ML061300233
| ML061300233 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 05/12/2006 |
| From: | Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLG |
| To: | Gerald Williams Entergy Operations |
| Vaidya, Balchandra | |
| References | |
| TAC MC7970 | |
| Download: ML061300233 (5) | |
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May 12, 2006 Mr. George A. Williams Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (GGNS), RE: WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC7970)
Dear Mr. Williams:
By letter dated June 27, 2005, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification 3.6.1.3 to allow relief valves to be used to isolate penetration flow paths at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Subsequently, by letter dated May 5, 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,
/RA/
Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-416
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
May 12, 2006 Mr. George A. Williams Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (GGNS), RE: WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC7970)
Dear Mr. Williams:
By letter dated June 27, 2005, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification 3.6.1.3 to allow relief valves to be used to isolate penetration flow paths at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Subsequently, by letter dated May 5, 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,
/RA/
Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-416
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.,
SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.,
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION, AND ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-416 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc., et al. (the licensee) to withdraw its application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located in Claiborne County, Mississippi, dated June 27, 2005.
The proposed amendment would have revised the Facility Operating License to change Technical Specification 3.6.1.3, Required Actions A.1 and B.1, to add closed relief valves as acceptable isolation devices provided that the relief setpoint is greater than 1.5 times containment design pressure The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 30, 2005 (70 FR 51381).
However, by letter dated May 5, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 27, 2005, and the licensee's letter dated May 5, 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 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 12th day of May 2006.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
May 2006 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station cc:
Executive Vice President
& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P. O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006 Chief Energy and Transportation Branch Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality P. O. Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 President Claiborne County Board of Supervisors P. O. Box 339 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 399 Port Gibson, MS 39150 General Manager, GGNS Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Attorney General Department of Justice State of Louisiana P. O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 State Health Officer State Board of Health P. O. Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205 Office of the Governor State of Mississippi Jackson, MS 39201 Attorney General Asst. Attorney General State of Mississippi P. O. Box 220 Jackson, MS 39205 Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Director Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213-8298 Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental Scientist State Liaison Officer Office of Environmental Services Northwestern State University Russsell Hall, Room 201 Natchitoches, LA 71497