ML18191B085

Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Proposed Review Schedule, and Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding the Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Application for Subsequent License.

ML18191B085
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	08/27/2018
From:	George Wilson NRC/NRR/DMLR/MRPB
To:	Gallagher M Exelon Nuclear
Bennett Brady, NRR/DMLR/MRPB, 415-2981
References
EPID L-2018-RNW-0012, NRC-2018-0130
Download: ML18191B085 (6)

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August 27, 2018 Mr. Michael Gallagher Vice President License Renewal Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC, APPLICATION FOR SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL (EPID NO. L-2018-RNW-0012)

Dear Mr. Gallagher By letter dated July 10, 2018, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML18193A689), Exelon Generation Company, LLC, (Exelon) submitted an application for the subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Peach Bottom) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2018, (83 FR 37529). The acceptance review is intended to identify whether the application is reasonably complete and conforms to the timing and information requirements in applicable regulations.

The NRC staff reviewed your application following the guidance in NUREG-2192, Revision 0, Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, to determine if the application is sufficient and acceptable for docketing in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 2.101, 51.45, 51.53(c), 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, and 54.23.

The NRC staff conducted two pre-submittal meetings, one for the environmental review and one for the safety review. Based on the results of the staffs sufficiency review, the NRC staff has concluded that the application will be accepted for a detailed technical review. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information or topic specific audits. In addition, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staffs detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

M. Gallagher This letter also forwards the staffs projected review schedule for the Peach Bottom subsequent license renewal application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54. Based on the information provided in your submittal and discussions during the pre-submittal meetings, the NRC staff estimates that review of this subsequent license renewal application will take approximately 21,000 hours0 days <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> to complete. 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 via separate correspondence. Milestones for hearing activities that may be needed are not included in the enclosed schedule or the estimated hours because these dates, if needed, would be established by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, and new resource considerations would need to be developed.

The staff has developed a plan to meet the scheduled milestones. The plan relies on your responses to the staff's requests for additional information, if needed, being of high quality and provided in a timely manner. A timely response is defined as 30 days from the date of the request, or within such other time as may be specified in the request in accordance with 10 CFR 2.108. You should also be prepared to provide high quality support in a timely and organized manner, during the staff's technical audits. Delays in staffs receipt of necessary information could result in changes to the plan for evaluating and processing your application, up to and including the denial of your application in accordance with the regulations or a significant delay in the schedule based on the overall workload for the staff involved in the review. We request that you inform the NRC staff in writing as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.

The staff notes that the application covers the subsequent license renewal period for which some of the referenced topical reports or technical basis documents or revisions thereto have not been previously reviewed and approved. Consequently, the staff may require the expenditure of additional effort, including potential additional audits, to complete these reviews on a plant-specific basis. The staffs goal is to complete the review in 18 months, however, based on the above there is some uncertainty.

Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the draft notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.

M. Gallagher If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Dr. Bennett Brady, Senior Project Manager, for the safety review of the Peach Bottom subsequent license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-2981 or via e-mail at Bennett.Brady@nrc.gov, or Mr. David Drucker, Senior Project Manager, for the environmental review by telephone at 301-415-6223 or via e-mail at David Drucker@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George A. Wilson Jr., Director Division of Materials and License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos: 50-277 and 50-278

Enclosures:

1. Review Schedule

2. Copy of Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: Listserv

ML18191B280 (Package)

ML18191B085 (Letter)

ML18179A457 (FRN) *Concurrence via E-mail OFFICE PM:MRPB:DMLR LA:MRPB:DMLR BC:MENB:DMLR PM:LPL-2-:DORL NAME BBrady YEdmonds DDrucker JTobin DATE 7/31/2018 8/2/2018 8/1/2018 8/1/2018 OFFICE OGC (NLO) BC:MRPB:DMLR D:DMLR NAME MYoung EOesterle GWilson DATE 8/14/2018 8/24/2018 8/27/2018 PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive subsequent license renewal application (SLRA) 07/10/2018 07/10/2018 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 08/2018 08/01/2018 Publish FRN - docketing acceptance/rejection and opportunity for 09/2018 h i Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 09/2018 Impact Statement and Conduct Process Scoping Public Meeting - Overview of Subsequent License Renewal 09/25/2018 Process and Environmental Scoping Process Environmental scoping process period ends 10/2018 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 11/2018 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) 07/2019 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) 09/2019 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting, if needed 09/2019 End of DSEIS comment period 09/2019 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 10/2019 Subcommittee meeting ACRS Full Committee meeting 12/2019 Issue final SEIS 01/2020 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - availability 02/2020 of final SEIS Decision - Director, NRR 03/2020 Enclosure 1

Enclosure 2 Copy of the Draft Federal Register Notice of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Nos. 2 and 3- Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Proposed Review Schedule, and Opportunity for a hearing Regarding the Exelon Generation Company, LLC,s Application for Subsequent License Renewal ADAMS Accession No. ML18179A457 Enclosure 2