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2008/04/03 - Transmittal of 04/03/08 Notification of Information in the Matter of Oyster Creek License Renewal Application
ML080940688
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 04/03/2008
From: James Adler
NRC/OGC
To: Abramson P, Anthony Baratta, Hawkens E
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
06-844-01-LR, 50-219-LR, FOIA/PA-2008-0306, RAS H-3
Download: ML080940688 (5)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL April 3, 2008 E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Anthony J. Baratta Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul B. Abramson Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station)

Docket No. 50-219-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

Enclosed for your information is a copy of the April 3, 2008 Notification of Information in the Matter of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station License Renewal Application, which the Staff has provided to the Commission.

Sincerely, m L James E. Adler Counsel for the NRC Staff

Enclosure:

As Stated cc w/enclosure: Service List

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 3, 2008 Board Notification 2008-01 MEMORANDUM TO: Chairman Klein Commissioner Jaczko Commissioner Lyons Commissioner Svinicki Atomic Safety and Licensing Board All Parties FROM: Samson S. Lee, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

NOTIFICATION OF INFORMATION IN THE MATTER OF OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION In conformance with the Commission's policy on notification to the Commission and the Atomic Safety Licensing Board (ASLB) regarding significant new information, this memorandum provides the following information.

The staff is reviewing the use of a simplified method to calculate cumulative usage factors (CUF) that may not be conservative. Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek) used this simplified fatigue calculation method for one type of nozzle, the recirculation nozzle at the plant. This type of calculation was not applicable to the drywell shell analysis, which is the subject of the appealed contention pending before the Commission. Although, this simplified calculation is not relevant to the contention in the proceeding that was before the ASLB, we are providing this information, because this may be an issue of public interest.

The staff plans to ask Oyster Creek to perform a confirmatory analysis consistent with the methodology in Section Ill of the ASME Code. However, the staff believes that the safety significance of using the simplified analysis method is low based on the risk assessments performed by the staff in resolvirlg generic safety issues (GSI)-I66 and GSI-I 90.

Docket No. 50-219 cc: See next page CONTACT: Donnie J. Ashley, NRR 301-415-3191 Accession Number: ML080930335

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 388 P.O. Box 160 Forked River, NJ 08731 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Senior Vice President - Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Operations Support Exelon Generation Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control 4300 Winfield Road P.O. Box 160 Warrenville, IL 60555 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Regulatory Assurance Manager Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP Oyster Creek 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Patrick Mulligan, Chief Bureau of Nuclear Engineering Assistant General Counsel New Jersey Department of AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Environmental Protection 200 Exelon Way 25 Arctic Parkway Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ewing, NJ 08638 Ron Bellamy, Region I Vice President - Licensing and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Affairs 475 Allendale Road AmerGen Energy Company, LLC King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Regional Administrator, Region I 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1-1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Kennett Square, PA 19348 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Plant Manager Mayor of Lacey Township AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 818 West Lacey Road P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector License Renewal Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Exelon Generation Company, LLC P.O. Box 445 200 Exelon Way, Suite 230 Forked River, NJ 08731 Kennett Square, PA 19348

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Mr. Michael P. Gallagher Emily Krause Vice President License Renewal Law Clerk Exelon Generation Company, bbC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 200 Exelon Way, Suite 230 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Kennett Square, PA 19348 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Suzanne Leta Liou AmerGen Energy Company, LLC New Jersey Public Interest Research Group 4300 Winfield Road 11 N. Willow Street Warrenville, IL 60555 Trenton, NJ 08608 E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Donald Silverman, Esq.

Administrative Judge Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 1111 Pennsylvar~iaAve., N.W.

Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20004 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Anthony J. Baratta 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W Administrative Judge Washington, DC 20004 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Raphael P. Kuyler, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Washington, DC 20555-0001 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, DC 20004 Paul B. Abramson Administrative Judge Paul Gunter, Director Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Reactor Watchdog Project Mail Stop: T-3F23 Nuclear lnformation and Resource Service U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 340 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Office of the Secretary Kevin Kamps ATTN: Docketing and Service Reactor Watchdog Project Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Nuclear lnformation and Resource Service U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 340 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Office of Commission Appellate J. Bradley Fewell, Esq.

Adjudication Exelon Corporation Mail Stop: 0-16G4 4300 Warrenville Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Warrenville, IL 60555 Washington, DC 20555-0001

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Richard Webster, Esq.

Eastern Environmental Law Center 744 Broad Street, Suite 1525 Newark, NJ 07102 Julia LeMense, Esq.

Eastern Environmental Law Center 744 Broad Street, Suite 1525 Newark, NJ 07102 Manager Regulatory Assurance Oyster Creek Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Associate General Counsel Exelon Gernation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Chief Operating Officer (COO)

AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348