ML080870374

Request for Additional Information, Review of License Renewal Application - Time-Limited Aging Analyses, Bolted Connections, and Boraflex

ML080870374
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	04/18/2008
From:	Kimberly Green NRC/NRR/ADRO
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Green, Kimberly NRR/DLR/RLRB 415-1627
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April 18, 2008 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION - TIME-LIMITED AGING ANALYSES AND BORAFLEX

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated April 23, 2007, as supplemented by letters dated May 3, 2007, and June 21, 2007, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). The staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Further requests for additional information may be issued in the future.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Mr. Robert Walpole, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1627, or via e-mail KJG1@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kimberly Green, Safety Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

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INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI)

TIME-LIMITED AGING ANALYSES AND BORAFLEX Time-Limited Aging Analyses RAI 4.3.1.8-1 License renewal application (LRA) Section 4.3.1 states [c]urrent design basis fatigue evaluations calculate cumulative usage factors (CUFs) for components or sub-components based on design transient cycles. For CUF values listed in LRA Tables 4.3-13 and 4.3-14, please describe the details of how various environmental effects are factored into the calculation of the CUF using Fen values.

RAI 4.3.1.8-2 Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (SRP-LR) Section 4.3.2.1.1.3 provides the basis for the staff acceptance of an aging management program to address environmental fatigue. It states, [t]he staff has evaluated a program for monitoring and tracking the number of critical thermal and pressure transients for the selected reactor coolant system components. The staff has determined that this program is an acceptable aging management program to address metal fatigue of the reactor coolant system components according to 10 CFR 54.21(c)(1)(iii). The staff is unable to determine if the Fatigue Monitoring Program of Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 contain sufficient details to satisfy this criterion. Please provide adequate details of the Fatigue Monitoring Program such that the staff can make a determination based on the criterion set forth in SRP-LR Section 4.3.2.1.1.3. Also, please explain in detail the corrective actions and the frequency that such actions will be taken so the acceptance criteria will not be exceeded in the period of extended operation.

RAI 3.0.3.2.3-1 Indian Point 2 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, Revision 20, dated 2006, Section 14.2.1 on page 55 of 218, states in part that:

Northeast Technology Corporation report NET-173-01 and NET-171-02 are based on conservative projections of amount of boraflex absorber panel degradation assumed in each sub-region. These projections are valid through the end of the year 2006.

Please confirm that the Boraflex neutron absorber panels in the Indian Point Unit 2 spent fuel pool have been re-evaluated for service through the end of the current licensing period. Also, please discuss the plans for updating the Boraflex analysis during the period of extended operation.

Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:

Senior Vice President Albany, NY 12203-6399 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mr. Paul Eddy P.O. Box 31995 New York State Department Jackson, MS 39286-1995 of Public Service 3 Empire State Plaza Vice President Oversight Albany, NY 12223-1350 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Regional Administrator, Region I Jackson, MS 39286-1995 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & King of Prussia, PA 19406 Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Senior Resident Inspectors Office P.O. Box 31995 Indian Point 2 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 59 Senior Vice President and COO Buchanan, NY 10511 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue Senior Resident Inspectors Office White Plains, NY 10601 Indian Point 3 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Assistant General Counsel P.O. Box 59 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Buchanan, NY 10511 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Manager, Licensing New York Department of Law Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 120 Broadway Indian Point Energy Center New York, NY 10271 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Mr. Raymond L. Albanese Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Four County Coordinator 200 Bradhurst Avenue Mr. Paul D. Tonko Unit 4 Westchester County President and CEO Hawthorne, NY 10532 New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Mayor, Village of Buchanan 17 Columbia Circle 236 Tate Avenue Albany, NY 12203-6399 Buchanan, NY 10511 Mr. John P. Spath Mr. William DiProfio New York State Energy, Research and PWR SRC Consultant Development Authority 48 Bear Hill Road 17 Columbia Circle Newton, NH 03858

Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:

Mr. Garry Randolph John Sipos PWR SRC Consultant Assistant Attorney General 1750 Ben Franklin Drive, 7E New York State Department of Law Sarasota, FL 34236 Environmental Protection Bureau The Capitol Mr. William T. Russell Albany, NY 12224 PWR SRC Consultant 400 Plantation Lane Robert Snook Stevensville, MD 21666-3232 Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General Mr. Jim Riccio State of Connecticut Greenpeace 55 Elm Street 702 H Street, NW P.O. Box 120 Suite 300 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Washington, DC 20001 Ms. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Mr. Phillip Musegaas Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Riverkeeper, Inc. 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 828 South Broadway Washington, DC 20004 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Mr. Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Mr. Mark Jacobs Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP IPSEC 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 46 Highland Drive Washington, DC 20004 Garrison, NY 10524 Mr. Martin J. ONeill, Esq.

Mr. R. M. Waters Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Technical Specialist Licensing 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 450 Broadway Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 0249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 The Honorable Nita Lowey 222 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 Mr. Sherwood Martinelli White Plains, NY 10605 351 Dyckman Peekskill, NY 10566 Joan Leary Matthews Senior Counsel for Special Projects Ms. Susan Shapiro, Esq. Office of General Counsel 21 Perlman Drive NYS Department of Environmental Spring Valley, NY 10977 Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-5500