ML031110140

DC Cook, Unit 2, Safety Evaluation, Review of Draft Safety Evaluation for Measurement Uncertainty Recapture Power Uprate

ML031110140
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	04/18/2003
From:	Stang J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Bakken A Indiana Michigan Power Co
Stang J
References
TAC MB6751
Download: ML031110140 (4)

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April 18, 2003 Mr. A. Christopher Bakken III, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REVIEW OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION FOR MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECAPTURE POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MB6751)

Dear Mr. Bakken:

By application dated November 15, 2002, as supplemented February 24, 2003, you requested a 1.66-percent measurement uncertainty recapture power uprate for the D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has prepared the enclosed draft safety evaluation in response to your application. Consistent with NRC staff guidance in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations Office Instruction COM-203, Informal Interfacing And Exchange of Information With Licensees and Applicants, I request that you review the enclosed draft safety evaluation to verify that factual information is accurate and complete.

As mutually agreed to by the NRC staff and your staff, I request your response by April 25, 2003. Your response is needed by April 25th in order for the NRC staff to complete its review of your application in time to meet your needs for the upcoming refueling outage.

Sincerely,

/RA/ by MShuaibi John F. Stang, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-316

Enclosure:

Draft Safety Evaluation cc w/encl: See next page

ML031110140 (Letter)

ADAMS Accession No. ML031110144 (Safety Evaluation)

ADAMS Accession No. ML031110148 (Package)

OFFICE PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA PDIII-1/SC NAME JStang THarris LRaghavan

/RA/ MShuaibi /RA/ RBouling DATE 04/18/03 04/18/03 04/18/03 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region III Drinking Water and Radiological U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Project Division 801 Warrenville Road Michigan Department of Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Environmental Quality 3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Attorney General P. O. Box 30630, CPH Mailroom Department of Attorney General Lansing, MI 48909-8130 525 West Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48913 Scot A. Greenlee Director, Nuclear Technical Services Township Supervisor Indiana Michigan Power Company Lake Township Hall Nuclear Generation Group P.O. Box 818 500 Circle Drive Bridgman, MI 49106 Buchanan, MI 49107 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission David A. Lochbaum Resident Inspectors Office Union of Concerned Scientists 7700 Red Arrow Highway 1616 P Street NW, Suite 310 Stevensville, MI 49127 Washington, DC 20036-1495 David W. Jenkins, Esquire Michael J. Finissi Indiana Michigan Power Company Plant Manager One Cook Place Indiana Michigan Power Company Bridgman, MI 49106 Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Mayor, City of Bridgman Bridgman, MI 49106 P.O. Box 366 Bridgman, MI 49106 Joseph E. Pollock Site Vice President Special Assistant to the Governor Indiana Michigan Power Company Room 1 - State Capitol Nuclear Generation Group Lansing, MI 48909 One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106