ML12165A691
| ML12165A691 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 06/27/2012 |
| From: | Siva Lingam Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Lingam, Siva | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML12165A686 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC ME7026, TS-SQN-2011-03 | |
| Download: ML12165A691 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 June 27,2012 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Manager, Corporate Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUB~IECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO ALLOW USE OF SHIELD BUILDING DOME PENETRATIONS DURING MODES 1 THROUGH 4 (TAC NO. ME7026) (TS-SQN-2011-03)
Dear Mr. Shea:
By letter dated August 31, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated November 28, 2011, January 27, February 29, and March 8, 2012, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, or the licensee) applied for an amendment to the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Unit 2 Facility Operating License No. DPR-79. The proposed change would have revised the Technical Specifications to allow opening of one of the penetration hatches in the shield building dome for up to five hours per day, six days per calendar week while in modes 1 through 4 during SQN, Unit 2 Cycle 18, and until entering Mode 5 at the start of the SQN, Unit 2 fall 2012 refueling outage.
Subsequently, by letter dated June 7, 2012, TVA withdrew the amendment request.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 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.
Sincerely,
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Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-328
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv
7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DOCKET NO. 50-328 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee) to withdraw its August 31, 2011, application as supplemented by letters dated November 28,2011, January 27, February 29, and March 8,2012, for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-79 for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit No.2, located in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
The proposed change would have revised the Technical Specifications to allow opening of one of the penetration hatches in the shield building dome for up to five hours per day, six days per calendar week while in modes 1 through 4 during SON, Unit 2 Cycle 18, and until entering Mode 5 at the start of the SON, Unit 2 fall 2012 refueling outage.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2011 (76 FR 70775).
However, by letter dated June 7,2012, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 31,2011, and the licensee's letter dated June 7,2012, 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 documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading
- 2 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.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this -27 day of June 2012.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
June 27, 2012 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Manager, Corporate Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO ALLOW USE OF SHIELD BUILDING DOME PENETRATIONS DURING MODES 1 THROUGH 4 (TAC NO. ME7026) (TS-SQN-2011-03)
Dear Mr. Shea:
By letter dated August 31, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated November 28, 2011, January 27, February 29, and March 8, 2012, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, or the licensee) applied for an amendment to the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Unit 2 Facility Operating License No. DPR-79. The proposed change would have revised the Technical Specifications to allow opening of one of the penetration hatches in the shield building dome for up to five hours per day, six days per calendar week while in modes 1 through 4 during SQN, Unit 2 Cycle 18, and until entering Mode 5 at the start of the SQN, Unit 2 fall 2012 refueling outage.
Subsequently, by letter dated June 7, 2012, TVA withdrew the amendment request.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 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.
Sincerely, IRA!
Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-328
Enclosure:
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