ML041730023

Withdrawl of an Amendment Request and Exemption Requests to Support the Use of Framatome Anp, Incorporated Fuel

ML041730023
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	06/24/2004
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Nazar M American Electric Power Co, Indiana Michigan Power Co
Lamb J, NRR/DLPM, 415-1446
References
TAC MC2715, TAC MC2716, TAC MC2718, TAC MC2719, TAC MC2720, TAC MC2721
Download: ML041730023 (5)

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June 24, 2004 Mr. Mano K. Nazar American Electric Power Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST AND EXEMPTION REQUESTS TO SUPPORT THE USE OF FRAMATOME ANP, INCORPORATED FUEL (TAC NOS. MC2715, MC2716, MC2718, MC2719, MC2720, AND MC2721)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

By letter dated April 6, 2004, you applied for an amendment to the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74, and requested exemptions from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section, 50.44, 10 CFR 50.46, and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix K in support of transition to Framatome ANP, Incorporated as the fuel vendor. Subsequently, by letter dated June 14, 2004, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, L. Raghavan for

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

June 24, 2004 Mr. Mano K. Nazar American Electric Power Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST AND EXEMPTION REQUESTS TO SUPPORT THE USE OF FRAMATOME ANP, INCORPORATED FUEL (TAC NOS. MC2715, MC2716, MC2718, MC2719, MC2720, AND MC2721)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

By letter dated April 6, 2004, you applied for an amendment to the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74, and requested exemptions from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section, 50.44, 10 CFR 50.46, and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix K in support of transition to Framatome ANP, Incorporated as the fuel vendor. Subsequently, by letter dated June 14, 2004, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, L. Raghavan for

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC THarris SReynolds PDIII-1 R/F JLamb DLPM DPR WRuland OGC AVegel, RIII LRaghavan ACRS ADAMS ACCESSION No.: ML041730023 OFFICE PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA PDIII-1/SC NAME JLamb THarris LRaghavan DATE 06/24/04 06/24/04 06/24/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-315 AND 50-316 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Indiana Michigan Power Company (the licensee) to withdraw its April 6, 2004, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 for the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1 and Unit No. 2, located in Berrien County. In addition, the licensees application requested exemptions from regulations. .

The proposed amendment would have revised the Licenses. The proposed amendment and the requested exemptions from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)

Section, 50.44, 10 CFR 50.46, and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix K would have supported a transition to Framatome ANP, Incorporated as the fuel vendor.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 11, 2004 (69 FR 26192).

However, by letter dated June 14, 2004, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated April 6, 2004, and the licensee's letter dated June 14, 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 24th day of June 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

L. Raghavan,Cheif, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region III Michigan Department of Environmental U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Quality 801 Warrenville Road Waste and Hazardous Materials Div.

Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Hazardous Waste & Radiological Protection Section Attorney General Nuclear Facilities Unit Department of Attorney General Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Ottawa Street 525 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48913 P. O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Township Supervisor Lake Township Hall Michael J. Finissi, Plant Manager P.O. Box 818 Indiana Michigan Power Company Bridgman, MI 49106 Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bridgman, MI 49106 Resident Inspectors Office 7700 Red Arrow Highway Mr. Joseph N. Jensen, Site Vice President Stevensville, MI 49127 Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group David W. Jenkins, Esquire One Cook Place Indiana Michigan Power Company Bridgman, MI 49106 One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106 Mayor, City of Bridgman P.O. Box 366 Bridgman, MI 49106 Special Assistant to the Governor Room 1 - State Capitol Lansing, MI 48909 Mr. John A. Zwolinski Director, Design Engineering and Regulatory Affairs Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107