ML030660559

RAI, Proposed Amendment Request to Implement Measurement Uncertainty Recapture Power Uprate

ML030660559
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	03/07/2003
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Coutu T Nuclear Management Co
References
TAC MB7225
Download: ML030660559 (4)

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March 7, 2003 Mr. Thomas Coutu Site Vice President and Interim Plant Manager Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 State Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216

SUBJECT:

KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECAPTURE POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MB7225)

Dear Mr. Coutu:

By letter dated January 13, 2003, supplemented February 27, 2003, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC or the licensee) submitted a request for a proposed amendment to revise Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant technical specifications and operating license to implement measurement uncertainty recapture power uprate. The change involves a proposed increase in power level from 1650 MWt to 1673 MWt (1.4 percent) based on installation of a Crossflow ultrasonic flow measurement system.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed your submittal for the impact on the electrical power system (offsite, onsite, and dc), station blackout capability, and environmental qualification of electrical equipment. The NRC staff needs additional information. Please provide details regarding grid stability analysis including assumptions, results and conclusions for the proposed power uprated condition.

A draft of the request for additional information was e-mailed to Ms. L. Gunderson (NMC) on March 3, 2003.

A conference call was held between L. Gunderson and myself on March 3, 2003, to discuss the question to ensure that there was no misunderstanding. The conference call established a mutually agreeable response date within 30 days from the date of this letter.

Please contact me at (301) 415-1446 if future circumstances should require a change in this response date.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305 cc: See next page

March 7, 2003 Mr. Thomas Coutu Site Vice President and Interim Plant Manager Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 State Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216

SUBJECT:

KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECAPTURE POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MB7225)

Dear Mr. Coutu:

By letter dated January 13, 2003, supplemented February 27, 2003, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC or the licensee) submitted a request for a proposed amendment to revise Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant technical specifications and operating license to implement measurement uncertainty recapture power uprate. The change involves a proposed increase in power level from 1650 MWt to 1673 MWt (1.4 percent) based on installation of a Crossflow ultrasonic flow measurement system.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed your submittal for the impact on the electrical power system (offsite, onsite, and dc), station blackout capability, and environmental qualification of electrical equipment. The NRC staff needs additional information. Please provide details regarding grid stability analysis including assumptions, results and conclusions for the proposed power uprated condition.

A draft of the request for additional information was e-mailed to Ms. L. Gunderson (NMC) on March 3, 2003.

A conference call was held between L. Gunderson and myself on March 3, 2003, to discuss the question to ensure that there was no misunderstanding. The conference call established a mutually agreeable response date within 30 days from the date of this letter.

Please contact me at (301) 415-1446 if future circumstances should require a change in this response date.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant cc:

John H. ONeill, Jr. David Molzahn Shaw Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Nuclear Asset Manager 2300 N. Street, NW 600 North Adams Street Washington, DC 20037-1128 Green Bay, WI 54307-9002 David Zellner Sarah Jenkins Town Chairman - Town of Carlton Electric Division N2164 County B Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Kewaunee, WI 54216 PO Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Larry L. Weyers Chairman, President, and CEO NRC NRR Project Manager Wisconsin Public Service Corporation Mail Stop O-8-H-4A 600 North Adams Street U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Green Bay, WI 54307-9002 Washington, DC 20555 Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission N490 Hwy 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9510 Regional Administrator Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Ave M. Bie, Chairperson Public Service Commission of Wisconsin PO Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Roy Anderson Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016