ML041110072

Withdrawal of Amendment Request

ML041110072
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	04/26/2004
From:	Travis Tate NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Kansler M Entergy Nuclear Operations
Tate T, NRR/DLPM, 415-8474
References
TAC MC1799
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April 26, 2004 Mr. Michael Kansler President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC1799)

Dear Mr. Kansler:

By application dated January 16, 2004, as supplemented by letter dated February 25, 2004, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) applied for an amendment to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim), Facility Operating License No. DPR-35. The proposed amendment requested approval of an engineering evaluation performed in accordance with facility Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.D.3 to justify continued power operation with safety relief valve (SRV) - 3A and SRV - 3D discharge pipe temperatures exceeding 212 degrees Fahrenheit for greater than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> as required by TS 3.6.D.4. Subsequently, by letter dated March 26, 2004, ENO withdrew the amendment request based on the repair of the SRVs during the March 22, 2004, Pilgrim outage.

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 L. 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

April 26, 2004 Mr. Michael Kansler President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC1799)

Dear Mr. Kansler:

By application dated January 16, 2004, as supplemented by letter dated February 25, 2004, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) applied for an amendment to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim), Facility Operating License No. DPR-35. The proposed amendment requested approval of an engineering evaluation performed in accordance with facility Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.D.3 to justify continued power operation with safety relief valve (SRV) - 3A and SRV - 3D discharge pipe temperatures exceeding 212 degrees Fahrenheit for greater than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> as required by TS 3.6.D.4. Subsequently, by letter dated March 26, 2004, ENO withdrew the amendment request based on the repair of the SRVs during the March 22, 2004, Pilgrim outage.

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

Enclosure:

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1340 Echelon Parkway 440 Hamilton Avenue Jackson, MS 39213 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. John T. Herron Ms. Charlene D. 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 Mr. Michael J. Colomb Site Vice President Director of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 639 Loyola Avenue Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station New Orleans, LA 70113 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Jim Sniezek 5486 Nithsdale Drive Mr. Danny L. Pace Salisbury, MD 21801 Vice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mr. Kennety L. Graesser 440 Hamilton Avenue 38832 N. Ashley Drive White Plains, NY 10601 Lake Villa, IL 60046 Mr. Brian OGrady Mr. Ronald Toole Vice President, Operations Support 1282 Valley of Lakes Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Box R-10 440 Hamilton Avenue Hazelton, PA 18202 White Plains, NY 10601

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 (the Commission or NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO or the licensee) to withdraw its January 16, 2004, application for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ENO supplemented its application by letter dated February 25, 2004.

The proposed amendment requested approval of an engineering evaluation performed in accordance with facility Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.D.3 to justify continued power operation with safety relief valve (SRV) - 3A and SRV - 3D discharge pipe temperatures exceeding 212 degrees Fahrenheit for greater than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> as required by TS 3.6.D.4.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on February 17, 2004 (69 FR 7522).

However, by letter dated March 26, 2004, the licensee withdrew the request.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 16, 2004, as supplemented by letter dated February 25, 2004, and the licensees letter dated March 26, 2004, 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 NRCs 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 26th day of April 2004.

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