ML24115A088

NRR E-mail Capture - NRC Notice of Acceptance: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, Proposed Alternative WF3-RR-24-02 for Examinations of Steam Generator Pressure-Retaining Welds and Full Penetration Welded Nozzles

ML24115A088
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	04/23/2024
From:	James Drake NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4
To:	Couture P, Mahan C, Peak M, Twarog J Entergy Nuclear Operations
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Download: ML24115A088 (3)

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From: Jason Drake Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 11:41 AM To: Twarog, John R; Couture III, Philip; Mahan, Cecil; Peak, Monica Renee Cc: Jennie Rankin

Subject:

NRC NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, Proposed Alternative WF3-RR-24-02 for Examinations of Steam Generator Pressure-Retaining Welds and Full Penetration Welded Nozzles

By letter dated March 18, 2024, Entergy submitted proposed alternative WF3-RR-24-02, for Examinations of Steam Generator Pressure-Retaining Welds and Full Penetration Welded Nozzles, for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (ML24078A376). The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this proposed alternative. 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.

Pursuant to Sections 50.55a(z)(1) and 50.55a(z)(2) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed alternatives would provide an acceptable level of quality and safety, or that compliance with the specified requirements of Section 50.55a would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed alternative 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. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 170 hours0.00197 days <br />0.0472 hours <br />2.810847e-4 weeks <br />6.4685e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by February 28, 2025. 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 the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

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. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Jason Drake Project Manager Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Phone: (301) 415-8378

Hearing Identifier: NRR_DRMA Email Number: 2487

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NRC NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, Proposed Alternative WF3-RR-24-02 for Examinations of Steam Generator Pressure-Retaining Welds and Full Penetration Welded Nozzles Sent Date: 4/23/2024 11:41:11 AM Received Date: 4/23/2024 11:41:00 AM From: Jason Drake

Created By: Jason.Drake@nrc.gov

Recipients:

"Jennie Rankin" <Jennivine.Rankin@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Twarog, John R" <jtwarog@entergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Couture III, Philip" <pcoutur@entergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Mahan, Cecil" <cmahan@entergy.com>

Tracking Status: None "Peak, Monica Renee" <mpeak1@entergy.com>

Tracking Status: None

Post Office: MN2PR09MB5803.namprd09.prod.outlook.com

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