ML053220393

Letter W/ FRN Notice to D. Christian Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49

ML053220393
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	11/28/2005
From:	Johnny Eads NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB
To:	Christian D Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
Eads J, NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB, 415-1471
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ML053220382	List: ML053220393 ML053220409 ML053220416 ML053220594 ML053250080 ML053250215
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November 28, 2005 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 - ISSUANCE OF RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-65 AND NPF-49

Dear Mr. Christian:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49 for Millstone Power Station (MPS), Units 2 and 3. NRC issued the renewed facility operating licenses based on the staffs review of your applications dated January 20, 2004, as supplemented by letters submitted to the NRC through July 21, 2005. The Technical Specifications (TS) for MPS, Units 2 and 3 were not amended as a result of our review. contains Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-65 (the renewed license for MPS Unit 2) and one attachmentAppendix A, ?Technical Specifications. contains Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 (the renewed license for MPS Unit 3) and two attachmentsAppendix A, ?Technical Specifications, and Appendix B,

?Environmental Protection Plan.

Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-65 expires at midnight July 31, 2035. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 expires at midnight November 25, 2045.

The technical basis for issuing the renewed licenses is set forth in NUREG-1838, ?Safety Evaluation Report Related to the License Renewal of the Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, published in October 2005. The results of the environmental review related to the issuance of the renewed licenses are contained in NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 22, Regarding Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, published in July 2005.

D. Christian Enclosure 3 is a copy of the related Federal Register notice of the issuance of the renewed licenses. The original has been sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Johnny Eads, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-336 and 50-423

Enclosures:

1. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-65

2. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-49

3. Federal Register notice cc w/encls (w/o Attachment to Renewed Operating License): See next page

Pkg - ML053220382 Ltr w/FRN - ML053220393, Unit 2 Renewed License- ML053220409 Unit 3 Renewed License- ML053220416, Unit 2 Technical Specs - ML053250080 Unit 3 Technical Specs - ML053250215, Unit 3 Environmental Protection Plan - ML053220594 OFFICE PM:RLRA LA:RLRA Tech Editor PM:LPLB BC:LPLB NAME JEads MJenkins PKleene VNerses DRoberts DATE 11/ 18 /05 11/ 16 /05 11/ 10 /05 11/ 18 /05 11/ 21 /05 OFFICE SC:RLRA OGC NLO D:DLR D:NRR NAME LLund MLemoncelli FGillespie JDyer DATE 11/ 21 /05 11/ 16 /05 11/ 22 /05 11/ 28 /05 Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc:

Lillian M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Resident Inspector Senior Counsel Millstone Power Station Dominion Resources Services, Inc. c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rope Ferry Road P. O. Box 513 Waterford, CT 06385 Niantic, CT 06357 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D. Mr. G. D. Hicks Director, Division of Radiation Director - Nuclear Station Safety Department of Environmental Protection and Licensing 79 Elm Street Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ms. Nancy Burton 475 Allendale Road 147 Cross Highway King of Prussia, PA 19406 Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Paul Eccard Mr. William D. Meinert First Selectman Nuclear Engineer Town of Waterford Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 15 Rope Ferry Road Electric Company Waterford, CT 06385 Moody Street P.O. Box 426 Mr. P. J. Parulis Ludlow, MA 01056 Manager - Nuclear Oversight Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Mr. J. Alan Price Rope Ferry Road Site Vice President Waterford, CT 06385 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Mr. W. R. Matthews Waterford, CT 06385 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Rope Ferry Road Director, Nuclear Licensing and Waterford, CT 06385 Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Mr. John Markowicz Innsbrook Technical Center Co-Chair 5000 Dominion Boulevard Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 9 Susan Terrace Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. David W. Dodson Licensing Supervisor Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Co-Chair Rope Ferry Road Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Waterford, CT 06385 128 Terry's Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070

Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc:

David R. Lewis Judy Liskov, Assistant Director Shaw Pittman, LLC Waterford Public Library 2300 N. Street N.W. 49 Rope Ferry Road Washington, DC 20037 Waterford, CT 06385-2806 Mr. S. E. Scace Mildred Hodge, Director Assistant to the Site Vice President Three Rivers Community College Dominion Nucler Connecticut, Inc. Thames River Campus Rope Ferry Road 574 New London Turnpike Waterford, CT 06385 Norwich, CT 06360 Mr. M. J. Wilson Ralph Bunge Manager - Nuclear Training NRC Proceedings Representative for Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Waterford, CT Rope Ferry Road 510 Carr Ave Waterford, CT 06385 Rockville, MD 20850 Mr. A. J. Jordan, Jr. Thomas V. Wagner, AICP Director - Nuclear Engineering Planning Director Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Town of Waterford Rope Ferry Road 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. S. P. Sarver Robert A. Avena Director - Nuclear Station Operations Town Attorney for Waterford, CT and Maintenance Kepple, Morgan & Avena, P.C.

Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Box 3A Anguilla Park Rope Ferry Road 20 South Anguilla Road Waterford, CT 06385 Pawcatuck, CT 06379 Mr. Charles Brinkman, Director Mr. James Ross Washington Operations Nuclear Services Nuclear Energy Institute Westinghouse Electric Company 1776 I Street NW, Suite 400 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. William D. Corbin Director - Nuclear Projects Department Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. William R. Watson, Jr.

Supervisor - License Renewal Project Building 475/5 Millstone Power Station Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385

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MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-65 AND NPF-49 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20-YEAR PERIOD DOCKET NOS. 50-336 AND 50-423 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49 to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (licensee), the operator of Millstone Power Station (MPS),

Units 2 and 3. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-65 authorizes operation of MPS Unit 2 by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 2700 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the MPS renewed license and its Technical Specifications.

Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 authorizes operation of MPS Unit 3 by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the MPS renewed license and its Technical Specifications.

MPS Units 2 and 3 are pressurized water reactors located in Waterford, Connecticut.

The licensees applications for the renewed licenses complied with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions regulations. As required by the Act and the Commissions regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, the Commission has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in each license. Prior public notice of the action of issuing the proposed renewed licenses and of an opportunity for a hearing on the proposed issuance of the renewed licenses was published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2004 (69 FR 11897).

For further details about this action, see: (1) Dominion Nuclear Connecticuts license renewal applications for MPS Units 2 and 3, dated January 20, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated through July 21, 2005; (2) the Commissions safety evaluation report dated October 2005 (NUREG-1838); and (3) the Commissions final environmental impact statements (NUREG-1437, Supplement 22, for the Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, dated July 2005). These documents are available at the NRCs Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, and can be viewed from the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49 may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,

20555-0001, Attention: Director, Division of License Renewal. Copies of the MPS Units 2 and 3, Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1838) and the Final Environmental Impact Statements (NUREG-1437, Supplement 22) may be purchased from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161 (http://www.ntis.gov), 703-605-6000, or Attention: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 (http://www.gpoaccess.gov), 202-512-1800. All orders should clearly identify the NRC publication number and the requestors Government Printing Office deposit account number or VISA or MasterCard number and expiration date.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of November 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Frank P. Gillespie, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation