ML080580492

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML080580492
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire
Issue date:	03/03/2008
From:	Stang J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Power Co
Stang J, NRR/DORL, 415-1345
References
TAC MD7403
Download: ML080580492 (5)

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March 3, 2008 Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Power Company LLC 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078

SUBJECT:

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 2, WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MD7403)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

By letter dated November 7, 2007, you applied for an amendment to the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (McGuire 2), Facility Operating License No. NPF 17. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the Unit 2 auxiliary feedwater (AFW) system A train to be declared inoperable for an additional 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> beyond the allowed 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> for piping modifications and testing of the Nuclear Service Water System (NSW). The evolution is scheduled to be performed within the allowed time (72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />) for one train of AFW to be inoperable. However, implementation and schedule uncertainty could lead to exceeding the allowed 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> for the AFW technical specification. Therefore, in an effort to avoid an unnecessary Unit 2 shutdown or submittal of a request for Enforcement Discretion, McGuire 2 requested a one-time limited duration TS change. Subsequently, by letter dated December 18, 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/

John Stang, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No 50-370

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML080580492 NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/LPL2-1/PM NRR/LPL2-1/LA NRR/LPL2-1/BC NAME JStang:sp MO=Brien MWong DATE 3/3/08 3/3/08 3/3/08 McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Vice President NCEM REP Program Manager McGuire Nuclear Station 4713 Mail Service Center Duke Power Company, LLC Raleigh, NC 27699-4713 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078 Assistant Attorney General NC Department of Justice Associate General Counsel and Managing P.O. Box 629 Attorney Raleigh, NC 27602 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street - EC07H Manager Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Nuclear Regulatory Issues &

Industry Affairs County Manager of Mecklenburg County Duke Energy Corporation 720 E. Fourth St. 526 S. Church St.

Charlotte, NC 28202 Mail Stop EC05P Charlotte, NC 28202 Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Corporation Division of Radiation Protection McGuire Nuclear Site NC Dept of Environment, Health & Natural 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Resources Huntersville, NC 28078 3825 Barrett Dr.

Raleigh, NC 27609-7721 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Owners Group (NCEMC) 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Duke Energy Corporation Huntersville, NC 28078 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745 Mecklenburg County Department of Environmental Protection Group Vice President, Nuclear Generation 700 N. Tryon St & Chief Nuclear Officer Charlotte, NC 28202 P.O. Box 1006-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 Vice President Customer Relations and Sales Senior Counsel Westinghouse Electric Company Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 6000 Fairview Road, 12th Floor 526 South Church Street - EC07H Charlotte, NC 28210 Charlotte, NC 28202

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY LLC DOCKET NO. 50-370 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Duke Power Company LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its November 7, 2007, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF 17 for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (McGuire 2), located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications pertaining to the Unit 2 auxiliary feedwater (AFW) system A train to be declared inoperable for an additional 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> beyond the allowed 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> for piping modifications and testing of the Nuclear Service Water System (NSW). The evolution is scheduled to be performed within the allowed time (72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />) for one train of AFW to be inoperable. However, implementation and schedule uncertainty could lead to exceeding the allowed 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> for the AFW Technical Specification.

Therefore, in an effort to avoid an unnecessary Unit 2 shutdown or submittal of a request for Enforcement Discretion, McGuire 2 requested a one-time limited duration TS change. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on December 5, 2007 (72 FR 68595). However, by letter dated December 18, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 7, 2007, and the licensee's letter dated December 18, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at

the NRC=s 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 3rd day of March 2008.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John Stang, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation