ML25055A231
| ML25055A231 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 02/21/2025 |
| From: | Perry Buckberg Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Baron J Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Buckberg, P | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLE-0007 10 Part 26 | |
| Download: ML25055A231 (1) | |
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From:
Perry Buckberg To:
Baron, Jesse Shawn Cc:
Taylor, Andrew Charles; Kimberly Green
Subject:
Acceptance Review - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Exemption Request for 10 CFR Part 26 L-2025-LLE-0007 Date:
Friday, February 21, 2025 6:52:00 AM
- Jesse,
By letter dated February 5, 2025, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML25036A070 ), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the licensee) submitted an exemption request for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. The purpose of this email is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the request has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.
The proposed exemption would allow the use of the less restrictive work hour limitations described in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 26.205(d)(4) to support activities during a specific maintenance window in the ongoing Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 extended turbine generator outage. The regulations in Section 26.205(d)(4) of 10 CFR provide, in part, that During the first 60 days of a unit outage, licensees need not meet the requirements of § 26.205(d)(3) or (d)(7) for individuals specified in § 26.4(a)(1) through (a)(4), while those individuals are working on outage activities. However, the licensee shall ensure that the individuals specified in § 26.4(a)(1) through (a)(3) have at least 3 days off in each successive (i.e., non-rolling) 15-day period and that the individuals specified in § 26.4(a)(4) have at least 1 day off in any 7-day period.
The NRC staff has reviewed your request and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the requested exemption in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review, as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staff's ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified, despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staff's detailed technical review by separate correspondence.
Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this exemption request will take approximately 75 hours8.680556e-4 days <br />0.0208 hours <br />1.240079e-4 weeks <br />2.85375e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by March 24, 2025. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, and the contractor resources will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.
These estimates are based on the NRC staff's initial review of the, request and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated
addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301)415 1383 or by e-mail at Perry.Buckberg@nrc.gov.
- Thanks, Perry Buckberg Senior Project Manager / Agency 2.206 Petition Coordinator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation office: (301)415-1383 perry.buckberg@nrc.gov Mail StopO-8B1a, Washington, DC, 20555-0001