ML19057A181
| ML19057A181 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 03/11/2019 |
| From: | Joel Wiebe Plant Licensing Branch III |
| To: | Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co |
| Wiebe J | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2018-LLA-0218 | |
| Download: ML19057A181 (6) | |
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Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 11, 2019 Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)
Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2-WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (EPID L-2018-LLA-0218)
Dear Mr. Hanson:
By letter dated August 10, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18226A097), as supplemented by letter dated December 21, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18355A699), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) submitted a license amendment request for Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. The proposed amendment request would authorize a one-time extension of Technical Specification 3.8.1 A.2 Completion Time. Subsequently, by letter dated February 8, 2019 (ADAMS accession No. ML19039A272), 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.
Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc: Listserv Sincerely, 2~.ti:?s~ Manager Plant Licensing Branch Ill Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-454 and 50-455; NRC-2018-0186]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
[7590-01-P]
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) to withdraw its application dated August 10, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML18226A097), as supplemented by letter dated December 21, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18355A699), for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66, issued to Exelon for operation of the Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. The proposed amendment would have extended the Completion Time for Technical Specification 3.8.1, "AC Sources-Operating," Required Action A.2, on a one-time, temporary basis, based on a risk-informed approach.
DATES: March 14, 2019 ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0186 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-2018-0186. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon; telephone: 301-287-9221; e-mail:
Krupskaya.Castellon@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 "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.
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: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6606, e-mail: Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The NRC has granted the request of Exelon (the licensee) to withdraw its August 10, 2018, application ADAMS Accession No. ML18226A097), as supplemented by letter dated December 21, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18355A699) for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66, issued to Exelon for operation of the Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Ogle County, Illinois The proposed amendment would have extended the Completion Time for Technical Specification 3.8.1, "AC Sources-Operating," Required Action A.2, on a one-time, temporary basis based on a risk-informed approach. The extended Completion 2
Time would have allowed the Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, to continue operation for the duration of the extended Completion Time in the event a second station auxiliary transformer failed in Unit No. 2.
Exelon's August 10, 2018, request was noticed in the Federal Register on August 31, 2018 (83 FR 44677). Exelon requested to withdraw the request by letter dated February 8, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19039A272).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of March 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
IRA/
Joel S. Wiebe, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch Ill, Division of Operating Reactors Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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SUBJECT:
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