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Category:Letter
MONTHYEARIR 05000354/20230042024-02-0101 February 2024
Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2023004
ML24030A8752024-02-0101 February 2024
Operator Licensing Examination Approval
ML24009A1022024-01-26026 January 2024
Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CF Part 73 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0045 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting))
IR 05000354/20234012024-01-22022 January 2024
Material Control and Accounting Program Inspection Report 05000354/2023401
ML23341A1372024-01-16016 January 2024
Issuance of Amendment No. 235 Revise Trip and Standby Auto-Start Logic Associated with Safety Related Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
ML23335A1122023-12-15015 December 2023
Retest Schedule for Drywell to Suppression Chamber Vacuum Breakers
ML23307A1532023-12-15015 December 2023
NRC Investigation Report No. 1-2023-001
ML23270C0072023-11-29029 November 2023
Notice of Proposed Amendment to Decommissioning Trust Agreement
ML23324A3072023-11-17017 November 2023
Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation
IR 05000354/20230032023-11-0707 November 2023
Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2023003
IR 05000272/20234022023-10-12012 October 2023
and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000354/2023402, 05000272/2023402 and 05000311/2023402 (Cover Letter Only)
LR-N23-0065, Submittal of 2023 Annual 10 CFR 50.46 Report2023-10-0202 October 2023
Submittal of 2023 Annual 10 CFR 50.46 Report
LR-N23-0045, and Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Notice of Proposed Amendment to Decommissioning Trust Agreement2023-09-0808 September 2023
and Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Notice of Proposed Amendment to Decommissioning Trust Agreement
ML23249A2612023-09-0606 September 2023
License Amendment Request to Modify the Salem and Hope Creek Exclusion Area Boundary
IR 05000354/20230052023-08-31031 August 2023
Updated Inspection Plan for Hope Creek Generating Station (Report 05000354/2023005)
ML23192A8212023-08-14014 August 2023
and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 - Issuance of Amendment Nos. 234, 347, and 329 Revise Technical Specifications to Delete Meteorological Tower Location
IR 05000354/20230022023-08-0303 August 2023
Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2023002 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection Report 07200048/2023001
IR 05000354/20230102023-08-0303 August 2023
Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000354/2023010
LR-N23-0052, Retest Schedule for Drywell to Suppression Chamber Vacuum Breakers Per Technical Specification 4.6.2.12023-07-31031 July 2023
Retest Schedule for Drywell to Suppression Chamber Vacuum Breakers Per Technical Specification 4.6.2.1
LR-N23-0042, Spent Fuel Cask Registration2023-07-12012 July 2023
Spent Fuel Cask Registration
LR-N23-0046, Emergency Plan Document Revisions Implemented June 28, 20232023-07-10010 July 2023
Emergency Plan Document Revisions Implemented June 28, 2023
IR 05000354/20230112023-05-0101 May 2023
Commercial Grade Dedication Report 05000354/2023011
ML23121A1412023-05-0101 May 2023
Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Initial License Examinations
LR-N23-0034, 2022 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report (AREOR) - Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 and Hope Creek Generating Station2023-04-27027 April 2023
2022 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report (AREOR) - Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 and Hope Creek Generating Station
LR-N23-0035, 2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report (ARERR)2023-04-27027 April 2023
2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report (ARERR)
IR 05000354/20230012023-04-26026 April 2023
Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2023001
LR-N23-0010, License Amendment Request Revision of Technical Specification (TS) to Delete TS Section 5.5 - Meteorological Tower Location2023-04-21021 April 2023
License Amendment Request Revision of Technical Specification (TS) to Delete TS Section 5.5 - Meteorological Tower Location
LR-N23-0009, License Amendment Request (LAR) to Revise the Hope Creek Trip and Standby Auto-start Logic Associated with Safety Related Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Trains2023-04-18018 April 2023
License Amendment Request (LAR) to Revise the Hope Creek Trip and Standby Auto-start Logic Associated with Safety Related Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Trains
ML23087A1492023-04-17017 April 2023
