NUREG-1431, Acceptance of License Amendment Request Concerning Technical Specification Conversion to NUREG-1431, Revision 5

Acceptance of License Amendment Request Concerning Technical Specification Conversion to NUREG-1431, Revision 5

ML22019A129
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	02/03/2022
From:	Michael Mahoney Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Coffey B Florida Power & Light Co
Mahoney M, NRR/DORL/LPL2-2, 415-3867
References
EPID L-2021-LLI-0002
Download: ML22019A129 (3)

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February 3, 2022 Mr. Bob Coffey Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company 700 Universe Blvd.

Mail Stop: EX/JB Juno Beach, FL 33408

SUBJECT:

TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 3 AND 4 - ACCEPTANCE OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST CONCERNING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CONVERSION TO NUREG-1431, REVISION 5 (EPID L-2021-LLI-0002)

Dear Mr. Coffey:

By letter dated September 22, 2021, as supplemented by letter dated January 19, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos. ML21265A370 and ML22019A067, respectively), Florida Power and Light Company submitted a license amendment request for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 3 and 4 (Turkey Point). The proposed amendment would revise the current technical specifications to reflect adoption of NUREG-1431, Standard Technical Specifications - [Westinghouse Electric Company] Westinghouse Plants, Revision 5.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this amendment 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.

Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an application for an amendment to a license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application, including the supplemental information provided in the January 19, 2022, letter, 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 amendment 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

B. Coffey 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 4,300 hours0.00347 days <br />0.0833 hours <br />4.960317e-4 weeks <br />1.1415e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by November 30, 2022. 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, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3867 or Michael.Mahoney@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mike Mahoney, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 cc: Listserv

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