ML21354A503
| ML21354A503 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 01/24/2022 |
| From: | Bo Pham Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | Krakuszeski J Duke Energy Progress |
| Haeg, L. | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2021-LLE-0055 | |
| Download: ML21354A503 (3) | |
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January 24, 2022 Mr. John A. Krakuszeski Site Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, LLC 8470 River Rd., SE (M/C BNP001)
Southport, NC 28461
SUBJECT:
BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUESTED EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 50, APPENDIX E, SECTION IV.F.2.D NOT REQUIRED (EPID L-2021-LLE-0055 [COVID-19])
Dear Mr. Krakuszeski:
On December 15, 2021, Duke Energy Progress, LLC (the licensee) submitted a request for a temporary exemption (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession (ADAMS) No. ML21349A926) from specific requirements of Appendix E to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50,Section IV.F.2.d, for the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Brunswick). Specifically, the licensee requested a one-time schedular exemption from the requirement in Section IV.F.2.d that the State fully participate in an ingestion pathway portion of the licensees emergency preparedness exercise at least once every exercise cycle due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE). The licensee requested approval of the exemption by December 31, 2021. In a letter dated July 28, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in consultation with the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Region II, approved a request from the State of North Carolina to postpone their participation in the ingestion pathway portion of the licensees emergency preparedness exercise to July 26 - 27, 2022.
During the evaluation of the submittal, the NRC staff determined that an exemption to Section IV.F.2.d, which states, in part, that [e]ach Stateshould fully participatein the ingestion pathway portion of exercises at least every exercise cycle, is not required.Section IV.F.2.d, in using the word should, provides a best practice for ingestion pathway emergency preparedness exercises but does not create a regulatory requirement for the licensee.
Therefore, no exemption is required.
On a December 28, 2021, call, NRC management informed the licensee of the NRC staffs determination that an exemption to Section IV.2.F.d was not required. During the call, the licensee preliminarily agreed to withdraw the exemption request.
If you have any questions, please contact the Brunswick Project Manager, Luke Haeg, at 301-415-0272 or via e-mail at Lucas.Haeg@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Bo M. Pham, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-325 and 50-324 cc: Listserv Bo M. Pham Digitally signed by Bo M.
Pham Date: 2022.01.24 13:05:01 -05'00'
ML21354A503 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/LA NSIR/DPR/RLB NAME LHaeg RButler JQuichocho (MNorris for)
DATE 1/11/2022 1/11/2022 1/12/2022 OFFICE OGC - NLO NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/BC NRR/DORL/D NAME CKreuzberger DWrona BPham DATE 1/18/2022 1/18/2022 1/24/2022