ML22291A369

NRR E-mail Capture - Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Use Beacon Power Distribution Monitoring System

ML22291A369
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	10/18/2022
From:	Scott Wall NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL3
To:	Mack K Point Beach
Wall S
References
L-2022-LLA-0139
Download: ML22291A369 (3)

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From: Scott Wall Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 11:41 AM To: Mack, Kenneth Cc: Phillabaum, Jerry; Schultz, Eric; Mack, Jarrett

Subject:

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Use BEACON Power Distribution Monitoring System (EPID No. L-2022-LLA-0139)

Dear Mr. Mack:

By letter dated September 26, 2022 (Agencywide Document and Management System Accession No. ML22270A084), NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC (NextEra, the licensee) submitted a license amendment request for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Point Beach). The proposed amendment requested to revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.2.4, Quadrant Power Tilt Ratio (QPTR), and TS 3.3.1, Reactor Protection System (RPS)

Instrumentation, to allow the use of an alternate means of determining power distribution information. The proposed TS changes would allow the use of a dedicated on-line core power distribution monitoring system (PDMS) to perform surveillance of core thermal limits. The PDMS to be used at Point Beach is the Westinghouse proprietary core analysis system called Best Estimate Analyzer for Core Operations - Nuclear (BEACONTM).

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this amendment request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant. Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an amendment to the license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed exemption in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 300 hours0.00347 days <br />0.0833 hours <br />4.960317e-4 weeks <br />1.1415e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by October 2023. 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 during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2855 or e-mail at Scott.Wall@nrc.gov.

Scott P. Wall, LSS BB, BSP Senior Project Manager Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 301.415.2855 Scott.Wall@nrc.gov

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Subject:

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Use BEACON Power Distribution Monitoring System (EPID No. L-2022-LLA-0139)

Sent Date: 10/18/2022 11:40:53 AM Received Date: 10/18/2022 11:40:57 AM From: Scott Wall Created By: Scott.Wall@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Phillabaum, Jerry" <jerry.phillabaum@fpl.com>

Tracking Status: None "Schultz, Eric" <eric.schultz@nexteraenergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Mack, Jarrett" <jarrett.mack@fpl.com>

Tracking Status: None "Mack, Kenneth" <kenneth.mack2@fpl.com>

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