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Withdrawal of Amendment Request Associated with Mode 4 Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling Requirements
ML071710589
Person / Time
Site: Perry FirstEnergy icon.png
Issue date: 06/26/2007
From: Sands S
NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-2
To: Allen B
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Wengert, Thomas NRR/DORL 415-4037
References
TAC MD2140
Download: ML071710589 (6)


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June 26, 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 4 RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) SHUTDOWN COOLING REQUIREMENTS (TAC NO.

MD2140)

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 3.4.10, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling System - Cold Shutdown, by adding a default Condition to address situations when an RHR Shutdown Cooling subsystem becomes inoperable in MODE 4 and, within the Completion Time of 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />, an alternate method of decay heat removal cannot be verified to be available. 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 26, 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 4 RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) SHUTDOWN COOLING REQUIREMENTS (TAC NO.

MD2140)

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 3.4.10, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling System - Cold Shutdown, by adding a default Condition to address situations when an RHR Shutdown Cooling subsystem becomes inoperable in MODE 4 and, within the Completion Time of 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />, an alternate method of decay heat removal cannot be verified to be available. 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 6/26/07 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1 cc:

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

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 modified the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3.4.10, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Shutdown Cooling System - Cold Shutdown, by adding a default Condition to address situations when an RHR Shutdown Cooling subsystem becomes inoperable in MODE 4 and, within the Completion Time of 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />, an alternate method of decay heat removal cannot be verified to be available.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 15, 2006 (71 FR 46935).

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 26th 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