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, 2006 Mr. Terry J. Garrett Vice President Engineering Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

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 CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Garrett:

By letter dated September 27, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporations 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). The purpose 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 of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sections 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23 and 51.53(c). However, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.

This letter forwards the staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the WCGS application (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 will make 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 Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to 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, project manager 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 Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-482

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: See next page

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Letter to Terry Garrett, from Pao-Tsin Kuo, dated November 30, 2006

SUBJECT:

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 CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL:

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WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 09/27/06 10/04/06 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA receipt and availability 10/14/06 10/12/06 Publish FRN - LRA acceptability, environmental scoping period, and 11/30/06 11/30/06 opportunity for hearing Public Meeting - license renewal process and environmental scoping 12/19/06 Audit - scoping and screening methodology 01/08-12/07 Environmental scoping periods ends 01/29/07 Audit - aging management programs (AMPs) 01/22-26/07 Audit - environmental 02/05-09/07 02/26/07 -

Audit - aging management reviews (AMRs) 03/02/07 Issue environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) 03/16/07 Issue safety RAIs 04/02/07 Receive responses for environmental RAIs 04/30/07 Receive responses for safety RAIs 05/02/07 Inspection - scoping, screening, and AMPs 06/04/07 Inspection (optional) 06/18/07 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 08/09/07 Publish FRN - availability and comment on draft SEIS 08/22/07 Public Meeting - draft SEIS 10/03/07 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s) 11/04/07 End of comment period for the draft SEIS 11/07/07 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee 12/ /07 meeting on SER with open item(s)

Receive responses related to the SER with open item(s) 01/03/08 Issue Regional Administrator's letter 02/01/08 Issue final SEIS 03/20/08 Issue SER 04/05/08 Publish FRN - availability of final SEIS 04/07/08 ACRS full committee meeting on SER 05/ /08 Issue ACRS letter 05/22/08 Issue staff recommendation to Office of Nuclear Reacto Regulation 07/22/08 (NRR) Director NRR decision (license issued, if approved and no hearing is granted - 22 months) 07/30/08 Commission decision (if hearing is granted - 30 months) 03/22/09 Enclosure 1

Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:

Jay Silberg, Esq. Supervisor Licensing Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman, LLP Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 2300 N Street, NW P.O. Box 411 Washington, DC 20037 Burlington, KS 66839 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office/Callaway Plant 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 8201 NRC Road Arlington, TX 76011-7005 Steedman, MO 65077-1032 Senior Resident Inspector Kevin J. Moles, Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Affairs P.O. Box 311 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Burlington, KS 66839 P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Chief Engineer, Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission Lorrie I. Bell, Project Manager 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Topeka, KS 66604-4027 P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Mr. James Ross Topeka, KS 66612 Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Attorney General Washington, DC 20006-3708 120 SW 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597 Ms. Valerie Williams, Branch Director Coffey County Library County Clerk Burlington Branch Coffey County Courthouse 410 Juniatta St.

110 South 6th Street Burlington, KS 66839 Burlington, KS 66839 Mr. Joseph Cothern, Env. Review Thomas A. Conley, Section Chief Coordinator Radiation and Asbestos Control Env. Services Division Kansas Department of Health USEPA Region 7 and Environment 901 North 5th Street Bureau of Air and Radiation Kansas City, KS 66101 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Mr. Jim Hays, Chief Env. Services Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Vice President Operations/Plant Manager Environmental Services Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 512 SE 25th Avenue P.O. Box 411 Pratt, KS 67124-8174 Burlington, KS 66839

Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:

Gail R. Hansen, State Epidemiologist Prairie Potawatomi Reservation Division of Health Prairie Band of Potawatomi Tribal Council Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Rey Kitchkumme, Vice Chairperson Prevention 16281 Q. Road Epidemiologic Services Section Mayetta, KS 66509 Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson St., Ste. 210 Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri Topeka, KS 66612-1274 Fredia Perkins, Chairperson Mr. Karl Mueldenen, Director 305 North Main Division of Environment Reserve, KS 66434 Bureau of Water Curtis State Office Building Wind River Reservation 1000 SW Jackson St., Ste. 420 Shoshone and Arapaho Joint Tribal Topeka, KS 66612-1367 Business Council Ivan Posey, Chairperson Mr. Mike LeValley, Project Leader P.O. Box 217 Kansas Field Office Fort Washakie, WY 82514 315 Houston Street, Suite E Manhattan, KS 66502 Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe Mr. Don L. Klima, Director Cheyenne-Arapaho Business Committee Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Darrell Flyingman, Governor Office of Federal Agency Programs P.O. Box 38 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 803 Concho, OK 73022 Washington, DC 20004 Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of OK Ms. Jennie Chinn, SHPO, Executive Director Seneca-Cayuga Business Committee Kansas State Historical Society Paul Spicer, Chief 6425 Southwest 6th Avenue P.O. Box 1283 Topeka, KS 66615-1099 Miami, OK 74355 Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Osage Tribe of Oklahoma Leon Campbell, Chairperson Osage Agency 3345 B Thrasher Road Jim Gray, Principal Chief White Cloud, KS 66094 P.O. Box 779 Pawhuska, OK 74056 Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Steve Cadu, Chairperson Northern Cheyenne Reservation P.O. Box 271 Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council Horton, KS 66439 Eugene Little Coyote, President P.O. Box 128 Lame Deer, MT 59043

Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Warren B. Wood General Counsel/Secretary Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839