ML060470375
| ML060470375 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  (NPF-057) |
| Issue date: | 03/01/2006 |
| From: | Stewart Bailey Plant Licensing Branch III-2 |
| To: | Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Bailey S , NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-1321 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC8839 | |
| Download: ML060470375 (5) | |
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March 1, 2006 Mr. William Levis Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - X04 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MC8839)
Dear Mr. Levis:
By letter dated February 10, 2006, PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the licensee) withdrew its request for an extended power uprate (EPU) for the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Hope Creek). The licensee applied for an EPU on November 7, 2005. In a conference call on February 2, 2006, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informed PSEG that certain areas of the application lacked sufficient information for the staff to complete its review. The NRC staffs primary concern was the licensees evaluations of the structural integrity of components that are subjected to higher flow rates at EPU conditions (the steam dryers in particular). The NRC staff identified these concerns during its acceptance review of the EPU application. The staff had discussed its concerns with PSEG on January 12, 2006, at which time PSEG agreed to revise its analyses. PSEGs February 10, 2006, letter includes a summary of the actions PSEG plans to take in response to the NRC staffs concerns.
The purpose of this letter is to acknowledge PSEGs withdrawal of the EPU application for Hope Creek and to inform you that the NRC staffs efforts under TAC No. MC8839 have been discontinued. Also, PSEG has expressed an interest in meeting with the NRC staff to discuss the results of the acceptance review in support of PSEGs plans to resubmit the EPU request at a later date. The NRC staff will support the meeting, and other requested preapplication activities, under a new TAC.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1321 or at snb@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Stewart N. Bailey, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page
ML060470375 OFFICE LPL1-2/PM LPL1-2/LA LPL1-2/BC NAME SBailey CRaynor DRoberts DATE 3/1/06 2/28/06 3/1/06
Hope Creek Generating Station cc:
Mr. Michael P. Gallagher Vice President - Eng/Tech Support PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessments PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Support Manager PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael J. Massaro Plant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Darin Benyak Director - Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Ms. R. A. Kankus Joint Owner Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC Nuclear Group Headquarters KSA1-E 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Ms. Mary O. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Brian Beam Board of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038