ML15055A264
| ML15055A264 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/2015 |
| From: | Geoffrey Miller Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | Capps S Duke Energy Carolinas |
| Miller G | |
| References | |
| TAC ME8118, TAC ME8119 | |
| Download: ML15055A264 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Steven D. Capps Vice President McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 July 31, 2015
SUBJECT:
MCGUIRE GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: REVISION TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.7.7, "NUCLEAR SERVICE WATER SYSTEM" (TAC NOS. ME8118 AND ME8119)
Dear Mr. Capps:
By letter dated February 22, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12061A008), as supplemented by letters dated November 13, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No, ML12340A073), and February 4, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13045A307), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval to revise the McGuire Nuclear Station Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.7, "Nuclear Service Water System." Specifically, the amendment would have added an allowed outage time for the purpose of mitigating a loss of service water event on one unit with water from the other unit. A notice of the NRC's consideration of issuance of the proposed amendment was published in the Federal Register on July 10, 2012 (77 FR 40650).
Subsequently, by letter dated July 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15212A731), you requested to withdraw the amendment request.
In your letter, you indicated your intent to subsequently submit a new LAR that, as a basis, would use the NRG-endorsed industry guidance titled "Change Process with respect to BOB applications" (ADAMS Accession No. ML14231A535).. The NRC staff notes that the endorsement was in reference to compliance with Order EA-12-049, "Mitigation Strategies of Beyond-Design-Basis External Events." As such, the NRC staff would encourage a pre-application meeting with Duke to discuss the format and content of the proposed LAR and ensure the appropriate context of the of the referenced guidance.
The NRC staff has ceased all work on this licensing action and closed Technical Assignment Control (TAC) Nos. ME8118 and ME8119. 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.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, plea.se contact me at (301) 415-2481.
Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv Si&'4'~
G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 2-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370; NRC-2012-0161)
[7590-01-P]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Generating Station, Units 1 and 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 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to withdraw its application dated February 22, 2012, as supplemented by letters dated November 13, 2012 and February 4, 2013, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The proposed amendment would have revised the McGuire Technical Specification 3.7.7, "Nuclear Service Water System (NSWS)." Specifically, the proposed change would have the use of the NSWS pump discharge crossover valves and associated piping to cross tie McGuire Nuclear Stataion Units 1 and 2 NSWS trains to mitigate a Loss of Service Water event.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0161 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain 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: 301-415-3463; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual 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: G. Edward Miller, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone:
301-415-2481, e-mail: ed.miller@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The NRC has granted the request of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated February 22, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12061A008), for a proposed amendment to the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, located in York County, North Carolina.
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The proposed amendment would have revised the McGuire Technical Specification 3.7.7, "Nuclear Service Water System (NSWS)." Specifically, the proposed change would have the use of the NSWS pump discharge crossover valves and associated piping to cross tie McGuire Nuclear Stataion Units 1 and 2 NSWS trains to mitigate a Loss of Service Water event.
The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on July 10, 2012 (77 FR 40650), that gave notice that this proposed amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated July 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No ML15212A731), the licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3Q1h day of July 2015.
For th~<
Regulatory Commission.
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G. Edward Miller, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 2-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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S. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-2481.
Sincerely,
/RA/
G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 2-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370
Enclosure:
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