ML052280378
| ML052280378 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 08/18/2005 |
| From: | Macon W NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3 |
| To: | Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
| Macon W, NRR/DLPM/LPDIII-02, 415-3965 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC0583 | |
| Download: ML052280378 (7) | |
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August 18, 2005 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Vice President-Nuclear, Davis-Besse FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
SUBJECT:
DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: STEAM AND FEEDWATER RUPTURE CONTROL SYSTEM (TAC NO. MC0583)
Dear Mr. Bezilla:
By letter dated August 25, 2003, you applied for an amendment to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-3. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications pertaining to the Steam and Feedwater Rupture Control System instrumentation setpoints and surveillance intervals. Subsequently, by letter dated August 9, 2005, you withdrew the amendment request because the proposed surveillance interval increase would require additional justification and there are ongoing generic issues regarding setpoint methodology that could impact 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/
William A. Macon, Jr., Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
ML052280378 OFFICE PDIII-2/PM PDIII-1/LA PDIII-2/SC NAME WMacon DClarke GSuh DATE 8/18/05 8/18/05 8/18/05
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:
Mary E. O'Reilly FirstEnergy Corporation 76 South Main St.
Akron, OH 44308 Manager - Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State - Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Director, Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance Bureau of Operations & Maintenance 6606 Tussing Road P.O. Box 4009 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60523-4351 Michael A. Schoppman Framatome ANP 24 Calabash Court Rockville, MD 20850 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5503 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Barry Allen, Plant Manager FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State - Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Dennis Clum Radiological Assistance Section Supervisor Bureau of Radiation Protection Ohio Department of Health P.O. Box 118 Columbus, OH 43266-0118 Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch Ohio Emergency Management Agency 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Zack A. Clayton DERR Ohio Environmental Protection Agency P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 State of Ohio Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Attorney General Office of Attorney General 30 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43216 President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Port Clinton, OH 43252 President, Board of County Commissioners of Lucas County One Government Center, Suite 800 Toledo, OH 43604-6506 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich United States House of Representatives 14400 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107 Mr. Lew W. Myers Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-346 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its August 25, 2003, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-3; for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1, located in Ottawa County, Ohio.
The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to the Steam and Feedwater Rupture Control System (SFRCS) instrumentation setpoints and surveillance intervals. Specifically, the proposed amendment would have clearly identified the appropriate actions to be taken if an SFRCS instrumentation channel's output logic becomes inoperable; relocated the SFRCS instrumentation trip setpoints from the TSs to the Updated Safety Analysis Report; and decreased the SFRCS instrument channel functional test frequency from monthly to quarterly and made associated changes to the trip setpoint allowable values.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 30, 2003 (68 FR 56343).
However, by letter dated August 9, 2005, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 25, 2003 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML032410076), as supplemented by letter dated June 4, 2004 (ADAMS Accession No. ML041610286), and the licensee's letter dated August 9, 2005 (ADAMS Accession No. ML052230259), 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 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the 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 18th day of August 2005.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
William A. Macon, Jr., Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation