NL-08-073, Withdrawal of Proposed Change to Fire Protection License Conditions
| ML081340494 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/06/2008 |
| From: | Robert Walpole Entergy Operations |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NL-08-073 | |
| Download: ML081340494 (2) | |
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Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, N.Y. 10511-0249 Enfffl-Tel (914) 734-6710 May 6, 2008 Re:
Indian Point Units 2 & 3 Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286 NL-08-073 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001
Subject:
Withdrawal of Proposed Change to Fire Protection License Conditions for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units No. 2 and 3
References:
- 1. Entergy Letter NL-07-026, "Proposed Change to Fire Protection License Conditions for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units No. 2 and 3," dated March 13, 2007 (NRC ADAMS Accession No. ML070810237)
Dear Sir or Madam:
The purpose of this letter is to request the withdrawal of a proposed change to the Fire Protection License Conditions for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units No. 2 (IP2) and 3 (IP3) transmitted via Reference 1.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) submitted a License Amendment Request (Reference 1) for a change to License Condition 2.,K for IP2 and License Condition 2.H, for IP3. Specifically, the LAR requested that each of these fire protection license conditions be revised to remove the listing of dated Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) contained therein. One of the reasons for this request was to eliminate the need for subsequent license amendments to add the dates for future Fire Protection SERs to the license conditions, which would have to be done after an SER was issued, and which would be an unnecessary administrative burden. The impetu's for this was the recognition that a number of Exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix R could be requested in the future with the necessity to request subsequent License Amendments to revise the fire protection license conditions.
On April 8, 2008, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff communicated to Entergy that the fire protection license conditions are based on Generic Letter 86-10, which says to include fire protection program provisions which were approved in a SER.
Therefore, since 10 CFR 50, Appendix R exemptions do not have SERs associated
NL-08-073 Docket Nos. 50-247, 50-286 Page 2 of 2 with them, the exemption approval dates do not have to be added to the fire protection license conditions. This understanding eliminates the need to revise the fire protection license conditions to include exemption requests, therefore, Entergy is requesting the withdrawal of the amendment request submitted in Reference 1.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mr. Robert Walpole, Manager, Licensing at 914-734-6710.
Sincerely, Robert W. Walpole Manager, Licensing Indian Point Energy Center cc:
Mr. John P. Boska, Senior Project Manager, NRC NRR DORL Mr. Samuel J. Collins, Regional Administrator, NRC Region I NRC Resident Inspector's Office, Indian Point Energy Center Mr. Paul Eddy, New York State Department of Public Service Mr. Paul D. Tonko, President NYSERDA