ML21120A161

Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation for Proposed Amendment Revision to Technical Specifications to Utilize Neutron Absorbing Inserts in Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks (Non-Proprietary)

ML21120A161
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	04/30/2021
From:	Shilpa Arora Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Peter Dietrich DTE Electric Company
Arora S
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EPID L-2019-LLA-0199
Download: ML21120A161 (3)

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION April 30, 2021 Mr. Peter Dietrich Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer DTE Electric Company Fermi 2 - 260 TAC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166

SUBJECT:

FERMI 2 - TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT RE: REVISION TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO UTILIZE NEUTRON ABSORBING INSERTS IN SPENT FUEL POOL STORAGE RACKS (EPID L-2019-LLA-0199)

Dear Mr. Dietrich:

By letter dated September 5, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19248C679), as supplemented by letters dated July 30, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20212B303), and August 24, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20237F291), DTE Energy Company (DTE or the licensee) submitted a proposed license amendment for Fermi 2. The proposed amendment revises Technical Specification (TS) 4.3, Fuel Storage, and TS 5.5, Programs and Manuals. The amendment also revises Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-43 to delete license condition 2.C.(26)(c).

Enclosed is the draft Safety Evaluation (SE) that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has prepared to support the proposed license amendment. The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure at this time because it contains proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2, Section 2.390. Proprietary information is identified by text enclosed within double brackets as shown here (( )).

The NRC staff requests that DTE provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE within one week. The response timeframe was discussed with Ms. Margaret Offerle of your staff on April 29, 2021. If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please call me at (301) 415-1421.

Please note that the purpose of this letter is to have you review the staff identified proprietary information and this letter or the enclosure do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the licensees request. When amendment is approved, the NRC staff will prepare a redacted, publicly available, nonproprietary version of the SE.

Enclosure transmitted herewith contains sensitive unclassified information.When separated from enclosure, this transmittal document is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION P. Dietrich If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at (301) 415-1421 or via email Surinder.Arora@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Surinder S. Arora, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-341

Enclosure:

Draft Proprietary Safety Evaluation cc: w/o enclosure: Listserv OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

ML21119A327 (Proprietary); ML21120A161 (Non-Proprietary)

OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL3/PM NRR/DORL/LPL3/LA NRR/DORL/LPL3/BC NAME SArora SRohrer (JBurkhardt for) RKuntz for NSalgado DATE 04/29/2021 04/30/2021 04/30/2021