ML080460088

Hope Creek Generating Station-Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation Without Steam Dryer Input-Extended Power Uprate

ML080460088
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	02/28/2008
From:	Lamb J G NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Lamb John G./NRR/DORL, 415-3100
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ML080450616	List: ML080460088
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TAC MD3002
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AZý't~ OFFICIAL U- N IOR ARY INFORMATIN UNITED STATES/NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 28, 2008 Mr. William Levis President

& Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC-N09 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPýE CREEK GENERATING STATION -TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION WITHOUT STEAM DRYER INPUT -EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Levis:

By letter dated September 18, 2006, as supplemented by letters dated O ctober 10 and October 20, 2006; February 14, February 16, February 28, March 13 (2 letters), March 22, March 30 (2 letters), April 13, April 18, April 30, May 10, May 18 (3 letters), May 24, June 22, July 1.2, August 3, August 17 (2 letters), August 27, August 31, September 11, October 10, October 23, November 15, Novemb~er 30, and December 31, 2007; January 14, January 15, January 16, January 18, January 25, and January 30, 2008; PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG or the licensee) submitted a proposed license amendment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek).The. proposed amendment would increase the authorized maximum power level by approximately 15 percent, from the- current licensed thermal power of 3,339 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3,840 MWt. The proposed increase in power level is considered an extended power uprate.Enclosed is the draft safety evaluation (SE) without the steam dryer input that the NRC staff has prepared to support the proposed Hope Creek EPU license amendment.

The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure at this time, because it contains proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390. The NRC staff has made some preliminary proprietary markings in the draft SE identified by text enclosed within double brackets.

However, the staff believes that not all proprietary text has been marked. The staff requests that PSEG provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE by March 6, 2008. Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.The Enclosure transmitted herewithI contains Official Use Only -Proprietary Information.

When separated from the Enclosure, this document is decontrolled.

QrErIf&I Al LJ r ~Ll 1. %f Mr1~Q1TA lklý R fipA'rlkp11?%k OFF-ICIAL-USE ON1 =Y PROPRIETARY INFORMATIONf W. Levis-2-The response time frame was discussed with Mr. Jeff Keenan of your staff on February 14, 2008. If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.4Wt G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager fla nt Licensing Branch 1-2 Oivi sion of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354

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Enclosure:

See next page Hope Creek Generating Station Mr. Thomas Joyce Senior Vice President

-Operations PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President

-Nuclear Assessment PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Canl Fricker Vice President

-Operations Support PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. John Perry Plant Manager -Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Manager -Licensing PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Jeifrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear -N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 cc: Mr. Michael Gaffney Manager -Hope Creek Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge,'NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Brian Beam Board of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. William Levis President

& Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC -N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 OFFICGIAL USE ONLY=ý PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Ai W. Levis-2-The response time frame was discussed with Mr. Jeff Keenan of your staff on February 14, 2008. If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.Sincerely, Ira!John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354

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