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| | issue date = 11/19/2010 | | | issue date = 11/19/2010 |
| | title = Request for Additional Information, Related to the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts | | | title = Request for Additional Information, Related to the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts |
| | author name = Brown E A | | | author name = Brown E |
| | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLIII-2 | | | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLIII-2 |
| | addressee name = Pacilio M J | | | addressee name = Pacilio M |
| | addressee affiliation = Exelon Nuclear | | | addressee affiliation = Exelon Nuclear |
| | docket = 05000373, 05000374 | | | docket = 05000373, 05000374 |
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| {{#Wiki_filter:UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. | | {{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 19, 2010 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 |
| November 19, 2010 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE USE OF NEUTRON ABSORBING INSERTS (T AC NOS. ME2376 AND ME2377) | | |
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| | LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE USE OF NEUTRON ABSORBING INSERTS (TAC NOS. ME2376 AND ME2377) |
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| ==Dear Mr. Pacilio:== | | ==Dear Mr. Pacilio:== |
| By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated October 5, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems Package No. ML092810278),as supplemented in a letter dated June 10, 2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 101650229), Exelon Generation Company, LLC submitted a request to revise Technical Specification (TS) Section 4.3.1, "Criticality," to address a non-conservative TS, for the LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2. The proposed change addresses the Boraflex degradation issue in the Unit 2 spent fuel storage racks by revising TS Section 4.3.1 to allow the use of NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts in Unit 2 spent fuel storage rack cells as a replacement for the neutron absorbing properties of the existing Boraflex panels. The NRC staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete the review. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter. During a discussion with Mr. Ken Nicely of your staff on November 19, 2010, it was agreed that a response would be provided within 30 days from the date of this letter. | | |
| M. Pacilio -Please note that if you do not respond to this letter within the prescribed response time, or provide an acceptable alternate date in writing, we may reject your application for amendment under the provisions of 10 CFR Section 2.108. Should you need to contact me, I can be reached at (301) 415-2315. | | By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated October 5, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems Package No. ML092810278),as supplemented in a letter dated June 10, 2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML101650229), Exelon Generation Company, LLC submitted a request to revise Technical Specification (TS) Section 4.3.1, "Criticality," to address a non-conservative TS, for the LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2. |
| Sincerely, IRA! Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and Request for Additional cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NETCOINSERTS EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-373 AND 50-374 Technical Specification (TS) 4.3.1.a states: "keff s 0.95 if fully flooded with unborated water, which includes an allowance for uncertainties as described in Section 9.1.2 of the UFSAR; ... " Explain the controls that exist or that will be developed so that recent and proposed changes to Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Section 9.1.2 and associated analyses will be comprehensively evaluated to ensure that such changes do not challenge the inputs, assumptions, and methods, which form the bases for this license amendment request. Identify the major parameters, values, uncertainties and/or assumptions in the criticality analysis that ensures that keff s 0.95 if fully flooded with unborated water. Provide a list of those analyses/calculations which were used to establish compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.68(b)(4). Section 4.3.1 of NUREG-1433, "Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWRl4," includes a description of the assembly maximum U-235 enrichment limit. Address why a similar limit was not included with the proposed change. The current license amendment request indicates the NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts will not be installed in all useable storage cells until 2016. In the interim, the licensee will continue to credit BORAFLEXTM in those storage modules that do not have SNAP-IN rack inserts. Some of the cells for which the licensee intends to continue crediting BORAFLEXTM and fuel assemblies have degraded below the minimum B-10 areal density of 0.020 gm/cm used in the analysis of record as described in the June 15,1989, safety evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. ML021140183). | | The proposed change addresses the Boraflex degradation issue in the Unit 2 spent fuel storage racks by revising TS Section 4.3.1 to allow the use of NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts in Unit 2 spent fuel storage rack cells as a replacement for the neutron absorbing properties of the existing Boraflex panels. |
| With respect to the crediting of degraded BORAFLEXTM, provide the following information: A description of the nuclear criticality safety analysis performed to demonstrate the acceptability of storing fuel in cells with BORAFLEX Ž below the a B-10 areal density of 0.020 gm/cm 2; A description of the measures to be used to account for unknowns or uncertainties in a. above; and A description of the measures to prevent a misloading during fuel handling or a justification explaining why the consequences of such an event would be acceptable.
| | The NRC staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete the review. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter. During a discussion with Mr. Ken Nicely of your staff on November 19, 2010, it was agreed that a response would be provided within 30 days from the date of this letter. |
| ' Section 50.36( c)(4 ) to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, requires that the Design Features section of the TS shall include" ... features of the facility such as materials of construction and geometric arrangements, which, if altered or modified, would have a significant effect on safety and are not covered in categories described in paragraphs (c) (1), (2), and (3) of this section." Given LaSalle's plans to rely on the 8-10 content of the rack inserts in the Unit 2 spent fuel pool, provide a description of those administrative controls that will be put in place to ensure that 8-10 content of the NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts will be consistent with what is assumed in the rack inserts and analyses.
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| M. Pacilio Please note that if you do not respond to this letter within the prescribed response time, or provide an acceptable alternate date in writing, we may reject your application for amendment under the provisions of 10 CFR Section 2.108. Should you need to contact me, I can be reached at (301) 415-2315.
| | M. Pacilio - 2 Please note that if you do not respond to this letter within the prescribed response time, or provide an acceptable alternate date in writing, we may reject your application for amendment under the provisions of 10 CFR Section 2.108. Should you need to contact me, I can be reached at (301) 415-2315. |
| Sincerely, IRA! Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374
| | Sincerely, IRA! |
| | Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 |
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| ==Enclosure:== | | ==Enclosure:== |
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| | REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NETCOINSERTS EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-373 AND 50-374 |
| | : 1. Technical Specification (TS) 4.3.1.a states: |
| | "keff s 0.95 if fully flooded with unborated water, which includes an allowance for uncertainties as described in Section 9.1.2 of the UFSAR; ... " |
| | : a. Explain the controls that exist or that will be developed so that recent and proposed changes to Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Section 9.1.2 and associated analyses will be comprehensively evaluated to ensure that such changes do not challenge the inputs, assumptions, and methods, which form the bases for this license amendment request. |
| | : b. Identify the major parameters, values, uncertainties and/or assumptions in the criticality analysis that ensures that keff s 0.95 if fully flooded with unborated water. |
| | : c. Provide a list of those analyses/calculations which were used to establish compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.68(b)(4). |
| | : 2. Section 4.3.1 of NUREG-1433, "Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWRl4," includes a description of the assembly maximum U-235 enrichment limit. Address why a similar limit was not included with the proposed change. |
| | : 3. The current license amendment request indicates the NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts will not be installed in all useable storage cells until 2016. In the interim, the licensee will continue to credit BORAFLEXTM in those storage modules that do not have NETCO SNAP-IN rack inserts. Some of the cells for which the licensee intends to continue crediting BORAFLEXTM and storin~ fuel assemblies have degraded below the minimum B-10 areal density of 0.020 gm/cm used in the analysis of record as described in the June 15,1989, safety evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. ML021140183). With respect to the crediting of degraded BORAFLEXTM, provide the following information: |
| | : a. A description of the nuclear criticality safety analysis performed to demonstrate the acceptability of storing fuel in cells with BORAFLEX ' below the a B-10 areal density of 0.020 gm/cm 2 ; |
| | : b. A description of the measures to be used to account for unknowns or uncertainties in a. above; and |
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| | : c. A description of the measures to prevent a misloading during fuel handling or a justification explaining why the consequences of such an event would be acceptable. ' |
| | : 4. Section 50.36( c) (4 ) to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, requires that the Design Features section of the TS shall include" ... features of the facility such as materials of construction and geometric arrangements, which, if altered or modified, would have a significant effect on safety and are not covered in categories described in paragraphs (c) (1), (2), and (3) of this section." Given LaSalle's plans to rely on the 8-10 content of the rack inserts in the Unit 2 spent fuel pool, provide a description of those administrative controls that will be put in place to ensure that 8-10 content of the NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts will be consistent with what is assumed in the rack inserts and analyses. |
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| | ML103210499 NRR-088 *via email dated SRXB/BC LPL3-2/PM OFFICE LPL3-2/PM LPL3-2/LA LPL3-2/BC AUlses* RCarlson EBrown NAME EBrown THarris 11/18/10 11/18/10 11/18/10 11/19/10 11/19/10 DATE}} |
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MONTHYEARRS-09-133, Attachment 6, LaSalle, Unit 2, Nuclear Power Station Spent Fuel Storage Pool Criticality Safety Analysis with Neutron Absorbing Inserts and Without Boraflex2009-08-31031 August 2009 Attachment 6, LaSalle, Unit 2, Nuclear Power Station Spent Fuel Storage Pool Criticality Safety Analysis with Neutron Absorbing Inserts and Without Boraflex Project stage: Request ML0931705992009-12-0202 December 2009 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure by Letter Dated 10/5/09 Project stage: Withholding Request Acceptance ML1009802092010-04-26026 April 2010 Request for Additional Information Related to License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: RAI ML1011904862010-05-0303 May 2010 Notice of Meeting with Exelon, LaSalle, Units 1 and 2, to Discuss Response to Request for Additional Information License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: RAI ML1016502292010-06-10010 June 2010 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Other ML1016502862010-06-23023 June 2010 June 1, 2010, Summary of Meeting with Exelon Generation Co., LLC, on Responses to Request for Information License Amendment Request for the Use of Netco-SNAP-In Rack Inserts Project stage: RAI ML1028003592010-10-0707 October 2010 Notice of Public Meeting with Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Regarding LaSalle Netco Insert Request Project stage: Meeting ML1030004242010-10-28028 October 2010 Notice of Meeting with Exelon Genertion Company to Discuss the License Amendment Request to Allow Full Recovery of Spent Fuel Storage Rack Cells That Are Unusable Due to Boraflex Neutron Absorber Degradation Project stage: Meeting ML1030704842010-11-19019 November 2010 Summary of Public Meeting with Exelon Generation Company, LLC Regarding LaSalle Netco Insert Request Project stage: Meeting ML1030903782010-11-19019 November 2010 Licensee Handouts for LaSalle Meeting with Exelon to Discuss Netco Inserts Project stage: Meeting ML1032104992010-11-19019 November 2010 Request for Additional Information, Related to the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts Project stage: RAI RS-10-202, Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Re Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2010-11-23023 November 2010 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Re Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Request ML1034304232010-12-10010 December 2010 Request for Additional Information Related to the Use of Nuetron Absorbing Inserts Project stage: RAI RS-10-210, Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2010-12-14014 December 2010 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Request ML1034904622010-12-16016 December 2010 Notice of Meeting with Exelon Generation Company, LLC Regarding LaSalle Netco Insert Request Project stage: Meeting RS-10-216, Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2010-12-22022 December 2010 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Request ML1100503592010-12-29029 December 2010 NRC Meeting Slides for December 29, 2010, Public Conference Call with Exelon Generation Company Regarding LaSalle Netco Insert Request Project stage: Meeting ML1101300742011-01-11011 January 2011 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Request ML1100502552011-01-17017 January 2011 December 29, 2010, Summary of Public Conference Call with Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Regarding LaSalle Netco Insert Request Project stage: Other ML1101803312011-01-24024 January 2011 Proposed License Conditions Related to Use of Neutron Absorbers Project stage: Other RS-11-009, Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2011-01-24024 January 2011 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Request ML1102500512011-01-28028 January 2011 Issuance of Amendments Concerning Spent Fuel Neutron Absorbers Project stage: Approval RS-11-014, Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2011-01-28028 January 2011 Additional Information Supporting License Amendment Request Regarding the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Request ML1104606172011-03-0404 March 2011 Request for Additional Inforamtion Related to the Use of Neutron Absorbing Inserts Project stage: Other RS-11-067, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2011-04-18018 April 2011 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Response to RAI RS-11-109, Completion of License Condition 2.C.(30) Associated with Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2011-07-13013 July 2011 Completion of License Condition 2.C.(30) Associated with Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Other RS-11-170, Completion of License Condition 2.C.(31) Associated with Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks2011-10-20020 October 2011 Completion of License Condition 2.C.(31) Associated with Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks Project stage: Other 2010-04-26
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MONTHYEARIR 05000373/20240022024-08-13013 August 2024 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2024002 and 05000374/2024002 ML24222A6772024-08-0909 August 2024 Response to Request for Additional Information for Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-591-A, “Revise Risk Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program” Revision 0 and Revise 10 CFR 50.69 License Condition IR 05000373/20244202024-08-0505 August 2024 County Station - Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000373 2024420 and 05000374 2024420 ML24208A0962024-07-25025 July 2024 57243-EN 57243 - Rssc Wire & Cable LLC, Dba Marmon - Part 21 Notification RS-24-064, Nuclear Radiological Emergency Plan Document Revisions2024-06-28028 June 2024 Nuclear Radiological Emergency Plan Document Revisions ML24178A2522024-06-27027 June 2024 County Station – Acknowledgement of Response to NRC Inspection Report 05000373/2024001 and 05000374/2024001 and Disputed Non-Cited Violation RS-24-061, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2024-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations2024-06-14014 June 2024 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2024-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations IR 05000373/20240102024-05-29029 May 2024 County Station - Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection Report 05000373/2024010 and 05000374/2024010 ML24142A3352024-05-21021 May 2024 Quad Cities—Information Request to Support the NRC Annual Baseline Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes RS-24-055, 2023 Corporate Regulatory Commitment Change Summary Report2024-05-17017 May 2024 2023 Corporate Regulatory Commitment Change Summary Report IR 05000373/20240012024-05-13013 May 2024 County Station - Integrated Report 05000373/2024001 and 05000374/2024001 RS-24-038, Relief Request Concerning Extension of Permanent Relief from Ultrasonic Examination of Reactor Pressure Vessel Circumferential Shell Welds2024-05-0202 May 2024 Relief Request Concerning Extension of Permanent Relief from Ultrasonic Examination of Reactor Pressure Vessel Circumferential Shell Welds RS-24-041, Alternative Request to Utilize Code Case OMN-32, Alternative Requirements for Range and Accuracy of Pressure, Flow, and Differential Pressure Instruments Used in Pump Tests2024-04-30030 April 2024 Alternative Request to Utilize Code Case OMN-32, Alternative