ML022310137

Noth Anna Power Station, Units 1 & 2 - Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML022310137
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	08/19/2002
From:	Stephen Monarque NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:	Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
References
TAC MA9357, TAC MA9358
Download: ML022310137 (5)

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August 19, 2002 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

SUBJECT:

NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MA9357 AND MA9358)

Dear Mr. Christian:

By letter dated June 22, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated January 19, 2001, and July 26, 2001, you applied for an amendment to the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the elimination of seismic effects from control rod drop times. Subsequently, by letter dated July 17, 2002, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stephen R. Monarque, Project Manager Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

August 19, 2002 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

SUBJECT:

NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MA9357 AND MA9358)

Dear Mr. Christian:

By letter dated June 22, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated January 19, 2001, and July 26, 2001, you applied for an amendment to the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the elimination of seismic effects from control rod drop times. Subsequently, by letter dated July 17, 2002, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stephen R. Monarque, Project Manager Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page Distribution:

PUBLIC PDII-1 Reading HBerkow Jnakoski Edunnington SMonarque OGC ACRS BBonser, RII Adams: ML02 OFFICE PM:PDII/S1 LA:PDII/S2 SC:PDII/S1 NAME SMonarque Dunnington JNakoski DATE 08/16/02 08/16/02 08/16/02 COPY Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-338 AND 50-339 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee) to withdraw its June 22, 2000, application, as supplemented January 19, 2001, and July 26, 2001, for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for the North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Louisa County, Virginia.

The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications to permit the elimination of the assumed increase in the rod control cluster assembly drop time resulting from a concurrent trip and seismic event.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 9, 2000 (65 FR 48761).

However, by letter dated July 17, 2002, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated June 22, 2000, supplemental letters dated January 19, 2001, and July 26, 2001, and the licensee's letter dated July 17, 2002, which withdrew the application for license amendments.

Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. Persons who do not have

access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August 2002.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Stephen R. Monarque, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. David A. Christian North Anna Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. C. Lee Lintecum Mr. David A. Heacock County Administrator Site Vice President Louisa County North Anna Power Station P. O. Box 160 P. O. Box 402 Louisa, Virginia 23093 Mineral Virginia 23117-0402 Ms. Lillian M. Cuocco, Esq. Mr. Richard H. Blount, II Senior Nuclear Counsel Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Surry Power Station Millstone Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company Building 475, 5 th floor 5570 Hog Island Road Rope Ferry Road Surry, Virginia 23883-0315 Rt. 156 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Mr. Robert B. Strobe, M.D., M.P.H.

State Health Commissioner Dr. W. T. Lough Office of the Commissioner Virginia State Corporation Virginia Department of Health Commission P. O. Box 2448 Division of Energy Regulation Richmond, Virginia 23218 P. O. Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23209 Mr. William R. Matthews Vice President - Nuclear Operations Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Virginia Electric and Power Company 4201 Dominion Blvd. Innsbrook Technical Center Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711 Mr. Stephen P. Sarver, Director Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support Virginia Electric Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711 Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Senior Resident Inspector North Anna Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1024 Haley Drive Mineral, Virginia 23117