ML063240216

Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Proposed Review Schedule, and Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding the Application from Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, for Renewal of the Operating License for the Wolf

ML063240216
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Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	11/30/2006
From:	Kuo P NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Garrett T Wolf Creek
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November 30, 2006Mr. Terry J. GarrettVice President Engineering Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FORDOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION, FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Garrett:

By letter dated September 27, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) receivedthe Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation's application for renewal of operating license NPF-42 for the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS), Unit 1. Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2006 (71 FR 61512). Thepurpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of the license renewal application for WCGS. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental review. The NRC staff has reviewed your application following the guidance in NUREG-1800,Revision 1, "Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants," and NUREG-1555, "Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews of Nuclear Power Plants." As a result, the NRC staff has determined that the application is complete and that it is acceptable for docketing, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code ofFederal Regulations (CFR) Sections 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23 and 51.53(c). However, thestaff's determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.This letter forwards the staff's safety and environmental review schedule for the WCGSapplication (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 54 and 51. This schedule has been established in accordance with a 30-month review plan, which includes time to conduct a hearing, should a hearing be requested and granted. Milestones for hearing activities are not included in the enclosed schedule because these dates are established by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.We would like to emphasize that this is a very detailed and thorough review. The NRC staff willmake every effort to meet the scheduled milestones; thus, your responses to the staff's RAIs must be thoroughly complete and be provided in a timely manner. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

T. J. Garrett-2-Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sentto the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice provides the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene. If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Verónica M. Rodríguez, projectmanager for the review of the WCGS license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-3703 or via e-mail at VMR1@nrc.gov

.Sincerely,/RA/Pao-Tsin Kuo, Acting DirectorDivision of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-482

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Noticecc w/encls: See next page

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DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FORDOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION, FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL:PUBLICRWeisman GGalletti DShum SSmith (srs3)

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EBennerAWilliamsonDRoth SCochrum, RIV VDricks, RIV GPick, RIV Bobbie.Hurley@Earthtech.com WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONREVIEW SCHEDULEMilestoneScheduleActualReceive license renewal application (LRA)09/27/0610/04/06 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA receipt and availability10/14/0610/12/06Publish FRN - LRA acceptability, environmental scoping period, andopportunity for hearing11/30/0611/30/06Public Meeting - license renewal process and environmental scoping12/19/06Audit - scoping and screening methodology01/08-12/07 Environmental scoping periods ends01/29/07 Audit - aging management programs (AMPs)01/22-26/07 Audit - environmental02/05-09/07Audit - aging management reviews (AMRs)02/26/07 -03/02/07 Issue environmental requests for additional information (RAIs)03/16/07Issue safety RAIs04/02/07 Receive responses for environmental RAIs04/30/07 Receive responses for safety RAIs05/02/07 Inspection - scoping, screening, and AMPs06/04/07 Inspection (optional)06/18/07 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS)08/09/07 Publish FRN - availability and comment on draft SEIS08/22/07 Public Meeting - draft SEIS10/03/07 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s)11/04/07 End of comment period for the draft SEIS11/07/07Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommitteemeeting on SER with open item(s)12/ /07Receive responses related to the SER with open item(s)01/03/08Issue Regional Administrator's letter 02/01/08 Issue final SEIS03/20/08 Issue SER04/05/08 Publish FRN - availability of final SEIS04/07/08 ACRS full committee meeting on SER05/ /08 Issue ACRS letter05/22/08Issue staff recommendation to Office of Nuclear Reacto Regulation(NRR) Director 07/22/08 NRR decision (license issued, if approved and no hearing is granted - 22 months)07/30/08Commission decision (if hearing is granted - 30 months)03/22/09 Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:Jay Silberg, Esq.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037Regional Administrator, Region IVU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-7005Senior Resident InspectorU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 311 Burlington, KS 66839Chief Engineer, Utilities DivisionKansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Topeka, KS 66604-4027Office of the GovernorState of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612Attorney General120 SW 10 th Avenue, 2 nd FloorTopeka, KS 66612-1597County ClerkCoffey County Courthouse 110 South 6 th StreetBurlington, KS 66839Thomas A. Conley, Section ChiefRadiation and Asbestos Control Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366Vice President Operations/Plant ManagerWolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839Supervisor LicensingWolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionResident Inspectors Office/Callaway Plant

8201 NRC Road Steedman, MO 65077-1032Kevin J. Moles, ManagerRegulatory Affairs Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839Lorrie I. Bell, Project ManagerWolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839Mr. James RossNuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Ms. Valerie Williams, Branch DirectorCoffey County Library Burlington Branch 410 Juniatta St.

Burlington, KS 66839Mr. Joseph Cothern, Env. Review Coordinator Env. Services Division USEPA Region 7 901 North 5th Street Kansas City, KS 66101Mr. Jim Hays, Chief Env. ServicesKansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Environmental Services 512 SE 25 th AvenuePratt, KS 67124-8174 Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:-2-Gail R. Hansen, State Epidemiologist Division of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention Epidemiologic Services Section Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson St., Ste. 210 Topeka, KS 66612-1274Mr. Karl Mueldenen, Director Division of Environment Bureau of Water Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson St., Ste. 420 Topeka, KS 66612-1367Mr. Mike LeValley, Project LeaderKansas Field Office 315 Houston Street, Suite E Manhattan, KS 66502Mr. Don L. Klima, DirectorAdvisory Council on Historic Preservation Office of Federal Agency Programs 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 803Washington, DC 20004Ms. Jennie Chinn, SHPO, Executive DirectorKansas State Historical Society6425 Southwest 6th AvenueTopeka, KS 66615-1099Iowa Tribe of Kansas and NebraskaLeon Campbell, Chairperson3345 B Thrasher RoadWhite Cloud, KS 66094Kickapoo Tribe in KansasSteve Cadu, ChairpersonP.O. Box 271Horton, KS 66439Prairie Potawatomi ReservationPrairie Band of Potawatomi Tribal CouncilRey Kitchkumme, Vice Chairperson16281 Q. RoadMayetta, KS 66509Sac and Fox Nation of MissouriFredia Perkins, Chairperson305 North MainReserve, KS 66434Wind River Reservation Shoshone and Arapaho Joint Tribal Business CouncilIvan Posey, ChairpersonP.O. Box 217 Fort Washakie, WY 82514Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe Cheyenne-Arapaho Business CommitteeDarrell Flyingman, GovernorP.O. Box 38Concho, OK 73022Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of OKSeneca-Cayuga Business CommitteePaul Spicer, ChiefP.O. Box 1283Miami, OK 74355Osage Tribe of OklahomaOsage AgencyJim Gray, Principal ChiefP.O. Box 779Pawhuska, OK 74056Northern Cheyenne Reservation Northern Cheyenne Tribal CouncilEugene Little Coyote, PresidentP.O. Box 128Lame Deer, MT 59043 Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:-3-Mr. Warren B. WoodGeneral Counsel/SecretaryWolf Creek Nuclear Operating CorporationP.O. Box 411Burlington, KS 66839