ML15092A182

Letter, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Updated Safety Analysis Report, to Permit Use of Design and Evaluation of Seismic Class I Structures Using Ascm Developed Floor Response Spectra

ML15092A182
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	04/06/2015
From:	Lyon C Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Cortopassi L Omaha Public Power District
Lyon C
References
NRC-2014-0159, TAC MF4016
Download: ML15092A182 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 6, 2015 Mr. Louis P. Cortopassi Site Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station 9610 Power Lane, Mail Stop FC-2-4 Omaha, NE 68008

SUBJECT:

FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT NO. 1 -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MF4016)

Dear Mr. Cortopassi:

By application dated April 25, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2015, you requested an amendment to the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40. The proposed amendment would have revised Section 5.11, "Structures Other Than Containment," and Appendix F, "Classification of Structures and Equipment and Seismic Criteria," of the Updated Safety Analysis Report to clarify the licensing and design basis to permit the use of seismic floor response spectra in analysis and design of seismic Class I structures and structural elements attached to structures. Subsequently, by letter dated April 1, 2015, 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.

Sincerely, c,~

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-285

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

ENCLOSURE NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-285

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-285; NRC-2014-0159]

Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Omaha Public Power District to withdraw its application dated April 25, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40. The proposed amendment would have revised Section 5.11, "Structures Other Than Containment," and Appendix F, "Classification of Structures and Equipment and Seismic Criteria," of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, Updated Safety Analysis Report.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0159 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-2014-0159. 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: Fred Lyon, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2296 e-mail: Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Omaha Public Power District (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated April 25, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML14118A435 and ML15050A257, respectively), for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 for the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, located in Washington County, Nebraska.

The proposed amendment would have revised Section 5.11, "Structures Other Than Containment," and Appendix F, "Classification of Structures and Equipment and Seismic Criteria," of the Updated Safety Analysis Report to clarify the licensing and design basis to

permit the use of seismic floor response spectra in analysis and design of seismic Class I structures and structural elements attached to structures.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2014 (79 FR 38593). However, by letter dated April 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15090A743), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of April 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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