ML061170103
| ML061170103 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 05/19/2006 |
| From: | Shawn Campbell Plant Licensing Branch III-2 |
| To: | Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
| S. Campbell X1486 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC5547 | |
| Download: ML061170103 (6) | |
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May 19, 2006 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
SUBJECT:
DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3/4.3.2.1 TO PERMIT A SINGLE INOPERABLE SAFETY FEATURES ACTUATION SYSTEM INSTRUMENT STRING FUNCTIONAL UNIT TO BE PLACED IN A BYPASSED CONDITION INDEFINITELY (TAC NO. MC5547)
Dear Mr. Bezilla:
By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated January 5, 2005, you applied for an amendment to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-3. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3/4.3.2.1, Safety Features Actuation System [SFAS] Instrumentation, to permit a single inoperable SFAS functional unit to be placed in a bypassed condition indefinitely.
In response to the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI) dated November 23, 2005, your staff conducted a preliminary risk evaluation and determined that a full risk evaluation was too resource intensive and may not yield acceptable results. As a result, you did not submit a formal response to the RAI. Subsequently, by letter dated April 21, 2006, you withdrew the amendment request.
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, Stephen J. Campbell, Project Manager /RA/
Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
SUBJECT:
DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3/4.3.2.1 TO PERMIT A SINGLE INOPERABLE SAFETY FEATURES ACTUATION SYSTEM INSTRUMENT STRING FUNCTIONAL UNIT TO BE PLACED IN A BYPASSED CONDITION INDEFINITELY (TAC NO. MC5547)
Dear Mr. Bezilla:
By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated January 5, 2005, you applied for an amendment to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-3. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3/4.3.2.1, Safety Features Actuation System [SFAS] Instrumentation, to permit a single inoperable SFAS functional unit to be placed in a bypassed condition indefinitely.
In response to the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI) dated November 23, 2005, your staff conducted a preliminary risk evaluation and determined that a full risk evaluation was too resource intensive and may not yield acceptable results. As a result, you did not submit a formal response to the RAI. Subsequently, by letter dated April 21, 2006, you withdrew the amendment request.
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, Stephen J. Campbell, Project Manager /RA/
Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:
Manager - Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State - Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Director, Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance Bureau of Operations & Maintenance 6606 Tussing Road P.O. Box 4009 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60523-4351 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5503 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Barry Allen, Plant Manager FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State - Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Dennis Clum Radiological Assistance Section Supervisor Bureau of Radiation Protection Ohio Department of Health P.O. Box 118 Columbus, OH 43266-0118 Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch Ohio Emergency Management Agency 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Zack A. Clayton DERR Ohio Environmental Protection Agency P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 State of Ohio Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Attorney General Office of Attorney General 30 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43216 President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Port Clinton, OH 43252 President, Board of County Commissioners of Lucas County One Government Center, Suite 800 Toledo, OH 43604-6506 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich United States House of Representatives 14400 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107 Gary R. Leidich President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Joseph J. Hagan Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-18 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GHE-107 395 Ghent Road Akron, OH 44333 Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3065 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY AND FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION CORP.
DOCKET NO. 50-346 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company and FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp. (the licensees) to withdraw its January 5, 2005, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-3 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, located in Ottawa County.
The proposed amendment would have revised Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.3.2.1, Safety Features Actuation System [SFAS] Instrumentation, to permit a single inoperable SFAS functional unit to be placed in a bypassed condition indefinitely.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7765). However, in response to answering the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI) dated November 23, 2005, the licensees conducted a preliminary risk evaluation and determined that a full risk evaluation was too resource intensive and may not yield acceptable results. As a result, the licensees did not submit a formal response to the RAI. Subsequently, by letter dated April 21, 2006, the licensees withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 5, 2005, and the licensees letter dated April 21, 2006, 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.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 day of May 2006.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Stephen J. Campbell, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation