ML25191A085
| ML25191A085 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 08/12/2025 |
| From: | Michele Sampson NRC/NRR/DNRL |
| To: | Coffey R Florida Power & Light Group |
| References | |
| Download: ML25191A085 (1) | |
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Robert Coffey Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company 700 Universe Boulevard Mail Stop: EX/JB Juno Beach, FL 33408
SUBJECT:
ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Mr. Coffey:
By letter dated August 3, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML21215A314), as revised by letter dated October 12, 2021 (ML21285A107), and supplemented by letters dated April 7, 2022 (ML22097A202),
April 13, 2022 (ML22103A014), May 19, 2022 (ML22139A083), June 13, 2022 (ML22164A802),
July 11, 2022 (ML22192A078), August 9, 2022 (ML22221A134), September 8, 2022 (ML22251A202), September 19, 2022 (ML22262A149), September 22, 2022 (ML22265A134),
September 28, 2022 (ML22271A399), October 26, 2022 (ML22299A037), March 27, 2023 (ML23086B990) and April 21, 2023 (ML23111A129), Florida Power & Light Company (FPL or the applicant) submitted an application for the subsequent license renewal (SLR) of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-67 and NPF-16 for the St. Lucie Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (St. Lucie), to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). FPL submitted the application for SLR pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.
By letter dated September 24, 2021 (Package ML21246A090), the NRC staff concluded that the application was acceptable for docketing. By letter dated March 3, 2025 (ML25007A222), the staff issued the staffs projected review schedule for the St. Lucie subsequent license renewal application (SLRA).
The purpose of this letter is to inform you of changes in the review schedule for the St. Lucie SLRA. The revisions reflect several staff efficiencies that have been applied to the environmental and safety reviews since the original schedule was set.
The enclosure of this letter provides the staffs revised projected schedule for the St. Lucie SLRA review. The staff will strive to meet the milestones ahead of the revised schedule whenever feasible.
Based on the current status of the review and implemented efficiencies, the staff estimates that the review of the SLRA will take approximately 19,650 hours0.00752 days <br />0.181 hours <br />0.00107 weeks <br />2.47325e-4 months <br /> to complete. This reflects an August 12, 2025
R. Coffey estimate of 14,550 hours0.00637 days <br />0.153 hours <br />9.093915e-4 weeks <br />2.09275e-4 months <br /> for the safety review and 5,100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br /> for the environmental review.
These estimates are a reduction from the original estimate of 23,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> for the combined safety and environmental review.
If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Vaughn Thomas, Project Manager, for the NRC staffs safety review of the St. Lucie SLRA at Vaughn.Thomas@nrc.gov, or Lance Rakovan, Project Manager, for the NRC staffs environmental review of the St. Lucie SLRA at Lance.Rakovan@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Michele Sampson, Director Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389
Enclosure:
Review Schedule from NRC Letter dated March 3, 2025 (As Updated) cc w/encl: Listserv Signed by Sampson, Michele on 08/12/25
ML25191A085 via-EConcurrence NRR-106 OFFICE PM: DNRL: NLRP LA: DNRL: NLRP PM: REFS/EPMB1 NAME VThomas KBratcher LRakovan DATE 07/9/2025 07/10/2025 07/14/2025 OFFICE BC: REFS/EPMB1 BC: DNRL: NLRP D: DNRL NAME SKoenick (KFolk for)
ANuehausen MSampson DATE 07/31/2025 07/31/2025
Enclosure SAINT LUCIE PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE From NRC Letter dated March 3, 2025 (As Updated)
Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive Subsequent License Renewal Application (SLRA) 08/2021 08/03/2021 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - SLRA Availability 08/2021 08/10/2021 Publish FRN - Docketing Acceptance/Rejection and Opportunity for Hearing hearing 09/2021 09/29/2021 Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping 10/2021 10/22/2021 Public Meeting - Overview of Subsequent License Renewal Process and Environmental Scoping 10/2021 11/03/2021 Environmental Scoping Period Ends 11/2021 11/22/2021 Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests and Petitions for Intervention 11/2021 11/29/2021 Issue Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) 11/2025 10/2025 Public Meeting - Draft SEIS Meeting, If Needed 12/2025 End of DSEIS Comment Period 01/2026 12/2025 Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) 07/2023 07/21/2023 ACRS Full Committee Meeting 09/2023 09/06/2023 Issue Final SEIS 07/2026 03/2026 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - Availability of Final SEIS 07/2026 03/2026 Decision - Director, NRR 09/2026 04/2026