ML25059A121
| ML25059A121 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  (NPF-086) |
| Issue date: | 02/26/2025 |
| From: | V Sreenivas Plant Licensing Branch 1 |
| To: | Mack K, Valdez M NextEra Energy Seabrook |
| Poole J, NRR/DORL/LPLI, 415-2048 | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLA-0025 | |
| Download: ML25059A121 (2) | |
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1 Ricardo Lantigua From:
V Sreenivas Sent:
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 2:39 PM To:
Mack, Kenneth; Valdez, Maribel Cc:
Hipo Gonzalez; Ricardo Lantigua; Alexander Schwab; Bob Pascarelli; Ed Miller
Subject:
Seabrook-TSTF-505-Revise Technical Specifications to use Risk Informed Completion Times (RICTs). EPID: L-2025-LLA-0025 By letter dated February 3, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML25034A143), NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (the licensee), NextEra, submitted a license amendment for Seabrook Station. The proposed license amendment would modify the Seabrook Technical Specifications (TS) to permit the use of Risk Informed Completion Times (RICTs) in accordance with TSTF-505, Revision 2, "Provide Risk-Informed Extend Completion Times - RITSTF Initiative 4b.
The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this amendment 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 application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.
Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an application for an amendment to a license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.
The NRC staff has reviewed your application 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 proposed amendment 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 staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.
Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 1,881 hours0.0102 days <br />0.245 hours <br />0.00146 weeks <br />3.352205e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC also anticipates contractor support for the review and estimates that the contractor hours is approximately estimated for 190 hours0.0022 days <br />0.0528 hours <br />3.141534e-4 weeks <br />7.2295e-5 months <br />. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by February 26, 2026, as requested by the licensee and will involve virtual e-room/portal and audits.
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, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager. These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application, 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.
V. Sreenivas, Ph.D., CPM.,
Beaver Valley, Ginna, Seabrook Nuclear Stations Division of Operating Reactors Licensing, LPL1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2 V.Sreenivas@nrc.gov