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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy U. S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design Certification Renewal Schedule Letter, May 2019
ML19142A186
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Site: 05200045
Issue date: 05/31/2019
From: Renee Taylor
NRC/NRO/DLSE
To: Michelle Catts
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Shea J
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Download: ML19142A186 (5)


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May 31, 2019 Ms. Michelle P. Catts Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy 3901 Castle Hayne Road MC A-18 Wilmington, NC 28401

SUBJECT:

GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY - UNITED STATES ADVANCED BOILING-WATER REACTOR DESIGN CERTIFICATION RENEWAL REVIEW SCHEDULE

Dear Ms. Catts:

In a letter dated December 7, 2010, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML110040176) GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted a Design Certification (DC) Renewal application for the U.S. Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor (ABWR) pursuant to the requirements of Subpart B, Standard Design Certifications, of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants. On February 19, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16081A268), you submitted a revision to the application to incorporate proposed design changes identified following responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs requests for additional information (RAIs) and public meetings with the staff.

The NRC staff issued a delay in its review schedule in a letter dated August 3, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17199G648), which was a follow up to a schedule letter dated August 30, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16209A316). The NRC review schedule was delayed based on resolving certain open items (OIs) that had remained unresolved as of January 2017. The NRC was not able to meet the schedule outlined in the August 30, 2016, letter projecting the completion of the NRC staff review and its final safety evaluation report of March 2018.

GEH in a letter dated January 21, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19021A015), provided the NRC staff with the final OI RAI response and the associated proposed changes to the ABWR Design Control Document, Revision 6 for the Peak Cladding Temperature issue. Therefore, the NRC staff projects the completion of the ABWR DC Renewal Advanced Final Safety Evaluation Report by the end of June 2019. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Sub-Committee meeting has been scheduled for August 20, 2019 with an ACRS Full-Committee meeting scheduled for some time in October 2019.

In addition, in order for the NRC to fulfill its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act, the agency will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for the renewal application.

The EA will be an enclosure to the rulemaking package and will align with the rulemaking preparation schedule.

M. Catts If you have any questions or comments concerning this matter, please contact the lead project manager, James Shea at 301-415-1388 or via e-mail address at James.Shea@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert M. Taylor, Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis Office of New Reactors Docket No.: 52-045

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl.: See next page

ML19142A186 NRO-002 OFFICE PM:DLSE LA:DLSE BC:DLSE (Acting) D:DLSE NAME JShea SGreen JRankin RTaylor (ABradford for)

DATE 5/22/19 5/23/2019 5/23/2019 5/31/2019 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy - US ABWR Design Certification Renewal Application Review Milestones Key Safety Review Milestones Current Completion Date Target - T Phase 1 - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) 01/2019 - C and Supplemental RAIs Phase 2 - Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report 06/2019 - T (SER) without Open Items Advanced Final Safety Evaluation Report (AFSER)

Phase 3 - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 10/2019 - T Review of AFSER Phase 4 - Final Supplemental Advanced Boiling-Water 03/2020 - T Reactor Renewal SER Enclosure

DC GEH - ABWR Mailing List (Revised 08/16/2018)

Email APH@NEI.org (Adrian Heymer) awc@nei.org (Anne W. Cottingham) brianr.johnson@ge.com (R. R. Johnson)

Christopher.Powell@ge.com (Christopher Powell) cschlaseman@mpr.com (Caroline Schlaseman)

CumminWE@Westinghouse.com (Edward W. Cummins) cwaltman@roe.com (C. Waltman) david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com (David Lewis)

F.Shahrokhi@areva.com (Farshid Shahrokhi)

George_Stramback@Charter.net (George Stramback) jerald.head@ge.com (Jerald G. Head)

Joseph.Ondish@ge.com (Joseph Ondish)

Joseph_Hegner@dom.com (Joseph Hegner)

Kenichi.Sato.sz@hitachi.com (Kenichi Sato)

KSutton@morganlewis.com (Kathryn M. Sutton) kwaugh@impact-net.org (Kenneth O. Waugh)

Linda.Dolan@ge.com (Linda Dolan) lon.burnam@house.state.tx.us (Lon Burnam)

Maryann.Herzog@ge.com (Maryann Herzog) media@nei.org (Scott Peterson)

MSF@nei.org (Marvin Fertel) nirsnet@nirs.org (Michael Mariotte)

Nuclaw@mindspring.com (Robert Temple)

Paul@beyondnuclear.org (Paul Gunter) pbessette@morganlewis.com (Paul Bessette)

RJB@NEI.org (Russell Bell) rtrench@mpr.com (Randy Trench)

Ryan.hough@ge.com (Ryan Hough) sabinski@suddenlink.net (Steve A. Bennett) tom.miller@hq.doe.gov (Tom Miller) trsmith@winston.com (Tyson Smith)

Vanessa.quinn@dhs.gov (Vanessa Quinn) wayne.marquino@gmail.com (Wayne Marquino)

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