NRC to PSEG Salem, Transmittal of the National Marine Fisheries Service'S March 24, 2023, Biological Opinion GAR-2020-02842 Concerning Salem and Hope Creek
ML23089A0942023-04-17017 April 2023
NRC to PSEG Hope Creek, Transmittal of the National Marine Fisheries Service'S March 24, 2023, Biological Opinion GAR-2020-02842 Concerning Salem and Hope Creek
ML23103A3232023-04-13013 April 2023
Submittal of Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, Rev. 26, Summary of Revised Regulatory Commitments for Hope Creek, Summary of Changes to PSEG Nuclear LLC, Quality Assurance Topical Report, NO-AA-10, Rev. 89
ML23095A3682023-04-12012 April 2023
and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 - Threshold Determination for Proposed Transfer of Land Ownership
LR-N23-0024, Submittal of Hope Creek Generating Station Technical Specification Bases Changes2023-03-29029 March 2023
Submittal of Hope Creek Generating Station Technical Specification Bases Changes
LR-N23-0006, Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations2023-03-24024 March 2023
Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations
ML23086A0912023-03-24024 March 2023
NMFS to NRC, Transmittal of Biological Opinion for Continued Operations of Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations
LR-N23-0019, and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums2023-03-21021 March 2023
and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums
ML23037A9712023-03-0909 March 2023
and Salem Nuclear, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 233, 344, and 325 Relocate Technical Specification Staff Qualification Requirements to the PSEG Quality Assurance Topical Report
IR 05000354/20220062023-03-0101 March 2023
Annual Assessment Letter for Hope Creek Generating Station (Report 05000354/2022006)
LR-N23-0016, and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Report of Changes, Tests, and Experiments2023-02-28028 February 2023
and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Report of Changes, Tests, and Experiments
LR-N23-0018, Technical Specification 6.9.1.5.b - 2022 Annual Report of SRV Challenges2023-02-27027 February 2023
Technical Specification 6.9.1.5.b - 2022 Annual Report of SRV Challenges
LR-N23-0012, Annual Property Insurance Status Report2023-02-24024 February 2023
Annual Property Insurance Status Report
LR-N23-0014, Stations Submittal of 2022 Annual Report of Fitness for Duty Performance Data Per 10 CFR 26.203(e) and 10 CFR 26.7172023-02-23023 February 2023
Stations Submittal of 2022 Annual Report of Fitness for Duty Performance Data Per 10 CFR 26.203(e) and 10 CFR 26.717
IR 05000354/20220042023-01-24024 January 2023
Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2022004
LR-N23-0011, In-Service Inspection Activities - 90 Day Report: Twenty-Fourth Refueling Outage2023-01-19019 January 2023
In-Service Inspection Activities - 90 Day Report: Twenty-Fourth Refueling Outage
LR-N22-0096, and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Request for Threshold Determination2023-01-0505 January 2023
and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Request for Threshold Determination
LR-N22-0094, Emergency Plan Document Revisions Implemented November 21, 20222022-12-14014 December 2022
Emergency Plan Document Revisions Implemented November 21, 2022
LR-N22-0091, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Report of 10 CFR 72.48 Changes, Tests, and Experiments2022-12-0202 December 2022
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Report of 10 CFR 72.48 Changes, Tests, and Experiments
ML22335A0412022-12-0101 December 2022
Notification of Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection (05000354/2023011) and Request for Information
IR 05000354/20220032022-11-0303 November 2022
Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2022003
2024-02-01
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March 11, 2022 Mr. Eric Carr President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear, LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - CLOSEOUT OF BULLETIN 2012-01, DESIGN VULNERABILITY IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM
Dear Mr. Carr:
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has verified that Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG) Nuclear, LLC (the licensee) has provided the necessary information requested in NRCs Bulletin (BL) 2012-01, Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System, dated July 27, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12074A115), for Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek). The NRC staff has completed its review of this information and has closed out BL 2012-01 for this facility.
The NRC issued BL 2012-01 on July 27, 2012, to all holders of operating licenses and combined licenses for nuclear power reactors, except those who have permanently ceased operation and have certified that fuel has been removed from the reactor vessel. The bulletin requested information about each facilitys electric power system designs that would allow the NRC staff to verify the systems capability to address open phase conditions. Specifically, the NRC requested licensees to provide the following information:
A description of how the protection scheme for engineered safety features buses (Class 1E for current operating plants or non-Class 1E for passive plants) is designed to detect and automatically respond to a single-phase open circuit condition or high-impedance ground fault condition on offsite power circuits or another power source; and A description of the operating configuration of engineered safety features buses (Class 1E for current operating plants or non-Class 1E for passive plants) at power (i.e.,
normal operating condition).
By letter dated October 25, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12318A175), the licensee provided its response to BL 2012-01 for Hope Creek. By letter dated January 31, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14031A351), the licensee provided supplemental information for this facility in response to an NRC staff request for additional information issued on December 20, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13351A314).
By letters dated October 9, 2013, and March 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML13333A147 and ML15075A454, respectively), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted a voluntary
E. Carr industry initiative to address open phase conditions at nuclear power plants. The NEI letter dated March 16, 2015, stated: The initiative is a formal commitment by the companies that operate nuclear power plants to follow a specific policy or plan of action. The initiative calls for a proactive plan and schedule for addressing potential design vulnerabilities to the open phase condition.
To evaluate the adequacy of the open phase isolation systems designs, the NRC staff issued Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerabilities in Electric Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01), dated October 31, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17137A416), which provided temporary inspection instructions for the purpose of verifying that licensees appropriately implemented the NEI voluntary industry initiative dated March 16, 2015. The NRC staff piloted the use of TI 2515/194 by inspecting four nuclear power plants with four distinct open phase isolation system designs. A summary of the NRC staffs preliminary observations and issues needing additional clarity was discussed with industry representatives in two public meetings conducted on September 19, 2018, and October 17, 2018. The meeting summaries can be found in ADAMS under Package Accession Nos. ML18268A342 and ML18309A226, respectively.
By letter dated June 6, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19163A176), NEI submitted Revision 3 of the voluntary industry initiative to include an option for plants to perform a risk evaluation under certain boundary conditions to support manual response to an open phase condition. NEI also submitted NEI 19-02, Guidance for Assessing Open Phase Condition Implementation Using Risk Insights on June 20, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19172A086). On August 18, 2020, the NRC staff issued Revision 2 of TI 2515/194 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20230A328),
which provided temporary inspection instructions for the purpose of verifying that licensees appropriately implemented Revision 3 of the NEI voluntary industry initiative. The revision accounted for changes reflected in Revision 3 of the NEI voluntary initiative.
In March 2020, the NRC staff performed inspection at Hope Creek using TI 2515/194 dated October 31, 2017. In September 2021, the NRC staff performed inspection at Hope Creek using TI 2515/194 Revision 2. The inspections were performed to verify the licensees implementation of the voluntary industry initiative at this facility. To address the open phase condition design vulnerability issue at this facility, the licensee implemented open phase isolation system plant modifications, which provide detection and alarm in the control room, and necessary plant procedures that allow operators to diagnose and take manual action to mitigate an open phase condition. The NRC inspection reports listed below document the results of the TI 2515/194 inspections.
Hope Creek Generating Station - Temporary Instruction 2515/194 Report 05000354/2020010, dated April 8, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20098F443)
Hope Creek Generating Station - Temporary Instruction 2515/194 Report 05000354/2021011, dated September 30, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21272A263)
The NRC staff reviewed the information submitted by the licensee and the results of the TI 2515/194 inspections for Hope Creek. A minor exception was identified as the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report was not updated to discuss the correct open phase detection and protection system configuration, and the licensee captured this exception in their corrective action program. The staff found this acceptable. Based on this review, the NRC staff concludes
E. Carr that the licensee provided the necessary information requested in BL 2012-01 and has completed the implementation of its open phase isolation system. Therefore, the NRC staff closes BL 2012-01 for Hope Creek.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-4125 or James.Kim@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
James S. Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: Listserv
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