ML17131A194

Status Update and Schedule Revision for the Review of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, License Renewal Application (CAC Nos. MF7492 and MF7493)

ML17131A194
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	08/24/2017
From:	Stuchell S Division of License Renewal
To:	Chisum M R Entergy Operations
Phylliis Clark, NRR/DLR, 415-6447
References
CAC MF7492, CAC MF7493
Download: ML17131A194 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 24, 2017

Mr. Michael R. Chisum Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

SUBJECT:

STATUS UPDATE AND SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (CAC NOS. MF7492 AND MF7493)

Dear Mr. Chisum:

By letter dated March 23, 2016, Entergy Operations, Inc. (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML16088A324) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54, to renew the operating license NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff).

The staff's concern regarding adequacy of the RAPTOR-M3G used for license renewal time-limited aging analyses (e.g., reactor vessel fluence calculations) has been the subject of several rounds of requests for additional information (RAIs) and clarification calls, involving several issues that remain unresolved. The staff cannot complete its review of this program until the 10 CFR Part 50 issues associated with the use of the RAPTOR code are resolved. As a result, the staff has revised the license renewal safety review schedule milestones for the safety evaluation report (SER) with open items, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting, the final SER, and the ACRS full committee meeting. The new dates for the SER with open items, ACRS subcommittee meeting, the final SER, the ACRS full committee meeting, and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Director Decision are now "To Be Determined" (TBD) pending the applicant's provision of a clear path forward for resolution of the staff's concerns. In addition, the environmental review milestones have been revised due to the need for a second round of Severe Accident Mitigation Analysis (SAMA) RAIs. Your staff was informed of the schedule delay during RAI clarification calls throughout the license renewal application (LRA) review.

Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, LRA. In order to support an ACRS subcommittee meeting, Waterford needs to provide a clear path forward for resolution of the open items that will be discussed in the SER. The staff has determined that adequate resolution of technical issues to resolve open items cannot be achieved within the current schedule.

M. Chisum If you have any questions on the revised schedule related to the safety review (10 CFR Part 54), please contact Ms. Phyllis Clark, Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-6447 or via email at Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov. If you have any questions on the schedule related to the environmental review (10 CFR Part 51), please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan, Senior Project Manager, by telephone at 301-415-8517 or via email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/ Sheldon Stuchell, Chief Projects Management and Guidance Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule

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ML17131A194 *Concurred via email OFFICE PM: MRPB:DLR LA:DLR* PM: RERP:DLRBC:RERP:DLR BC:MRPB:DLR NAME PClark YEdmonds EKeegan BBeasely SStuchell DATE 08/3/2017 08/3/2017 08/4/2017 08/10/2017 08/10/2017 OFFICE D:DLR BC:MRPB:DLR NAME GWilson (JDonoghue for) SStuchell DATE 08/24/2017 08/24/2017 ENCLOSURE WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVISION OF SCHEDULE Milestones Schedule Date Actual Date Receive license renewal application (LRA) 03/23/16 03/30/16 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 04/2016 04/14/16 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 05/2016 05/31/16 Publish FRN - environmental scoping meeting 05/2016 06/06/16 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping Meeting 06/2016 06/08/16 Audit - Scoping & Screening Methodology 06/13/16 06/13/16 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention (60 days) 07/2016 08/01/16 Environmental scoping period ends 07/2016 08/01/16 Audit - Environmental 07/18/16 07/18/16 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 1) 07/11/16 07/11/16 Audit - Aging Management Programs (Week 2) 07/25/16 07/25/16 Regional Inspection - IP 71002, "License Renewal Inspection" 01/23 & 02/06/17 2/16/17 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 10/2017 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - draft SEIS available for comments 10/2017 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting, if needed 11/2017 End of draft SEIS comment period 12/2017 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items TBD Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee meeting TBD Issue final SEIS 03/2018 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - final SEIS available 04/2018 Issue final SER TBD ACRS full committee meeting TBD Decision - Director, NRR TBD