ML032880401

ANO-2, Withdrawal of Amendment Request Re. Spent Fuel Pool Loading Restrictions

ML032880401
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	10/15/2003
From:	Alexion T NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
To:	Anderson C Entergy Operations
Alexion T W, NRR/DLPM, 415-1326
References
TAC MB7510
Download: ML032880401 (5)

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October 15, 2003 Mr. Craig G. Anderson Vice President, Operations ANO Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S. R. 333 Russellville, AR 72801

SUBJECT:

ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 (ANO-2) - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB7510)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By letter dated January 29, 2003, you applied for an amendment to the ANO-2 Facility Operating License No. NPF-6. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications pertaining to the spent fuel pool loading restrictions by redefining the regions, inserting Metamic poison panels in a portion of the spent fuel pool, and increasing the minimum boron concentration. Subsequently, by letter dated August 26, 2003, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas W. Alexion, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-368

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML032880401 NRR-106 OFFICE PDIV-1/PM PDIV-1/LA PDIV-1/SC NAME TAlexion DJohnson RGramm DATE 10/15/03 10/14/03 10/15/03 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-368 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc., to withdraw its January 29, 2003, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-6 for Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit No. 2, located in Pope County, Arkansas.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications pertaining to the spent fuel pool loading restrictions by redefining the regions, inserting Metamic poison panels in a portion of the spent fuel pool, and increasing the minimum boron concentration.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 18, 2003 (68 FR 12950).

However, by letter dated August 26, 2003, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 29, 2003, and the licensees letter dated August 26, 2003, which withdrew 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 15th day of October 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Thomas W. Alexion, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Arkansas Nuclear One cc:

Executive Vice President Vice President, Operations Support

& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

Entergy Operations, Inc. P.O. Box 31995 P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Director, Division of Radiation P.O. Box 651 Control and Emergency Management Jackson, MS 39205 Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Mr. Mike Schoppman Framatome ANP, Richland, Inc.

Suite 705 1911 North Fort Myer Drive Rosslyn, VA 22209 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 310 London, AR 72847 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse Russellville, AR 72801