ML081890445
| ML081890445 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 07/16/2008 |
| From: | Vaaler M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2 |
| To: | Walt T Carolina Power & Light Co |
| Vaaler, Marlayna, NRR/DORL 415-3178 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD7468 | |
| Download: ML081890445 (3) | |
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July 16, 2008 Mr. Thomas D. Walt, Vice President H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Carolina Power & Light Company 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550-0790
SUBJECT:
H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CHANGES RELATED TO THE INTERLOCK FOR THE TURBINE TRIP INPUT TO THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM (TAC NO. MD7468)
Dear Mr. Walt:
By letter dated November 29, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML073380653), Carolina Power and Light Company, now doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. (PEC), applied for an amendment to the H.B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 (HBRSEP), Facility Operating License No. DPR-23.
The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the interlock for the turbine trip input to the reactor protection system. Subsequently, by letter dated June 24, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081790165), PEC withdrew the amendment request.
The need to withdraw this amendment request was precipitated by a PEC determination during the outage planning process that the upcoming refueling outage scope needed to be reduced.
A nuclear condition report (NCR) has been initiated in the HBRSEP corrective action program that describes the circumstances associated with the withdrawal of this amendment request.
PEC stated in its June 24, 2008, letter that there is a possibility for resubmittal of this license amendment request at a future date. Accordingly, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will attempt to capture the efforts already completed relative to this issue, including retention of the response to a request for additional information included in the June 24, 2008, letter, and a draft safety evaluation that has already been completed by the NRC staff.
The purpose of this letter is to advise you that the above-cited application is being treated as withdrawn. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of the proposed amendment had not been published in the Federal Register. Please contact me at (301) 415-3178, if you have questions.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Marlayna Vaaler, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-261 cc: See next page
ML081790165), PEC withdrew the amendment request.
The need to withdraw this amendment request was precipitated by a PEC determination during the outage planning process that the upcoming refueling outage scope needed to be reduced.
A nuclear condition report (NCR) has been initiated in the HBRSEP corrective action program that describes the circumstances associated with the withdrawal of this amendment request.
PEC stated in its June 24, 2008, letter that there is a possibility for resubmittal of this license amendment request at a future date. Accordingly, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will attempt to capture the efforts already completed relative to this issue, including retention of the response to a request for additional information included in the June 24, 2008, letter, and a draft safety evaluation that has already been completed by the NRC staff.
The purpose of this letter is to advise you that the above-cited application is being treated as withdrawn. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of the proposed amendment had not been published in the Federal Register. Please contact me at (301) 415-3178, if you have questions.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Marlayna Vaaler, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-261 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Mr. T. D. Walt H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Carolina Power & Light Company Unit No. 2 cc:
Mr. Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.
Plant General Manager H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Mr. Eric McCartney Director of Site Operations H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Mr. Curt Castell Supervisor, Licensing/Regulatory Programs H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Mr. C. T. Baucom Manager - Support Services - Nuclear H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Mr. Scott D. West Superintendent - Security H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant 2112 Old Camden Road Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Mr. J. Paul Fulford Manager, Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. David T. Conley Associate General Counsel II - Legal Department Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Radiation Protection 3825 Barrett Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Ms. Susan Jenkins South Carolina Department of Health Bureau of Land & Waste Management 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Ms. Margaret A. Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street NW.
Washington, DC 20037-1128