ML25093A071
| ML25093A071 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 04/03/2025 |
| From: | Turner Z Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | Sparkman W Southern Nuclear Company |
| Turner, Zachary | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLR-0025 | |
| Download: ML25093A071 (2) | |
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1 Zach Turner From:
Zach Turner Sent:
Thursday, April 3, 2025 7:54 AM To:
Sparkman, Wesley A.
Cc:
Michael Markley; John Lamb; Joyce, Ryan M.
Subject:
Acceptance Review - Farley Units 1 and 2 - Tendon ISI Alternative - EPID L-2025-LLR-0025
- Wes, By letter dated February 27, 2025, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML25058A186) Southern Nuclear Company (SNC) submitted a relief request for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley), Units 1 and 2. SNC is proposing an alternative inservice inspection (ISI) that would extend the inspection exam frequency of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code),Section XI, Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components, Subsection IWL-2500, Examination Requirements. Specifically, the alternative request would extend the inspection exam frequency of ASME Code Section XI Table IWL-2500-1 Examination Category L-B for item numbers L2.10, L2.20, L2.30, L2.40, and L2.50.
The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this relief 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.
Pursuant to Sections 50.55a(z)(1) and 50.55a(z)(2) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed alternatives would provide an acceptable level of quality and safety, or that compliance with the specified requirements of Section 50.55a would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety.
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 relief request 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. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.
Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 190 hours0.0022 days <br />0.0528 hours <br />3.141534e-4 weeks <br />7.2295e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by April 2, 2026. 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, and unanticipated addition of scope to the review.
Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.
2 If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2258, or via email at Zachary.Turner@nrc.gov.
Very Respectfully, Zach Turner, Project Manager Nuclear Regulatory Commission Division of Operating Reactor Licensing NRR/DORL/LPL2-1 (301) 415-2258 Office: OWFN-07C12 Mail Stop: O-08 B01A