View source for GO2-16-173, Supplement to Response to Request for Additional Information Related to Columbia LAR: Fire Protection RAI-1

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| number = ML16347A404
| issue date = 12/12/2016
| title = Supplement to Response to Request for Additional Information Related to Columbia LAR: Fire Protection RAI-1
| author name = Javorik A
| author affiliation = Energy Northwest
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| addressee affiliation = NRC/Document Control Desk, NRC/NRR
| docket = 05000397
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| case reference number = GO2-16-173
| document type = Letter type:GO, Response to Request for Additional Information (RAI)
| page count = 2
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| stage = Supplement
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{{#Wiki_filter:Alex L. Javorik Columbia Generating Station P.O. Box 968, PE04 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Ph. 509-377-8555 l F. 509-377-2354 aljavorik@energy-northwest.com December 12, 2016 GO2-16-173 10 CFR 50.90 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

==Subject:==
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-397 SUPPLEMENT TO RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO COLUMBIA MUR LAR: FIRE PROTECTION RAI-1

==References:==
: 1. Letter GO2-16-096 from A. L. Javorik (Energy Northwest) to NRC:
                "License Amendment Request to Revise Operating License and Technical Specifications for Measurement Uncertainty Recapture (MUR) Power Uprate," dated June 28, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16183A365)
: 2. Letter GO2-16-124 from A. L. Javorik (Energy Northwest) to NRC:
                "Response to License Amendment Request - Opportunity to Supplement,"
dated August 18, 2016 (ADAMS ML16231A511)
: 3. E-mail from M. Watford (NRC) to R. M. Garcia (Energy Northwest)
                "Request for Additional Information, Columbia MUR LAR: Fire Protection," dated October 27, 2016 (CAC No. MF8060)
: 4. Letter GO2-16-153 from A. L. Javorik (Energy Northwest) to NRC:
                "Response to Request for Additional information, Columbia MUR LAR:
Fire Protection," dated November 10, 2016 (ADAMS ML16319A175)

==Dear Sir or Madam:==

By Reference 1, Energy Northwest submitted a license amendment for Columbia Generating Station (Columbia) for measurement uncertainty recapture as a power uprate. By Reference 2, Energy Northwest supplemented the original request. In Reference 3, the NRC requested additional information related to the fire protection system at Columbia. By Reference 4, Energy Northwest provided response to Reference 3.
On November 16, 2016, during a phone call between the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and Energy Northwest staff, Energy Northwest agreed to provide the following additional clarification to the NRC Staff on Energy Northwests RAI-1 response sent in Reference 4:
: 1. With regards to the information provided in response to NRC Fire Protection RAI-1 in Reference 4, Columbia remains in compliance with its fire protection program licensing basis and the applicable portions of 10 CFR 50 Appendix R.

G02-16-173 Page 2 of 2 The No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination (NSHCD) provided in the original submittal is not altered by this submittal. This letter contains no regulatory commitments.
If there are any questions or if additional information is needed, please contact Mr. R.M.
Garcia, Licensing Supervisor, at 509-377-8463.
I declare under pen~% of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed this    l 'Z   day of   'J}ece,flf/ kr, 2016.
A. L. vorik Vice President, Engineering

==Enclosures:==
None cc:     NRC Region IV Administrator NRC NRA Project Manager NRC Sr. Resident Inspector - 988C CD Sonoda - BPN1399 (email)
WA Horin - Winston & Strawn RR Cowley-WDOH (email)
EFSECutc.wa.gov - EFSEC (email)}}