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Withdrawal of an Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3/4.3.2 to Remove Exemption from Testing Certain Relays at Power to Support Elimination of Potential Single Point Vulnerability (EPID L-2022-LLA-0169)-FRN
ML23340A233
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Site: Waterford Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 12/28/2023
From: James Drake
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:
Entergy Operations
Klett A
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ML23340A236 List:
References
EPID L-2022-LLA-0169, NRC-2023-0046, 89 FR 418; January 3, 2024
Download: ML23340A233 (3)


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-382; NRC-2023-0046]

Entergy Operations, Inc.;

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; License Amendment Application AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:; Notice; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated November 1, 2022, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. The proposed amendment would have revised Technical Specification 3/4.3-2, Table 4.3-2, Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements, Table Notation (3), to remove the exemption from testing relays K114, K305, and K313 at power.

DATES: This document was published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0046 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:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact section of this document.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Drake, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-8378; email: Jason.Drake@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of the licensee to withdraw its application dated November 1, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22305A693) for the proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.

The proposed amendment would have revised TS 3/4.3-2, Table 4.3-2, Engineered Safety Features Actuation system Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements, Table Notation (3), to remove the exemption from testing relays K114, K305, and K313 at power.

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The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2023 (88 FR 10557).

However, by letter dated September 28, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23271A178),

the licensee withdrew the proposed amendment.

Dated: December 28, 2023.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Jason J. Drake, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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