ML070290250

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML070290250
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	01/30/2007
From:	Thomas Wengert NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-2
To:	Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Wengert, Thomas
References
TAC MC5661
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January 30, 2007 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State, Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC5661)

Dear Mr. Bezilla:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated January 11, 2005, you applied for an amendment to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 (Davis-Besse), Facility Operating License No. NPF-3. The proposed change would have allowed certain structures, systems, and components that are currently provided with physical protection from tornado-induced missiles to be evaluated for acceptability based on the Electric Power Research Institute ?Tornado Missile Risk Evaluation Methodology (TORMIS). Subsequently, by letter dated January 26, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas J. Wengert, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

Mr. Mark B. Bezilla January 30, 2007 Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State, Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC5661)

Dear Mr. Bezilla:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated January 11, 2005, you applied for an amendment to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 (Davis-Besse), Facility Operating License No. NPF-3. The proposed change would have allowed certain structures, systems, and components that are currently provided with physical protection from tornado-induced missiles to be evaluated for acceptability based on the Electric Power Research Institute ?Tornado Missile Risk Evaluation Methodology (TORMIS). Subsequently, by letter dated January 26, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas J. Wengert, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY AND FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION CORP.

DOCKET NO. 50-346 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company and FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp.

(the licensee) to withdraw its January 11, 2005, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-3 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, located in Ottawa County.

The proposed amendment would have revised the updated safety analysis report (USAR) by modifying the design requirements for protection from tornado missiles.

Specifically, the proposed amendment would have allowed certain structures, systems, and components that are currently provided with physical protection from tornado-induced missiles to be evaluated for acceptability based on the Electric Power Research Institute ?Tornado Missile Risk Evaluation Methodology (TORMIS).

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7766). However, by letter dated January 26, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 11, 2005, and the licensee's letter dated January 26, 2007, 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 30th day of January 2007.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Thomas J. Wengert, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:

Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance Attorney General FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Office of Attorney General Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 30 East Broad Street Mail Stop A-DB-3065 Columbus, OH 43216 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Director, Ohio Department of Commerce Port Clinton, OH 43252 Division of Industrial Compliance Bureau of Operations & Maintenance President, Board of County 6606 Tussing Road Commissioners of Lucas County P.O. Box 4009 One Government Center, Suite 800 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 Toledo, OH 43604-6506 Regional Administrator The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission United States House of Representatives 801 Warrenville Road Washington, D.C. 20515 Lisle, IL 60523-4351 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Resident Inspector United States House of Representatives U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 14400 Detroit Avenue 5503 North State Route 2 Lakewood, OH 44107 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Gary R. Leidich Stephen Helmer President and Chief Nuclear Officer Supervisor, Technical Support Section FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Bureau of Radiation Protection Mail Stop A-GO-19 Ohio Department of Health 76 South Main Street 35 East Chestnut Street, 7th Floor Akron, OH 44308 Columbus, OH 43215 Joseph J. Hagan Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch Senior Vice President of Operations and Ohio Emergency Management Agency Chief Operating Officer 2855 West Dublin Granville Road FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Zack A. Clayton Akron, OH 44308 DERR Ohio Environmental Protection Agency David W. Jenkins, Attorney P.O. Box 1049 FirstEnergy Corporation Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Mail Stop A-GO-18 76 South Main Street State of Ohio Akron, OH 44308 Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:

Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GHE-115 395 Ghent Road Akron, OH 44333 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GHE-315 395 Ghent Road Akron, OH 44333 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Richard Anderson Vice President, Nuclear Support FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308