ML061450390

Supplemental Reload Licensing Report Cycle 7 Operation

ML061450390
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	05/15/2006
From:	Crouch W Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Download: ML061450390 (3)

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Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Decatur, Alabama 35609-2000 May 15, 2006 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Stop: OWFN P1-35 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of ) Docket No. 50-259 Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN) - UNIT 1 - SUPPLEMENTAL RELOAD LICENSING REPORT - CYCLE 7 OPERATION This letter provides the Supplemental Reload Licensing Report (SRLR) for BFN Unit 1 Cycle 7 operation. The SRLR includes the results of the Unit 1 cycle-specific core analyses, and of the transient and accident analyses performed for the actual core design and operating plan for next cycle of power operation. The Unit 1 Cycle 7 core is designed for Extended Power Uprate (EPU) operation and is primarily comprised of fresh fuel. The core design uses 564 fresh GE14 and 108 fresh GE13 fuel assemblies, and 36 previously irradiated GE14 and 56 previously irradiated GE13 fuel assemblies, which were discharged from the BFN Unit 2 Cycle 13 core.

NRC requested that TVA submit the Unit 1 SRLR to show the results of the plant-and cycle-specific analyses for this first planned cycle of EPU operation no later than six months prior to EPU implementation, which is currently scheduled for early 2007 (

Reference:

letter to TVA from NRC dated May 17, 2005 (ADAMS Accession No. ML051320102)).

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U. S. Regulatory Commission Page 3 May 15, 2006 NRC subsequently requested in a March 1, 2006, letter from NRC to TVA (ML060530095) that TVA provide the Unit 1 SRLR by May 20, 2006, to facilitate completion of the draft EPU Safety Evaluation by October 2006. TVA submitted the Unit 1 EPU license amendment request by letter dated June 28, 2004, (ML041840109) as proposed Technical Specifications Change 431, which is currently being reviewed by NRC.

The Unit 1 SRLR was prepared by Global Nuclear Fuel for TVA, and has been reviewed and accepted by TVA. The report represents the completed core design for Unit 1 Cycle 7 and satisfies the staffs request for a site-specific core safety analysis.

There are no regulatory commitments associated with this submittal. If you have any questions about this submittal, please contact me at (256) 729-2636.

Sincerely, William D. Crouch Manager of Licensing and Industry Affairs

Enclosure:

0000-0043-8325-SRLR, Revision 1, Supplemental Reload Licensing Report for Browns Ferry 1, Reload 6 Cycle 7, May 2006 cc: See page 3

U. S. Regulatory Commission Page 3 May 15, 2006 Enclosure cc(w/Enclosure):

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8931 Mr. Malcolm T. Widmann, Branch Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8931 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road Athens, Alabama 35611-6970 Margaret Chernoff, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (MS 08G9)

One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2739 Ms. Eva A. Brown, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (MS 08G9)

One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2739 Ii