ML052430349

Ltr., Withdrawal of Amendment Modify Core Flow Range Mellla+ (Tac No, MB6692, MB6693)

ML052430349
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	09/08/2005
From:	Mozafari B NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:	Gannon C Carolina Power & Light Co
mozafari B, NRR/DLPM, 415-2020
References
TAC MB6692, TAC MB6693
Download: ML052430349 (4)

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September 8, 2005 Mr. C. J. Gannon Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461

SUBJECT:

BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENTS REQUEST (TAC NOS. MB6692 AND MB6693)

Dear Mr. Gannon:

By letter dated November 12, 2002, as supplemented March 5, 2004, you applied for amendments to Facility Operating License No. DPR-71 and Facility Operating License No.

DPR-62 for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to implementation of an expansion of the core flow range (MELLLA+). Subsequently, by letter dated August 25, 2005, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brenda L. Mozafari, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

ML052430349 NRR-106 OFFICE PDII-2/PM PDII-1/LA PDII-2/SC NAME BMozafari CHawes MMarshall DATE 09/ 08 /05 09/ 08 /05 09/ 08 /05 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) to withdraw its November 12, 2002, application, as supplemented on March 5, 2004, for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License No. DPR-71 and Facility Operating License No. DPR-62 for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

The proposed amendments would have revised the the Technical Specifications, as necessary, to support an expansion of the core flow operating range (i.e., Maximum Extended Load Line Limit Analysis Plus (MELLLA+)). As part of the MELLLA+ implementation, Carolina Power & Light Company would implement the Detect and Suppress Solution-Confirmation Density (DSS-CD) approach to automatically detect and suppress neutronic/thermal-hydraulic instabilities.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on February 18, 2003 (68 FR 7813), and renoticed on April 27, 2004 (69 FR 22880). However, by letter dated August 25, 2005, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated November 12, 2002, as supplemented March 5, 2004, and the licensee's letter dated August 25, 2005, which withdrew the application for license amendments. 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 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 8th day of September 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Brenda L. Mozafari, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. C. J. Gannon Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Units 1 and 2 cc:

David T. Conley Mr. Robert P. Gruber Associate General Counsel II - Executive Director Legal Department Public Staff - NCUC Progress Energy Service Company, LLC 4326 Mail Service Center Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. T. P. Cleary Mr. David R. Sandifer, Chairperson Director - Site Operations Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Post Office Box 249 Carolina Power & Light Company Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Norman R. Holden, Mayor 8470 River Road City of Southport Southport, North Carolina 28461 201 East Moore Street Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Mr. Warren Lee 2300 N Street NW. Emergency Management Director Washington, DC 20037-1128 New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Post Office Box 1525 Division of Radiation Protection Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1525 N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Mr. Chris L. Burton, Manager 3825 Barrett Dr. Performance Evaluation and Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Regulatory Affairs PEB 7 Progress Energy Mr. Ben Waldrep Post Office Box 1551 Plant General Manager Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Mr. Edward T. ONeil Post Office Box 10429 Manager - Support Services Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Public Service Commission Post Office Box 10429 State of South Carolina Southport, North Carolina 28461 Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Ms. Margaret A. Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602