ML031350186

Partial Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

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 Mr. C. Stephen Brennion U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Superintendent Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Post Office Box 867 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360 Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Chairman, Board of Selectmen Mr. Jack Alexander 11 Lincoln Street Manager, Reg. Relations and Plymouth, MA 02360 Quality Assurance Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Chairman, Duxbury Board of Selectmen 600 Rocky Hill Road Town Hall Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 Mr. David F. Tarantino Nuclear Information Manager Office of the Commissioner Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Massachusetts Department of 600 Rocky Hill Road Environmental Protection Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Ms. Jane Perlov Secretary of Public Safety Office of the Attorney General Executive Office of Public Safety One Ashburton Place One Ashburton Place 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Boston, MA 02108 Mr. Stephen J. McGrail, Director Dr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Attn: James Muckerheide Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Emergency Management Commonwealth of Massachusetts Agency Executive Offices of Health and 400 Worcester Road Human Services Framingham, MA 01702-5399 174 Portland Street Boston, MA 02114 Chairman Nuclear Matters Committee Regional Administrator, Region I Town Hall U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11 Lincoln Street 475 Allendale Road Plymouth, MA 02360 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. William D. Meinert John M. Fulton Nuclear Engineer Assistant General Counsel Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Electric Company 600 Rocky Hill Road P.O. Box 426 Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 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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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION COMPANY ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

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