ML033530349

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request for Technical Specification Changes to Post-Accident Monitoring Instrumentation Requirements

ML033530349
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	12/29/2003
From:	Travis Tate NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Kansler M Entergy Nuclear Operations
Tate T, NRR/DLPM, 415-8474
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TAC MB6342
Download: ML033530349 (7)

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December 29, 2003 Mr. Michael Kansler President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGES TO POST-ACCIDENT MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS (TAC NO. MB6342)

Dear Mr. Kansler:

By application dated August 19, 2002, as supplemented by letters dated February 14, March 27, and April 14, 2003, you applied for an amendment to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim), Facility Operating License No. DPR-35. Your application requested changes to modify the Pilgrim Technical Specifications (TSs) requirements pertaining to post-accident monitoring instrumentation to make the Pilgrim TSs more consistent with the Standard Technical Specifications for boiling water reactors. Subsequently, by letter dated November 6, 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/

Travis Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-293

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:

Resident Inspector Mr. Steve Brennion U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Supt., Regulatory & Industry Affairs Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Post Office Box 867 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Plymouth, MA 02360 600 Rocky Hill Road, M/S 1 Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Chairman, Board of Selectmen 11 Lincoln Street Mr. Jack Alexander Plymouth, MA 02360 Manager, Reg. Relations and Quality Assurance Chairman, Duxbury Board of Selectmen Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Town Hall 600 Rocky Hill Road 878 Tremont Street Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Duxbury, MA 02332 Mr. David F. Tarantino Office of the Commissioner Nuclear Information Manager Massachusetts Department of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Environmental Protection 600 Rocky Hill Road One Winter Street Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Boston, MA 02108 Ms. Jane Perlov Office of the Attorney General Secretary of Public Safety One Ashburton Place Executive Office of Public Safety 20th Floor One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Boston, MA 02108 Dr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Mr. Stephen J. McGrail, Director Radiation Control Program Attn: James Muckerheide Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Emergency Management Executive Offices of Health and Agency Human Services 400 Worcester Road 174 Portland Street Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Boston, MA 02114 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region I Nuclear Matters Committee U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Town Hall 475 Allendale Road 11 Lincoln Street King of Prussia, PA 19406 Plymouth, MA 02360 Mr. John M. Fulton Mr. William D. Meinert Assistant General Counsel Nuclear Engineer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 440 Hamilton Avenue Electric Company White Plains, NY 10601 P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056-0426

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:

Mr. Gary Taylor Mr. John Kelly Chief Executive Officer Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway 440 Hamilton Avenue Jackson, MS 39213 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. John Herron Ms. Charlene Faison Sr. VP and Chief Operating Officer Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Michael A. Balduzzi Director of Oversight Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 440 Hamilton Avenue Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station White Plains, NY 10601 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. William J. Riggs Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Director, Nuclear Assessment 600 Rocky Hill Road Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mail Stop 66 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Ms. Stacey Lousteau Treasury Department Mr. Bryan S. Ford Entergy Services, Inc.

Manager, Licensing 639 Loyola Avenue, Mail Stop L-ENT-15E Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New Orleans, LA 70113 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Mr. Dan Pace Vice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Randall Edington Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

ML033530349 OFFICE PM:PDI-2 PM: PDI-2 LA:PDI-2 SC(A):PDI-2 NAME TTate CLong CRaynor REnnis for DRoberts DATE 12/23/2003 12/23/2003 12/23/2003 12/24/2003 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION COMPANY ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-293 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its August 19, 2002, application for proposed 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 14, March 27, and April 14, 2003.

The proposed amendment would have modified the facility Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to post-accident monitoring instrumentation requirements to make the TSs more consistent with the Standard Technical Specifications for boiling water reactors.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on December 24, 2002 (67 FR 78519).

However, by letter dated November 6, 2003, the licensee withdrew the amendment request.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 19, 2002, as supplemented by letters dated February 14, March 27, and April 14, 2003, and the licensee's letter dated November 6, 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 29th day of December, 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Travis Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation