ML063100321

Changes to the Technical Specifications Bases (Tac Nos. MD3439 and MD3440)

ML063100321
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	12/19/2006
From:	Nerses V NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Christian D Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
Nerses V
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TAC MD3439, TAC MD3440
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December 19, 2006Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 - CHANGES TO THETECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS BASES (TAC NOS. MD3439 AND MD3440)

Dear Mr. Christian:

By letter dated October 26, 2006, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC) provided theNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with changes to Technical Specifications (TSs) Basespages 3/4 4-6b, 3/4 4-7, 3/4 4-7a, 3/4 4-7b, 3/4 4-7c, 3/4 5-3, 3/4 5-4, 3/4 5-5, 3/4 5-6, 3/4 6-4, and 3/4 7-7 for Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 2, and page 3/4 1-1 for Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3. DNC provided the TSs Bases pages to the NRC for information only.As you are aware, the TSs Bases are not part of the TSs as defined by Title 10 of the Code ofFederal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.36. Changes to the TSs Bases may be made withoutprior NRC approval, provided the changes do not require either a change in the TSs incorporated in the license or a change to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, or Bases that requires NRC approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.The TSs Bases you provided are hereby returned to you and should be inserted in the TSs toensure the NRC staff and DNC have identical TSs Bases pages. The NRC staff did not perform an evaluation of your TSs Bases changes and staff concurrence with the changes is not implied by this letter. The NRC staff may review the evaluations that support these TSs Bases changes during the next inspection of Millstone Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 implementation of 10 CFR 50.59.Sincerely,/RA/Victor Nerses, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-336 and 50-423

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Lillian M. Cuoco, EsquireSenior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Building 475, 5 th Floor Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.Director, Division of Radiation Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406First SelectmenTown of Waterford 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385Charles Brinkman, DirectorWashington Operations Nuclear Services Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852Senior Resident InspectorMillstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357Mr. John MarkowiczCo-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 9 Susan Terrace Waterford, CT 06385Ms. Nancy Burton147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870Mr. Evan W. WoollacottCo-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terry's Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070Mr. Joseph RoyDirector of Operations Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056Mr. David W. DodsonLicensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Building 475, 5 th FloorRoper Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Building 475, 5 th FloorRope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Chris L. FunderburkDirector, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711