ML061950109

Letter, Partial Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML061950109
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	07/31/2006
From:	Chandu Patel NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Gannon C Carolina Power & Light Co
Patel C P, NRR/DLPM, 415-3025
References
7590-01-P, TAC MC8134
Download: ML061950109 (6)

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July 31, 2006 Mr. Conelius J. Gannon, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC8134)

Dear Mr. Gannon:

By letter dated August 18, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated February 15, 2006, you applied for an amendment to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, unit 1 (HNP), Facility Operating License (OL) No. NPF-63. The proposed amendment would have allowed the use of fire-resistive electrical cable at HNP for protection of safe shutdown electrical cables.

On May 1, 2006, we issued Amendment No. 123 to the HNP OL authorizing the use of fire-resistive electrical cable for the specific application of the volume control tank outlet valves, 1CS-165 and 1CS-166, in certain fire areas. In addition, we stated that we will continue to review the proposed changes in the Final Safety Analysis Report to reflect the use of the fire-resistive electrical cable in other applications. Subsequently, by letter dated June 5, 2006, you withdrew the amendment request for use of fire-resistive electrical cable in other applications.

We agree with your assessment that the Fire Protection Program at HNP is subject to the provision of Section 2.F of the HNP OL. We also, agree that the guidance in the response to Question 8.10 of Generic Letter 86-10, Implementation of Fire Protection Requirements, dated April 24, 1986, is superceded by the provision of section 2.F of the HNP OL.

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

Sincerely,

/RA by BMozafari for /

Chandu P. Patel , Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML061590109 NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/LPL2-2/PM NRR/LPL2-2/LA NRR/AFPB/BC OGC NRR/LPL2-2/BC NAME CPatel RSola SWeerakkody MZobler LRaghavan DATE 7/17/06 7/17/06 7/20/06 7/31/06 7/31/06 Mr. C. J. Gannon, Jr. Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Unit 1 cc:

David T. Conley Mr. Robert J. Duncan II Associate General Counsel II - Director of Site Operations Legal Department Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Resident Inspector/ Harris NPS Mr. Robert P. Gruber c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Director 5421 Shearon Harris Road Public Staff NCUC New Hill, North Carolina 27562-9998 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Ms. Margaret A. Force Assistant Attorney General Chairman of the North Carolina State of North Carolina Utilities Commission Post Office Box 629 Post Office Box 29510 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0510 Public Service Commission Mr. Herb Council, Chair State of South Carolina Board of County Commissioners Post Office Drawer 11649 of Wake County Columbia, South Carolina 29211 P. O. Box 550 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Division of Radiation Protection Mr. Tommy Emerson, Chair N.C. Department of Environment Board of County Commissioners and Natural Resources of Chatham County 3825 Barrett Drive P. O. Box 87 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312 Mr. Chris L. Burton Mr. Christos Kamilaris, Manager Manager Support Services Performance Evaluation and Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Regulatory Affairs PEB 7 Carolina Power & Light Company Progress Energy P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Post Office Box 1551 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. David H. Corlett, Supervisor Mr. Eric McCartney Licensing/Regulatory Programs Plant General Manager Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 3 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

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Washington, DC 20037-1128

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-400 NOTICE OF PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) to partially withdraw its August 18, 2005, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-63 for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1 (HNP), located in Wake and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.

The proposed amendment would have allowed the use of fire-resistive electrical cable at HNP for protection of safe shutdown electrical cables. On May 1, 2006, the NRC staff issued Amendment No. 123 to the HNP Facility Operating License authorizing the use of fire-resistive electrical cable for the specific application of the volume control tank outlet valves, 1CS-165 and 1CS-166, in certain fire areas. In addition, the NRC staff stated that it would continue to review the proposed changes in the final safety analysis report to reflect the use of the fire-resistive electrical cable in other applications. The licensee requested to discontinue the review of the proposed changes to reflect the use of the fire-resistive electrical cable in other applications.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 8, 2005 (70 FR 67745).

However, by letter dated June 5, 2006, the licensee partially withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 18, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated February 15, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated June 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 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 31st day of July, 2006.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

L. Raghavan, Chief Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation