ML061950014
| ML061950014 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 07/19/2006 |
| From: | Poole B NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2 |
| To: | Crane C AmerGen Energy Co |
| SABA F, NRR/DORL/LPLI-2, 415-1453 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD2058 | |
| Download: ML061950014 (5) | |
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July 19, 2006 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Executive Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 SUBJECT THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - REQUEST TO REVISE CONDENSER VENT SYSTEM LOW RANGE NOBLE GAS MONITOR OPERABILITY REQUIREMENT (TAC NO. MD2058)
Dear Mr. Crane:
By letter dated May 25, 2006 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Number ML061510356), AmerGen Energy Company (AmerGen) submitted a request for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of a proposed commitment revision regarding the operability requirement for the condenser vent system low range noble gas monitors specified in the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 1 offsite dose calculation manual (ODCM).
AmerGen, in its request, stated that the current ODCM operability requirements applicable to the condenser vent system low range noble gas (condenser vent radiation) monitors fulfill a regulatory commitment in accordance with NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB)
Order LBP-84-47, dated October 31, 1984. Further, AmerGen stated that TMI Unit 1 Technical Specification (TS) Amendment No. 103, dated December 21, 1984, specifically states that the revised TS included in the amendment conformed with the condition imposed by the ASLB.
TS 3.21.2 specified the allowed condenser vent radiation monitors outage time. TMI Unit 1 TS Amendment No. 197, dated October 2, 1995, relocated TS 3.21.2 requirements to the ODCM.
In accordance with the AmerGen commitment management program, the proposed commitment change modifies the method of compliance specifically defined in the ASLB Order and, therefore, according to AmerGens program, requires NRCs prior approval.
The NRC staff has reviewed AmerGens submittal, its referenced documents, and TMI TS Section 6.14, Offsite Dose Calculation Manual. Based on its review, the NRC staff determined that once Amendment No. 197 was issued, the sections that were relocated from the TS to the ODCM are bounded by the requirements of TS Section 6, Administrative Controls, which govern technical review and controls of procedures and programs. TS Section 6.5.1.12 requires that AmerGen perform a 10 CFR 50.59 analysis to determine whether or not NRC approval is required. If it is determined that NRC approval is required, then AmerGen should submit its request in the form of a license amendment request, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90.
C. Crane This completes the NRC staffs activities with respect to TAC No. MD2058.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Brooke D. Poole, Acting Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-289 cc: See next page
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 cc:
Site Vice President - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President - Operations, Mid-Atlantic AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Chairman Board of County Commissioners of Dauphin County Dauphin County Courthouse Harrisburg, PA 17120 Chairman Board of Supervisors of Londonderry Township R.D. #1, Geyers Church Road Middletown, PA 17057 Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-1)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 219 Middletown, PA 17057 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Plant Manager - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 Ronald Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Michael A. Schoppman Framatome ANP Suite 705 1911 North Ft. Myer Drive Rosslyn, VA 22209 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 2301 Market Street, S23-1 Philadelphia, PA 19101
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 cc:
Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Eric Epstein TMI Alert 4100 Hillsdale Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Assistant General Counsel AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348
C. Crane This completes the NRC staffs activities with respect to TAC No. MD2058.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Brooke D. Poole, Acting Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-289 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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