ML22268A003
| ML22268A003 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/28/2022 |
| From: | Tanya Smith NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB |
| To: | Maher W Florida Power & Light Co |
| Rakovan L | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML22268A001 | List: |
| References | |
| CAC 000951, EPID L-2022-SLE-0000 | |
| Download: ML22268A003 (6) | |
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William D. Maher Licensing Director - Nuclear Licensing Projects Florida Power & Light Company 15430 Endeavor Drive Jupiter, FL 33478
SUBJECT:
TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 3 AND 4 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION SUPPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW - DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONDUCT A LIMITED SCOPING PROCESS AND PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (000951/05000250/L-2022-SLE-0000 AND 000951/05000251/L-2022-SLE-0000)
Dear William Maher:
By Subsequent License Renewal Application - Appendix E Environmental Report Supplement 2|letter dated June 9, 2022]] (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) ML22160A301), Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) submitted an Environmental Report, Supplement 2 (the ER supplement), related to its 2018 application (ML18037A812) for subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41 for the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 3 and 4 (Turkey Point), to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. A Federal Register Notice (FRN) (87 FR 44430) dated July 26, 2022, the NRC noted the receipt and availability of the ER supplement.
The NRC staff has conducted an acceptance review, to identify whether the application is reasonably complete and conforms to the timing and information requirements in applicable regulations. The NRC staff reviewed your submittal following the guidance in NUREG-2192, Revision 0, Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, to determine if the submittal is sufficient and acceptable for docketing in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) sections 2.101, Filing of application, 51.45, Environmental report, 51.53(c),
Postconstruction environmental reports, 54.19, Contents of application--general information, 54.21, Contents of application--technical information, 54.22, Contents of application--technical specifications, and 54.23, Contents of application--environmental information. The NRC staff also considered the effect of the Commissions Orders in CLI-22-02 and CLI-22-03, on the scope of matters to be addressed in an applicants site-specific environmental report for subsequent license renewal (SLR)
Per our discussion on August 17, 2022, the NRC staff noted a June 14, 2022, news release that announces NextEras plans to decarbonize its fleet by 2045. The staff will review the ER supplement as well as other available sources of information noted during our discussion of this September 28, 2022
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issue as part of the staffs evaluation of the ER supplement and may issue requests for additional or confirmation of information at the appropriate time in the review process if further information is needed.
The NRC staff has concluded that the ER supplement is acceptable for the staffs detailed review. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to a detailed technical review, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information or topic-specific audits. During the staffs detailed technical review, there may be instances identified in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.
This letter also forwards the staffs projected review schedule for the ER supplement (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Functions, and part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants. Based on the information provided in your submittal and discussions during the pre-application meetings, the NRC staff has estimated that review of this subsequent license renewal ER supplement will take approximately 4,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> to complete. 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 will be communicated via separate correspondence. Milestones for hearing activities that may be needed are not included in the enclosed schedule or the estimated hours because these dates, if applicable, would be established by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and new resource considerations would need to be developed.
The NRC staffs review plan also relies on your responses to the staff's requests for additional information, if needed, being of high quality and provided in a timely manner. A timely response is defined as 30 days from the date of the request, or within such other time as may be specified in the request in accordance with 10 CFR 2.108, Denial of application for failure to supply information. You should also be prepared to provide high quality support in a timely and organized manner during technical audits determined necessary by the staff. Delays in staffs receipt of necessary information could result in changes to the review plan in evaluating and processing your ER supplement, up to and including the denial of your SLR application in accordance with the regulations or a significant delay in the schedule based on the overall workload for the staff involved in the review. We request that you inform the NRC staff in writing as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule. The staffs goal is to complete the review in 14 months post-acceptance provided that FPL addresses the staffs information needs in a timely manner. This 14-month schedule, which was discussed at the NRCs public meeting on August 17, 2022, is an estimate for how long it will take staff to complete this work. The NRC will continue to evaluate opportunities to streamline this schedule wherever possible and appropriate.
The NRC staff has prepared a Notice of Intent (NOI) advising the public that the NRC intends to conduct a limited scoping process to gather the information necessary to prepare a supplement to Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding SLR for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4 - Final Report (NUREG-1437, Supplement 5, Second Renewal). Enclosure 2 is a copy of the NOI that will be forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.28, FPL is invited to participate in the limited environmental scoping process.
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If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Lance Rakovan, Project Manager, for the environmenal review at Lance.Rakovan@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Theodore B. Smith, Chief Environmental Review License Renewal Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos: 50-250 and 251
Enclosures:
1.
Review Schedule 2.
Copy of Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: Listserv Signed by Smith, Theodore on 09/28/22
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SUBJECT:
TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 3 AND 4 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION SUPPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW - DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONDUCT A LIMITED SCOPING PROCESS AND PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (000951/05000250/L-2022-SLE-0000 AND 000951/05000251/L-2022-SLE-0000)
DATED:
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 DISTRIBUTION:
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PUBLIC RidsNrrDnrl Resource RidsNrrPMTurkey Point Resource LGibson, NRR/DNRL TSmith, NMSS/REFS LRakovan, NMSS/REFS JMoses, NMSS/REFS TTran, NMSS/REFS JDozier, NRR/DRA KHsueh, NRR/DRA MMahoney, NRR/DORL STurk, OGC DRoth, OGC SBurnell, HQ/OPA LWilkin, HQ/OCA JPelchat, RII/SGLO DGAsperson, RII/OPA DOrr, RII/SRI RReyes, RII/RI BDesai, RII/DRS PCooper, RII/DRS ADAMS Accession Nos: ADAMS Accession Nos: ML22268A001 (Package); ML22268A002 (Federal Register Notice); ML22268A003 (Letter)
OFFICE NMSS:REFS:PM NMSS:REFS:LA NMSS:REFS:BC NAME LRakovan AWalker-Smith TSmith DATE 09/28/2022 09/28/2022 09/28/2022 OFFICE OGC (NLO)
NMSS:REFS:DD NAME STurk JMoses DATE 09/22/2022 09/28/2022 TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 3 & 4 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION SUPPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Site-specific environmental license renewal application supplement received by NRC 6/9/2022 NRC publishes availability of supplement Federal Register notice (FRN) 7/26/2022 NRC publishes notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) supplement and start of 30-day limited scoping period FRN 10/2022 Limited scoping period ends 11/2022 Conduct environmental audit 12/2022 NRC issues environmental requests for additional information (RAI) and requests for confirmation of information (RCI), as needed 1/2023 NRC receives RAI/RCI responses 2/2023 NRC publishes draft SEIS supplement and FRNs to start 45-day comment period and 60-day period to request a hearing 6/2023 Draft SEIS supplement comment period ends 8/2023 Period to request a hearing end 9/2023 Publish final SEIS supplement and FRN 10/2023 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Issues FRN - final SEIS supplement notice of availability and beginning of 30-day cooling off period 10/2023 NRC issues FRN - renewed license/record of decision (assuming no comments during EPA cooling off period or per Commission direction, as appropriate) 12/2023
2 Copy of the Draft Federal Register Notice of the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos.
3 and 4 - Subsequent license renewal application supplement; intent to conduct scoping process and prepare environmental impact statement; public scoping meeting and request for comment ML22268A002