ML24185A126

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Summary of Meeting with Florida Power and Light on License Amendment Requests Regarding the Spent Fuel Criticality Analysis in Support of Planned Transition to 24-Month Fuel Cycles for St. Lucie, Unit 2
ML24185A126
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Site: Saint Lucie  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 07/10/2024
From: Natreon Jordan
Plant Licensing Branch II
To:
Florida Power & Light Co
Jordan N
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ML24185A129 List:
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EPID L-2023-LRM-0035
Download: ML24185A126 (4)


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July 10, 2024

LICENSEE: Florida Power and Light

FACILITIY: St. Lucie Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF NOVEMBER 9, 2023, MEETING WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ON LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS REGARDING THE SPENT FUEL CRITICALITY ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF PLANNED TRANSITION TO 24-MONTH FUEL CYCLES FOR ST. LUCIE, UNIT 2 (EPID L-2024-LRM-0035)

On November 9, 2023, a virtual observation public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representat ives of Florida Power and Light (FPL, the licensee). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the planned license amendment request (LAR) to update the criticality analysis for the St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2 facility (St. Lucie). The meeting notice and agenda, dated October 27, 2023, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADA MS) Accession No. ML23312A149. A list of attendees is provided in the Enclosure.

Following introductions and opening remarks, the licensee presented information (ML23310A155) that described the methodology used in the criticality analysis for the proposed amendment. The licensee also noted the decisio n to move to 24-month fuel cycles and discussed expected impacts to fuel design and depletion parameters in the current criticality analysis. The licensee discussed some of the differences between the current criticality analysis and new criticality analysis contained in the planned submittal.

NRC staff asked the licensee clarifying question s related to the impacts to any recently approved submittals and licensee initiatives such as Digital Instrumentation and Controls and license renewal activities. NRC staff also prov ided feedback by expressing to the licensee how ensuring that the submittal and associated LARs contained all necessary information early on might aid in NRC staff review.

In addition, the licensee discussed the proposed schedule as well as their plans to submit subsequent LARs (i.e., Fuel Cycle and Balance of Plant LARs) to support the transition to 24-month fuel cycle and the timetable for such incoming requests.

No members of the public were in attendance for this meeting.

For questions or comments, please contact me at 301-415-7410, or Natreon.Jordan@nrc.gov.

/RA/

Natreon (Nate) Jordan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-389

Enclosure:

List of Attendees

cc: Listserv LIST OF ATTENDEES

NOVEMBER 9, 2023, PUBLIC MEETING WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT

ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT NO. 2

LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS REGARDING THE SPENT FUEL CRITICALITY

ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF PLANNED TRANSITION TO 24-MONTH FUEL CYCLES FOR

ST. LUCIE, UNIT 2

Name Organization Natreon (Nate) Jordan U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

David Nold NRC Kent Wood NRC Brandon Wise NRC

Jarrett Mack Florida Power and Light Company (FPL)

Emilio Fuentes FPL Robert Norris FPL

Stefan Anton Holtec Corporation (Holtec)

Greg Kessler Holtec Morris Byram Holtec

Enclosure

ML24185A129 (Package)

ML24185A126 (Meeting Summary)

ML23312A149 (Meeting Notice)

OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/LA NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/BC NAME NJordan ABaxter DWrona DATE 06/28/2024 07/08/2024 07/10/2024