ML071710570

Withdrawal of Amendment Request Associated with RHR Shutdown Cooling Requirements

ML071710570
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	06/25/2007
From:	Sands S NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-2
To:	Allen B FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Wengert, Thomas NRR/DORL 415-4037
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TAC MD2139
Download: ML071710570 (7)

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June 25, 2007 Mr. Barry S. Allen Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-PY-A290 P.O. Box 97, 10 Center Road Perry, OH 44081-0097

SUBJECT:

PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH MODE 3 RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) SHUTDOWN COOLING REQUIREMENTS (TAC NO.

MD2139)

Dear Mr. Allen:

By letter dated June 1, 2006, you applied for an amendment to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant Unit No. 1 (Perry), Facility Operating License No. NPF-58. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3.4.9, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling System - Hot Shutdown, by adding a Note which suspends actions to be in Mode 4 (Cold Shutdown) to existing Required Action A.3. Subsequently, by letter dated June 19, 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/

Stephen P. Sands, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-440

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

Mr. Barry S. Allen June 25, 2007 Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-PY-A290 P.O. Box 97, 10 Center Road Perry, OH 44081-0097

SUBJECT:

PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH MODE 3 RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) SHUTDOWN COOLING REQUIREMENTS (TAC NO.

MD2139)

Dear Mr. Allen:

By letter dated June 1, 2006, you applied for an amendment to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant Unit No. 1 (Perry), Facility Operating License No. NPF-58. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3.4.9, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling System - Hot Shutdown, by adding a Note which suspends actions to be in Mode 4 (Cold Shutdown) to existing Required Action A.3. Subsequently, by letter dated June 19, 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/

Stephen P. Sands, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-440

Enclosure:

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

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DATE 6/25/07 6/25/07 6/25/07

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1 cc:

David W. Jenkins, Attorney P.O. Box 100 FirstEnergy Corporation Perry, OH 44081-0100 Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Dennis Clum Akron, OH 44308 Radiological Assistance Section Supervisor Bureau of Radiation Protection Resident Inspector's Office Ohio Department of Health U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 118 P.O. Box 331 Columbus, OH 43266-0118 Perry, OH 44081-0331 Zack A. Clayton Regional Administrator, Region III DERR U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 ATTN: Mr. Zack A. Clayton Lisle, IL 60532-4531 P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Sue Hiatt OCRE Interim Representative Chairman 8275 Munson Perry Township Board of Trustees Mentor, OH 44060 3750 Center Road, Box 65 Perry, OH 44081 Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Daniel Z. Fisher Perry Nuclear Power Plant Transportation Department Mail Stop A-PY-A200 Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 97, 10 Center Road 180 East Broad Street Perry, OH 44081-0097 Columbus, OH 43215-3793 Mayor, Village of North Perry James H. Lash North Perry Village Hall Senior Vice President of Operations and 4449 Lockwood Road Chief Operating Officer North Perry Village, OH 44081 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 Donna Owens, Director 76 South Main Street Ohio Department of Commerce Akron, OH 44308 Division of Industrial Compliance Bureau of Operations & Maintenance Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs 6606 Tussing Road FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 4009 Mail Stop A-GO-2 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch Ohio Emergency Management Agency Joseph J. Hagan 2855 West Dublin Granville Road President and Chief Nuclear Officer Columbus, OH 43235-7150 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 Mayor, Village of Perry 76 South Main Street

Akron, OH 44308 Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 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 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight 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-GO-2 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

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-440 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), to withdraw its June 1, 2006, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1, located in Lake County, Ohio. .

The proposed amendment would have revised the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3.4.9, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling System - Hot Shutdown, by adding a Note which suspends actions to be in Mode 4 (Cold Shutdown) to existing Required Action A.3.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 15, 2006 (71 FR 46936).

However, by letter dated June 19, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 1, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated June 19, 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 25th day of June 2007.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Stephen P. Sands, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation