ML031350186
| ML031350186 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 05/19/2003 |
| From: | Travis Tate NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Bellamy M Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Tate T, NRR/DLPM, 415-8474 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB7318 | |
| Download: ML031350186 (6) | |
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May 19, 2003 Mr. Mike Bellamy Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360
SUBJECT:
PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB7318)
Dear Mr. Bellamy:
By application dated January 23, 2003, as supplemented by letters dated February 24 and April 17, 2003, you applied for an amendment to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Facility Operating License No. DPR-35. Your application requested changes to the Pilgrim Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to requirements for the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) during shutdown conditions. In the April 17, 2003, letter, you withdrew a portion of the amendment request pertaining to the proposed change to Note (1) of TS Table 3.2.B.
Accordingly, this portion of the request was not considered in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) staffs Safety Evaluation dated April 22, 2003.
On April 22, 2003, the NRC issued License Amendment No. 200 which revised the TSs for ECCS requirements during shutdown conditions. The change modified the core spray and low pressure injection systems TS requirements to be applicable during the Run, Startup, and Hot Shutdown Modes. The change also modified the high drywell pressure instrumentation TSs to require the instrumentation to be Operable during the Run, Startup and Hot Shutdown Modes.
Unnecessary TS requirements were removed based on the plants operating Mode. Other changes were administrative in nature.
The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Partial Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-293
Enclosure:
Notice of Partial Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:
Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Post Office Box 867 Plymouth, MA 02360 Chairman, Board of Selectmen 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Chairman, Duxbury Board of Selectmen Town Hall 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 Office of the Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Offices of Health and Human Services 174 Portland Street Boston, MA 02114 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 John M. Fulton Assistant General Counsel Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. C. Stephen Brennion Licensing Superintendent Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. Jack Alexander Manager, Reg. Relations and Quality Assurance Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. David F. Tarantino Nuclear Information Manager Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Ms. Jane Perlov Secretary of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Mr. Stephen J. McGrail, Director Attn: James Muckerheide Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Chairman Nuclear Matters Committee Town Hall 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056-0426
May 19, 2003 Mr. Mike Bellamy Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360
SUBJECT:
PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB7318)
Dear Mr. Bellamy:
By application dated January 23, 2003, as supplemented by letters dated February 24 and April 17, 2003, you applied for an amendment to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Facility Operating License No. DPR-35. Your application requested changes to the Pilgrim Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to requirements for the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) during shutdown conditions. In the April 17, 2003, letter, you withdrew a portion of the amendment request pertaining to the proposed change to Note (1) of TS Table 3.2.B.
Accordingly, this portion of the request was not considered in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) staffs Safety Evaluation dated April 22, 2003.
On April 22, 2003, the NRC issued License Amendment No. 200 which revised the TSs for ECCS requirements during shutdown conditions. The change modified the core spray and low pressure injection systems TS requirements to be applicable during the Run, Startup, and Hot Shutdown Modes. The change also modified the high drywell pressure instrumentation TSs to require the instrumentation to be Operable during the Run, Startup and Hot Shutdown Modes.
Unnecessary TS requirements were removed based on the plants operating Mode. Other changes were administrative in nature.
The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Partial Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-293
Enclosure:
Notice of Partial Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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DOCKET NO. 50-293 NOTICE OF PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee), to withdraw a portion of its January 23, 2003, application for amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The licensees application was supplemented by letters dated February 24 and April 17, 2003.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 18, 2003 (68 FR 12952).
However, by letter dated April 17, 2003, the licensee withdrew a portion of the original amendment request pertaining to the proposed change to Note (1) of Technical Specification (TS) Table 3.2.B.
The Commission issued License Amendment No. 200 on April 22, 2003, which revised the TSs pertaining to requirements for the emergency core cooling system during shutdown conditions. The change modified the core spray and low pressure injection systems TS requirements to be applicable during the Run, Startup, and Hot Shutdown Modes. The change also modified the high drywell pressure instrumentation TSs to require the instrumentation to be Operable during the Run, Startup and Hot Shutdown Modes. Unnecessary TS requirements were removed based on the plants operating Mode. Other changes were administrative in nature.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 23, 2003, as supplemented February 24, 2003; and the licensees April 17, 2003, letter that withdrew a portion of the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 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 day of May 2003.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation