ML052640073

Partial Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML052640073
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	09/27/2005
From:	Travis Tate NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
exo1
References
TAC MC3847, TAC MC3848
Download: ML052640073 (5)

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September 27, 2005 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC3847 AND MC3848)

Dear Mr. Crane:

By application dated July 22, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated December 3, 2004, and September 20, 2005, you requested amendments to the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NFP-39 and NFP-85. The proposed changes would have modified the facility technical specifications (TSs) pertaining to the operability requirements in TS 3/4.1.3, Control Rods. Specifically, one of the proposed changes would have eliminated consideration of control rod drive water pressure in the action statement of TS 3.1.3.1.b.1.b. Your letter dated September 20, 2005, withdrew this portion of the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Partial Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

Limerick Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Site Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC Limerick Generating Station 4300 Winfield Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Warrenville, IL 60555 P.O. Box 2300 Sanatoga, PA 19464 Correspondence Control Desk Exelon Generation Company, LLC Plant Manager P.O. Box 160 Limerick Generating Station Kennett Square, PA 19348 Exelon Generation Company, LLC P.O. Box 2300 Regional Administrator, Region I Sanatoga, PA 19464 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Regulatory Assurance Manager - Limerick King of Prussia, PA 19406 Exelon Generation Company, LLC P.O. Box 2300 Senior Resident Inspector Sanatoga, PA 19464 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Limerick Generating Station Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services P.O. Box 596 Exelon Generation Company, LLC Pottstown, PA 19464 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Library U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vice President - Operations, Mid-Atlantic Region I Exelon Generation Company, LLC 475 Allendale Road 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N King of Prussia, PA 19406 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Vice President Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Protection Exelon Generation Company, LLC Rachel Carson State Office Building 4300 Winfield Road P.O. Box 8469 Warrenville, IL 60555 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Director Chairman Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township Exelon Generation Company, LLC 646 West Ridge Pike 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Linfield, PA 19468 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Manager Licensing National Energy Committee Limerick Generating Station Sierra Club Exelon Generation Company, LLC 433 Orlando Avenue 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E State College, PA 16803 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Associate General Counsel

September 27, 2005 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC3847 AND MC3848)

Dear Mr. Crane:

By application dated July 22, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated December 3, 2004, and September 20, 2005, you requested amendments to the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NFP-39 and NFP-85. The proposed changes would have modified the facility technical specifications (TSs) pertaining to the operability requirements in TS 3/4.1.3, Control Rods. Specifically, one of the proposed changes would have eliminated consideration of control rod drive water pressure in the action statement of TS 3.1.3.1.b.1.b. Your letter dated September 20, 2005, withdrew this portion of the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Partial Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NOS. 50-352 AND 50-353 NOTICE OF PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw a portion of its July 22, 2004, application and the December 3, 2004, and September 20, 2005, supplements for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 for the Limerick Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to the operability requirements in TS 3/4.1.3, Control Rods. Specifically, one of the proposed changes would have eliminated consideration of control rod drive water pressure in the action statement of TS 3.1.3.1.b.1.b. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 24, 2005 (70 FR 29794). However, by letter dated September 20, 2005, the licensee withdrew the above-referenced proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 22, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated December 3, 2004, and September 20, 2005.

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 27th day of September 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation