ML112061535

Letter, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request, Revise Updated Safety Analysis Report for Deviation from Fire Protection Requirements - Reactor Coolant System Subcooling During Alternative Shutdown

ML112061535
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	08/09/2011
From:	Hall J Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Matthew Sunseri Wolf Creek
Hall, J R, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 301-415-4032
References
TAC ME4757
Download: ML112061535 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 9, 2011 Mr. Matthew W. Sunseri President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE THE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM DESCRIPTION IN THE UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (TAC NO. ME4757)

Dear Mr. Sunseri:

By letter dated September 22, 2010, as supplemented by letter dated November 22, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos.

ML102720417 and ML103340290, respectively), the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) submitted a license amendment request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS). The proposed amendment would have revised the approved fire protection program as described in the WCGS Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR). Specifically. WCNOC requested approval for a deviation from a commitment to certain technical requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Part 50, Appendix R, Section 111.L.1, "Alternative and dedicated shutdown capability,"

as described in Appendix 9.5E of the WCGS USAR. The change would have revised USAR Table 9.5E-1 to include information on reactor coolant system process variables not maintained within those predicted for a loss of normal AC (alternating current) power. Subsequently, by letter dated June 30, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11188A074), you withdrew the amendment request.

The NRC staff acknowledges the request to withdraw the application. NRC staff activities on the review have ceased and the associated Technical Assignment Control number has been closed. 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.

M. Sunseri

- 2 If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-4032 or via e-mail at randy.hall@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, mes R. Hall, Senior Project Manager lant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-482 Enclosure Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-482 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (the licensee) to withdraw its September 22,2010 application, as supplemented by letter dated November 22,2010, for proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 for the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS), located in Coffey County, Kansas.

The proposed amendment would have revised the approved fire protection program as described in the WCGS Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR). Specifically, the licensee requested approval for a deviation from a commitment to certain technical requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Appendix R,Section III. L.1,

"Alternative and dedicated shutdown capability," as described in Appendix 9.5E of the WCGS USAR The change would have revised USAR Table 9.5E-1 to include information on reactor coolant system process variables not maintained within those predicted for a loss of normal AC (alternating current) power.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on December 28,2010 (75 FR 81673).

However, by letter dated June 30, 2011, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 22,2010, as supplemented by letter dated November 22,2010, and the licensee's

- 2 letter dated June 30, 2011, 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 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.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.resource@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of August 2011.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sh,~ft*7~E Wmes R. Hall, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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