WO 10-0053, Letter Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, AC Sources - Operating.

Letter Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, AC Sources - Operating.

ML102300387
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	08/10/2010
From:	Hedges S Wolf Creek
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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WO 10-0053
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W0LF CREEK rNUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION Stephen E. Hedges Site Vice President August 10, 2010 WO 10-0053 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Reference:

1) Letter WO 09-0022, dated September 3, 2009; from M. W.

Sunseri, WCNOC, to USNRC

2) NRC letter dated March 12, 2010, from B. K. Singal, USNRC, to M. W. Sunseri, WCNOC

3) Letter WO 10-0013, dated April 6, 2010, from S. E. Hedges, WCNOC, to USNRC

Subject:

Docket No. 50-482: Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, "AC Sources - Operating" Gentlemen:

Reference 1 provided Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation's (WCNOC) application to revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.1, "AC Sources - Operating," consistent with the changes previously approved in Amendment No. 101 and with the guidance in Generic Letter 93-05, "Line-Item Technical Specifications Improvements to Reduce Surveillance Requirements for Testing During Power Operation (Generic Letter 93-05)." Reference 2 provided a request for additional information related to the application. Reference 3 provided WCNOC's response to the request for additional information.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff and WCNOC personnel held teleconferences on June 17, 2010, June 22, 2010 and July 6, 2010 to discuss Reference 3 and the proposed changes to TS 3.8.1, Required Actions B.3.1 and B.3.2. Based on the results of these teleconferences, WCNOC is withdrawing the license amendment request. However, WCNOC respectfully requests that the NRC provide WCNOC documentation of the specific issues that require resolution that would support NRC approval of proposed changes consistent with the intent of Generic Letter 93-05, Enclosure 1, Line-Item TS Improvement 10.1, Emergency Diesel Generator Surveillance Requirements.

P.O. Box 411 / Burlington, KS 66839 / Phone: (620) 364-8831 An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/HC/VET

WO 10-0053 Page 2 of 2 This letter contains no commitments. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (620) 364-4190, or Mr. Richard D. Flannigan at (620) 364-4117.

Sincerely, Step ?EHedges n

SEH/rlt cc: E. E. Collins (NRC)

T. A. Conley (KDHE)

G. B. Miller (NRC)

B. K. Singal (NRC)

Senior Resident Inspector (NRC)