ML081640583

Public Letter - Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 - Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation - Stretch Power Uprate

ML081640583
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	06/12/2008
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
Lamb John G./NRR/DORL, 415-3100
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ml081430194	List: ML081640583
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TAC MD3002
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G1- OFFICIAL USE ONL'IT PROPRIETARYs INFORMATION UNITED STATES I- °NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 12, 2008 Mr. David A. Christian President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 3 - TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION - STRETCH POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Christian:

By letter dated July 13, 2007,1 as supplemented by additional letters, 2 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC), licensee of Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3), submitted the application, "Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Power Station Unit 3, License Amendment Request, Stretch Power Uprate," to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

The proposed license amendment would allow an increase in the maximum authorized power level from the current licensed thermal power level of 3,411 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3,650 MWt, and make changes to the facility operating license and technical specifications, as necessary, to support operation at the stretch power level, which is an increase of approximately 7 percent. The proposed increase in power level is considered a stretch power uprate (SPU).

The Enclosure transmitted herewit h may contain Official Use Only - Proprietary Information. When separated from the Enclosure, this document is '

decontrolled.

DNC Letter (07-450) to the NRC, "Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Power Station Unit 3 License Amendment Request, Stretch Power Uprate," dated July 13, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML072000386).

2 Supplemental Letters dated: July 13, 2007 (ML072000281); September 12, 2007 (ML072570061); November 19, 2007 (ML073230976); December 13, 2007 (ML073480240); December 17, 2007 (ML073520051); January 10, 2008 (ML080100600, ML080100604, ML080100606, ML080100611); January 11, 2008 (ML080110695, ML080140077, ML080170495, ML080580476);

January 14, 2008 (ML080140570); January 18, 2008 (ML080220506, ML080220527, ML080220530, ML080220541, ML080280375);

January 31, 2008 (ML080320308); February 25, 2008 (ML080560392, ML080560615); March 5, 2008 (ML080660108); March 10, 2008 (ML080710377, ML0807103911); March 25, 2008 (ML080850894); March 27, 2008 ((ML080880268); April 4, 2008 (ML081430014); April 24, 2008 (ML081150679); April 29, 2008 (ML081200643); May 15, 2008 (ML081360625); May 20, 2008 (ML081420443); and May 21, 2008 (ML081420824).

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FO ,IA D. Christian Enclosed is the draft safety evaluation (SE) that the NRC staff has prepared to support the proposed MPS3 SPU license amendment. The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure, because it may contain proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of FederalRegulations Section 2.390. The staff requests that DNC provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE. The boilerplate time frame that the NRC staff uses for planning purposes is 2 weeks. Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.

The response time frame was discussed with Mr. Ron Thomas of your staff on June 11, 2008, and DNC will provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE by July 7, 2008. The schedule was discussed in previous letters dated March 28, 2008, and April 23, 2008 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML080460620 and ML081080024, respectively).

If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

Si ely, J G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager a t Licensing Branch 1-2 ision of Operating Reactor Licensing ifice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423

Enclosure:

As Stated cc without enclosure: See next page OFFICIAL USE N-LY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION '

Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 cc:

Lillilan M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Building 475, 5 th Floor Mr. Joseph Roy, Rope Ferry Road Director of Operations Waterford, CT 06385 Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D. Moody Street Director, Division of Radiation P.O. Box 426 Department of Environmental Protection Ludlow, MA 01056 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Regional Administrator, Region I Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Building 475, 5 th Floor 475 Allendale Road Rope Ferry Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Waterford, CT 06385 First Selectmen Mr. Chris Funderburk Town of Waterford Director, Nuclear Licensing and 15 Rope Ferry Road Operations Support Waterford, CT 06385 Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

5000 Dominion Boulevard Mr. J. W. "Bill" Sheehan Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Co-Chair NEAC 19 Laurel Crest Drive Mr. William D. Bartron Waterford, CT 06385 Licensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Building 475, 5 th Floor Co-Chair Rope Ferry Road Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Waterford, CT 06385 128 Terry's Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Mr. David A. Sommers Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Senior Resident Inspector 5000 Dominion Boulevard Millstone Power Station Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0. Box 513 Mr. David A. Christian Niantic, CT 06357 President and Chief Nuclear Officer v ,,ina .-IeI. iI and Plower Company Ms. Nancy Burton Innsbrook Technical Center 147 Cross Highway 5000 Dominion Boulevard Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Glen Allen, VA 23060-'6711

OFFICIAL USE ONLY- PROPRIETARY INFG*rM'NATI.ON D. Christian Enclosed is the draft safety evaluation (SE) that the NRC staff has prepared to support the proposed MPS3 SPU license amendment. The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure, because it may contain proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of FederalRegulations Section 2.390. The staff requests that DNC provide comments regarding the-proprietary content in the draft SE. The boilerplate time frame that the NRC staff uses for planning purposes is 2 weeks. Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.

The response time frame was discussed with Mr. Ron Thomas of your staff on June 11, 2008, and DNC will provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE by July 7, 2008. The schedule was discussed in previous letters dated March 28, 2008, and April 23, 2008 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML080460620 and ML081080024, respectively).

If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely, Ira!

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423

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