ML041660407

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Regarding the Equipment Hatch and Control Room Post Accident Recirculation System

ML041660407
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	06/16/2004
From:	Lyon C NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Coutu T Nuclear Management Co
Lyon C, NRR/DLPM, 415-2296
References
TAC MC1790
Download: ML041660407 (5)

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June 16, 2004 Mr. Thomas Coutu Site Vice President Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511

SUBJECT:

KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING THE EQUIPMENT HATCH AND CONTROL ROOM POST ACCIDENT RECIRCULATION SYSTEM (TAC NO. MC1790)

Dear Mr. Coutu:

By letter dated January 16, 2004, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 for the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed changes would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the containment equipment hatch and control room post accident recirculation system. Subsequently, by letter dated June 8, 2004, 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/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML041660407 OFFICE PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA PDIII-1/SC NAME FLyon THarris LRaghavan DATE 6/15/04 6/15/04 6/16/04 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-305 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its January 16, 2004, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 for the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, located in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications (1) to allow the containment equipment hatch to be open during refueling operations and/or during movement of irradiated fuel assemblies within containment, (2) to require verification of the ability to close the equipment hatch periodically during refueling operations, and (3) to include requirements for operability of the control room post accident recirculation system during fuel handling operations in which the fuel that is being moved has been irradiated within less than 30 days.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on February 17, 2004 (69 FR 7525).

However, by letter dated June 8, 2004, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 16, 2004, and the licensees letter dated June 8, 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 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 16th day of June 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant cc:

John Paul Cowan David Zellner Executive Vice President & Chairman - Town of Carlton Chief Nuclear Officer N2164 County B Nuclear Management Company, LLC Kewaunee, WI 54216 700 First Street Hudson, MI 54016 Mr. Jeffery Kitsembel Electric Division Plant Manager Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant PO Box 7854 N490 Highway 42 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 David Molzahn 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 54216-9511 Regional Administrator, Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Jonathan Rogoff Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Larry L. Weyers Chairman, President and CEO Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 600 North Adams Street Green Bay, WI 54307-9002