PNP 2015-002, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment Request for Approval of Palisades Nuclear Plant 10 CFR 50 Appendix G Equivalent Margins Analysis

Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment Request for Approval of Palisades Nuclear Plant 10 CFR 50 Appendix G Equivalent Margins Analysis

ML15028A525
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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	01/28/2015
From:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML15029A061	List: ML15028A527 PNP 2015-002, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment Request for Approval of Palisades Nuclear Plant 10 CFR 50 Appendix G Equivalent Margins Analysis
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~Entergy Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant eNi Inc.

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Ml 49043-9530 Covert, MI Tel 269 764 2000 Anthony J. Vitale President Site Vice President PNP 2015-002 January 28, 2015 u.s.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment Request for Approval of Palisades Nuclear Plant 10 CFR 50 Appendix G Equivalent Margins Analysis Palisades Nuclear Plant Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

REFERENCES:

1. Palisades Nuclear Plant, Application for Renewed Operating License, dated March 22, 2005 (ADAMS Accession No.

M L050940446).

ML050940446).

2. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. letter PNP 2014-099, License Amendment Request for Approval of Palisades Nuclear Plant 10 CFR 50 Appendix G Equivalent Margins Analysis, dated November 12, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML ML14316A370).

14316A370).

3. NRC letter, Palisades Nuclear Plant - Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment for an Equivalent Margin Analysis Completed in Accordance with 10 CFR 50, Appendix G (TAC NO. MF5 163), dated January 15, MF5163), 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15012A305).

ML15012A305).

Dear Sir or Madam:

In the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) license renewal application (Reference 1), 1),

Nuclear Management Company (NMC), the former license holder for PNP, committed to submit an equivalent margins analysis (EMA) for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval in accordance with 10 10 CFR 50 Appendix G, Section IV, Fracture "Fracture Toughness Requirements.

Requirements."

201 5-002 PLP 2015-002 Page 2 of 2 ENO submitted an amendment application for the PNP operating In Reference 2, END license pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90 requesting approval of an EMA completed in accordance with 10 CFR 50 Appendix G, Section IV.

ENO received a request for additional information (RAI) concerning the In Reference 3, END license amendment request.

ENO response to the RAI is provided in Attachment 1.

The END This letter identifies no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.9150.9 1(b),

(b), a copy of this application, with the attachment, is being provided to the designated State of Michigan official.

II declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on January 28, 2015.

Sincerely, I~~

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Attachment:

1. Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Amendment Request for Approval of Palisades Nuclear Plant 10 CFR 50 Appendix G Equivalent Margins Analysis cc: Administrator, Region III, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC USN RC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC State of Michigan