ML21032A258

Acceptance of License Amendment Request: Beaver Valley Steam Generator Inspection Deferral

ML21032A258
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	02/01/2021
From:	Jennifer Tobin Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Grabnar J Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp
Tobin J
References
EPID L-2020-LLL-0002
Download: ML21032A258 (1)

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From: Tobin, Jennifer To: jjgrabnar@energyharbor.com Cc: Lashley, Phil H

Subject:

Acceptance of License Amendment Request: Beaver Valley Steam Generator Inspection Deferral (EPID No. L-2020-LLL-0002)

Date: Monday, February 01, 2021 9:04:00 AM

Dear Mr. Grabnar,

By letter dated January 27, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21027A228), EnergyHarbor Nuclear Corp. (the licensee) submitted a request to defer the Beaver Valley Unit 1 spring of 2021 refueling outage steam generator inspections to the fall of 2022 refueling outage (1R28). The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the request has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your request for a one-time deferral of steam generator inspections for Unit 1 and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed action in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 130 hours0.0015 days <br />0.0361 hours <br />2.149471e-4 weeks <br />4.9465e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review no later than March 19, 2021. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, and unanticipated addition of scope to the review. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

Please contact me if you have any questions. A copy of this email will be made publicly available in ADAMS.

Thanks,

-Jenny