PLA-6138, Proposed License Amendments 285 & 253, Constant Pressure Power Uprate - Supplement

Proposed License Amendments 285 & 253, Constant Pressure Power Uprate - Supplement

ML063460354
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	12/04/2006
From:	Mckinney B Susquehanna
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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PLA-6138
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Brltt T. McKInney Sr. Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Boulevard Berwick, PA 18603 Tel. 570.542.3149 Fax 570.542.1504 btmckinney@pplweb.com I

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Proprietary Information Enclosed U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Mail Stop OP1-17 Washington, DC 20555 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 285 FOR UNIT 1 OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-14 AND PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 253 FOR UNIT 2 OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-22 CONSTANT PRESSURE POWER UPRATE -

SUPPLEMENT PLA-6138 Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388 References.

1) PPL Letter PLA-6076, B. T McKinney (PPL) to USNRC, "Proposed License Amendment Numbers 285for Unit 1 Operating License No. NPF-14 and 253for Unit 2 Operating License No. NPF-22 Constant Pressure Power Uprate, "dated October 11, 2006

2) NRC Letter to Mr. McKinney, "Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 - Extended Power Uprate (EPU) Acceptance Review TAC NOS MD 3309 and MD 3310), " dated November 21, 2006

3) PPL Letter PLA-6128, B. T McKinney (PPL) to USNRC, "Supplement to Proposed License Amendment Numbers 285for Unit 1 Operating License No. NPF-14 and 253for Unit 2 Operating License No. NPF-22: Constant Pressure Power Uprate, "dated October 25, 2006 Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, PPL Susquehanna LLC (PPL) requested in Reference 1 approval of amendments to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES) Unit 1 and Unit 2 Operating Licenses (OLs) and Technical Specifications (TS) to increase the maximum power level authorized from 3489 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3952 MWt, an approximate 13% increase in thermal power. The proposed Constant Pressure Power Uprate (CPPU) represents an increase of approximately 20% above the Original Licensed Thermal Power (QLTP).

In Reference 2, NRC identified areas of the Reference 1 application that required additional information in order for NRC to complete their acceptance review. The Attachments to this letter provide the additional information NRC requested.

poclj Document Control Desk PLA-6138 PPL has reviewed the "No Significant Hazards Consideration" and the "Environmental Consideration" submitted with Reference 1 relative to this supplemental information.

We have determined that there are no changes required to either of these documents.

The PPL responses contain information that General Electric Company considers proprietary. General Electric Company requests that the proprietary information be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 (a) 4 and 9.17 (a) 4.

An Affidavit supporting this request is provided in Attachment 3. A non-proprietary version of the PPL RAI responses is provided in Attachment 2.

Reference 1 requested NRC to approve the Reference 1 proposed changes by October 15, 2007. As a result of recent evaluations, PPL has decided to replace the existing steam dryers with an improved design. Implementation of the first step of the uprate (approximate 7% increase) is planned to be completed upon startup (entry into Mode 2) from the Spring 2008 Unit 1 refueling outage and subsequently on Unit 2 once all required modifications have been installed. As a result, NRC approval of this application is requested by January 30, 2008.

There are no new regulatory commitments associated with the additional information provided in the Attachment. Reference 3 identified four (4) Regulatory Commitments.

The first two (2) are met by the PPL responses to NRC Comments 2 and 3. The Reference 3 Regulatory Commitments 3 and 4 will be met as committed in Reference 3 by January 31, 2007.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mr. Michael H. Crowthers at (610) 774-7766.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

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. McKinney : Proprietary Version of the PPL Responses : Non-Proprietary Version of the PPL Responses : General Electric Affidavit Document Control Desk PLA-6138 Copy:

NRC Region I Mr. A. J. Blarney, NRC Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. R. V. Guzman, NRC Project Manager Mr. R. R. Janati, DEP/BRP