ML14119A256

Letter + FRN, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Related to Revised Fuel Assembly Drop Analysis and Adoption of TSTF-51, TSTF-272, TSTF-286, and TSTF-471

ML14119A256
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/30/2014
From:	Peter Bamford Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Entergy Operations
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TAC MF8348
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 30, 2014 Vice President, Operations Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802

SUBJECT:

ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2- WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING REVISED FUEL ASSEMBLY DROP ANALYSIS AND ADOPTION OF RELATED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TASK FORCE TRAVELERS (TAC NO. MF8348)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated April 4, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12096A022), you applied for an amendment to the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, Facility Operating License No. NPF-6. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications to implement four Technical Specification Task Force travelers related to a revised fuel handling accident analysis. Subsequently, by letter dated April23, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14113A604), you 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.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2833 or by e-mail at Peter. Bamford@nrc.gov.

Peter J. Bamford, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-368

Enclosure:

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ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL (ADAMS ACCESSION NO. ML14119A253)

ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.

ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 DOCKET NO. 50-368

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Docket No. 50-368; NRC-2012-0161 Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit No.2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc., to withdraw its application dated Apri14, 2012, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-6 for Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Unit 2. The proposed amendment would have changed the facility technical specifications to implement four Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) travelers related to a revised fuel handling accident (FHA) analysis.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0161 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0161. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-3422; e-mail: Caroi.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

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

You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.

• 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: Peter Bamford, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone:

301-415-2833, e-mail: Peter.Bamford@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), to withdraw its April4, 2012, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML12096A022), proposing an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-6 for ANO, Unit 2, located in Russellville, Arkansas.

The proposed amendment incorporates the ANO, Unit 2, revised FHA based on the use of the Alternate Source Term (AST) methodology. This methodology was previously approved

for use at ANO, Unit 2, as documented in an NRC safety evaluation dated April 26, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML110980197). The original FHA analysis assumed failure of 60 fuel rods in a single fuel assembly. The revised analysis assumes the failure of all fuel rods in two fuel assemblies (472 rods). The changes necessary to support the revised FHA affect similar Technical Specifications (TSs) associated with the following NRC-approved TSTF Travelers:

TSTF-51, Revision 2, "Revise Containment Requirements During Handling Irradiated Fuel and Core Alterations"; TSTF-272, Revision 1, "Refueling Boron Concentration Clarification";

TSTF-268, Revision 2, "Operations Involving Positive Reactivity Additions"; and TSTF-471, Revision 1, "Eliminate use of Term Core Alterations in Actions and Notes." Therefore, the licensee proposed to adopt these TSTFs in conjunction with changes that reflect the revised FHA. Additionally, administrative and/or editorial errors noted on the affected TS pages were also proposed for correction.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 10, 2012 (77 FR 40652). However, by letter dated April23, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14113A604), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated April4, 2012, and supplements dated July 9, 2012, June 18,2013, and July 1, 2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12192A089, ML13170A197, and ML13183A124, respectively).

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this .:A.) day of April 2014.

Peter Bamford, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

ML14113A604), you 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.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2833 or by e-mail at Peter. Bamford@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA/

Peter J. Bamford, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-368

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