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Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amend to FOLs DPR-33,DPR-52 & DPR-68,respectively.Amends Request Revising BFN Custom TSs to Remove Identified non-conservatism Re Number of RHRSW Pumps Required to Be Operable
ML20154J654
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Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 10/08/1998
From: Raghavan L
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY POCKET NOS. 50-259. 50-260 AND 50-296 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTTO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted A

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request by the Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee) to withdraw its December 30,1997, application for an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68 issued to the licensee for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1,2 and 3, respectively, located in Limestone County, Alabama. Notice of consideration of issuance of this )

amendment was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on February 11,1998 (63 FR 6999).

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, The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the BFN Custom Technical specifications (CTS) to remove an identified non-conservatism conceming the )

I number of residual heat removal system service water (RHRSW) pumps required for multi-unit  !

operation. This change also proposed to reduce the number of RHRSW pumps required to be operable after a unit has been in the cold shutdown condition for more than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

On July 14,1998, NRC issued Amendment Nos. 234,253, and 212 to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-69 for BFN Units 1,2, and 3, respectively, which i

approved conversion of CTS to improved Technical Specifications (ITS). These license amendments also approved the licensee's December 30,1997 proposed CTS change relating to the RHRSW pumps operation. As a result, by letter dated September 18,1998, the licensee informed the staff that it no longer requires staff action relating to its December 30,1997 application for CTS change relating to RHRSW pump operation. Thus the licensee's December 30,1997 application is considered withdrawn by the licensee.

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s 0 For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated December 30,1997, the licensee's September 18,1998 letter and the staffs letter dated October ,1998, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC and at the local public document room located at the Athens Public Library,405 E. South Street, Athens, Alabama.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of October 1998.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION "h .k L. Raghavan, Sen r Project Manager Project Directorate Il-3 Division of Reactor Projects-l/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 4

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