ML033530349
| 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 | |
| References | |
| 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 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 Mr. John M. Fulton Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Steve Brennion Supt., Regulatory & Industry Affairs Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road, M/S 1 Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 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
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:
Mr. Gary Taylor Chief Executive Officer Entergy Operations 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Mr. John Herron Sr. VP and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Michael A. Balduzzi Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Mr. William J. Riggs Director, Nuclear Assessment Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Mr. Bryan S. Ford Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
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 Mr. John Kelly Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Ms. Charlene Faison Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Director of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Mail Stop 66 Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Ms. Stacey Lousteau Treasury Department Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue, Mail Stop L-ENT-15E New Orleans, LA 70113
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