Requirements for Range and Accuracy of Pressure, Flow, and Differential Pressure Instruments Used in Pump Tests ML24108A1562024-04-15015 April 2024 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (Ufsar), Revision 26 and Fire Protection Report (Fpr), Revision 11 IR 05000373/20230042024-01-24024 January 2024 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023004 and 05000374/2023004 ML24024A1332024-01-24024 January 2024 Confirmation of Initial License Examination IR 05000373/20230122024-01-18018 January 2024 County Station - Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000373/2023012 and 05000374/2023012 ML23354A2902024-01-0505 January 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0028 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting)) ML23360A6082023-12-27027 December 2023 County Station Request for Information for NRC Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection: Inspection Report 05000373/2024010 and 05000374/2024010 ML23278A1292023-12-14014 December 2023 Units 1 & 2; Limerick, Units 1 & 2; Nine Mile Point, Units 1 & 2; and Peach Bottom, Units 2 & 3 -Revision to Approved Alternatives to Use Boiling Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Project Guidelines ML23305A1402023-12-13013 December 2023 Units 1 & 2; Nine Mile Point, Unit 2; Peach Bottom, Units 2 & 3; and Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 - Issuance of Amendments to Adopt Traveler TSTF-580 RS-23-120, Supplemental Information Letter for Part 73 Exemption Request - Responses to Request for Confirmatory Information2023-11-10010 November 2023 Supplemental Information Letter for Part 73 Exemption Request - Responses to Request for Confirmatory Information ML23317A1192023-11-10010 November 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC - 2023 Annual Report - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums IR 05000373/20230032023-11-0909 November 2023 County Station Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023003, 05000374/2023003, and 07200070/2023001 ML23286A2602023-11-0808 November 2023 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 260 and 245 to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Relocation of Pressure and Temperature Limit Curves to the Pressure Temperature Report IR 05000373/20234012023-11-0707 November 2023 County Station Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000373/2023401 and 05000374/2023401 RS-23-103, Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation2023-10-13013 October 2023 Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation RS-23-097, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Advisement of Leadership Changes and Submittal of Updated Standard Practice Procedures Plans2023-10-12012 October 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Advisement of Leadership Changes and Submittal of Updated Standard Practice Procedures Plans IR 05000374/20230102023-10-11011 October 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000374/2023010 IR 05000373/20233012023-09-15015 September 2023 Errata to NRC Initial License Examination Report 05000373/2023301; 05000374/2023301 RS-23-080, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-264-A, Revision 0, 3.3.9 and 3.3.10 - Delete Flux Monitors Specific Overlap Requirement SRs2023-08-30030 August 2023 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Application to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-264-A, Revision 0, 3.3.9 and 3.3.10 - Delete Flux Monitors Specific Overlap Requirement SRs RS-23-087, Revision to Approved Alternatives Associated with the Use of the BWRVIP Guidelines in Lieu of Specific ASME Code Requirements on Reactor2023-08-0404 August 2023 Revision to Approved Alternatives Associated with the Use of the BWRVIP Guidelines in Lieu of Specific ASME Code Requirements on Reactor ML23212A9012023-08-0303 August 2023 Regulatory Audit Report to Support the Review of the Amendments to Relocation of the Pressure Temperature Limit Curves to the Pressure and Temperature Limits Report IR 05000373/20230022023-08-0101 August 2023 County Station - Integrated Inspection Report 05000373/2023002 and 05000374/2023002 ML23208A3182023-07-27027 July 2023 Notification of an NRC Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection and RFI RS-23-084, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application to Revise Design Basis to Allow Use of Plastic Section Properties in Lower Downcomer Braces Analysis2023-07-24024 July 2023 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application to Revise Design Basis to Allow Use of Plastic Section Properties in Lower Downcomer Braces Analysis ML23192A5272023-07-12012 July 2023 NRC Initial License Examination Report 05000373/2023301; 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Nine Mile Point, 2; and Quad Cities, 1 & 2 - Correction of Amendment No. 193 Adoption of TSTF-306, Revision 2, Add Action to LCO 3.3.6.1 to Give Option to Isolate the Penetration EPID L-2022-LLA-0143 ML23121A1612023-05-0101 May 2023 Information Meeting (Open House) with a Question-and-Answer Session to Discuss NRC 2022 End-of-Cycle Plant Performance Assessment of LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 ML23114A2522023-04-28028 April 2023 Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI 2024-08-09
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 19, 2010 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE USE OF NEUTRON ABSORBING INSERTS (TAC NOS. ME2376 AND ME2377)
Dear Mr. Pacilio:
By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated October 5, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems Package No. ML092810278),as supplemented in a letter dated June 10, 2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML101650229), Exelon Generation Company, LLC submitted a request to revise Technical Specification (TS) Section 4.3.1, "Criticality," to address a non-conservative TS, for the LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2.
The proposed change addresses the Boraflex degradation issue in the Unit 2 spent fuel storage racks by revising TS Section 4.3.1 to allow the use of NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts in Unit 2 spent fuel storage rack cells as a replacement for the neutron absorbing properties of the existing Boraflex panels.
The NRC staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete the review. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter. During a discussion with Mr. Ken Nicely of your staff on November 19, 2010, it was agreed that a response would be provided within 30 days from the date of this letter.
M. Pacilio - 2 Please note that if you do not respond to this letter within the prescribed response time, or provide an acceptable alternate date in writing, we may reject your application for amendment under the provisions of 10 CFR Section 2.108. Should you need to contact me, I can be reached at (301) 415-2315.
Sincerely, IRA!
Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NETCOINSERTS EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-373 AND 50-374
- 1. Technical Specification (TS) 4.3.1.a states:
"keff s 0.95 if fully flooded with unborated water, which includes an allowance for uncertainties as described in Section 9.1.2 of the UFSAR; ... "
- a. Explain the controls that exist or that will be developed so that recent and proposed changes to Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Section 9.1.2 and associated analyses will be comprehensively evaluated to ensure that such changes do not challenge the inputs, assumptions, and methods, which form the bases for this license amendment request.
- b. Identify the major parameters, values, uncertainties and/or assumptions in the criticality analysis that ensures that keff s 0.95 if fully flooded with unborated water.
- c. Provide a list of those analyses/calculations which were used to establish compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.68(b)(4).
- 2. Section 4.3.1 of NUREG-1433, "Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWRl4," includes a description of the assembly maximum U-235 enrichment limit. Address why a similar limit was not included with the proposed change.
- 3. The current license amendment request indicates the NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts will not be installed in all useable storage cells until 2016. In the interim, the licensee will continue to credit BORAFLEXTM in those storage modules that do not have NETCO SNAP-IN rack inserts. Some of the cells for which the licensee intends to continue crediting BORAFLEXTM and storin~ fuel assemblies have degraded below the minimum B-10 areal density of 0.020 gm/cm used in the analysis of record as described in the June 15,1989, safety evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. ML021140183). With respect to the crediting of degraded BORAFLEXTM, provide the following information:
- a. A description of the nuclear criticality safety analysis performed to demonstrate the acceptability of storing fuel in cells with BORAFLEX ' below the a B-10 areal density of 0.020 gm/cm 2 ;
- b. A description of the measures to be used to account for unknowns or uncertainties in a. above; and
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- c. A description of the measures to prevent a misloading during fuel handling or a justification explaining why the consequences of such an event would be acceptable. '
- 4. Section 50.36( c) (4 ) to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, requires that the Design Features section of the TS shall include" ... features of the facility such as materials of construction and geometric arrangements, which, if altered or modified, would have a significant effect on safety and are not covered in categories described in paragraphs (c) (1), (2), and (3) of this section." Given LaSalle's plans to rely on the 8-10 content of the rack inserts in the Unit 2 spent fuel pool, provide a description of those administrative controls that will be put in place to ensure that 8-10 content of the NETCO-SNAP-IN rack inserts will be consistent with what is assumed in the rack inserts and analyses.
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