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{{#Wiki_filter:Cheryl A. Gayheart          3535 Colonnade Parkway Regulatory Affairs Director Birmingham, AL 35243 205 992 5316 tel 205 992 7601 fax cagayhea@southernco.com March 23, 2021 Docket Nos.: 50-348                                                                NL-21-0020 50-364 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Units 1 and 2 Final Supplemental Response to NRC Generic Letter 2004-02 Ladies and Gentlemen:
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The purpose of this submittal is to provide the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) final supplemental response for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP), Units 1 and 2, to Generic Letter (GL) 2004-02, dated September 13, 2004, Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation during Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized-Water Reactors.
On May 16, 2013, SNC submitted a letter of intent per SECY-12-0093, Closure Options for Generic Safety Issue - 191, Assessment of Debris Accumulation on Pressurized-Water Reactor Sump Performance indicating FNP would pursue Closure Option 2 - Deterministic of the SECY recommendations (refinements to evaluation methods and acceptance criteria) (ML13137A131).
The final outstanding issue for FNP with respect to GL 2004-02 is the in-vessel downstream effects evaluation, which addresses that long-term core cooling (LTCC) can be adequately maintained for all postulated accident scenarios that require sump recirculation.
The in-vessel downstream effects evaluation has been completed for FNP, Units 1 and 2, and is documented in the enclosure to this letter. This satisfies the GSI-191 commitment identified in the May 16, 2013 Closure Option letter.
This letter contains no NRC commitments. If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Coleman at 205.992.6611.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on the 23rd day of March 2021.
Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Gayheart Director, Regulatory Affairs Southern Nuclear Operating Company
 
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Revision as of 22:09, 8 September 2021

Final Supplemental Response to NRC Generic Letter 2004-02
ML21082A264
Person / Time
Site: Farley  Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 03/23/2021
From: Gayheart C
Southern Nuclear Company
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
GL-2004-02, NL-21-0020
Download: ML21082A264 (20)


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