ML072320134

Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Extended Power Uprate

ML072320134
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/21/2007
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Lamb John G./NRR/DORL, 415-3100
References
TAC MD3002
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August 21, 2007Mr. William LevisPresident & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09Post Office Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONALINFORMATION REGARDING REQUEST FOR EXTENDED POWER UPRATE(TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Levis:

By letter dated September 18, 2006, as supplemented on October 10 and October 20, 2006;February 14, February 16, February 28, March 13, April 18, April 30, May 10, May 18, June 22,and August 3, 2007, PSEG Nuclear, LLC submitted an amendment request for an extendedpower uprate for Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The proposed amendment wouldincrease the authorized maximum power level by approximately 15 percent, from3339 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3840 MWt.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has been reviewing the submittal and has determinedthat additional information is needed to complete its review. The specific questions are found inthe enclosed request for additional information. The questions were sent by e-mail to you toensure that the questions were understandable, the regulatory basis was clear and to determineif the information was previously docketed. Mr. Paul Duke of your staff agreed to respond byAugust 31, 2007.Please note that if you do not respond to this letter within the prescribed response times orprovide an acceptable alternate date in writing, we may reject your application for amendmentunder the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 2.108. If you haveany questions, I can be reached at (301) 415-3100.Sincerely,/ra/ (R.B. Ennis for)John G. Lamb, Senior Project ManagerProject Directorate I-2Division of Operating Reactor LicensingOffice of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-354

Enclosure:

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Mr. Thomas JoyceSenior Vice President - OperationsPSEG NuclearP.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Dennis WinchesterVice President - Nuclear AssessmentPSEG NuclearP.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. George BarnesSite Vice President - Hope CreekPSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Carl FrickerVice President - Operations SupportPSEG NuclearP.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. John PerryPlant Manager - Hope CreekPSEG NuclearP.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. James MallonManager - LicensingPSEG NuclearP.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Jeffrie J. Keenan, EsquirePSEG Nuclear - N21P.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Michael GaffneyManager - Hope Creek Regulatory AssurancePSEG NuclearP.O. Box 236Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Township ClerkLower Alloways Creek TownshipMunicipal Building, P.O. Box 157Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. DirectorRadiation Protection ProgramsNJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415Trenton, NJ 08625-0415Mr. Brian BeamBoard of Public Utilities2 Gateway Center, Tenth FloorNewark, NJ 07102Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission475 Allendale RoadKing of Prussia, PA 19406Senior Resident InspectorHope Creek Generating StationU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionDrawer 0509Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 EnclosureREQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONREGARDING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGES FOREXTENDED POWER UPRATEHOPE CREEK GENERATING STATIONDOCKET NO. 50-354By letter dated September 18, 2006, as supplemented on October 10 and October 20, 2006;February 14, February 16, February 28, March 13, April 18, April 30, May 10, May 18, June 22,and August 3, 2007, PSEG Nuclear, LLC submitted an amendment request for an extendedpower uprate for Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The proposed amendment wouldincrease the authorized maximum power level by approximately 15 percent, from 3339megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3840 MWt. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined thatadditional information is needed to complete its review. The specific information requested isaddressed below. 7Balance of Plant Branch (SBPB) 7-19Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, Section 9.1.3.2.3 refers to Seismic Category Iemergency fuel pool water makeup from station service water system (SSWS) loop A anda redundant makeup line from SSW S loop B. In addition, a fire hose fill connectionlocated in the auxiliary build ing ties into the makeup line from SSWS loops A and B andprovides supplementary makeup water.Power Uprate Safety Analysis Report, Section 6.3.1 states that three Seismic Category Iemergency makeup sources, the low pressure coolant injection, emergency fire makeupsystem, and the service water system, hav e a makeup capability greater than 130 gallonsper minute. The two sources above are not consistent and clear. Please clarify the source, makeupcapability and seismic category of each emergency fuel pool water ma keup source to thespent fuel pool.