ML13122A320

Letter, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Final Safety Analysis Report Update Related to Delayed Access Offsite Power Circuit to Conform with General Design Criteria 17

ML13122A320
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	05/13/2013
From:	Polickoski J Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Polickoski J
References
TAC ME3018, TAC ME3019
Download: ML13122A320 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555"()001 May 13, 2013 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTTO REVISE DELAYED ACCESS OFFSITE POWER CIRCUIT LICENSING BASIS IN CONFORMANCE WITH GDC 17 (TAC NOS. ME3018 AND ME3019)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

By letter dated December 29,2009, as supplemented by letter dated November 22,2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos. ML100040087 and ML113270063, respectively), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the licensee) requested an amendment to the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82. The proposed change would have revised the licensing basis as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report Update to discuss the conformance of the delayed access offsite power circuit to General Design Criterion 17, "Electric power systems."

During a public meeting conducted between PG&E and the U,S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on January 24, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13028A182), the licensee discussed its plan to withdraw this amendment request within 60 days of the meeting.

Subsequently, by letter dated March 14, 2013, PG&E withdrew the amendment request (ADAMS Accession No, ML13074A092).

E. Halpin -2 The NRC has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication. The NRC has closed Task Assignment Control (TAC) Nos. ME3018 and ME3019.

T. Polick §ki, Pro' ct Ma la t Licensing Branch IV ivision of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323; NRC-2013-XXXX]

Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID <NRC-2013-XXXX> when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, using any of the following methods:

• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID <NRC-2013-XXXX>. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: CaroI.Galiagher@nrc.gov.

• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select "ADAMS Public Documents" and then select "Begin Web-based ADAMS Search." For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or bye-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.

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• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room 01-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James T. Polickoski, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301 415-5430; e-mail: james.polickoski@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated December 29,2009, as supplemented by letter dated November 22,2011 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML100040087 and ML113270063, respectively), for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, located in San Luis Obispo County, California.

The proposed amendment would revise the licensing basis as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report Update to discuss the conformance of the delayed access offsite power circuit (the 500-kV delayed access circuit) to the General Design Criterion 17 requirement that each of the offsite power circuits be designed to be available in sufficient time following a loss of all onsite alternating current power supplies and the other offsite electric power circuit, to assure that specified acceptable fuel design limits and design conditions of the reactor coolant pressure boundary are not exceeded.

- 3 The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on March 23, 2010 (75 FR 13790). However, by letter dated March 14, 2013, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated December 29, 2009, as supplemented by letter dated November 22, 2011, and the licensee's letter dated March 14,2013, which withdrew the application for license amendment (ADAMS Accession No. ML13074A092).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of May 2013.

For the Nu

E. Halpin -2 The NRC has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication. The NRC has closed Task Assignment Control (TAC) Nos. ME3018 and ME3019.

Sincerely, IRA by Joseph M. Sebrosky forI James T. Polickoski, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323

Enclosure:

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