ML080070509

Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, License Renewal Application

ML080070509
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	01/14/2008
From:	Maurice Heath NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Duncan R Carolina Power & Light Co
Heath, M, NRR/DLR/RLRA, 415-3137
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January 14, 2008 Mr. Robert J. Duncan II Vice President Carolina Power & Light Company P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

Dear Mr. Duncan:

By letter dated November 14, 2006, Carolina Power & Light Company submitted an application pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating license for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). The staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Further requests for additional information may be issued in the future.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Roger Stewart, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-3137 or e-mail at MLH5@nrc.gov. Sincerely,

/RA/ Maurice Heath, Project Manager Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-400

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information 2.3.4.6-2

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ML080070509 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPB1:DLR BC:RBP1:DLR NAME SFigueroa MHeath LLund DATE 01/14/08 01/14/08 01/14/08 Enclosure SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (HNP), UNIT 1 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI)

RAI 2.3.4.6-2 In a letter dated September 18, 2007, the applicant responded to one of the NRC staff's request for additional information (RAI) on the classification of components (RAI 2.1.1.2-1). Specifically, the applicant states that the feedwater regulating valves in the turbine building did not meet the license renewal definition for safety-related. The applicant's justification is that the regulating valves were not designed to seismic Category I requirements; therefore, they are not safety-related. (It is noted that the response to RAI 2.1.1.2-1 stated that the feedwater regulating valves are located in areas of the Turbine Building that are not designed to Seismic Category I requirements. The feedwater regulating valves are designed to ASME Section III, Class 3, Seismic Category I requirements.) However, the applicant's Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Section 10.4.7 states that these components are designed to seismic Category I criteria and these components have a specific safety function, as defined in Section 15.1.5, to provide redundant feedwater isolation.

The License Renewal Application (LRA), Section 2.3.4.6, Feedwater System, states, "The system serves no safety function, with the exception of containment isolation integrity, and is, therefore, generally classified as non-safety related. The portion of the system classified as safety-related is the portion from the feedwater header check valves to the Steam Generators." As stated above, the FSAR states that these regulating valves do provide an important safety function. Section 2.3.4.6 of the LRA contradicts the FSAR in stating that this system does not provide any other safety function besides containment integrity.

Based upon the available information, the NRC staff understands that the information in the current licensing basis substantiates that the feedwater regulating valves do provide a safety-related function, (i.e., mitigates the consequences of an accident in accordance with 10 CFR 54.4(a)(1)(iii)). Accordingly, the applicant should either include the feedwater regulating valves in the scope of license renewal and subject then to aging management based upon criterion 10 CFR 54.4(a)(1) or provide an adequate justification for exempting the valves. In addition, the applicant should provide an evaluation of other feedwater components, (e.g., backup isolation valves, and feedwater pump discharge valves) included in this FSAR description with the intended function of providing redundant feedwater isolation to determine whether they are included in the scope of license renewal or provide a justification for exempting the components. Finally, pursuant to 10 CFR 54.21(a), the applicant should identify components surrounding the above-mentioned 10 CFR 54.4(a)(1) components that would fall within the scope of license renewal pursuant to 10 CFR 54.4(a)(2) and subject to an aging management review.

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Legal Department Progress Energy Service Company, LLC P.O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27602-1551

Resident Inspector/Harris NPS c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5421 Shearon Harris Road New Hill, NC 27562-9998 Ms. Margaret A. Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Drawer 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Division of Radiation Protection N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, NC 27609-7721

Mr. J. Paul Fulford, Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Carolina Power & Light Company P.O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27602-1551 Mr. Eric McCartney Plant General Manager Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 3 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. Chris L. Burton Director of Site Operations Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165

Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission P.O. Box 29510 Raleigh, NC 27626-0510 Mr. Herb Council, Chair Board of County Commissioners of Wake County P. O. Box 550 Raleigh, NC 27602

Mr. Tommy Emerson, Chair Board of County Commissioners of Chatham County P.O. Box 87 Pittsboro, NC 27312

Mr. Thomas J. Natale, Manager Support Services Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. David H. Corlett, Supervisor Licensing/Regulatory Programs Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 cc:

Mr. John H. O'Neill, Jr. Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128