ML24358A098
| ML24358A098 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/2025 |
| From: | Michele Sampson NRC/NRR/DNRL |
| To: | Erb D Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| Download: ML24358A098 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Delson C. Erb Vice President, OPS Support Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (DOCKET NOS: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296)
Dear Delson C. Erb:
By Subsequent License Renewal Application Appendix E, Applicant’S Environmental Report-Operating License Renewal Stage|letter dated January 19, 2024]] (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML24019A009), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted an application for subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). By letter dated March 15, 2024 (ML24068A177), the NRC staff concluded that the application was acceptable for docketing and included the staffs projected review schedule for the BFN subsequent license renewal application (SLRA) Enclosure 1. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of changes in the schedule for the BFN SLRA.
For the safety review, the scheduled due dates for Issue Safety Evaluation Report and Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting will be revised.
Specifically, the Issue Safety Evaluation Report milestone will be revised from April 2025 to July 2025, and Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting milestone will be revised from June 2025 to September 2025. These schedule changes result from the quantity and complexity of the technical issues related to the safety review. The following technical areas remain unresolved:
1.
Buried and Underground Piping and Tanks 2.
Structures Monitoring Program 3.
Concrete 4.
Irradiation-Structural To gain resolution on the outstanding issues, the staff have issued and continue to issue requests for additional information. In the event that these technical issues are unable to be resolved by April 2025, staff will evaluate the delay and determine the need to further revise the milestone schedule. The estimate of staff hours needed to complete the safety review may also be revised at that time.
February 6, 2025
D. Erb 2 of this letter highlights the staffs revised projected review schedule for the BFN SLRA. 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 Jessica Hammock, Project Manager, for the safety review of the BFN SLRA at Jessica.Hammock@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Michele Sampson, Director Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: Browns Ferry Listserv Signed by Sampson, Michele on 02/06/25
- via email NRR-106 OFFICE NLRP/DNRL/PM NLRP/DNRL/LA OGC NLO NAME JHammock KBratcher DRoth DATE 01/03/2025 01/03/2025 01/23/2025 OFFICE NLRP/DNRL/BC (A)
D/DNRL NAME BRogers MSampson DATE 01/23/2025 BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE From NRC Letter dated March 14, 2024 (As Updated)
Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive Subsequent License Renewal Application (SLRA) 01/2024 01/19/2024 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - SLRA Availability 02/2024 02/08/2024 Publish FRN - Docketing Acceptance/Rejection and Opportunity for Hearing 03/2024 03/15/2024 Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping 04/2024 April 3, 2024 Public Meeting - Overview of Subsequent License Renewal Process and Environmental Scoping 04/2024 April 11, 2024 and April 18, 2024 Environmental Scoping Period Ends 05/2024 May 3, 2024 Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests and Petitions for Intervention 05/2024 May 20, 2024 Issue Draft Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 05/2025 Public Meeting - Draft EIS Meeting, If Needed 06/2025 End of Draft EIS Comment Period 06/2025 Issue Safety Evaluation Report 04/2025 07/2025 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Full Committee Meeting 06/2025 09/2025 Issue Final EIS 11/2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published -
Availability of Final EIS 11/2025 Decision - Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 01/2026