PNP 2012-099, Response to Third Request for Additional Information on License Amend Request Re Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks

Response to Third Request for Additional Information on License Amend Request Re Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks

ML12335A071
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	11/29/2012
From:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
PNP 2012-099, TAC ME8074
Download: ML12335A071 (3)

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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant Ent 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043 Tel 269 764 2000 Anthony J Vitale Site Vice President PNP 2012-099 November 29, 2012 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Response to Third Request for Additional Information License Amendment Request Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks (ME8074)

Palisades Nuclear Plant Docket 50-255 License No. DPR-20

References:

1. Entergy Nuclear Operations letter, PNP 2012-005, License Amendment Request Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks, dated February 28, 2012 (ADAMS Accession Numbers ML12061A288, ML12061A289, and ML12061A290)

2. NRC electronic mail of November 8, 2012, Palisades Nuclear Plant ME8074 Request for Additional Information Regarding Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks

Dear Sir or Madam:

In Reference 1, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) submitted a license amendment request to modify the Renewed Facility Operating License, Appendix A, Technical Specifications (TS), as they apply to the replacement of the spent fuel pool region I storage racks. In Reference 2, ENO received a third request for information (RAI) from the NRC.

Attachment I provides the ENO responses to the RAI.

A copy of this response has been provided to the designated representative of the State of Michigan.

PNP 2011-099 Page 2 This letter contains no new or revised commitments.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on November 29, 2012.

Sincerely, ajv/jlk

Attachment:

1. Response to Third Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request for Replacement of Spent Fuel Pool Region I Storage Racks cc: Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC State of Michigan

ATTACHMENT I RESPONSE TO THIRD REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT OF SPENT FUEL POOL REGION I STORAGE RACKS A request for information (RAI) was received, from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), by electronic mail on November 8, 2012. The Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(ENO) response is provided below.

NRC Request

1. In NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report, the guidance proposes a 10 year maximum surveillance interval for the inspection and testing of a neutron absorbing material other than Boraflex in the spent fuel pool. Your application is consistent with this guidance with the exception of the time interval between 36 years and 48 years, and again between 48 years and 60 years, where the surveillance interval is 12 years.

a. Please provide a surveillance schedule that is consistent with the staff guidance, or

b. Provide a justification for a surveillance interval greater than 10 years.

ENO Response

1. A revised coupon surveillance schedule replacing Table 3.4.1 in the Holtec Report No. Hl-21 15004, Licensing Report for Replacement of the Palisades Region I Spent fuel Storage Racks, is provided below. The schedule is consistent with NRC staff guidance.

TABLE 3.4.1 RECOMMENDED COUPON MEASUREMENT SCHEDULE Coupon Years 1 2 2 5 3 9 4 13 5 19 6 26 7 35 8 44 9 52 10 60 Page 1 of I