ML13046A315

Memo to Biweekly Coordinator- Request for Publication in Biweekly Fr Notice- Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination and Opportunity for a H

ML13046A315
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	03/05/2013
From:	Bruce Watson NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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March 5, 2013 MEMORANDUM TO: Biweekly Notice Coordinator FROM: Bruce A Watson, Branch Chief /RA by John Buckley Acting for/

Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION IN BIWEEKLY FR NOTICE - NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING Detroit Edison, Docket No.50-016, Fermi 1, Monroe County, Michigan Date of amendment request: December 21, 2012.

Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment (ML13002A037) would revise the Fermi 1 operating license to change its name on the license to DTE Electric Company.

This name change is purely administrative in nature. Detroit Edison is a wholly owned subsidiary of DTE Energy Company, and this name change is part of a set of name changes of DTE Energy subsidiaries to conform their names to the DTE brand name. No other changes are contained within this request. This request does not involve a transfer of control over or of an interest in the license for Fermi 1.

Biweekly Notice Coordinator Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:

1. The proposed change does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.

The proposed amendment changes the name of the owner licensee. The proposed amendment is purely administrative in nature. The functions, powers, resources and management of the owner licensee will not change.

Detroit Edison, which will be renamed DTE Electric Company, will remain the licensee of the facility. The proposed changes do not adversely affect accident initiators or precursors, and do not alter the design assumptions, conditions, or configuration of the plant or the manner in which the plant is operated and maintained. The ability of structures, systems, and components to perform their intended safety functions is not altered or prevented by the proposed changes, and the assumptions used in determining the radiological consequences of previously evaluated accidents are not affected.

Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.

2. The proposed change does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.

The proposed amendment is purely administrative in nature. The functions of the owner licensee will not change. These changes do not involve any physical alteration of the plant (i.e., no new or different type of equipment will be installed),

and installed equipment is not being operated in a new or different manner.

Thus, no new failure modes are introduced.

Therefore, the proposed changes do not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.

3. The proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety.

The proposed amendment is a name change to reflect the new name of the owner l icensee. The proposed amendment is purely administrative in nature.

The functions of the owner licensee will not change. Detroit Edison, which will be renamed DTE Electric Company, will remain the licensee of the facility, and its functions will not change. The proposed changes do not alter the manner in which safety limits, limiting safety system settings, or limiting conditions for operation are determined. There are no changes to setpoints at which protective actions are initiated, and the operability requirements for equipment assumed to operate for accident mitigation are not affected.

Biweekly Notice Coordinator Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.

Attorney for licensee: Bruce R. Masters, DTE Energy, General Council - Regulatory, 688 WCB, One Energy Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226-1279.

Biweekly Notice Coordinator Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.

Attorney for licensee: Bruce R. Masters, DTE Energy, General Council - Regulatory, 688 WCB, One Energy Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226-1279 DISTRIBUTION: CLipa/RIII ML13046A315 OFFICE DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP NAME TSmith CHolston JBuckley for BWatson DATE 02/15/13 02/20/13 03/5/13 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY