ML13259A051

Request for Additional Information Regarding Use of M5; Fuel Cladding License Amendment Request and Exemption Request (TAC Nos. MF1817 & MF1820)

ML13259A051
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/19/2013
From:	Siva Lingam Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
Lingam S
References
TAC MF1817, TAC MF1820
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON. D.C. 20555-0001 September 19, 2013 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT 1 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING USE OF M5 FUEL CLADDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST AND EXEMPTION REQUEST (TAC NOS. MF1817 AND MF1820)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

By letter dated May 10, 2013, Florida Power & Light Company submitted a license amendment request and an exemption request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to authorize the use of M5 fuel cladding material in future core reload applications at S1. Lucie Plant, Unit 1. The NRC staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete our regulatory and safety reviews. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter. Please provide your response within 30 days from the date of this letter.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 301-415-1564.

Sincerely,

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Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-335

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST AND EXEMPTION REQUEST REGARDING USE OF M5 FUEL CLADDING MATERIAL IN FUTURE CORE RELOAD APPLICATIONS AT ST. LUCIE PLANT. UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-335 Generic Letter (GL) 88-16 "Removal of Cycle-Specific Parameter Limits from Technical Specifications [TSs]" provides guidance for the preparation of a license amendment request to modify TSs that have cycle-specific parameter limits. An acceptable alternative to specifying the values of cycle-specific parameter limits in TSs consists of: (1) the addition of the definition of a named formal report that includes the values of cycle-specific parameter limits that have been established using a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved methodology and consistent with all applicable limits of the safety analysis, (2) the addition of an administrative reporting requirement to submit the formal report on cycle-specific parameter limits to the Commission for information, and (3) the modification of individual TSs to note that cycle-specific parameters shall be maintained within the limits provided in the defined formal report. GL 88-16 further clarifies that in Core Operating Limits Report (COLR) TS [6.9-x] core operating limits shall be established and documented in the COLR before each reload cycle or any remaining part of a reload cycle. The analytical methods used to determine the core operating limits shall be those previously reviewed and approved by NRC.

Based on the GL 88-16 guidance, TS 6.9.1.11.b listed all approved methodologies to support all cycle-specific core operating parameters listed in TS 6.9.1.11.a. Therefore, both TSs 6.9.1.11.a and 6.9.1.11.b in COLR TSs establish a part of an acceptable alternative as stated in item (1) above. Please provide a description and the rationale for the parameters that will be detailed by BAW-1 0240(P)(A) Revision 0, "Incorporation of M5 Properties in Framatome ANP Approved Methods" in the TSs.

Enclosure

September 19, 2013 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 SUB~IECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT 1 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING USE OF M5 FUEL CLADDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST AND EXEMPTION REQUEST (TAC NOS. MF1817 AND MF1820)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

By letter dated May 10, 2013, Florida Power & Light Company submitted a license amendment request and an exemption request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to authorize the use of M5 fuel cladding material in future core reload applications at St. Lucie Plant, Unit 1. The NRC staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete our regulatory and safety reviews. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter. Please provide your response within 30 days from the date of this letter.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 301-415-1564.

Sincerely, IRA!

Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-335

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