ML061300233

Notice of Amendment Request Withdrawal, Relief Valves to Isolate Penetration Flow Paths

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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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

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station cc:

Executive Vice President Attorney General

& Chief Operating Officer Department of Justice Entergy Operations, Inc. State of Louisiana P. O. Box 31995 P. O. Box 94005 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway State Health Officer P. O. Box 651 State Board of Health Jackson, MS 39205 P. O. Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205 Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K Street, N.W. Office of the Governor Washington, DC 20006 State of Mississippi Jackson, MS 39201 Chief Energy and Transportation Branch Attorney General Environmental Compliance and Asst. Attorney General Enforcement Division State of Mississippi Mississippi Department of Environmental P. O. Box 220 Quality Jackson, MS 39205 P. O. Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.

President P.O. Box 31995 Claiborne County Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Board of Supervisors P. O. Box 339 Director Port Gibson, MS 39150 Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Operations, Inc.

Regional Administrator, Region IV P. O. Box 756 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Port Gibson, MS 39150 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Senior Resident Inspector Entergy Operations, Inc.

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1340 Echelon Parkway P. O. Box 399 Jackson, MS 39213-8298 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental Scientist General Manager, GGNS State Liaison Officer Entergy Operations, Inc. Office of Environmental Services P. O. Box 756 Northwestern State University Port Gibson, MS 39150 Russsell Hall, Room 201 Natchitoches, LA 71497 May 2006