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FRN- Withdrawal of an Amendment Request to Revise Battery Cell Resistances to Address Potential Non-Conservative Technical Specification
ML15356A085
Person / Time
Site: Grand Gulf Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 01/05/2016
From: Meena Khanna
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:
James Kim, NRR/DORL
References
CAC MF4338, NRC-2016-0008
Download: ML15356A085 (3)


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-416; NRC-2016-0008]

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 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 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated June 26, 2014, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29, for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (GGNS). The proposed amendment would have revised GGNS Technical Specifications (TSs) Surveillance Requirements (SRs) for safety-related battery resistances in TS SRs 3.8.4.2 and 3.8.4.5 for batteries 1A3, 1B3, and 1C3.

DATES: [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDRAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0008 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:

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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kim, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone:

301-415-4125; e-mail: James.Kim@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Entergy to withdraw its application dated June 26, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14177A270), for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29, for GGNS, located in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The proposed

amendment would have revised safety-related battery resistances in GGNS TS SRs 3.8.4.2 and 3.8.4.5 for batteries 1A3, 1B3, and 1C3.

The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8360), that gave notice that this proposed amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated December 14, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15348A407),

the licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of January 2016.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Meena K. Khanna, Chief, Plant Licensing Branch IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.