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{{Adams
| number = ML20352A228
| issue date = 12/17/2020
| title = Vogltle, Units 1 and 2, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Risk-Informed Resolution to GSI-191
| author name = Gayheart C
| author affiliation = Southern Nuclear Operating Co, Inc
| addressee name = 
| addressee affiliation = NRC/Document Control Desk, NRC/NRR
| docket = 05000424, 05000425
| license number = 
| contact person = 
| case reference number = NL-20-1417
| document type = Letter type:NL, Response to Request for Additional Information (RAI)
| page count = 12
| project = 
| stage = Response to RAI
}}

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SNC Response to NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI)

==Attachment:==
Revised FSAR Markup Pages (for Information Only) cc:   Regional Administrator, Region ll NRR Project Manager - Vogtle 1 & 2 Senior Resident Inspector - Vogtle 1 & 2 State of Georgia Environmental Protection Division RType: CVC7000


                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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Enclosure to NL-20-1417 SNC Response to NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI)
NRC RAI #1 , Section 3.2.7, of the {{letter dated|date=August 17, 2020|text=letter dated August 17, 2020}}, specifies that physical or procedural modifications that affect inputs to the NARWHAL model will be updated periodically. In Section 3.2.5, and in the FSAR markup, the model is excluded specifically as a key element that is described in the FSAR. The NARWHAL model is an integral part of the analysis and replacement with a different model would be complex. Industry and the NRC expended significant resources to provide assurance that the NARWHAL model provides acceptable results. The review and development of NARWHAL included verification and validation of the software. In addition, the software is controlled under a quality assurance program intended to assure that errors in the model are tracked and corrected as necessary. Explain the reason for the statements excluding the tool or program in Section 3.2.5 and 3.2.7 and discuss whether the use of a different tool or program would constitute a change of method that could require NRC approval prior to its use. The NRC acknowledges that the licensee could perform a limited set of calculations outside of the NARWHAL model to evaluate specific scenarios. However, a full analysis may be difficult to perform without using the software.
SNC Response to NRC RAI #1 The markup to the Vogtle Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) is updated to clarify that NARWHAL is a key element for the risk-informed analysis. The following changes are made to the FSAR markup:
: 1. The use of NARWHAL software in the risk-informed analysis is now discussed in the FSAR markup on Page 6A-2 (see Attachment, Insert 1).
: 2. The statement This requirement applies to the methodology, but not the tool or program used is withdrawn from the response to Limitation/Condition 5 in Enclosure 2 of the LAR (NL-20-0597) and is removed from the FSAR markup on Pages 6A-2 and 6A-3 (see Attachment).
: 3. On Page 6A-3 of the FSAR markup, a new paragraph is added following the list of key aspects of the risk-informed evaluation to address integrated analysis using NARWHAL and performance of special evaluations (see Attachment, Insert 2).
NRC RAI #2 The list of FSAR references does not include the Vogtle Technical Report or associated NRC staff evaluation, dated September 30, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19120A469), that provides most of the technical basis for the FSAR text. Please justify not including these documents as the analysis of record in the FSAR.
SNC Response to NRC RAI #2 The Vogtle Technical Report for the July 10, 2018 submittal and the associated NRC staff evaluation are added as References 13 and 14 to the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) markup on Page 6A-11 (see Attachment, Insert 3).
An introductory statement is added referring to these new references in the FSAR markup on Page 6A-1 (see Attachment, Insert 4).
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