NOC-AE-12002908, Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

ML12310A390
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	10/24/2012
From:	Rencurrel D South Texas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EA-12-051, NOC-AE-12002908, STI: 33605262
Download: ML12310A390 (3)

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Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Pro/ect ElectricGeneratingStation PO. Box 289 Wadsworth Texas 77483

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October 24, 2012 NOC-AE-12002908 10 CFR 50.4 10 CFR 2.202 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 South Texas Project Units 1&2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

References:

1. Letter, Eric Leeds to E. D. Halpin, "Issuance of Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation,"

March 12, 2012 (EA-12-051)

2. NRC Interim Staff Guidance JLD-ISG-2012-03, Compliance with Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, Revision 0, August 29, 2012 On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC" or "Commission") issued an order (Reference 1) to STP Nuclear Operating Company. Reference 1 was immediately effective and directs STP Nuclear Operating Company to have a reliable indication of the water level in associated spent fuel storage pools. Specific requirements are outlined in Attachment 2 of Reference 1.

Reference 1 requires submission of an initial status report 60 days following issuance of the final interim staff guidance. The final interim staff guidance (Reference 2) was dated August 29, 2012. The purpose of this letter is to provide the initial status report pursuant to Section IV, Condition C.2, of Reference 1 within 60 days following issuance of Reference 2. This report confirms STP Nuclear Operating Company has received Reference 2 and is in the process of evaluating the guidance for the purpose of providing a reliable indication of the water level in associated spent fuel storage pools as described in Attachment 2 of Reference 1.

Major activities completed during this reporting period:

• The scope of work for this requirement has been defined and included in a contract awarded to a major Architect-Engineer (A/E), with significant nuclear experience, to provide assistance to STP Nuclear Operating Company in implementing the subject Order.

STI: 33605262

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• STP Nuclear Operating Company has assigned the necessary resources to provide oversight to this work and the A/E has also assigned experienced resources.

• The A/E has developed a detailed schedule for this work, defining the work activities, their relationships and the completion date for all activities.

• Initial site walkdowns have been completed of the spent fuel pool area and the area where it is expected the level indication will be provided, as well as the other areas that may be involved in the project.

" Meetings have been held with the potential suppliers who are currently indicating that they may provide the required instrumentation for this application.

• A preliminary assessment has been made of the capabilities of the potential suppliers.

Planned activities for the next six months:

" Continued discussion with the potential suppliers on their plans for supplying these devices.

" Development of the service requirements that these devices will be required to meet.

" Continued discussion with the potential suppliers on their plans for testing of their devices.

• Development of conceptual specifications and installation strategy.

" Development and submittal of the overall integrated plan.

Technical difficulties encountered that could affect the ability to provide the licensee's February 28, 2013, submittal:

0 None at this time Project milestones schedule through completion of installation and testing:

• A project milestone schedule will be provided with the overall integrated plan.

• Implementation of the order will be completed for STP Unit 1 prior to startup from Refueling Outage (1 RE19) planned October 28, 2015.

" Implementation of the order will be completed for STP Unit 2 prior to startup from Refueling Outage (2RE17) planned November 1, 2014.

If there are any questions regarding this letter, please contact Robyn Savage at (361) 972-7438 or me at (361) 972-7867.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on: id:.

Senior Vice President

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Regional Administrator, Region IV A. H. Gutterman, Esquire U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Balwant K. Singal U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Balwant K. Singal John Ragan Senior Project Manager Chris O'Hara U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jim von Suskil One White Flint North (MS 8 B1) NRG South Texas LP 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Kevin Polio Senior Resident Inspector Richard Pena U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission City Public Service P. O. Box 289, Mail Code: MN116 Wadsworth, TX 77483 C. M. Canady Peter Nemeth City of Austin Crain Caton & James, P.C.

Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road C. Mele Austin, TX 78704 City of Austin U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Richard A. Ratliff Director of Office of Nuclear Regulation Texas Department of State Health One White Flint North (MS 13 H 16M) Services 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Alice Rogers Texas Department of State Health Services