ML25169A141
| ML25169A141 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 07/18/2025 |
| From: | Michele Sampson NRC/NRR/DNRL |
| To: | Erb D Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shared Package | |
| ML25169A140 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2023-SLR-0000 | |
| Download: ML25169A141 (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 - FINAL SAFETY EVALUATION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (EPID NO. L-2023-SLR-0000)
Dear Delson C. Erb:
By letter dated January 19, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No.ML24019A009), as supplemented by letters dated January 22, 2024 (ML24022A292), October 9, 2024 (ML24283A091), November 1, 2024 (ML24306A203), December 17, 2024 (ML24352A216), January 8, 2025 (ML25008A150),
February 12, 2025 (ML25043A270 & ML25043A035), March 4, 2025 (ML25063A184),
March 26, 2025 (ML25085A283), March 28, 2025 (ML25087A216), April 14, 2025 (ML25104A172), April 16, 2025 (ML25106A149), April 24, 2025 (ML25114A206), and May 1, 2025 (ML25121A174), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted an application for subsequent license renewal (SLR) 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). TVA submitted the application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, for SLR.
The NRC staff determined that the application was complete and acceptable for docketing as communicated by letter dated March 15, 2024 (ML24068A177) and noticed in the Federal Register on March 21, 2024 (89 FR 20254).
The NRC staff has reviewed the BFN Subsequent License Renewal Application (SLRA) and has developed the enclosed Safety Evaluation Related to the Subsequent License Renewal of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, hereinafter referred to as the Safety Evaluation (SE). The SE reflects the status of the NRC staffs safety review of the SLRA, as supplemented, through May 1, 2025. The issuance of the enclosed SE is an important milestone for both the applicant and the NRC staff.
July 18, 2025
D. Erb 2
If you have any questions regarding this matter, 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
Enclosure:
SE cc w/encls: Browns Ferry Listserv Signed by Sampson, Michele on 07/18/25
ML25169A140 (PKG)
ML25195A024 (SE PROP)
ML25195A021 (SE Public)
- Concurrence on SE issued July 16, 2025 NRR-106 OFFICE BC/ELTB/DEX BC/ESEB/DEX BC/SCPB/DSS BC/SNSB/DSS NAME JPaige**
ITseng**
MValentin**
PSahd**
DATE 10/30/2024 07/10/2025 08/14/2024 08/13/2025 OFFICE BC/APLB/DRA BC/NVIB/DNRL BC/NPHP/DNRL BC/NCSG/DNRL NAME EDavidson**
ABuford**
MMitchell**
SBloom**
DATE 10/09/2024 02/21/2025 03/31/2025 05/07/2025 OFFICE BC/SFNB/DSS PM/NLRP/DNRL BC/NLRP/DNRL OGC (NLO)
NAME SKrepel**
JHammock**
LGibson**
(ANeuhausen for)
ALeatherman DATE 03/12/2025 04/07/2025 06/12/2025 07/10/2025 OFFICE D/DNRL PM/NLRP/DNRL LA/NLRP/DNRL BC/NLRP/DNRL NAME MSampson**
(JPaige for)
JHammock (ltr)
KBratcher (ltr)
LGibson (ltr)
(ANeuhausen for)
DATE 07/16/2025 06/17/2025 06/18/2025 07/11/2025 OFFICE D/DNRL NAME MSampson DATE