ML112460002

Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation - Extended Power Uprate

ML112460002
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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	09/07/2011
From:	Richard Guzman Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Lynch T Nine Mile Point
Guzman R, NRR/DORL, 415-1030
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 7,2011 Mr. Thomas A. Lynch Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 SUB..IECT: NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO.2 - TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION - EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO.

ME1476)

Dear Mr. Lynch:

By letter dated May 27, 2009\ as supplemented by additionalletters 2 ; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (NMPNS, the licensee) requested changes to the Facility Operating Licenses and Technical Specifications (TSs) for Nine Mile Point, Unit No.2 (NMP2). The proposed amendment would increase the maximum steady-state reactor core power level from 3467 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3988 MWt, which is an increase from the current license of approximately 15 percent. The proposed increase in power level is considered an extended power uprate (EPU).

Enclosed is the draft safety evaluation (SE) that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has prepared to support the proposed NMP2 EPU license amendment. The draft SE has also been provided to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) in preparation for the upcoming meetings which are currently scheduled as follows:

ACRS Subcommittee Meeting - October 5,2011, in Rockville, Maryland; and ACRS Full Committee Meeting - November 3,2011, in Rockville, Maryland.

The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure at this time, because it contains proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390. The NRC staff has made some preliminary proprietary markings in the draft SE identified by text enclosed The Enclosure transmitted herewith contains Official Use Only - Proprietary Information. When separated from the Enclosure, this document is decontrolled.

1. Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Package No. ML091610091

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June 13, 2011 (ML111710135); July 15, 2011 (ML11207A069); August 5,2011 (ML11207A069); and August 19, 2011 (ML11242A044).

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T. Lynch -2 within double brackets. However, the NRC staff believes that not all proprietary text has been marked. To support the NRC staff's projected schedule for completing the NMP2 EPU review which is currently projected for December 2012, the staff requests that NMPNS provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE by September 23, 2011 Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.

The response time frame was discussed with Mr. John Dosa of your staff on September 7, 2011.

If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1030.

Sincerely, Richard V. Guzman, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-410

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION T. Lynch - 2 within double brackets. However, the NRC staff believes that not all proprietary text has been marked. To support the NRC staff's projected schedule for completing the NMP2 EPU review which is currently projected for December 2012, the staff requests that NMPNS provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE by September 23, 2011. Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.

The response time frame was discussed with Mr. John Dosa of your staff on September 7,2011.

If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1030.

Sincerely, Ira!

Richard V. Guzman, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-410

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