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Request for Additional Information and Draft Requests for Confirmatory Information Regarding Limerick Digital Instrumentation and Controls License Amendment Request (EPID L-2022-LLA-0140) - NON-PROPRIETARY
ML25049A178
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Site: Limerick  
Issue date: 02/05/2025
From: Marshall M
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Rickey A
Constellation Energy Generation
Klett, AL
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From:

Michael Marshall To:

Rickey, Ashley:(Constellation Nuclear)

Cc:

Wendi Para (wendi.para@constellation.com); Robert Kuntz

Subject:

Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Request for Additional Information and Draft Requests for Confirmatory Information Regarding Limerick Digital Instrumentation and Controls License amendment Request (EPID L-2022-LLA-0140)

Date:

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 10:52:00 AM Hello Ashley,

By letter dated September26, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML22269A569; non-public), as supplemented by letters dated August12, 2022 (ML22224A149), November29, 2022 (ML22333A817), February8, 2023 (ML23039A141), February15, 2023 (ML23046A266), March30, 2023 (ML23089A324),

April5, 2023 (ML23095A223), June26, 2023 (ML23177A224), July31, 2023 (ML23212B236), September12, 2023 (ML23255A095), October30, 2023 (ML23303A223),

November21, 2023 (ML23325A206), January26, 2024 (ML24026A296), February26, 2024 (ML24057A427), March7, 2024 (ML24067A294), March18, 2024 (ML24057A426),

April23, 2024 (ML24114A322), May3, 2024 (ML24124A043), June13, 2024 (ML24165A264), June14, 2024 (ML24166A114), and June28, 2024 (ML24180A157)

Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (Constellation; the licensee) submitted license amendment requests (LAR) for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (Limerick). The supplement dated September12, 2023 replaces in its entirety the original LAR dated September26, 2022. The licensee replaced the original submittal, because it had mistakenly included proprietary information in the non-proprietary parts of the request. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff made all of the original submittal non-public. With the exceptions noted by the licensee in the letter dated September12, 2023, the content of the replacement and the original are the same.

The amendment requests would change both the design and technical specifications to permit the use of a new single digital instrumentation and controls system to replace analog instrumentation of reactor protection system, analog nuclear steam supply shutoff system, emergency core cooling system, reactor core isolation cooling system, and end-of-cycle recirculation pump trip at Limerick. In addition, the proposed amendments would change the classification of the redundant reactivity control system from safety-related to non-safety-related, eliminate the automatic redundant reactivity control system feedwater runback function, eliminate several surveillance requirements, and allow the use of automated operator aids (or automated controls) from main control room.

The NRC staff has determined that additional information is needed to complete its review of the Limerick digital I&C LAR. The request was sent to Constellation on February 5, 2025 using the BOX service. This request was discussed with Constellation on February 5, 2025.

Constellations response shall be provided to the NRC by April 7, 2025. Request for additional information numbering starts from the last RAI number that was used in RAIs sent to Constellation by NRC email dated January 3, 2025.

Best Regards, Michael L. Marshall, Jr.

Senior Project Manager

Plant Licensing Branch I

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

301-415-2871

Official Use Only - Proprietary Information Official Use Only - Proprietary Information causes have been addressed to prevent future failures from occurring in future production testing or post-production stages.