ML060520234

Issuance of Amendment Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio (Tac No. MC9231)

ML060520234
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	03/01/2006
From:	Richard Guzman Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co
Guzman R
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TAC MC9231
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION March 1, 2006 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, UNIT 1 - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT RE: SAFETY LIMIT MINIMUM CRITICAL POWER RATIO (TAC NO. MC9231)

Dear Mr. Crane:

The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 183 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-39 for the Limerick Generating Station, Unit 1. This amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated December 14, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2006. This amendment revises the safety limit minimum critical power ratio (SLMCPR) value in TS 2.1 from 1.08 to 1.09 for single recirculation-loop operation due to the cycle-specific analysis.

Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that information provided in the Safety Evaluation (Enclosure 3) contains proprietary information, indicated in ((bold)). The NRC has prepared a nonproprietary version of the Safety Evaluation (Enclosure 2). However, we will delay placing in the public document room for a period of ten working days from the date of this letter to provide you with the opportunity to comment on the proprietary aspects. If you believe that any information in Enclosure 2 is proprietary, please identify such information line-by-line and define the basis pursuant to the criteria of 10 CFR 2.390.

The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commissions biweekly Federal Register notice.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-352

Enclosures:

Enclosure 3 transmitted herewith contains sensitive

1. Amendment No. 183 to NPF-39 unclassified information.

2. Safety Evaluation with Nonproprietary Information When separated from

3. Safety Evaluation with Proprietary Information Enclosure 3, this document is decontrolled.

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION March 1, 2006 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, UNIT 1 - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT RE: SAFETY LIMIT MINIMUM CRITICAL POWER RATIO (TAC NO. MC9231)

Dear Mr. Crane:

The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 183 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-39 for the Limerick Generating Station, Unit 1. This amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated December 14, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2006. This amendment revises the safety limit minimum critical power ratio (SLMCPR) value in TS 2.1 from 1.08 to 1.09 for single recirculation-loop operation due to the cycle-specific analysis.

Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that information provided in the Safety Evaluation (Enclosure 3) contains proprietary information, indicated in ((bold)). The NRC has prepared a nonproprietary version of the Safety Evaluation (Enclosure 2). However, we will delay placing in the public document room for a period of ten working days from the date of this letter to provide you with the opportunity to comment on the proprietary aspects. If you believe that any information in Enclosure 2 is proprietary, please identify such information line-by-line and define the basis pursuant to the criteria of 10 CFR 2.390.

The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commissions biweekly Federal Register notice.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-352 Enclosure 3 transmitted

Enclosures:

herewith contains sensitive

1. Amendment No. 183 to NPF-39 unclassified information.

2. Safety Evaluation with Nonproprietary Information When separated from

3. Safety Evaluation with Proprietary Information Enclosure 3, this document is decontrolled.

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

EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-352 LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 183 License No. NPF-39

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee), dated December 14, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2006, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

2. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. NPF-39 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 183, are hereby incorporated in the license. Exelon Generation Company, LLC shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.

3. This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Darrell J. Roberts, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachment:

Changes to the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: March 1, 2006

ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 183 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-39 DOCKET NO. 50-352 Replace the following page of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached revised page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contains marginal lines indicating the areas of change.

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