ML18166A188

Acceptance Review of License Amendment Request to Revise TS Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio

ML18166A188
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Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	06/14/2018
From:	Thomas Wengert Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Shaw J Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
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Download: ML18166A188 (3)

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NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From: Wengert, Thomas Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:25 PM To: Shaw, Jim D.

Cc: Van Der Kamp, David W.

Subject:

Cooper Nuclear Station - Acceptance Review of License Amendment Request to Revise TS Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio (EPID L-2018-LLA-0144)

By letter dated May 10, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18137A199), Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) submitted a license amendment request for Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS). The amendment would modify CNS Technical Specification (TS) Section 2.0, Safety Limits, by revising the two recirculation loop and single recirculation loop Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio (SLMCPR) values to reflect the results of a cycle-specific calculation.

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of this amendment request. 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 characterization 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 TSs) 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 staff to proceed with its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed amendment request 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. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 150 hours0.00174 days <br />0.0417 hours <br />2.480159e-4 weeks <br />5.7075e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by your requested date of October 1, 2018. 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 our routine interactions.

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, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Tom Wengert, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (301) 415-4037 1

2 Hearing Identifier: NRR_DMPS Email Number: 419 Mail Envelope Properties (Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov20180614132500)

Subject:

Cooper Nuclear Station - Acceptance Review of License Amendment Request to Revise TS Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio (EPID L-2018-LLA-0144)

Sent Date: 6/14/2018 1:25:10 PM Received Date: 6/14/2018 1:25:00 PM From: Wengert, Thomas Created By: Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Van Der Kamp, David W." <dwvande@nppd.com>

Tracking Status: None "Shaw, Jim D." <jdshaw@nppd.com>

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