ML20212L062

Forwards Safety Evaluation & Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10CFR50,App R,Section III.G.2, Fire Protection of Safe Shutdown Capability

ML20212L062
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	10/01/1999
From:	Nolan M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Hutchinson C ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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Mr. C. R:ndy Hutchinson October 1, 1999

. . . , Vic2 Pr :ident, Operations ANO Ent:rgy Operations, Inc.

( 1448 S. R. 333 Russellville, AR 72801 j

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF i 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX R, SECTION lil.G.2.c FOR ARKANSAS  !

NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT NO. 2 (TAC NO. MA1545) i

Dear Mr. Hutchinson:

By letter dated October 8,1997 (2CAN109703), as supplemented by letter dated February 25, 1999 (2CAN029905), Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), requested an exemption from certain requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix R, Section Ill.G.2," Fire Protection of Safe Shutdown Capability," for equipment i located below the 354-foot elevation of the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit No. 2 (ANO-2), intake structure. In particular, the licensee requested an exemption from the technical requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section Ill.G.2.c, which require fire detectors and an automatic fire suppression system to be installed in the subject area.

4 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, has issued the enclosed exemption for ANO-2. A copy of the exemption is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY i

M. Christopher Nolan, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-368 DISTRIBUTION R.Scholl (e-mail SE) l emDocket File S.Richards (cover itr only)

Enclosures:

1. Exemption PUBLIC M. Boyle

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Arkansas Nuclear One cc:

Executive Vice President Vice President, Operations Support

& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

Entergy Operations, Inc. P. O. Box 31995 P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Director, Division of Radiation P. O. Box 651 Control and Emergency Management Jackson, MS 39205 Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Manager, Rockville Nuclear Licensing Framatone Technologies 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 Rockville, MD 20852 Senior Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Reguatory Commission P. O. Box 310 )

London, AR 72847 i l

Regional Administrator, Region IV l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse Russellville, AR 72801 1

l May 1999