ML070740674
| ML070740674 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 03/16/2007 |
| From: | Siva Lingam NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1 |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| Lingam, Siva NRR/DORL 415-1564 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD1232, TAC MD1233 | |
| Download: ML070740674 (5) | |
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March 16, 2007 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
SUBJECT:
SURRY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUESTS (TAC NOS. MD1232 AND MD1233)
Dear Mr. Christian:
By letter dated February 14, 2006, you applied for amendments to the Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to restricting the minimum cooling time and burnup of spent fuel assemblies that will be placed into storage in the NUHOMS HD spent fuel dry storage system starting in the summer of 2006.
Subsequently, by letter dated March 12, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.
The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
March 16, 2007 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
SUBJECT:
SURRY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUESTS (TAC NOS. MD1232 AND MD1233)
Dear Mr. Christian:
By letter dated February 14, 2006, you applied for amendments to the Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to restricting the minimum cooling time and burnup of spent fuel assemblies that will be placed into storage in the NUHOMS HD spent fuel dry storage system starting in the summer of 2006.
Subsequently, by letter dated March 12, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.
The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-280 AND 50-281 SURRY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee) to withdraw its February 14, 2006, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 for the Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Surry 1 and 2), located in Surry County, Virginia.
The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to restricting the minimum cooling time and burnup of spent fuel assemblies that will be placed into storage in the NUHOMS HD spent fuel dry storage system at Surry 1 and 2 starting in the summer of 2006. Specifically, the proposed amendments would add Figure 5.4-2 to the TSs to ensure that the NUHOMS HD canister remains subcritical during operations in the Surry 1 and 2 spent fuel pool.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 16, 2006 (71 FR 28390).
However, by letter dated March 12, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated February 14, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated March 12, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendments. 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 16th day of March 2007.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Surry Power Station, Units 1 & 2 cc:
Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electrical and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Mr. Donald E. Jernigan Site Vice President Surry Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company 5570 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883-0315 Senior Resident Inspector Surry Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5850 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883 Chairman Board of Supervisors of Surry County Surry County Courthouse Surry, Virginia 23683 Dr. W. T. Lough Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation Post Office Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Dr. Robert B. Stroube, MD, MPH State Health Commissioner Office of the Commissioner Virginia Department of Health Post Office Box 2448 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk, Director Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711