ML18176A053

Letter for Draft Safety Evaluation for Amendment 43 to Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas Topical Report NEDE-24011-P-A-US, General Electric Standard Application for Reactor Fuel (Gestar Ii) Section 3.4 Final Core Loading Pattern Comparison (Re

ML18176A053
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Issue date:	06/26/2018
From:	Morey D C NRC/NRR/DLP/PLPB
To:	Head J G GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas
Golla J A, NRR/DLP, 415-1002
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY

- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY

- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION June 26, 2018 Mr. Jerald G. Head Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs GE -Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A

- 18 Wilmington, NC 28401

- 0780

SUBJECT:

DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION FOR AMENDMENT 43 TO GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - AMERICAS TOPICAL REPORT NEDE - 24011 - P - A - US , GENERAL ELECTRIC STANDARD APPLICATION FOR REACTOR FUEL (GESTAR II) SECTION 3.4 FINAL CORE LOADING PATTERN COMPARISON (RELOAD CORES) (EPID L - 2016 -TOP -0013)

Dear Mr. Head:

By letter dated November 14, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML16319A252 ), Global Nuclear Fuel

- Americas, LLC (GNF) submitted Proposed Amendment 43 to NEDE - 24011 - P - A -23, General Electric Standard Application for Reactor Fuel (GESTAR II) Section 3.4, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff for review. Enclosed for review and comment is a copy of the NRC staff's draft safety evaluation (SE) for the review of Proposed Amendment 43.

We are providing you with the opportunity to comment on any proprietary aspects. If you believe that any information in the enclosure is proprietary, please identify such information line - by -line and define the basis pursuant to the criteria of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390. Twenty working days are provided for you to comment on the proprietary aspects and any factual errors or clarity concerns contained in the draft SE. The final SE will be issued after making any necessary changes and, if any proprietary information is identified, a non -proprietary version will be made publicly available. The NRC staff's disposition of your comments on the draft SE will be discussed in the final SE.

NOTICE: The enclosure transmitted herewith contains Proprietary Information.

When separated from the enclosure, this transmittal document is decontrolled

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- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION J. Head - 2 - OFFICIAL USE ONLY

- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION To facilitate the NRC staff's review of your comments, please provide a marked

-up copy of the draft SE showing proposed changes and provide a summary table of the proposed changes.

If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Golla at 301 - 415 -1002. Sincerely, /RA/ Dennis C. Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 9990 1376

Enclosure:

Draft SE cc w/o encl: See next page

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NRR/DLP/PLPB/BC NAME JGolla DHarrison SKrepel DMorey DATE 6/26/2018 6 / 25/2018 6/26/2018 6/26/2018 OFFICIAL USE ONLY

- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY

- PROPRIETARY INFORMATION GE -Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Docket No. 9990 1376 cc: Dr. Brian R. Moore General Manager, Core & Fuel Engineering Global Nuclear Fuel

-Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A

- 7 5 Wilmington, NC 28401

- 0780 Brian.Moore@gnf.com Mr. James F. Harrison GE -Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Vice President

- Fuel Licensing P.O. Box 780, M/C A

- 55 Wilmington, NC 28401

- 0780 james.harrison@ge.com Ms. Patricia L. Campbell Vice President, Washington Regulatory Affairs GE -Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20004 patricia l.campbell@ge.com