ML052280378

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Steam and Feedwater Rupture Control System

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 Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch FirstEnergy Corporation Ohio Emergency Management Agency 76 South Main St. 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Akron, OH 44308 Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Manager - Regulatory Affairs Zack A. Clayton FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company DERR Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 5501 North State - Route 2 P.O. Box 1049 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Director, Ohio Department of Commerce State of Ohio Division of Industrial Compliance Public Utilities Commission Bureau of Operations & Maintenance 180 East Broad Street 6606 Tussing Road Columbus, OH 43266-0573 P.O. Box 4009 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 Attorney General Office of Attorney General Regional Administrator 30 East Broad Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Columbus, OH 43216 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60523-4351 President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Michael A. Schoppman Port Clinton, OH 43252 Framatome ANP 24 Calabash Court President, Board of County Rockville, MD 20850 Commissioners of Lucas County One Government Center, Suite 800 Resident Inspector Toledo, OH 43604-6506 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5503 North State Route 2 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Barry Allen, Plant Manager FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station United States House of Representatives 5501 North State - Route 2 14400 Detroit Avenue Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Lakewood, OH 44107 Dennis Clum Mr. Lew W. Myers Radiological Assistance Section Supervisor Chief Operating Officer Bureau of Radiation Protection FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Ohio Department of Health Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 118 5501 North State Route 2 Columbus, OH 43266-0118 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