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MONTHYEARML22041A4512022-02-10010 February 2022 Incoming Request-La Salle-Constellation Energy, COVID-19 Related Request for Exemption from Part 26 Work Hours Requirements Project stage: Request ML22042A0762022-02-15015 February 2022 Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2022-LLE-0008 (COVID-19)) Project stage: Approval 2022-02-10
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MONTHYEARML23354A2902024-01-0505 January 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0028 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting)) RS-23-103, Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation2023-10-13013 October 2023 Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation ML22060A2622022-03-0808 March 2022 FRN - Notice of Issuance of COVID-19 Exemptions Issued in February 2022 ML22042A0762022-02-15015 February 2022 Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2022-LLE-0008 (COVID-19)) ML22041A4512022-02-10010 February 2022 Incoming Request-La Salle-Constellation Energy, COVID-19 Related Request for Exemption from Part 26 Work Hours Requirements ML21060B5492021-03-16016 March 2021 Federal Register Notice, Exemption from Part 26 Requirements for Pre-Access Drug and Alcohol Testing (EPID-L-2021-LLE-0011) ML21053A0012021-02-22022 February 2021 Approval of Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs (EPID L-2021-LLE-0011 (COVID-19)) RS-21-026, Request for Exemption from Pre-Access Drug and Alcohol Testing Requirements in 10 CFR 26.652021-02-20020 February 2021 Request for Exemption from Pre-Access Drug and Alcohol Testing Requirements in 10 CFR 26.65 ML21025A2942021-02-0202 February 2021 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2021-LLE-0004 (COVID-19)) RS-21-011, Subsequent Request for Exemption from Part 26 Work Hours Requirements2021-01-22022 January 2021 Subsequent Request for Exemption from Part 26 Work Hours Requirements ML20346A0142020-12-18018 December 2020 Temporary Exemption from Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Frequency Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.b (EPID-L-2020-LLE-0223 (COVID-19)) ML20324A1042020-12-0909 December 2020 Exemption from Annual Force-on-Force Exercise Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security Personnel, Subsection VI.C.3(l)(1) (EPID L-2020-LLE-0191 (COVID-19)) ML20330A3262020-12-0101 December 2020 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0217 (COVID-19)) ML20329A3012020-11-24024 November 2020 Incoming Request-La Salle-Exelon Generation Co., LLC RS-20-144, Request for Exemption from the Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements in 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, IV.F.2.b2020-11-23023 November 2020 Request for Exemption from the Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements in 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, IV.F.2.b NMP1L3362, Request for an Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix B, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(I)(1) Regarding 2020 Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises Due to COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency2020-11-13013 November 2020 Request for an Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix B, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(I)(1) Regarding 2020 Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises Due to COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency ML20243A0002020-09-23023 September 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for August 2020 ML20203M2332020-08-0303 August 2020 Temporary Exemption Request from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security Personnel, Section VI (EPID L-2020-LLE-0116) (COVID-19) ML0614302462006-06-27027 June 2006 TMI and Zion - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) Re Submittal of Changes to Quality Assurance Topical Report ML0233805992002-11-25025 November 2002 Exemption Request from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36(c)(1) 2024-01-05
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MONTHYEARIR 05000373/20230042024-01-24024 January 2024 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023004 and 05000374/2023004 ML24024A1332024-01-24024 January 2024 Confirmation of Initial License Examination IR 05000373/20230122024-01-18018 January 2024 County Station - Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000373/2023012 and 05000374/2023012 ML23354A2902024-01-0505 January 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0028 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting)) ML23360A6082023-12-27027 December 2023 County Station Request for Information for NRC Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection: Inspection Report 05000373/2024010 and 05000374/2024010 ML23278A1292023-12-14014 December 2023 Units 1 & 2; Limerick, Units 1 & 2; Nine Mile Point, Units 1 & 2; and Peach Bottom, Units 2 & 3 -Revision to Approved Alternatives to Use Boiling Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Project Guidelines ML23305A1402023-12-13013 December 2023 Units 1 & 2; Nine Mile Point, Unit 2; Peach Bottom, Units 2 & 3; and Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 - Issuance of Amendments to Adopt Traveler TSTF-580 ML23317A1192023-11-10010 November 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC - 2023 Annual Report - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums RS-23-120, Supplemental Information Letter for Part 73 Exemption Request - Responses to Request for Confirmatory Information2023-11-10010 November 2023 Supplemental Information Letter for Part 73 Exemption Request - Responses to Request for Confirmatory Information IR 05000373/20230032023-11-0909 November 2023 County Station Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023003, 05000374/2023003, and 07200070/2023001 ML23286A2602023-11-0808 November 2023 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 260 and 245 to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Relocation of Pressure and Temperature Limit Curves to the Pressure Temperature Report IR 05000373/20234012023-11-0707 November 2023 County Station Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000373/2023401 and 05000374/2023401 RS-23-103, Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation2023-10-13013 October 2023 Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation RS-23-097, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Advisement of Leadership Changes and Submittal of Updated Standard Practice Procedures Plans2023-10-12012 October 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Advisement of Leadership Changes and Submittal of Updated Standard Practice Procedures Plans IR 05000374/20230102023-10-11011 October 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000374/2023010 IR 05000373/20233012023-09-15015 September 2023 Errata to NRC Initial License Examination Report 05000373/2023301; 05000374/2023301 RS-23-080, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-264-A, Revision 0, 3.3.9 and 3.3.10 - Delete Flux Monitors Specific Overlap Requirement SRs2023-08-30030 August 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-264-A, Revision 0, 3.3.9 and 3.3.10 - Delete Flux Monitors Specific Overlap Requirement SRs RS-23-087, Revision to Approved Alternatives Associated with the Use of the BWRVIP Guidelines in Lieu of Specific ASME Code Requirements on Reactor2023-08-0404 August 2023 Revision to Approved Alternatives Associated with the Use of the BWRVIP Guidelines in Lieu of Specific ASME Code Requirements on Reactor ML23212A9012023-08-0303 August 2023 Regulatory Audit Report to Support the Review of the Amendments to Relocation of the Pressure Temperature Limit Curves to the Pressure and Temperature Limits Report IR 05000373/20230022023-08-0101 August 2023 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023002 and 05000374/2023002 ML23208A3182023-07-27027 July 2023 Notification of an NRC Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection and RFI RS-23-084, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application to Revise Design Basis to Allow Use of Plastic Section Properties in Lower Downcomer Braces Analysis2023-07-24024 July 2023 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application to Revise Design Basis to Allow Use of Plastic Section Properties in Lower Downcomer Braces Analysis ML23192A5272023-07-12012 July 2023 NRC Initial License Examination Report 05000373/2023301; 05000374/2023301 ML23186A2062023-07-0606 July 2023 Information Request for a NRC Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal 05000374/2023010 ML23181A1502023-06-30030 June 2023 Combined Response to Request for Additional Information and Supplemental Information in Support of LAR to Relocate Pressure and Temperature Limit Curves to the Pressure and Temperature Limits Report ML23178A2422023-06-28028 June 2023 Reassignment of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Branch Chief in the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing for Plant Licensing Branch III IR 05000373/20230112023-06-26026 June 2023 County Station - Quadrennial Fire Protection Team Inspection Report 05000373/2023011 and 05000374/2023011 RS-23-077, Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2023-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations2023-06-16016 June 2023 Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2023-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations ML23167A0352023-06-16016 June 2023 Registration of Use of Cask to Store Spent Fuel ML23171A9562023-06-12012 June 2023 Post Exam Ltr RS-23-042, Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-580, Provide Exception from Entering Mode 4 with No Operable RHR Shutdown Cooling2023-05-25025 May 2023 Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-580, Provide Exception from Entering Mode 4 with No Operable RHR Shutdown Cooling IR 05000373/20230012023-05-10010 May 2023 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023001 and 05000374/2023001 ML23123A2202023-05-0303 May 2023 Relief Request I4R-14 for Alternative Frequency to Containment Unbonded Post-Tensioning System Inservice Inspection ML23118A3472023-05-0101 May 2023 County, 1 & 2; Nine Mile Point, 2; and Quad Cities, 1 & 2 - Correction of Amendment No. 193 Adoption of TSTF-306, Revision 2, Add Action to LCO 3.3.6.1 to Give Option to Isolate the Penetration EPID L-2022-LLA-0143 ML23121A1612023-05-0101 May 2023 Information Meeting (Open House) with a Question-and-Answer Session to Discuss NRC 2022 End-of-Cycle Plant Performance Assessment of LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 ML23114A2522023-04-28028 April 2023 Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI ML23081A0382023-04-25025 April 2023 County, 1 & 2; Nine Mile Point, 2; and Quad Cities, 1 & 2 - Issuance of Amendments to Adopt TSTF-306, Rev. 2, Add Action to LCO 3.3.6.1 to Give Option to Isolate the Penetration ML23110A3202023-04-21021 April 2023 Information Request to Support the NRC Annual Baseline Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Inspection ML23107A1822023-04-18018 April 2023 Operator Licensing Examination Approval Lasalle County Station, May 2023 RS-23-049, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations2023-03-23023 March 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations ML23073A2182023-03-22022 March 2023 Issuance of Amendment No. 258 to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Exigent Amendment to Revise Design Basis Related to Seismic Requirements RS-23-048, Exigent Amendment Request to Revise Design Basis Related to Seismic Requirements2023-03-0707 March 2023 Exigent Amendment Request to Revise Design Basis Related to Seismic Requirements ML23061A1632023-03-0303 March 2023 Reassignment of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Branch Chief in the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing for Plant Licensing Branch 3 IR 05000373/20220062023-03-0101 March 2023 Annual Assessment Letter for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000373/2022006 and 05000374/2022006) RS-23-045, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC Submittal of Fitness for Duty Performance Data Reports for 2022 Per 10 CFR 26.717(c) & 10 CFR 26.2032023-02-28028 February 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC Submittal of Fitness for Duty Performance Data Reports for 2022 Per 10 CFR 26.717(c) & 10 CFR 26.203 RS-23-037, Annual 10 CFR 50.46 Report of Emergency Core Cooling System Evaluation Model Changes and Errors for LaSalle County Station2023-02-22022 February 2023 Annual 10 CFR 50.46 Report of Emergency Core Cooling System Evaluation Model Changes and Errors for LaSalle County Station ML23024A1372023-02-0303 February 2023 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for LaSalle County Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 ML23031A1972023-01-31031 January 2023 Notification of NRC Fire Protection Team Inspection Request for Information, Inspection Report Nos. 05000373/2023011 and 05000374/2023011 IR 05000373/20220042023-01-31031 January 2023 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2022004 and 05000374/2022004 RS-23-003, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Summary of Changes to Quality Assurance Topical Report, NO-AA-10, and Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program, NO-DC-102023-01-31031 January 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Summary of Changes to Quality Assurance Topical Report, NO-AA-10, and Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program, NO-DC-10 2024-01-05
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February 15, 2022 Mr. David P. Rhoades Senior Vice President Constellation Energy Generation, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - EXEMPTION FROM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 26 (EPID L-2022-LLE-0008
[COVID-19])
Dear Mr. Rhoades:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the requested temporary exemption from specific requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs, Section 26.205, Work hours, for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 (LaSalle). This action is in response to Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (the licensee) application, dated February 10, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22041A451). The application cited the March 28, 2020, and November 10, 2020 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML20087P237 and ML20261H515, respectively), letters from Mr. Ho Nieh describing a process to request expedited review of certain exemptions from 10 CFR Part 26 during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE).
The application provided the following information:
A statement that explains how, and for which covered groups at LaSalle, the COVID-19 PHE impacts the licensees ability to meet the work-hour control requirements of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1)-(d)(7);
A statement that describes how the licensee would use an exemption from the 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1)-(d)(7) work-hour control requirements to manage the impact of the COVID-19 PHE on maintaining plant operational safety and security at LaSalle; A list of positions for which the licensee may implement alternative work-hour controls at LaSalle upon the NRC granting the requested exemption; The date and time when the licensee will begin implementing site-specific COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management controls at LaSalle for personnel specified in 10 CFR 26.4(a);
D. Rhoades A statement that the licensees site-specific COVID-19 fatigue-management controls at LaSalle are consistent with the constraints outlined in the March 28, 2020, and November 10, 2020, letters; and A statement that the licensee will establish alternative controls at LaSalle for the management of fatigue during the period of the exemption and that, at a minimum, the controls ensure the following for individuals subject to these alternative controls:
o Individuals will not work more than 16 work hours in any 24-hour period and not more than 86 work hours in any 7-day period, excluding shift turnover; o A minimum 10-hour break is provided between successive work periods; o 12-hour shifts are limited to not more than 14 consecutive days; o A minimum of 6 days off is provided in any 30-day period; and o Requirements have been established for behavioral observation and self-declaration during the period of the exemption.
