ML23271A154

NRR E-mail Capture - Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Revise TS 5.5.17, Pre-Stressed Concrete Containment Tendon Surveillance Program

ML23271A154
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/28/2023
From:	Scott Wall NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL3
To:	Mack K Point Beach
Wall S
References
L-2023-LLA-0132
Download: ML23271A154 (3)

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From: Scott Wall Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 11:50 AM To: Mack, Kenneth Cc: Schultz, Eric; Phillabaum, Jerry

Subject:

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Revise TS 5.5.17, Pre-Stressed Concrete Containment Tendon Surveillance Program (EPID No. L-2023-LLA-0132)

Dear Mr. Mack:

By letter dated September 19, 2023 (Agencywide Document and Management System Accession No. ML23262B018), 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) 5.5.17, Pre-Stressed Concrete Containment Tendon Surveillance Program, for consistency with the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.55a, Codes and standards. Specifically, the proposed changes replace the reference to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.35 with a reference to Section XI, Subsection IWL of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as contained in NUREG-1431, Revision 5, Standard Technical Specifications - Westinghouse Plants. NextEra also proposes to delete the provisions of Surveillance Requirement 3.0.2 in TS 5.5.17.

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 10 CFR 50.90, 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 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by March 2024. 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 Revise TS 5.5.17, Pre-Stressed Concrete Containment Tendon Surveillance Program (EPID No. L-2023-LLA-0132)

Sent Date: 9/28/2023 11:50:16 AM Received Date: 9/28/2023 11:50:20 AM From: Scott Wall Created By: Scott.Wall@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Schultz, Eric" <Eric.Schultz@nexteraenergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Phillabaum, Jerry" <Jerry.Phillabaum@fpl.com>

Tracking Status: None "Mack, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Mack2@fpl.com>

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