ML073240341
| ML073240341 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 11/28/2007 |
| From: | Thadani M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV |
| To: | Sheppard J South Texas |
| Thadani, M C, NRR/DORL/LP4, 415-1476 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD2343, TAC MD2344 | |
| Download: ML073240341 (6) | |
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November 28, 2007 Mr. James J. Sheppard President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - RE: WITHDRAWAL OF A REQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS REVISING THE SPENT FUEL POOL AND IN-CONTAINMENT STORAGE AREA CRITICALITY ANALYSIS (TAC NOS.
MD2343 AND MD2344)
Dear Mr. Sheppard:
By letter dated June 7, 2006, STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) applied for amendments to the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively. The proposed amendments would have modified the facility Spent Fuel Pool and In-Containment Storage Area Criticality Analysis. Subsequently, by letter dated November 28, 2007, STPNOC 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 by Carl F. Lyon for/
Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
- Previously concurred OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME Mthadani, CFL for JBurkhardt*
THiltz DATE 11/28/07 11/21/07 11/28/07
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its June 7, 2006, application for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively, for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, located in Matagorda County.
The proposed amendments would have revised the facilitys Spent Fuel Pool and In-Containment Storage Area Criticality Analysis.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 12, 2006 (71 FR 53721).
However, by letter dated November 28, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed request for amendments.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated June 7, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated November 28, 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 28th day of November, 2007.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
November 2007 South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 cc:
Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 C. M. Canady City of Austin Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. Temple E. Alercon/Kevin Pollo CPS Energy P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 INPO Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011 Steve Winn/Christie Jacobs Eddy Daniels/Marty Ryan NRC Energy, Inc.
211 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540 Judge, Matagorda County Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414 A. H. Gutterman, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 E. D. Halpin Site Vice President STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 Wadsworth, TX 77483 C. T. Bowman General Manager, Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Marilyn Kistler Sr. Staff Specialist, Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code 5014 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Jon C. Wood Cox, Smith, & Matthews 112 East Pecan, Suite 1800 San Antonio, TX 78205 Director Division of Compliance & Inspection Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756
November 2007 South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 cc:
Mr. Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 422 Ft. Worth, TX 76109 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Ken Coates Plant General Manager STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Mr. Anthony P. Jones Chief Boiler Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division E.O. Thompson State Office Building P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711