ML24095A328
| ML24095A328 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 04/19/2024 |
| From: | Beverly Smith NRC/NRR/DNRL |
| To: | Penfield R Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp |
| Lingam, S., NRR/DNRL, 301-415-1564 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML24095A328 (5) | |
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April 19, 2024 Rod L. Penfield Site Vice President Vistra Operations Company LLC Perry Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 97, Mail Stop A-PY-A290 Perry, OH 44081-0097
SUBJECT:
PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 - SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Rod L. Penfield:
By letter dated July 3, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23184A081), Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. submitted to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an application for license renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 for Perry Nuclear Power Plant (PNPP), Unit No. 1. Effective March 1, 2024, the facility operating license for Perry was transferred from Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC (owner) and Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. (operator) to Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC (owner) and Vistra Operations Company LLC (operator) (ML24057A092). Upon completion of this license transfer, Vistra Operations Company, LLC (the licensee) assumed the responsibility for all licensing actions under NRC review at the time of the transfer and requested that the NRC continue its review of these actions (ML24054A498).
By letter dated September 22, 2023 (ML23256A359), the NRC concluded that the application was acceptable for docketing and included the staffs projected review schedule for the PNPP license renewal application (LRA). (Enclosure 1). The purpose of this letter is to inform you of changes in the schedule for the PNPP LRA.
For the safety review, the scheduled due date for Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) milestone will be revised from December 2024 to March 2025. The schedule change is due to the licensees staffing challenges for scheduling audit breakout sessions. This led to cascading effects of delaying the discussion of breakout sessions. In addition, NRC received more applications and as a result, the NRC staff availability became more restrained. Furthermore, holding the audits for environmental or safety breakout sessions while the other group was onsite challenged the licensee staff. The overall schedule for the completion of the review is not affected by this change. Going forward, the timely receipt of the licenses proposed supplements and the licensees timely response to requests for additional information will be key to maintaining the revised schedule.
In addition, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee Meeting milestone will be deleted because recent reviews have not required a subcommittee meeting. The NRC staff does not anticipate needing a subcommittee for this review. However, if open or confirmatory items remain after the safety evaluation is issued, then a date for a subcommittee meeting will be communicated
R. Penfield 2
In the NRC staffs letter dated September 22, 2023, the staff estimated that the review of the PNPP LRA will take approximately 20,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff does not expect additional hours will be required because of the revised schedule.
of this letter highlights the staffs revised projected review schedule for the PNPP LRA. 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 Siva P. Lingam at Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA by Samuel S. Lee for/
Brian W. Smith, Director Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-440
Enclosures:
- 1. Review Schedule from NRC Letter dated September 22, 2023
- 2. Revised Review Schedule cc w/encls: Listserv
NAME SLingam*
KBratcher*
MCarpentier*
DATE 4/04/2024 4/05/2024 4/10/2024 OFFICE NRR/DNRL/NLRP/BC NRR/DNRL/D NAME LGibson*
BSmith* (SLee for)
DATE 4/18/2024 4/19/2024
PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE FROM NRC LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive License Renewal Application (LRA) 07/2023 07/3/2023 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA Availability 08/2023 08/09/2023 Publish FRN - Docketing Acceptance/Rejection and Opportunity for Hearing 09/2023 Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping 09/2023 Public Meeting - Overview of License Renewal Process and Environmental Scoping 10/2023 Environmental Scoping Period Ends 10/2023 Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests and Petitions for Intervention 11/2023 Issue Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 08/2024 Public Meeting - Draft SEIS Meeting, If Needed 09/2024 End of Draft SEIS Comment Period 10/2024 Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) 12/2024 ACRS Subcommittee Meeting 02/2025 Issue Final SEIS 04/2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - Availability of Final SEIS 05/2025 ACRS Full Committee Meeting 05/2025 Decision - Director, NRR 08/2025
PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 REVISED LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive License Renewal Application (LRA) 07/2023 07/3/2023 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA Availability 08/2023 08/09/2023 Publish FRN - Docketing Acceptance/Rejection and Opportunity for Hearing 09/2023 09/26/2023 Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping 09/2023 10/10/2023 Public Meeting - Overview of License Renewal Process and Environmental Scoping 10/2023 10/19/2023 10/25/2023 Environmental Scoping Period Ends 10/2023 11/09/2023 Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests and Petitions for Intervention 11/2023 11/28/2023 Issue Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 08/2024 Public Meeting - Draft SEIS Meeting, If Needed 09/2024 End of Draft SEIS Comment Period 10/2024 Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) 03/2025 ACRS Subcommittee Meeting N/A Issue Final SEIS 04/2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - Availability of Final SEIS 05/2025 ACRS Full Committee Meeting 05/2025 Decision - Director, NRR 08/2025