Therefore, the NRC finds that the technical basis for an exemption, described in the March 28, 2020 and November 10, 2020, letters from Mr. Ho Nieh, is applicable to the licensees application.
Furthermore, although not explicitly stated as part of the licensees application, the November 10, 2020, letter also states that the controls should ensure that the calculation of work hours and days off includes all work hours and days off during the applicable calculation periods, including those work hours and days off preceding initiation of the exemption period.
The NRC previously approved an exemption request for LaSalle, with the preceding exemption period ending on April 5, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21025A294). Because the requested exemption will not begin within 14 days of the end of the most recent exemption for LaSalle, the licensee has had sufficient time to manage the potential for cumulative fatigue by implementing the standard work-hour controls administered in accordance with 10 CFR Part 26. Therefore, the NRC did not request that Constellation provide additional information regarding the technical basis for its request, as discussed in the November 10, 2020, letter.
Section 26.9, Specific exemptions, of 10 CFR allows the NRC to grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, as it determines are authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest.
The NRC determined that the requested exemption is permissible under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and other regulatory requirements. Therefore, the NRC finds that the requested exemption is authorized by law.
The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 26.205(d) is to prevent impairment from fatigue due to duration, frequency, or sequencing of successive shifts. Based on the evaluation provided in the NRCs March 28 and November 10, 2020, letters, along with the criteria discussed above, no new accident precursors are created by using whatever licensee staff resources may be necessary or available during the term of this exemption to respond to a plant emergency and to
D. Rhoades ensure that the plant maintains a safe and secure status. Therefore, the probability of postulated accidents is not increased. Also, the consequences of postulated accidents are not increased because there is no change in the types of accidents previously evaluated. The requested exemption would allow the use of licensee staff resources as may be necessary to maintain safe operation of the plant and to respond to a plant emergency. Therefore, the NRC finds that the requested exemption will not endanger life or property.
The requested exemption would allow the use of licensee security staff resources as may be necessary to ensure the common defense and security. Therefore, the NRC finds that the requested exemption will not endanger the common defense and security.
Due to the impacts that the COVID-19 PHE has had on the licensees ability to comply with the work-hour controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d), the importance of maintaining the operations of LaSalle, and the controls the licensee has established, the NRC finds that the requested exemption is in the public interest.
Granting the requested exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 26.205 is categorically excluded under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), and there are no extraordinary circumstances present that would preclude reliance on this exclusion. The NRC staff determined, per 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(I), that the requirements from which the exemption is sought involve other requirements of an administrative, managerial, or organizational nature.
The NRC staff also determined that approval of this exemption involves no significant hazards consideration because it does not authorize any physical changes to the facility or any of its safety systems, does not authorize changes to any of the assumptions or limits used in the licensees safety analyses, and does not introduce any new failure modes. There is no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite because this exemption does not affect any effluent release limits as provided in the licensees technical specifications or by the regulations in 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation. There is no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure because this exemption does not affect the limits on the release of any radioactive material or the limits provided in 10 CFR Part 20 for radiation exposure to workers or members of the public. There is no significant construction impact because this exemption does not involve any changes to a construction permit. There is no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents because the exemption does not alter any of the assumptions or limits in the licensees safety analysis.
In addition, the NRC staff determined that there would be no significant impacts to biota, water resources, historic properties, cultural resources, or socioeconomic conditions in the region.
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the approval of this exemption request.
Based on the above, the NRC finds that (1) the exemption is authorized by law, (2) the exemption will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and (3) the exemption is otherwise in the public interest.
D. Rhoades This exemption is effective from February 21, 2022, through April 21, 2022.
Sincerely, Digitally signed by Brian D. Brian D. Wittick Date: 2022.02.15 Wittick 10:47:08 -05'00' Brian D. Wittick, Acting Deputy Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 cc: Listserv
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