ML25212A129
| ML25212A129 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 99902041 |
| Issue date: | 08/07/2025 |
| From: | Jennivine Rankin Licensing Processes Branch |
| To: | Elliott G Framatome |
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| ML25212A128 | List: |
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| EPID L-2025-TOP-0013 BAW-10247 | |
| Download: ML25212A129 (1) | |
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION August 7, 2025 Gayle Elliott, Director Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Framatome, Inc.
3315 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24501
SUBJECT:
SEPTEMBER 9-11, 2025, REGULATORY AUDIT PLAN FOR FRAMATOME INC. TOPICAL REPORT, BAW-10247, REVISION 0, SUPPLEMENT 3P, REVISION 0, REALISTIC THERMAL - MECHANICAL FUEL ROD METHODOLOGY FOR BOILING WATER REACTORS SUPPLEMENT 3:
EXTENSION TO HIGHER EXPOSURES (EPID L-2025-TOP-0013)
Dear Ms. Elliott:
By application dated April 7, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML25094A181), Framatome Inc., submitted Topical Report (TR) BAW-10247, Revision 0, Supplement 3P, Revision 0, Realistic Thermal-Mechanical Fuel Rod Methodology for Boiling Water Reactors Supplement 3: Extension to Higher Exposures, for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) review and approval.
The NRC staff has performed an initial review of the submitted TR and determined that a regulatory audit would facilitate the timely completion of our review. The NRC staff plans to conduct an in-person audit on September 9 - 11, 2025, at Framatomes facility in Richland Washington. The areas of focus for the regulatory audit are the information contained in the submitted TR and relevant supporting documentation (e.g., analyses and calculations). The audit will be performed consistent with NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office Instruction LIC-111, Revision 1, Regulatory Audits, dated October 31, 2019 (ML19226A274).
Enclosed for your information is a copy of the proprietary audit plan that the NRC staff will follow. A nonproprietary version of the audit plan will be released to the public. Additionally, the NRC staff plan to issue a report within 90 days after completion of the audit.
NOTICE: Enclosure 1 to this letter contains Proprietary Information. When this letter is separated from Enclosure 1, this letter is decontrolled.
OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Please contact Ngola Otto at 301-415-6695 or via e-mail at Ngola.Otto@nrc.gov with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jennivine K. Rankin, Acting Branch Chief Licensing Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99902041
Enclosures:
- 1. Audit Plan (Proprietary)
- 2. Audit Plan (Nonproprietary)
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