ML053140191
| ML053140191 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/2005 |
| From: | Geoffrey Miller Plant Licensing Branch III-2 |
| To: | Peschel J, St.Pierre G Florida Power & Light Energy Seabrook |
| Miller G, NRR/DLPM, 415-2481 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC6567 | |
| Download: ML053140191 (6) | |
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November 9, 2005 Mr. Gene F. St. Pierre, Site Vice President c/o James M. Peschel Seabrook Station PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874
SUBJECT:
SEABROOK STATION - WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC6567)
Dear Mr. St. Pierre:
By letter dated March 28, 2005, FLP Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE) applied for an amendment to the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook), Facility Operating License No. NPF-86. The proposed amendment would have revised the Seabrook Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.9.13, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage, to reflect a revised criticality safety analysis. This analysis was intended to support a two-zone spent fuel pool (SFP) consisting of BORAFLEX and BORAL fuel assembly storage racks. Additionally, the proposed change would have created TS 3/4.9.15, Spent Fuel Pool Boron Concentration, to support the planned SFP changes.
Upon receipt of the submittal, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) staff identified a number of issues with the submittal including, but not limited to, the use of a two-dimensional criticality model instead of the three-dimensional industry standard; the treatment of a blistering phenomenon known to occur in BORAL storage racks; and how the issue of double contingencies was addressed. Following discussions between FLPE and the NRC, and by letter dated October 24, 2005, FPLE withdrew the application for amendment and indicated its intention to resubmit a revised request that resolved these concerns.
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/
G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
ML053140191 OFFICE LPL1-2/PM LPL1-2/LA LPL1-2/BC NAME GEMiller CRaynor DRoberts DATE 11/9/05 11/04/05 11/9/05
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 FPL ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-443 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE or the licensee) to withdraw its March 28, 2005, application for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 for the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook), located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
The proposed amendment would have revised the Seabrook Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.9.13, Spent Fuel Assembly Storage, to reflect a revised criticality safety analysis.
This analysis was intended to support a two-zone spent fuel pool (SFP) consisting of BORAFLEX and BORAL fuel assembly storage racks. Additionally, the proposed change would have created TS 3/4.9.15, Spent Fuel Pool Boron Concentration, to support the planned SFP changes.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24653).
However, by letter dated October 24, 2005, FPLE withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated March 28, 2005, and the licensees letter dated October 24, 2005, 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 9th day of November 2005.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:
Mr. J. A. Stall Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Peter Brann Assistant Attorney General State House, Station #6 Augusta, ME 04333 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Seabrook Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 1149 Seabrook, NH 03874 Town of Exeter 10 Front Street Exeter, NH 03823 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Board of Selectmen Town of Amesbury Town Hall Amesbury, MA 01913 Ms. Deborah Bell Federal Emergency Management Agency Region I J.W. McCormack P.O. &
Courthouse Building, Room 401 Boston, MA 02109 Mr. Tom Crimmins Polestar Applied Technology One First Street, Suite 4 Los Altos, CA 94019 Mr. Stephen McGrail, Director ATTN: James Muckerheide Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Philip T. McLaughlin, Attorney General Steven M. Houran, Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 Mr. Bruce Cheney, Director New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management State Office Park South 107 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Mr. M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 James M. Peschel Regulatory Programs Manager Seabrook Station FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:
David Moore Vice President, Nuclear Operations Support Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004