ML081930757

Follow-up to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Letter, Dated July 10, 2008, Regarding the Draft Safety Evaluation - Stretch Power Uprate

ML081930757
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	07/11/2008
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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TAC MD6070
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July 11, 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 - FOLLOW-UP TO DOMINION NUCLEAR CONNECTICUT, INC. LETTER, DATED JULY 10, 2008, REGARDING THE DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION - STRETCH POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD6070)

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).

By letter dated June 12, 2008,3 the NRC staff sent DNC the prepared draft safety evaluation (SE) to support the proposed MPS3 SPU license amendment. The draft SE was withheld from public disclosure, because it may contain proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390. In the letter dated June 12, 2008, the NRC staff requested that DNC provide comments regarding the proprietary content contained in the draft SE by July 7, 2008. The NRC staff also stated in this letter that comments may be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.

1 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, ML080710391); 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); May 21, 2008 (ML081420824); and July 10, 2008 (ML081930274).

3 ADAMS Accession No. ML081640583

D. Christian In the DNC response letter dated July 10, 2008, the DNC staff stated, On June 12, 2008, the NRC issued for comment a draft safety evaluation report regarding the stretch power uprate license amendment request. The purpose of the June 12, 2008, letter was not for DNC to provide general comments on the draft SE. The June 12, 2008, letter was issued for very specific purposes.

The primary purpose of the June 12, 2008, letter was to determine the proprietary content of the draft SE. The subject letter states the following: The staff requests that DNC provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE. The DNC response letter dated July 10, 2008, failed to provide any comment on the proprietary content of the NRC draft SE.

The secondary purpose of the June 12, 2008, letter was to determine factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE. The subject letter, states the following: Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE. The DNC letter dated July 10, 2008, provided comments on the factual accuracy of the NRC draft SE.

The NRC staff will not issue the SE until DNC provides a letter regarding the proprietary content of the NRC draft SE that was transmitted as part of the June 12, 2008, letter.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely,

/ra/

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

D. Christian In the DNC response letter dated July 10, 2008, the DNC staff stated, On June 12, 2008, the NRC issued for comment a draft safety evaluation report regarding the stretch power uprate license amendment request. The purpose of the June 12, 2008, letter was not for DNC to provide general comments on the draft SE. The June 12, 2008, letter was issued for very specific purposes.

The primary purpose of the June 12, 2008, letter was to determine the proprietary content of the draft SE. The subject letter states the following: The staff requests that DNC provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE. The DNC response letter dated July 10, 2008, failed to provide any comment on the proprietary content of the NRC draft SE.

The secondary purpose of the June 12, 2008, letter was to determine factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE. The subject letter, states the following: Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE. The DNC letter dated July 10, 2008, provided comments on the factual accuracy of the NRC draft SE.

The NRC staff will not issue the SE until DNC provides a letter regarding the proprietary content of the NRC draft SE that was transmitted as part of the June 12, 2008, letter.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely,

/ra/

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

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Mr. Joseph Roy, Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 Director of Operations Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale cc: Electric Company Moody Street Lillilan M. Cuoco, Esquire P.O. Box 426 Senior Counsel Ludlow, MA 01056 Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Building 475, 5th Floor Mr. J. Alan Price Rope Ferry Road Site Vice President Waterford, CT 06385 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Building 475, 5th Floor Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D. Rope Ferry Road Director, Division of Radiation Waterford, CT 06385 Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Mr. Chris Funderburk Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Regional Administrator, Region I Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5000 Dominion Boulevard 475 Allendale Road Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. William D. Bartron First Selectmen Licensing Supervisor Town of Waterford Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

15 Rope Ferry Road Building 475, 5th Floor Waterford, CT 06385 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. J. W. "Bill" Sheehan Co-Chair NEAC Mr. David A. Sommers 19 Laurel Crest Drive Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Waterford, CT 06385 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Mr. David A. Christian Nuclear Energy Advisory Council President and Chief Nuclear Officer 128 Terry's Plain Road Virginia Electric and Power Company Simsbury, CT 06070 Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Senior Resident Inspector Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870