ML20006A967
| ML20006A967 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/1990 |
| From: | Hebdon F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Tison Campbell ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9001310060 | |
| Download: ML20006A967 (4) | |
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Mr. T. Gene Campbell Vice President, Nuclear Arkansas Power and Light Company P. O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
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SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR INCREASE OF ANO-2 FUEL R0D BURNUP LIMIT l
(AP&L) submitted to the On July 20, 1989, ArkansasPowerandLightCompany(CE)reportCEN-?B6-Pwhich NRC a request to review a Combustiun Engineering supports the raising of the fuel pin burnup limit to 60 MWD /Kg foi Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2.
Currently the unit has an approved limit of 62 MWD /Kg
. based on NRC approval of a 1984 CE report.
In the submittel it was also noted that the current limit was prejected to be-exceeded several months before the end of the regular 18 month fuel cycle.
Therefcre, AP&L requested that an NRC decision on approval be provided by January 1990 to provide sufficient time to order fuel in the event the new higher limit-was not acceptable to the NRC.
f In late October of 1989, the NRR project manager, C. Poslusny discussed with D. James of your staff that progress on the review of the CE report had been slow..It.was egreed hcwever that a prelininary review of the report would be conducted by one of HRC'.s contractors and that verbal feedback would be provided to AP&L by the r.iddle of January 1990 as to the general adequacy of the report and the identification of any apparent problems which may impact the acceptability of the new burnup limit.
On January 3 1990, a conference call was held between NRR, CE, and AP&L staff todiscusshighlightsofthe.CEN-386-PreporttofacilitateNRC'sunderstanding of the similarities between the previous and current analyses.
Specifically, of the 21 standard topics included in the two CE reports, 15 of them remain essentially unchanged from the 1984 report. The 6 sections which are changed in the latest report reflect revisions based on the addition of more current data.
.r Our contractor has completed a areliminary review of the CE report and has not identified any major problems wTich would appear to impact the acceptability of _
the projected burnup for the current fuel cycle (55.9 MWD /Kg) for ANO-2 at this time. However, this is a preliminary finding and any AP&L actions which depend l\\
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L th. T. Gene Campbell on approval of a new burnup limit based on an NRC detailed review of your submittal must proceed at your own risk.
We expect to issue a final safety evaluation by June 30, 1990.
If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact the project manager for further discussion.
Sincerely, Frederick J. Hebdon, Director Project Directorate IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION Docket File NRC PDR Local PDR PD4 Reading G. Holahan F. Hebdon P. Noonan C. Poslusny R. Jones OGC-Rockville E. Jordan ACRS(10)
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on approval of a new burnup liinit based on an NRC detailed review of your submittal must proceed at your own risk. We expect to issue a final safety evaluation by_ June 30, 1990.
If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact the project manager for further discussion.
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Mr. T. Gene Campbell Arkansas Power & Light Company Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 cc:
Mr. Early Ewing, General Manager Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Technical Support and Assessment Washington Nuclear Operations Arkansas Nuclear One Combustion Engineering, Inc.
l P. O. Box 608 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Mr. Neil Carns, Director Nuclear Operations Honorable Joe W. Phillips Arkansas Nuclear One County Judge of Pope County P. O. Box 608 Pope County Courthouse Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 j
Mr. Nicholas S. Reynolds Bishop, Cook, Percell & Reynolds 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20005-3502 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations i
611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1 Nuclear Plant Road 1
Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Ms. Greta Dicus, Director I
Divisicn of Environmental Health a
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Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markan Street i
Little Rcck, Arkansas 72201 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Babcock & Wilcox fluclear Power Generation Division 1700 Rockville Pike, Sufte 525 Rockville, Maryland 20852 l