ML062900322

Extended Power Uprate Accpetance Review Results

ML062900322
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/18/2006
From:	Stewart Bailey NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Bailey S N,NRR/DLPM,415-1321
References
TAC MD3002
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October 18, 2006 Mr. William Levis Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - EXTENDED POWER UPRATE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW RESULTS (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Levis:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated September 18, 2006, as supplemented on October 10, 2006, PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee) submitted an application requesting authorization to increase the maximum steady-state power level at the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek) from 3339 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3952 MWt, which is an increase of 15 percent. This requested change is commonly referred to as an extended power uprate (EPU).

The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of the Hope Creek EPU application. The purpose of an acceptance review is to determine whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with its detailed technical review, and also to ensure that the application adequately characterizes the regulatory requirements and licensing basis of the plant. The NRC staff used the guidance contained in Review Standard (RS)-001, Revision 0, "Review Standard for Extended Power Uprates,"

December 2003, for the acceptance review. On the basis of its review, the NRC staff has determined that the licensee has provided necessary and sufficient information in the Hope Creek EPU application, as supplemented, for the staff to begin its detailed technical review.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1321 or at snb@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stewart N. Bailey, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page

Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Dennis Winchester Township Clerk Vice President - Nuclear Assessments Lower Alloways Creek Township PSEG Nuclear Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Mr. George P. Barnes Radiation Protection Programs Site Vice President - Hope Creek NJ Department of Environmental PSEG Nuclear Protection and Energy P.O. Box 236 CN 415 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. George H. Gellrich Mr. Brian Beam Plant Support Manager Board of Public Utilities PSEG Nuclear 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor P.O. Box 236 Newark, NJ 07102 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. Michael J. Massaro U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Plant Manager - Hope Creek 475 Allendale Road PSEG Nuclear King of Prussia, PA 19406 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station Mr. Darin Benyak U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Director - Regulatory Assurance Drawer 0509 PSEG Nuclear - N21 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Manager - Licensing 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

ML062900322 OFFICE LPL1-2/PM LPL1-2/LA LPL1-2/BC NAME SBailey CRaynor HChernoff DATE 10/17/06 10/17/06 10/18/06