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License Amendment Request H09-01 Supporting the Use of Cobalt-60 Isotope Test Assemblies
ML101170113
Person / Time
Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 04/09/2010
From: Mulligan P
State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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State of Nefv jrrorg DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CHRIS CHRISTIE Division of Environmental Safety and Health BOB MARTIN Governor Radiation Protection and Release Prevention Element Commissioner KIM GUADAGNO Bureau of Nuclear Engineering Lt. Governor' P. 0. Box 415 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0415 Tel (609) 984-7700 Fax (609) 984-7513 Aprili9, 2010 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Dear Commissioners:

Subject:

. Hope Creek Generating Station Docket No. 50-354 License Amendment Request H09-01 Supporting the Use of Cobalt-60 Isotope Test Assemblies (Isotope Generation Pilot Program)

PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted the proposed change to the Hope Creek Operating License by letter to the NRC dated December 21, 2009. The proposed change modifies License Condition 2.B.(6) and creates new License Conditions 1.J and 2.B.(7) as part of a pilot programto irradiate Cobalt (Co)-59 targets to produce Co-60 in the Hope. Creek reactor during power operation.

The NJ DEP met with PSEG personnel and management responsible for this program to better understand the changes involved. We will review the results of the cycle specific analyses that have not been completed and are committed to be provided by July 8,2010. We also recommend that the following sentence be added to the proposed revision to Technical Specification Section 5.3.1 for completeness: Details of the GE14i assemblies are contained in NEDC-33529P, "Safety Analysis Report to Support Introduction of GE l4i Isotope Test Assemblies (ITAs) in Hope Creek Generating Station," Revision 0, dated* December 200.9.

If you need to. discuss this subject further,,please contact Elliot Rosenfeld at (609),984-7548.,

- ..,Sincerely, Patrick Mulligan, Manager Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey is an Equal OpportunityEmployer i Printedon Recycled Paperand Recyclable

Distribution Dr. Jill Lipoti, DEP Paul Baldauf, DEP Elliot Rosenfeld, DEP Nancy McNamara, NRC Region 1 Rick Ennis, NRC Licensing Project Manager Christine Neely, Director - Regulatory Assurance, PSEG Nuclear LLC Michael Gaffney, Regulatory Assurance Manager, Hope Creek Generating Station