GO2-25-129, Licensing Basis Document Update
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 12/11/2025 |
| From: | Hauger J Energy Northwest |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Document Control Desk |
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ATTACHMENT 5 CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC RELEASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 2.390. UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENT 5, THIS LETTER AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS ARE UNCONTROLLED.
Jeremy S Hauger Columbia Generating Station P.O. Box 968, MD PE23 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Ph. 509-377-8727 jshauger@energy-northwest.com 10 CFR 50.71(e)
GO2-25-129 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Subject:
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-397, LICENSING BASIS DOCUMENT UPDATE
Dear Sir or Madam:
Energy Northwest is submitting updated licensing basis documents for Columbia Generating Station (Columbia) in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e).
These updates include:
x Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), Amendment 68 x
Licensee Controlled Specifications, Revision 137 x
Technical Specification Bases, Revision 144 x
Operational Quality Assurance Program Description, Revision 57.
In addition to other changes, FSAR Amendment 68 removed redundant information and excessive detail from the FSAR to improve its focus and clarity. In accordance with Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) NEI 98-03, Revision 1, Guidelines for Updating Final Safety Analysis Reports, as endorsed by Regulatory Guide 1.181, Content of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report in Accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e), a brief description of the information removed is provided in Attachment 1.
Columbias licensing basis documents are provided in Attachments 2 and 3.
Additionally, the files in Attachment 3 contain hyperlinks. These hyperlinks are not essential to the FSAR content and are disabled.
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December 11, 2025 ENERGY NORTHWEST
GO2-25-129 Page 2 of 2 Energy Northwest has performed its biennial review of plant changes in accordance with 10 CFR 54.37(b) to determine whether there are any newly identified structures, systems or components (SSC) that require aging management or there are any time limited aging analyses that require re-evaluation. There were no SSCs that met the definition of newly identified. There were also no new materials or environments identified, and no time limited aging analyses that required re-evaluation.
Consistent with past FSAR submittals for Columbia, a publicly available version of the FSAR (Attachment 3) in which information considered to be sensitive unclassified (non-safeguards) information has been removed. A list of figures, tables, and sections removed from the public version of the FSAR submittal is contained in Attachment 4. contains all pages there were removed from the publicly available version and have been labeled as Withhold from Public Release.
There are no commitments being made by this letter.
If you have any questions or desire additional information pertaining to this report, please contact Ms. Tracey Collis, Licensing Supervisor, at (509) 377-8395.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on the ______ day of _____________ 2025.
Respectfully, Jeremy S. Hauger Site Vice President Attachments: 1. Redundant Information and Excessive Detail Removed from the FSAR
- 2. Licensee Controlled Specifications, Revision 137 Technical Specification Bases, Revision 144 Operational Quality Assurance Program Description, Revision 57
- 3. Columbia Generating Station FSAR, Amendment 68, Publicly Available
- 4. List of Figures/Tables/Sections Withheld From Columbia Generating Station Publicly Available FSAR, Amendment 68
- 5. Information Considered to be Sensitive Unclassified (Non-Safeguards) Information - Withhold from Public Release in Accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, from Columbia Generating Station FSAR, Amendment 68 cc: NRC Region IV Administrator NRC NRR Project Manager NRC Sr. Resident Inspector CD Sonoda - BPA JW Hayes - BPA
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