ML23352A324
| ML23352A324 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/2023 |
| From: | Tanya Hood Reactor Decommissioning Branch |
| To: | David Helker Constellation Energy Generation |
| References | |
| EPID L- 2023-LLN-0004 | |
| Download: ML23352A324 (2) | |
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1 Tanya Hood From:
Tanya Hood Sent:
Monday, December 18, 2023 8:19 AM To:
David.Helker@constellation.com Cc:
Gropp Jr, Richard W:(Constellation Nuclear); Jack Parrott
Subject:
Acceptance Review: Peach Bottom - Request for Alternative Schedule to Complete Decommissioning Beyond 60 Years of Permanent Cessation of Operations (EPID L-2023-LLN-0004)
SUBJECT:
PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION - ACCEPTANCE OF REQUESTED LICENSING ACTION RE: REQUEST FOR ALTERNATIVE SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE DECOMMISSIONING BEYOND 60 YEARS OF PERMANENT CESSATION OF OPERATIONS (EPID L-2023-LLN-0004)
Dear David P. Helker:
By letter dated October 20, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML23293A305), Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, submitted a request for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 1 (Peach Bottom Unit 1). The proposed request would allow the completion of decommissioning for Peach Bottom Unit 1 beyond 60 years of permanent cessation of operations.
The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of this 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.
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 request 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 660 hours0.00764 days <br />0.183 hours <br />0.00109 weeks <br />2.5113e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is October 18, 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.
Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
2 Tanya E. Hood, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 301-415-1387