ML12348A831

Acceptance Review of Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2, Relief Request I5R-02 (TAC Nos. ME9670 and ME9671)

ML12348A831
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	12/13/2012
From:	Faria-Ocasio C M Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Nicely K Exelon Generation Co
References
TAC ME9670, TAC ME9671
Download: ML12348A831 (2)

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1 NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Faria-Ocasio, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:22 PM To: ken.nicely@exeloncorp.com Cc: DiFrancesco, Nicholas; Dudek, Michael; Moza fari, Brenda; David.Gullott@exeloncorp.com

Subject:

Acceptance Review of Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2, Relief Request I5R-02 (TAC Nos. ME9670 and ME9671)Mr. Nicely, By letter dated September 28.2012 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12275A070), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (EGC) submitted a relief request (RR) for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2. By letter dated November 28, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML12333A263), EGC submitted supplemental information for relief request I5R-02. The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulat ory Commission (NRC) staff's acceptance review of the relief request and supplemental information. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to a llow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant. The proposed RR would allow Quad Cities to use the Electric Power Research Institute Tropical Report

112657, Revision B-A, "Revised Risk-Informed Inservic e Inspection Evaluation Procedure," dated December 1999, as an alternative to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,Section XI, Code examination requirements for lSI of Class 1 and 2 piping welds (Categories B-F, B-J, C-F-1, and C-F-2) along with two

enhancements to provide acceptable level of quality and safety required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.55a(a)(3)(i).

The NRC staff has reviewed your letter and concluded that th e relief request provides 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 request in terms of regulatory requirements. 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 staff's abi lity 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.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-4050.

In accordance with our process as described in LIC-109, "Acceptance Review Procedures," I am placing a copy of this email in ADAMS as a publicly-available, official agency record.

Carolyn M. Faría Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-4050

Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 563 Mail Envelope Properties (Carolyn.Faria-Ocasio@nrc.gov20121213152200)

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Acceptance Review of Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2, Relief Request I5R-02 (TAC Nos. ME9670 and ME9671) Sent Date: 12/13/2012 3:22:10 PM Received Date: 12/13/2012 3:22:00 PM From: Faria-Ocasio, Carolyn Created By: Carolyn.Faria-Ocasio@nrc.gov Recipients: "DiFrancesco, Nicholas" <Nicholas.DiFrancesco@nrc.gov> Tracking Status: None "Dudek, Michael" <Michael.Dudek@nrc.gov> Tracking Status: None "Mozafari, Brenda" <Brenda.Mozafari@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "David.Gullott@exeloncorp.com" <David.Gullott@exeloncorp.com> Tracking Status: None "ken.nicely@exeloncorp.com" <ken.nicely@exeloncorp.com> Tracking Status: None Post Office: Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 2755 12/13/2012 3:22:00 PM

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