ML081350351

Withdrawal of an Amendment. Adoption of TSTF Standard Technical Specification Change Traveler, TSTF-343, Rev. 1 Containment Structural Integrity.

ML081350351
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	05/30/2008
From:	Feintuch K NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-1
To:	Richard Anderson Duane Arnold
Feintuch K, NRR/DORL/LPL3-1, 415-3079
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TAC MD7420
Download: ML081350351 (5)

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May 30, 2008 Mr. Richard L. Anderson Vice President Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TASK FORCE (TSTF) STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE TRAVELER, TSTF-343, REVISION 1, CONTAINMENT STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY (TAC NO. MD7420)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By letter dated November 14, 2007, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML073320232) you applied for an amendment to the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Facility Operating License No. DPR-49. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the adoption of TSTF-343, Revision 1, Containment Structural Integrity. Subsequently, by letter dated April 23, 2008, ADAMS Accession No. ML081270233, 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. Please contact me at (301) 415-3079 if you have questions.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Karl Feintuch, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML081350351 OFFICE NRR/LPL3-1/PM NRR/LPL3-1/ LA NRR/EMCB/ BC OGC/NLO NRR/LPL3-1/BC NAME KFeintuch THarris KManoly JBiggins LJames DATE 5/15/08 5/15/08 5/15/08 5/23/08 5/30/08 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FPL ENERGY DUANE ARNOLD, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-331 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-49 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted the request of FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its November 14, 2007, application for proposed amendment (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML073320232) to Facility Operating License No. DPR-49 for the Duane Arnold Energy Center, located in Linn County. .

The proposed amendment would have revised Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.12, Primary Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program, to allow use of the requirements of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (the Code),Section XI, Subsection IWE for visual examination of the steel containment. This license amendment request was consistent with NRC-approved Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Traveler number TSTF-343, Revision 1, Containment Structural Integrity.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on January 28, 2008 (73 FR 5220).

However, by letter dated April 23, 2008, ADAMS Accession No. ML081270233, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 14, 2007, and the licensee's letter dated April 23, 2008, 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 30th day of May 2008.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Karl Feintuch, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Duane Arnold Energy Center cc:

Mr. J. A. Stall Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Mr. D. A. Curtland Nuclear Officer Plant Manager Florida Power & Light Company Duane Arnold Energy Center P. O. Box 14000 3277 DAEC Rd.

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Palo, IA 52324-9785 Mr. M. S. Ross Mr. R. S. Kundalkar Managing Attorney Vice President, Nuclear Technical Svcs.

Florida Power & Light Company Florida Power & Light Company P. O. Box 14000 P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Ms. Marjan Mashhadi Daniel K. McGhee Senior Attorney Iowa Department of Public Health Florida Power & Light Company Bureau of Radiological Health 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 321 East 12th Street Suite 220 Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20004 Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 Don E. Grissette Chairman, Linn County Vice President, Nuclear Training and Board of Supervisors Performance Improvement 930 1st Street SW Florida Power & Light Company Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Steven R. Catron Manager, Regulatory Affairs Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Last revised March 20, 2008 Palo, IA 52324 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector=s Office Rural Route #1 Palo, IA 52324 Mr. Mano Nazar Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer Florida Power & Light Company P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408