ML23109A113

SLRA Change Schedule Letter

ML23109A113
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	04/30/2023
From:	Beverly Smith, Vaughn Thomas NRC/NRR/DNRL/NLRP
To:	Coffey R Florida Power & Light Co
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Download: ML23109A113 (4)

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April 30, 2023 Robert Coffey 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 (ADAMS) 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), October 26, 2022 (ML22299A037), March 27, 2023 (ML23086B990),

and April 21, 2023 (ML23111A129), 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). The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the changes to the current schedule for the St. Lucie SLRA.

In October 2022 the NRC technical staff became aware of an operating experience (OE) at the site for an emergency diesel generator radiator leak that occurred in June 2022. In November 2022 (ML22325A069), the NRC staff issued a request for additional information (RAI) followed by a letter (ML22322A037) to the applicant informing St. Lucie that the NRC staff intends to change the current schedule for its SLRA because of the OE event. In the letter, the NRC staff specified that the December 2022, Issue Safety Evaluation Report, and the February 2023 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting, milestones will be revised to a date to be determined upon receipt of applicant response to the NRC staff RAI.

Upon receiving the applicant final response on April 21, 2023 (ML23111A129), the NRC staff revised the scheduled dates for Issue Safety Evaluation Report to July 2023 and the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting to September 2023.

R. Coffey The revised schedule was needed in order to fully address technical issues as a result of the June 2022 operating experience identified at St. Lucie that impact the following technical areas of the review:

External Surfaces Monitoring Selective Leaching The revised review schedule for the St. Lucie SLRA is provide in the enclosure. 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 Vaughn Thomas at Vaughn.Thomas@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Smith, Brian on 04/30/23 Brian W. Smith, Director Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389

Enclosure:

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

ML23109A113 *via email NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/DNRL/NLRP/PM NRR/DNRL/NLIB/LA OGC (NLO)

NAME VThomas SGreen ANaber DATE 04/26/23 04/26/23 04/28/2023 OFFICE NRR/DNRL/NLRP/BC NRR/DNRL NAME LGibson BSmith DATE 4/28/2023 4/30/23 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 hearing 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 - DSEIS Meeting, If Needed TBD*

End of DSEIS Comment Period TBD*

Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) 7/2023 ACRS Full Committee Meeting 9/2023 Issue Final SEIS TBD*

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN TBD*

Published - Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement SEIS Decision - Director, NRR TBD*

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

Enclosure