ML20206N900

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amend to License NPF-47.Amend Would Have Established New TS 3.10.9, Control Rod Pattern - Cycle 8, Added to Section 3.10.9, Special Operations

ML20206N900
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Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	05/12/1999
From:	Robert Fretz NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY OPER.ATIONS. INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-458 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), to withdraw its November 20,1P98, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 for the River Bend Station, Unit No.1, located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

The proposed amendment would have established a new Technical Specification (TS),

TS 3.10.9, " Control Rod Pattom - Cycle 8,' added to Section 3.10, "Special Operations." The  ;

new TS 3.10.9 was requested as a result of a plant-specific configuration where control rods

. were inserted into the reactor core for neutron flux suppression surrounding fuel assemblics that were identified as having possible fuel cladding defects. The new requirement was intended to be effective for the remainder of fuel cycle 8, which has been completed, and was to be in force when rod withdrawal operations begin from a condition of 100 percent rod density to 20 percent rated thermalpower.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of lasuance of

- Amendmwat published in the Federal Reglater on December 16,1998 (63 FR 69338).

However, by letter dated April 8,1999, the licenses withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 20,1998, and the licensee's letter dated April 8,1999, which withdrew the

. application for license amendment. The above documents are available for public inspection at I l

the Commission's Public Document Room, located at the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., I

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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/ ,s Robert J. Fretz, Project Manager, Section 1 Prcject Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licencing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation I

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