ML24304B056
| ML24304B056 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 10/30/2024 |
| From: | Cruz-Rosado L Plant Licensing Branch III |
| To: | Jacobson R, Mark Miller Northern States Power Company, Minnesota |
| Ballard, B | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2024-LLA-0135 | |
| Download: ML24304B056 (2) | |
Text
From:
Luis Cruz Rosado To:
Miller, Michael A; ronald.g.jacobson@excelenergy.com Cc:
Brent Ballard
Subject:
Monticello - Acceptance of LAR to Revise TS to Adopt TSTF-554, "Revise Reactor Coolant Leakage Requirements" (EPID: L-2024-LLA-0135)
Date:
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 2:21:00 PM
Dear Mike and Ron,
By letter dated September 26, 2024, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24270A102), Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota Corporation doing business as Xcel Energy, (NSPM, the licensee), submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The proposed amendments would adopt TSTF-554, "Revise Reactor Coolant Leakage Requirements."
The proposed amendments would revise the technical specifications definitions of "leakage," clarifies the requirements when pressure boundary leakage is detected and adds an Action when pressure boundary leakage is identified.
The purpose of this email is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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.
Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), an application for an amendment to a license (including the technical specifications) must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications. Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required. This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations
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 amendment 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 licensing request will take approximately 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 6 months, which is May 1, 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, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. 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 at 301-415-or by e-mail.
Thank you,
Luis O. Cruz Rosado Project Manager NRR/DORL/LPL3
Docket No. 50-263
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