ML070030322

Request for Additional Information License Amendment Request for Spent Fuel Pool Storage Capacity

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.

Cooper Nuclear Station cc:

Mr. Ronald D. Asche Mr. H. Floyd Gilzow President and Chief Executive Officer Deputy Director for Policy Nebraska Public Power District Missouri Department of Natural Resources 1414 15th Street P.O. Box 176 Columbus, NE 68601 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Mr. Gene Mace Senior Resident Inspector Nuclear Asset Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 218 P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Brownville, NE 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV Mr. John C. McClure U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vice President and General Counsel 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Nebraska Public Power District Arlington, TX 76011 P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency Mr. Paul V. Fleming P.O. Box 116 Licensing Manager Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Brownville, NE 68321 Control Section Kansas Department of Health Mr. Michael J. Linder, Director and Environment Nebraska Department of Environmental Bureau of Air and Radiation Quality 1000 SW Jackson P.O. Box 98922 Suite 310 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Chairman Mr. Donald A. Flater Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Radiation Control Program Director Nemaha County Courthouse Bureau of Radiological Health 1824 N Street Iowa Department of Public Health Auburn, NE 68305 Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Des Moines, IA 50319 Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Mr. Daniel K. McGhee Public Health Assurance Bureau of Radiological Health 301 Centennial Mall, South Iowa Department of Public Health P.O. Box 95007 Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 December 2006

Cooper Nuclear Station cc:

Mr. Keith G. Henke, Planner Mr. John F. McCann, Director Division of Community and Public Health Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Northeast Office of Emergency Coordination Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 440 Hamilton Avenue Jefferson City, MO 65102 White Plains, NY 10601-1813 Jerry C. Roberts, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 December 2006