ML070030322
| ML070030322 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/2007 |
| From: | Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV |
| To: | Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| Vaidya B, NRR/DORL/LP4, 415-3308 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD3349 | |
| Download: ML070030322 (5) | |
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January 9, 2007 Mr. Randall K. Edington Vice President-Nuclear Energy and Chief Nuclear Officer Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR SPENT FUEL POOL STORAGE CAPACITY (TAC NO. MD3349)
Dear Mr. Edington:
By letter dated October 17, 2006, Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee) submitted the license amendment request for changes to the Cooper Nuclear Station Technical Specifications (TS) 4.3.1.1.c and TS 4.3.3 to increase the capacity of the spent fuel storage pool.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff from the Boiling Water Reactor Systems Branch has reviewed the information provided in the submittal and determined that additional information is required in order to complete the review and approve the changes. As agreed upon in the telephone call on December 7, 2006, the licensee will respond to the request for additional information (RAI) within 30 days from the date of this letter. The RAI is enclosed.
Sincerely,
/RA D. Terao for/
Bhalchandra K. Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page
January 9, 2007 Mr. Randall K. Edington Vice President-Nuclear Energy and Chief Nuclear Officer Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR SPENT FUEL POOL STORAGE CAPACITY (TAC NO. MD3349)
Dear Mr. Edington:
By letter dated October 17, 2006, Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee) submitted the license amendment request for changes to the Cooper Nuclear Station Technical Specifications (TS) 4.3.1.1.c and TS 4.3.3 to increase the capacity of the spent fuel storage pool.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff from the Boiling Water Reactor Systems Branch has reviewed the information provided in the submittal and determined that additional information is required in order to complete the review and approve the changes. As agreed upon in the telephone call on December 7, 2006, the licensee will respond to the request for additional information (RAI) within 30 days from the date of this letter. The RAI is enclosed.
Sincerely,
/RA D. Terao for/
Bhalchandra K. Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ISSUES RELATED TO SPENT FUEL POOL STORAGE CAPACITY COOPER NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET NO. 50-298 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff requests the licensee to provide the following information that is applicable for the Cooper Nuclear Station Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) expansion for the fuel assemblies expected to be discharged in the future:
a)
The types of fuel assemblies to be stored.
b)
Uniform average enrichment.
c)
Discharge fuel burnup (MWD/KgU).
d)
Wt.% of Gd2O3 (Gadolinia burnable poison) and the number of fuel rods that contain the Gadolinia.
e)
The highest actual or calculated value for neutron multiplication factor (Keff) with the racks fully loaded with fuel of the highest anticipated reactivity and pool flooded with unborated water at a temperature corresponding to the highest reactivity.
f)
The highest actual or calculated value for K-infinity.
2.
Please confirm that each of the limiting criteria for acceptable storage, as listed in Table 4-3 of Enclosure 1 of the submittal, are satisfied in the SFP expansion. If any of the criteria are not satisfied, then identify it and provide justification for acceptability.
December 2006 Cooper Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. Ronald D. Asche President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Mr. Gene Mace Nuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. John C. McClure Vice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Mr. Paul V. Fleming Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Mr. H. Floyd Gilzow Deputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 218 Brownville, NE 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Mr. Donald A. Flater Radiation Control Program Director Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Mr. Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319
Cooper Nuclear Station December 2006 cc:
Mr. Keith G. Henke, Planner Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Jerry C. Roberts, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. John F. McCann, Director Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
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