ML11195A034

Letter to ASLB from Counsel for NRC Staff Providing Changes to Projected Schedule for Completion of Safety Evaluations

ML11195A034
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/14/2011
From:	Mary Spencer NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M, Paul Ryerson, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 20601, 50-443-LR, ASLBP 10-906-02-LR-BD01
Download: ML11195A034 (8)

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July 14, 2011 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Paul S. Ryerson, Chair Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC (Seabrook Station, Unit 1)

Docket No. 50-443-LR RE: Changes to Projected Schedule for Completion of Safety Evaluations

Dear Administrative Judges:

This letter informs the Board of changes to the NRC Staffs projected schedule for completion of the safety evaluations. The attached letter from Brian Holian, Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to Paul Freeman, Site Vice President, NextEra Seabrook, LLC, explains the reason for these changes and includes an updated schedule.

Sincerely, Signed (electronically) by Mary B. Spencer Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1324 E-mail: mary.spencer@nrc.gov Date of signature: July 14, 2011

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Mr. Paul Freeman, Site Vice President c/o Mr. Michael O'Keefe NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE SAFETY REVIEW OF THE SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. ME4028)

Dear Mr. Freeman:

By letter dated May 25, 2010, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54, to renew the Operating License NPF-86 for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook) for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). By letter dated April 14, 2011, NextEra provided responses to staff requests for additional information (RAls) related to the aging management of the alkali-silica reaction (ASR) affected structures. Based on this RAI response, the staff notes that the analysis of the ASR issue is ongoing. Specifically, NextEra provided a schedule to complete an engineering evaluation of the ASR of concrete at Seabrook in March 2012. NextEra noted that the content of the evaluation will include: discussion of degradation mechanisms in concrete, identification of areas susceptible to ASR, results of in-situ testing of concrete and impact on current licensing basis calculations and analyses, results of lab testing to establish ASR degradation rates in concrete, and mitigation techniques.

In addition, NextEra plans to update the structures monitoring program, as appropriate, to manage aging related to ASR in concrete structures based on the engineering evaluation results.

Since NextEra has delayed providing aging management programs that include the evaluation of ASR, the NRC is revising the review schedule. The staff is revising the proposed license renewal schedule so that the staff can complete a thorough review of NextEra's aging management programs for the ASR-affected structures. This change to the schedule has been discussed with Rich Cliche of your staff. Enclosed is the staff's revised review schedule for the Seabrook license renewal application. You will note that environmental review milestone dates remain on schedule.

P. Freeman -2 If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Mr. Richard Plasse, Project Manager for the review of the Seabrook LRA, by telephone at 301-415-1427 or bye-mail at richard. plasse@nrc.gov.

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Brian E. Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: Listserv

SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION UPDATED SAFETY REVIEW SCHEDULE Schedule Actual Milestones Date Date Receive license renewal application (LRA) 6/1/10 6/1/10 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 6/14/10 6/16/10 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 7/23/10 7/21/10 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 7/23/10 7/20/10 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental 8/19/10 8/19/10 Scoping Meeting Audit - Scoping & Screening Audit Methodology 9/20/10 9/20/10 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 9/20/10* 10/20/10 Environmental scoping period ends 9/21/10 9/21/10 Audit - Environmental 10/04/10 10/05/10 Audit - Aging Management Programs 10/12/10 10/12/10 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 5/2012**

Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 8/2011 Publish FRN - draft SEIS available for comments 8/2011 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 9/2011 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee 7/2012**

meeting End of draft SEIS comment period 10/2011 Issue final SER 12/2012**

ACRS full committee meeting 1/2013**

Issue final SEIS 3/2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - availability 3/2012 of final SEIS Commission decision TBD

• Extended to 10/20/10 for the State of New Hampshire, Beyond Nuclear, Friends of the Coast, the New England Coalition, the Seacoast Anti-Pollution League, and the New Hampshire Sierra Club per Order of the Secretary of the Commission.

• • Pending acceptable submission of additional information related to the aging management of structures affected by alkali-silica reaction.

ENCLOSURE

P. Freeman -2 If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Mr. Richard Plasse, Project Manager for the review of the Seabrook LRA, by telephone at 301-415-1427 or bye-mail at richard.plasse@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

Brian E. Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter regarding Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety Evaluations, dated July 14, 2011, have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 14th day of July, 2011:

Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate Paul S. Ryerson, Chair Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: Paul.Ryerson@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Mail Stop: O-16G4 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Michael.Kennedy@nrc.gov Hillary Cain, Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Administrative Judge Mail Stop: T-3F23 Dr. Richard E. Wardwell U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 E-mail: Hillary.cain@nrc.go U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov

Steven Hamrick, Esq. David R. Lewis, Esq.

NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 801 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 220 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Washington, DC 20037-1137 Steven.hamrick@fpl.com E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com Raymond Shadis Mitchell Ross, Esq.

Friends of the Coast NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC New England Coalition 700 Universe Boulevard Post Office Box 98 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Edgecomb, Maine 04556 E-mail: mitch.ross@fpl.com E-mail: shadis@prexar.com Doug Bogen Kurt Ehrenberg Executive Director New Hampshire Sierra Club Seacoast Anti-Pollution League 40 N. Main Street PO Box 1136 Concord, NH 03301 Portsmouth, NH 03802 E-mail: kurt.ehrenberg@sierraclub.org E-mail: dbogen@metrocast.net\

Matthew Brock Paul Gunter Assistant Attorney General Beyond Nuclear Environmental Protection Division 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400 Office of the Attorney General Takoma Park, MD 20912 One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor E-mail: paul@beyondnuclear.com Boston, Massachusetts 02108 E-mail: matthew.brock@state.ma.us Signed (electronically) by Mary B. Spencer Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1324 E-mail: mary.spencer@nrc.gov Date of signature: July 14, 2011