ML17137A159

Revise the Technical Specifications (Tss), Appendix a

ML17137A159
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	05/16/2017
From:	V Sreenivas Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Deborah Neff, Stewart G Exelon Nuclear
Sreenivas V, NRR/DORL/LPLI, 415-2597
References
CAC MF9650, CAC MF9651
Download: ML17137A159 (1)

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From: Sreenivas, V To: Stewart, Glenn H:(GenCo-Nuc) (Glenn.Stewart@exeloncorp.com); Neff, David B:(GenCo-Nuc)

Cc: Helker, David P:(GenCo-Nuc); Danna, James; Hood, Tanya; Chernoff, Margaret

Subject:

Limerick-Units 1 and 2: Revise the Technical Specifications (TSs), Appendix A (CAC No. MF9650 and MF9651)

Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 12:01:00 PM By letter dated April 24, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17115A087), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee),

submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to revise the Technical Specifications (TSs),

Appendix A of Limerick Generating Station, (LGS), Unit 2. The LAR would allow licensee to relocate the operability and surveillance requirements from the LGS TS to the LGS Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM) or to the LGS Technical Requirements Manual (TRM).

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.

The NRC staff has reviewed the supplemental information 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 request will take approximately 270 hours11.25 days <br />1.607 weeks <br />0.37 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by April 30, 2018, consistent with your requested one year review timeframe. 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.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2597.

V. Sreenivas, Ph.D., C.P.M.

Licensing Project Manager Limerick and Ginna, Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation