ML18018B038

Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Regarding TS 3.3.2, Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System (ESFAS) Instrumentation

ML18018B038
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	01/18/2018
From:	Shawn Williams Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Mcelroy G Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
L-2017-LLA-0428
Download: ML18018B038 (3)

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1 NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From:Williams, Shawn Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 1:07 PM To: 'gkmcelro@southernco.com' Cc: Jackson, Nicole D.

Subject:

Joseph M. Farley, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptan ce of Requested Licensing Action regarding TS 3.3.2, "Engineered Safety Feature Actuat ion System (ESFAS) Instrumentation (EPID No. L-2017-LLA-0428)

Dear Mr. McElroy,

By letter dated December 21, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17355A177), the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., submitted an amendment request to revise the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications (TS). The proposed amendment would revise TS 3.3.2, "Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System (ESFAS) Instrumentation," by adding TS Actions that allow time to restore one high steam flow channel per steam line to Operable status before requiring a unit shutdown in the event two channels in one or more steam lines are discovered inoperable due to the trip setting not within Allowable Value.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of NRC staff's 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 application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its char acterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant. Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an amendment to the license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application 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 amendment 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 staff's ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staff's detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request may take approximately 230 hours0.00266 days <br />0.0639 hours <br />3.80291e-4 weeks <br />8.7515e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by December 2018, as requested in your application. 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 staff's initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1009.

2Shawn Williams, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-348, 50-364

Hearing Identifier: NRR_DMPS Email Number: 102 Mail Envelope Properties (CY4PR09MB2232D6725D685D06CD11E0BD90E80)

Subject:

Joseph M. Farley, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action regarding TS 3.3.2, "Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System (ESFAS) Instrumentation (EPID No. L-2017-LLA-0428)

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