ML031610267

RAI, Proposed Amendment Request Regarding the Application for Stretch Power Uprate

ML031610267
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	06/09/2003
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Coutu T Nuclear Management Co
Lamb J, NRR/DLPM, 415-1446
References
TAC MB9031
Download: ML031610267 (4)

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June 9, 2003 Mr. Thomas Coutu Site Vice President Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 State Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216

SUBJECT:

KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING THE APPLICATION FOR STRETCH POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MB9031)

By letter dated May 22, 2003, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC or the licensee) submitted a request for a proposed amendment to revise the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) Facility Operating License and Technical Specifications (TSs) for the application of a stretch power uprate. The proposed amendment would increase the licensed reactor core power level by 6 percent from 1673 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 1772 MWt.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff finds that the additional information identified in the enclosure is needed.

A draft of the request for additional information was e-mailed to Mr. G. Riste (NMC) and Ms. L.

Gunderson (NMC) on May 30, 2003.

A phone call was held between G. Riste (NMC) and myself on June 2, 2003, to discuss the question to ensure that there was no misunderstanding. Also, the phone call established a mutually agreeable response date of 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

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page

June 9, 2003 Mr. Thomas Coutu Site Vice President Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 State Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216

SUBJECT:

KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING THE APPLICATION FOR STRETCH POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MB9031)

By letter dated May 22, 2003, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC or the licensee) submitted a request for a proposed amendment to revise the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) Facility Operating License and Technical Specifications (TSs) for the application of a stretch power uprate. The proposed amendment would increase the licensed reactor core power level by 6 percent from 1673 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 1772 MWt.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff finds that the additional information identified in the enclosure is needed.

A draft of the request for additional information was e-mailed to Mr. G. Riste (NMC) and Ms. L.

Gunderson (NMC) on May 30, 2003.

A phone call was held between G. Riste (NMC) and myself on June 2, 2003, to discuss the question to ensure that there was no misunderstanding. Also, the phone call established a mutually agreeable response date of 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

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI)

REGARDING PROPOSED STRETCH POWER UPRATE AMENDMENT KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-305 Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(c) has minimum amounts required to demonstrate reasonable assurance of funds for decommissioning by reactor type and power level in megawatts thermal (MWt). Your May 22, 2003, submittal, proposes to increase the licensed reactor core power level at the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) to 1772 MWt from the current licensed reactor core power level of 1650 MWt.

In Attachment 4 of your letter titled Decommissioning Funding Status Reports dated March 31, 2003 (ADAMS Accession No. ML030930058), you submitted the KNPP Funding Status Report. Item 1 states the minimum decommissioning fund pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c) is $307,200,000.

Based on your proposed increase of the KNPP licensed reactor core power level to 1772 MWt, is the minimum decommissioning fund pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c) still $307,200,000?

If so, please provide justification for how you calculated the $307,200,000 amount and an explanation describing how the power level in MWt was taken into account.

If not, please provide the new the minimum decommissioning fund pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c) and explain your compliance with 10 CFR 50.75.

ENCLOSURE

Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant cc:

John Paul Cowan Larry L. Weyers Chief Nuclear Officer Chairman, President and CEO Nuclear Management Company, LLC Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway 600 North Adams Street Cover, MI 49043 Greey Bay, WI 54307-9002 Kyle Hoops David Zellner Plant Manager Chairman - Town of Carlton Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant N2164 County B N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 Sarah Jenkins Gordon P. Arent Electric Division Manager, Regulatory Affairs Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant PO Box 7854 N490 Highway 42 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 David Molzahn Nuclear Asset Manager Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 600 N. Adams Street Green Bay, WI 54307-9002 Thomas Webb Nuclear Asset Manager Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 600 N. Adams Street Green Bay, WI 54307-9002 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 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire General Counsel, Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016