 2021, PUBLIC MEETING WITH SOUTHERN NUCLEAR COMPANY REGARDING A PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO CHANGE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 5.5.16 JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 ATTENDEE REPRESENTING John G. Lamb NRC Mike Markley NRC Jay Robinson NRC Chang Li NRC Jerry Dozier NRC Zachary Gran NRC Stephanie Devlin-Gill NRC Clinton Ashley NRC Robert Beaton NRC Elijah Dickson NRC Yueh-Li Li NRC Matt Mitchell NRC Ed Miller NRC Ken Lowery SNC Ryan Joyce SNC Wes Sparkman SNC DeLisa Pournaras SNC Hien Do SNC Naveen Koteel SNC Pat Furio Enercon Enclosure

PKG ML21313A162 Meeting Notice ML21288A004 Meeting Summary ML21313A117 Slides ML21306A024 OFFICE DORL/LPL2-1/PM DORL/LPL2-1/LA DSS/STSB/BC DORL/LPL2-1/BC DORL/LPL2-1/PM NAME JLamb KGoldstein MHamm for NJordan MMarkley JLamb DATE 11/8/2021 11/10/2021 11/10/2021 11/18/2021 11/18/2021