ML24068A086

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February 27, 2024, Summary of Pre-Submittal Public Meeting with PSEG Nuclear LLC to Discuss Future Amendment Regarding 24 Month Fuel Cycle and Surveillance Interval Extension
ML24068A086
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Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 03/13/2024
From: James Kim
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:
Public Service Enterprise Group
Kim J
References
EPID L-2024-LRM-0021
Download: ML24068A086 (1)


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March 13, 2024

LICENSEE: PSEG Nuclear LLC

FACILITY: Hope Creek Generating Station

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF FEBRUARY 27, 2024, PRE-SUBMITTAL PUBLIC MEETING WITH PSEG NUCLEAR LLC TO DISCUSS FUTURE AMENDMENT REGARDING 24 MONTH FUEL CYCLE AND SURVEILLANCE INTERVAL EXTENSION (EPID L-2024-LRM-0021)

On February 27, 2024, a virtual observation public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and representatives of PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the licensee). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss with PSEG on upcoming future license amendment request (LAR) regarding 24-Month Fuel Cycle (24MFC) for the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek). The meeting notice and agenda, dated February 13, 2024, are available in the Agencywide Documents A ccess and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML24044A095. A list of attendees is enclosed.

The licensee presented information from the slides contained in ML24052A390 to provide overview of 24MFC LAR Development Approac h and 24MFC LAR Interface with Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) Conversion LAR:

PSEG will utilize Generic Letter (GL) 91-04, Changes in Technical Specification Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a 24-Month Fuel Cycle as the technical basis for surveillance interval extensions from 18 months to 24 months consistent with recent NRC approved precedent.

The 24MFC LAR will be submitted concurrently with the ITS Conversion LAR. While the latter LAR will be wide sweeping, there will be no anticipated intersecting changes since the 24MFC approach to obtaining the one-time exception to the Surveillance Frequency Control Program will be in a new licensing condition.

24MFC implementation anticipated to occur no later than the Fall 2025, with the refueling outage scheduled to begin in October 2025.

During the presentation, the NRC staff stated that on page 6 of the presentation, the correct ADAMS Accession numbers for Fermi 2 and Prairie Island applications should be ML19312A110 and ML21218A093, respectively. Also, the NRC staff confirmed that the Hope Creek 24MFC amendment will be submitted in May 2024, not in March 2024.

The NRC staff did not make any regulatory decisions or commitments at the meeting. There were no members of the public in attendance.

Please direct any inquiries to me at (301) 415-4125 or email James.Kim@nrc.gov.

/RA/

James S. Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-354

Enclosure:

List of Attendees

cc: Listserv

LIST OF ATTENDEES

FEBRUARY 27, 2024, PRE-SUBMITTAL PUBLIC MEETING WITH PSEG NUCLEAR LLC TO

DISCUSS FUTURE AMENDMENT REGARDING 24 MONTH FUEL CYCLE AND

SURVEILLANCE INTERVAL EXTENSION HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION

ATTENDEES ORGANIZATION Hipo Gonzalez U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Elena Herrera Torres NRC James Kim NRC Ravi Grover NRC Clint Ashley NRC Steve Smith NRC Matthew Hamm NRC Steve Wyman NRC Edmund Kleeh NRC Khoi Nguyen NRC Rob Atienza NRC Derek Scully NRC Brian Lee NRC Hang Vu NRC Tom Agster PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG)

Jason Jennings PSEG James Priest PSEG James Stavely PSEG B. Cizin PSEG Brian Thomas PSEG Steve Bier PSEG Paul J. Lindsay PSEG Bill Kopchick PSEG Shawn Madden PSEG Chris Beeson PSEG Donald Hoffman Excel Services Gregg Ellis Excel Services Charles DeDeaux Excel Services Jerry Humphreys New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP)

Veena Gubbi NJ DEP David Heinig Sargent & Lundy

Enclosure

ML24068A086 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL1/PM NRR/DORL/LPL1/LA NRR/DORL/LPL1/BC NRR/DORL/LPL1/PM NAME JKim KEntz HGonzález JKim DATE 03/13/2024 3/13/2024 3/13/2024 3/13/2024