ML22322A037

SLRA Intent to Change Schedule Letter

ML22322A037
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	11/18/2022
From:	Beverly Smith NRC/NRR/DNRL
To:	Coffey B Florida Power & Light Co
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Download: ML22322A037 (4)

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November 18, 2022 Mr. Bob Coffey Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company 700 Universe Boulevard Mail Stop: EX/JB Juno Beach, FL 33408

SUBJECT:

ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Mr. Coffey:

By letter dated August 3, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Package Accession No. ML21215A314), as revised by letter dated October 12, 2021 (ML21285A107) and supplemented by letters dated April 7, 2022 (ML22097A202), April 13, 2022 (ML22103A014), May 19, 2022 (ML22139A083), June 13, 2022 (ML22164A802), July 11, 2022 (ML22192A078), August 9, 2022 (ML22221A134), September 8, 2022 (ML22251A202),

September 19, 2022 (ML22262A149), September 22, 2022 (ML22265A134), September 28, 2022 (ML22271A399), and October 26, 2022 (ML22299A037), Florida Power & Light Company (FPL or the applicant) submitted an application for the subsequent license renewal (SLR) of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-67 and NPF-16 for the St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2 (St. Lucie), to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). FPL submitted the application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, for SLR.

By letter dated September 24, 2021 (ML21246A090), the NRC concluded that the application was acceptable for docketing and included the staffs projected review schedule for the St. Lucie subsequent license renewal application (SLRA) (Enclosure 1).

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the staffs intent to change the current schedule for the St. Lucie SLRA. The change is needed in order to fully address technical issues arising from recent operating experience at St. Lucie in the following technical areas:

• External Surfaces Monitoring

• Selective Leaching For the safety review, the scheduled due dates for Issue Safety Evaluation Report and Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting will be revised.

Specifically, the December 2022 Issue Safety Evaluation Report milestone and February 2023 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting milestone will be revised to a date to be determined upon receipt of additional information related to the outstanding technical issues.

B. Coffey 2 The staff will issue a revised review schedule for the St. Lucie SLRA once additional information addressing the outstanding issues are received. The NRC staff will strive to meet the milestones ahead of the revised schedule whenever feasible.

If you have any questions related to this review schedule, please contact Brian Harris at Brian.Harris2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian W. Smith, Director Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389

Enclosure:

1. Review Schedule from NRC Letter dated September 24, 2021 (As Updated) cc w/encl: Listserv

ML22322A037 *via email NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/DNRL/NLRP: PM NRR/DNRL/NLRP: LA NRR/DNRL/NLRP: BC NAME BHarris YEdmonds LGibson DATE 11/15/2022 11/18/2022 11/18/2022 OFFICE NRR/DNRL: DD NAME BThomson for BSmith DATE XX/XX/XXXX SAINT LUCIE PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE From NRC Letter dated September 24, 2021 (As Updated)

Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive Subsequent License Renewal Application (SLRA) 08/2021 08/03/2021 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - SLRA Availability 08/2021 08/10/2021 Publish FRN - Docketing Acceptance/Rejection and Opportunity 09/2021 09/29/2021 for Hearing Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an 10/2021 10/22/2021 Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Public Meeting - Overview of Subsequent License Renewal 10/2021 11/03/2021 Process and Environmental Scoping Environmental Scoping Period Ends 11/2021 11/22/2021 Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests and Petitions for 11/2021 11/29/2021 Intervention Issue Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement To be (DSEIS) determined (TBD)*

Public Meeting - Draft SEIS Meeting, If Needed TBD*

End of DSEIS Comment Period TBD*

Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) TBD*

ACRS Full Committee Meeting TBD*

Issue Final SEIS TBD*

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN TBD*

Published - Availability of Final SEIS Decision - Director, NRR TBD*

• Per Commission Order CLI-22-03 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22055A521)

Enclosure