RA-14-0018, Request for Renewal of Quality Assurance Program Approval for Radioactive Material Packages

Request for Renewal of Quality Assurance Program Approval for Radioactive Material Packages

ML14335A518
Person / Time
Site:	Harris, Brunswick, Robinson, 07100345
Issue date:	10/23/2014
From:	Kapopoulos E Duke Energy Corp, Progress Energy Carolinas
To:	Document Control Desk, NRC/NMSS/SFST
References
RA-14-0018
Download: ML14335A518 (3)

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Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.

526 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28202 Mailing Address:

Mail Code EC07H / P.O. Box 1006 Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 704-382-8162 704-382-6056 fax Serial: RA-14-0018 10 CFR 71.101 October 23, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Director, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, DC 20555-0001 BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-400 H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-261 PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 71-0345

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR RENEWAL OF QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM APPROVAL FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGES

REFERENCES:

1. Carolina Power & Light letter, Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Quality Assurance Program Changes, dated July 22, 1994 (ADAMS Accession No. 9407290410)

2. Carolina Power & Light letter, Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Performance Based Nuclear Assessment Program - Supplement to Request for License Amendment and Quality Assurance Program Changes, Response to Request for Additional Information, dated March 6, 1995 (ADAMS Accession No. 9503130076)

3. Nuclear Regulatory Commission letter, Acceptance of the Changes to the Carolina Power and Light Company Performance Based Nuclear Assessment Program for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, and H. B.

Robinson Steam Electric Plant, dated April 3, 1995 (ADAMS Accession No.

9504100273)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., now doing business as Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke Energy), hereby requests renewal of the Quality Assurance Program Approval for Radioactive Material Packages, Docket No. 71-0345. The current approval, applicable to the plants listed above, will expire on October 31, 2015.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-14-0018 Page2 Pursuant to 10 CFR 71.101, Duke Energy intends to continue to apply applicable portions of the NRC-approved 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Quality Assurance Program (QAP) to procurement, maintenance, repair, and use of transportation packages for radioactive materials. All other transportation activities shall be satisfied by the NRC approved programs of the package supplier, as specified in each individual NRC Certificate of Compliance issued to the package supplier.

The description of the QAP was submitted to the NRC by letter dated July 22, 1994 (Reference 1), supplemented by letter dated March 6, 1995 (Reference 2), and approved by the NRC by letter dated April 3, 1995 (Reference 3). The QAP has since been revised pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(a). The current descriptions of the QAP are maintained as Section 17.3 of the (Updated) Final Safety Analysis Report for each plant.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, or require additional information, please contact Julie Olivier, Manager- Nuclear Fleet Licensing, at 980-373-4045.

Sincerely, Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.

Vice President - Corporate Governance and Operations Support MKL

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-14-0018 Page 3 xc: USNRC Region II USNRC Resident Inspector - BSEP, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 USNRC Resident Inspector - SHNPP, Unit 1 USNRC Resident Inspector - HBRSEP, Unit No. 2 M. Barillas, NRR Project Manager - SHNPP, Unit 1, and HBRSEP, Unit No. 2 A. Hon, NRR Project Manager - BSEP, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 W. L. Cox, III, Section Chief N.C. DHSR S. E. Jenkins, Manager, Radioactive and Infectious Waste Management Section (SC)

Chair - North Carolina Utilities Commission