ML061790519

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML061790519
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	07/24/2006
From:	Olshan L NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Power Co
Olshan L N, NRR/DORL, 415-1419
References
TAC MC5895, TAC MC5896, TAC MC5897
Download: ML061790519 (5)

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July 24, 2006 Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENTS REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC5895, MC5896, AND MC5897)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

By letter dated February 14, 2005, you applied for amendments to Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, respectively. The proposed changes would have modified the facilities technical specifications to accommodate the replacement of the current analog-based reactor protective system (RPS) and engineered safeguards protective system (ESPS) with a digital computer-based RPS and ESPS. Subsequently, by letter dated June 22, 2006, you withdrew the amendments request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Leonard N. Olshan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML061790519 OFFICE NRR/LPL2-1/PM NRR/LPL2-1/LA NRR/LPL2-1/BC NAME LOlshan MOBrien EMarinos DATE 07/24/06 07/24/06 07/24/06 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY LLC DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287 OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted the request of Duke Power Company LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its February 14, 2005, application for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, located in Oconee County. .

The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications to accommodate the replacement of the current analog-based reactor protective system (RPS) and engineered safeguards protective system (ESPS) with a digital computer-based RPS and ESPS.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 16, 2005 (70 FR 12907).

However, by letter dated June 22, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated February 14, 2005, and the licensee's letter dated June 22, 2006, which withdrew the application for license amendments. 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 24th day of FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Leonard N. Olshan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Duke Power Company LLC Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.

526 South Church Street Manager - Nuclear Regulatory P. O. Box 1006 Issues and Industry Affairs Mail Code EC07H Duke Power Company LLC Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 526 S. Church St.

Mail Stop EC05P Manager, LIS Charlotte, NC 28202 NUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Dr., 3rd Floor Division of Radiation Protection Clearwater, FL 34619-1035 NC Dept of Environment, Health, & Natural Resources Senior Resident Inspector 3825 Barrett Dr.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, NC 27609-7721 7812B Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672 Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV VP-Customer Relations and Sales Mr. Henry Porter, Director Westinghouse Electric Company Division of Radioactive Waste Management 6000 Fairview Road Bureau of Land and Waste Management 12th Floor Dept. of Health and Env. Control Charlotte, NC 28210 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29201-1708 Mr. Henry Barron Group Vice President, Nuclear Generation Mr. Michael A. Schoppman and Chief Nuclear Officer Framatome ANP P.O. Box 1006-EC07H 1911 North Ft. Myer Dr. Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 Suite 705 Rosslyn, VA 22209 Mr. Charles Brinkman Director, Washington Operations Mr. B. G. Davenport Westinghouse Electric Company Regulatory Compliance Manager 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Oconee Nuclear Site Rockville, MD 20852 Duke Energy Corporation ON03RC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General NC Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602