ML061430246

TMI and Zion - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) Re Submittal of Changes to Quality Assurance Topical Report

ML061430246
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden, Peach Bottom, Oyster Creek, Byron, Three Mile Island, Braidwood, Limerick, Clinton, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle
Issue date:	06/27/2006
From:	Jabbour K Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co
Jabbour K, NRR/DORL, 415-1496
References
TAC L52680, TAC L52681, TAC L52682, TAC L52683, TAC MC9318, TAC MC9319, TAC MC9320, TAC MC9321, TAC MC9322, TAC MC9323, TAC MC9324, TAC MC9325, TAC MC9326, TAC MC9327, TAC MC9328, TAC MC9329, TAC MC9330, TAC MC9331, TAC MC9332, TAC MC9333, TAC MC9334
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June 27, 2006 Mr. Christopher M. Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2; BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2; CLINTON POWER STATION, UNIT 1; DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION; PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1; AND ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3)

CONCERNING SUBMITTAL OF CHANGES TO QUALITY ASSURANCE TOPICAL REPORT (TAC NOS. MC9318 THROUGH MC9334 AND L52680 THROUGH L52683)

Dear Mr. Crane:

The Commission has approved the enclosed exemption from specific requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.54(a)(3) for the facilities listed above.

This action is in response to your application dated December 14, 2005, regarding the submission of periodic quality assurance topical report changes that do not reduce commitments.

A copy of the exemption is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kahtan N. Jabbour, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457; STN 50-454 and STN 50-455; 50-461; 50-10, 50-237, and 50-249; 50-373 and 50-374; 50-352 and 50-353; 50-219; 50-171, 50-277, and 50-278; 50-254 and 50-265; 50-289; and 50-295 and 50-304

Enclosure:

Exemption cc w/encl: See next page

Mr. Christopher M. Crane, President June 27, 2006 and Chief Executive Officer Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2; BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2; CLINTON POWER STATION, UNIT 1; DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION; PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1; AND ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3)

CONCERNING SUBMITTAL OF CHANGES TO QUALITY ASSURANCE TOPICAL REPORT (TAC NOS. MC9318 THROUGH MC9334 AND L52680 THROUGH L52683)

Dear Mr. Crane:

The Commission has approved the enclosed exemption from specific requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.54(a)(3) for the facilities listed above.

This action is in response to your application dated December 14, 2005, regarding the submission of periodic quality assurance topical report changes that do not reduce commitments.

A copy of the exemption is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kahtan N. Jabbour, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457; STN 50-454 and STN 50-455; 50-461; 50-10, 50-237, and 50-249; 50-373 and 50-374; 50-352 and 50-353; 50-219; 50-171, 50-277, and 50-278; 50-254 and 50-265; 50-289; and 50-295 and 50-304

Enclosure:

Exemption cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Byron/Braidwood Stations cc:

Dwain W. Alexander, Project Manager Attorney General Westinghouse Electric Corporation 500 S. Second Street Energy Systems Business Unit Springfield, IL 62701 Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Joseph Gallo Division of Disaster Assistance &

Gallo & Ross Preparedness 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1014 110 East Adams Street Washington, DC 20036 Springfield, IL 62701-1109 Howard A. Learner Byron Station Plant Manager Environmental Law and Policy Exelon Generation Company, LLC Center of the Midwest 4450 N. German Church Road 35 East Wacker Dr., Suite 1300 Byron, IL 61010-9794 Chicago, IL 60601-2110 Site Vice President - Byron U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Exelon Generation Company, LLC Byron Resident Inspectors Office 4450 N. German Church Road 4448 N. German Church Road Byron, IL 61010-9794 Byron, IL 61010-9750 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regional Administrator, Region III Braidwood Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 35100 S. Rt. 53, Suite 79 Suite 210 Braceville, IL 60407 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 County Executive Will County Office Building Ms. Lorraine Creek 302 N. Chicago Street RR 1, Box 182 Joliet, IL 60432 Manteno, IL 60950 Braidwood Station Plant Manager Chairman, Ogle County Board Exelon Generation Company, LLC Post Office Box 357 35100 S. Rt. 53, Suite 84 Oregon, IL 61061 Braceville, IL 60407-9619 Mrs. Phillip B. Johnson Ms. Bridget Little Rorem 1907 Stratford Lane Appleseed Coordinator Rockford, IL 61107 117 N. Linden Street Essex, IL 60935 George L. Edgar Morgan, Lewis and Bockius 1800 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-5869

Byron/Braidwood Stations Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Site Vice President - Braidwood Exelon Generation Company, LLC 35100 S. Rt. 53, Suite 84 Braceville, IL 60407-9619 Senior Vice President of Operations Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Braidwood Exelon Generation Company, LLC 35100 S. Rt. 53, Suite 84 Braceville, IL 60407-9619 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Byron Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4450 N. German Church Road Byron, IL 61010-9794 Assistant General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Manager Licensing - Braidwood, Byron and LaSalle Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 cc:

Senior Vice President of Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Clinton Power Station Plant Manager 4300 Winfield Road AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Warrenville, IL 60555 Clinton Power Station RR 3, Box 228 Illinois Emergency Management Clinton, IL 61727-9351 Agency Division of Disaster Assistance & Resident Inspector Preparedness U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 110 East Adams Street RR #3, Box 229A Springfield, IL 62701-1109 Clinton, IL 61727 Vice President - Licensing and Regional Administrator, Region III Regulatory Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Suite 210 4300 Winfield Road 2443 Warrenville Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Manager Licensing - Dresden, Quad Cities, Assistant General Counsel and Clinton Exelon Generation Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way 4300 Winfield Road Kennett Square, PA 19348 Warrenville, IL 60555 R. T. Hill Regulatory Assurance Manager - Clinton Licensing Services Manager AmerGen Energy Company, LLC General Electric Company Clinton Power Station 175 Curtner Avenue, M/C 481 RR3, Box 228 San Jose, CA 95125 Clinton, IL 61727-9351 Chairman of DeWitt County Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs c/o County Clerks Office AmerGen Energy Company, LLC DeWitt County Courthouse 4300 Winfield Road Clinton, IL 61727 Warrenville, IL 60555 J. W. Blattner Document Control Desk - Licensing Project Manager AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Sargent & Lundy Engineers 4300 Winfield Road 55 East Monroe Street Warrenville, IL 60555 Chicago, IL 60603 Site Vice President - Clinton Power Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Clinton Power Station RR 3, Box 228 Clinton, IL 61727-9351

Dresden Nuclear Power Units 2 and 3 cc:

Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Senior Vice President of Operations Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road 4300 Winfield Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 Warrenville, IL 60555 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Exelon Generation Company, LLC Affairs 6500 N. Dresden Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Morris, IL 60450-9765 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Dresden Exelon Generation Company, LLC Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs 6500 N. Dresden Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Morris, IL 60450-9765 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dresden Resident Inspectors Office Assistant General Counsel 6500 N. Dresden Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Morris, IL 60450-9766 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Chairman Grundy County Board Manager Licensing - Dresden, Administration Building Quad Cities and Clinton 1320 Union Street Exelon Generation Company, LLC Morris, IL 60450 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suite 210 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Division of Disaster Assistance &

Preparedness 110 East Adams Street Springfield, IL 62701-1109 Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 cc:

Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station Robert Cushing, Chief, Public Utilities Division Exelon Generation Company, LLC Illinois Attorney General's Office 2601 North 21st Road 100 W. Randolph Street Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 Chicago, IL 60601 LaSalle County Station Plant Manager Regional Administrator Exelon Generation Company, LLC U.S. NRC, Region III 2601 North 21st Road 801 Warrenville Road Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle Illinois Emergency Management Exelon Generation Company, LLC Agency 2601 North 21st Road Division of Disaster Assistance &

Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 Preparedness 110 East Adams Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Springfield, IL 62701-1109 LaSalle Resident Inspectors Office 2605 North 21st Road Document Control Desk - Licensing Marseilles, IL 61341-9756 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire Warrenville, IL 60555 Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Senior Vice President of Operations Chicago, IL 60603 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Assistant Attorney General Warrenville, IL 60555 100 W. Randolph St. Suite 12 Chicago, IL 60601 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Exelon Generation Company, LLC LaSalle County Board 4300 Winfield Road 707 Etna Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Ottawa, IL 61350 Attorney General 500 S. Second Street Springfield, IL 62701 Chairman Illinois Commerce Commission 527 E. Capitol Avenue, Leland Building Springfield, IL 62706

LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Assistant General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Dresden, Quad Cities and Clinton Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

Limerick Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Site Vice President Assistant General Counsel Limerick Generating Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way P.O. Box 2300 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Sanatoga, PA 19464 Correspondence Control Desk Plant Manager Exelon Generation Company, LLC Limerick Generating Station P.O. Box 160 Exelon Generation Company, LLC Kennett Square, PA 19348 P.O. Box 2300 Sanatoga, PA 19464 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Assurance Manager - Limerick 475 Allendale Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC King of Prussia, PA 19406 P.O. Box 2300 Sanatoga, PA 19464 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Limerick Generating Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC P.O. Box 596 4300 Winfield Road Pottstown, PA 19464 Warrenville, IL 60555 Library Vice President - Operations, Mid-Atlantic U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Exelon Generation Company, LLC Region I 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N 475 Allendale Road Kennett Square, PA 19348 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Vice President Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Exelon Generation Company, LLC Protection 4300 Winfield Road Rachel Carson State Office Building Warrenville, IL 60555 P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Director Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Exelon Generation Company, LLC Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E 646 West Ridge Pike Kennett Square, PA 19348 Linfield, PA 19468 Manager Licensing Dr. Judith Johnsrud Limerick Generating Station National Energy Committee Exelon Generation Company, LLC Sierra Club 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E 433 Orlando Avenue Kennett Square, PA 19348 State College, PA 16803

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 388 P.O. Box 160 Forked River, NJ 08731 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Senior Vice President of Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Operations Exelon Generation Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Regulatory Assurance Manager Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP Oyster Creek 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Assistant General Counsel Environmental Protection AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Bureau of Nuclear Engineering 200 Exelon Way CN 415 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Trenton, NJ 08625 Ron Bellamy, Region I Vice President - Licensing and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Affairs 475 Allendale Road AmerGen Energy Company, LLC King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Regional Administrator, Region I 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1--1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Kennett Square, PA 19348 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Plant Manager Mayor of Lacey Township AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 818 West Lacey Road P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 445 Forked River, NJ 08731

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:

Site Vice President Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Pennsylvania Department of Exelon Generation Company, LLC Environmental Protection 1848 Lay Road Rachel Carson State Office Building Delta, PA 17314 P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Assistant General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC Board of Supervisors 200 Exelon Way Peach Bottom Township Kennett Square, PA 19348 545 Broad Street Ext.

Delta, PA 17314-9203 Plant Manager Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Mr. Richard McLean Exelon Generation Company, LLC Power Plant and Environmental 1848 Lay Road Review Division Delta, PA 17314 Department of Natural Resources B-3, Tawes State Office Building Regulatory Assurance Manager Annapolis, MD 21401 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC Dr. Judith Johnsrud 1848 Lay Road National Energy Committee Delta, PA 17314 Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue Resident Inspector State College, PA 16803 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Manager-Financial Control & Co-Owner P.O. Box 399 Affairs Delta, PA 17314 Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Regional Administrator, Region I Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Manager Licensing-Peach Bottom King of Prussia, PA 19406 Atomic Power Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC Mr. Roland Fletcher 200 Exelon Way, KSA -3E Department of Environment Kennett Square, PA 19348 Radiological Health Program 2400 Broening Highway Baltimore, MD 21224 Correspondence Control Desk Exelon Generation Company, LLC P. O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:

Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President-Operations Mid-Atlantic Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Senior Vice President, Nuclear Services Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Director-Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348

Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2 cc:

Site Vice President - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC Illinois Emergency Management 22710 206th Avenue N. Agency Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Division of Disaster Assistance &

Preparedness Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager 110 East Adams Street Exelon Generation Company, LLC Springfield, IL 62701-1109 22710 206th Avenue N.

Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC Regulatory Assurance Manager - Quad Cities 4300 Winfield Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Warrenville, IL 60555 22710 206th Avenue N.

Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Senior Vice President of Operations Exelon Generation Company, LLC Quad Cities Resident Inspectors Office 4300 Winfield Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Warrenville, IL 60555 22712 206th Avenue N.

Cordova, IL 61242 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs David C. Tubbs Exelon Generation Company, LLC MidAmerican Energy Company 4300 Winfield Road One River Center Place Warrenville, IL 60555 106 E. Second, P.O. Box 4350 Davenport, IA 52808-4350 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Vice President - Law and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC MidAmerican Energy Company 4300 Winfield Road One River Center Place Warrenville, IL 60555 106 E. Second Street P.O. Box 4350 Assistant General Counsel Davenport, IA 52808 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Chairman Kennett Square, PA 19348 Rock Island County Board of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Manager Licensing - Dresden, Quad Cities Rock Island County Office Bldg. and Clinton Rock Island, IL 61201 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Regional Administrator Warrenville, IL 60555 U.S. NRC, Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 cc:

Site Vice President - Three Mile Island Nuclear Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Station, Unit 1 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E P. O. Box 480 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Middletown, PA 17057 Director Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Bureau of Radiation Protection AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Pennsylvania Department of 4300 Winfield Road Environmental Protection Warrenville, IL 60555 Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Vice President - Operations, Mid-Atlantic Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Plant Manager - Three Mile Island Nuclear Kennett Square, PA 19348 Station, Unit 1 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs P. O. Box 480 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Middletown, PA 17057 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Regional Administrator AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Region I P.O. Box 480 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Middletown, PA 17057 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Ronald Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman 475 Allendale Road Board of County Commissioners King of Prussia, PA 19406 of Dauphin County Dauphin County Courthouse Michael A. Schoppman Harrisburg, PA 17120 Framatome ANP Suite 705 Chairman 1911 North Ft. Myer Drive Board of Supervisors Rosslyn, VA 22209 of Londonderry Township R.D. #1, Geyers Church Road Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Middletown, PA 17057 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 2301 Market Street, S23-1 Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-1) Philadelphia, PA 19101 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 219 Middletown, PA 17057

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 cc:

Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Eric Epstein TMI Alert 4100 Hillsdale Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Assistant General Counsel AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348

Zion Nuclear Power Station Zion Nuclear Power Station Decommissioning Plant Manager Exelon Generation Company, LLC 101 Shiloh Boulevard Zion, IL 60099-2797 Regulatory Assurance Engineer - Zion Exelon Generation Company, LLC 101 Shiloh Boulevard Zion, IL 60099-2797 Senior Vice President of Operations Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Associate General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2; BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2; CLINTON POWER STATION, UNIT 1; DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION; PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2 AND 3; QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1; AND ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS, STN 50-456 AND STN 50-457; STN 50-454 AND STN 50-455; 50-461; 50-10, 50-237, AND 50-249; 50-373 AND 50-374; 50-352 AND 50-353; 50-219; 50-171, 50-277, AND 50-278; 50-254 AND 50-265; 50-289; AND 50-295 AND 50-304 EXEMPTION

1.0 BACKGROUND

Exelon Generation Company, LLC, and AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (the licensees) are the holders of the Facility Operating License (FOL) Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 for the Braidwood Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Braidwood), which consists of two pressurized-water reactors (PWRs) located in Will County, Illinois; NPF-37 and NPF-66 for the Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Byron), which consists of two PWRs located in Ogle County, Illinois; NPF-62 for the Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (Clinton), which consists of a boiling-water reactor (BWR) located in DeWitt County, Illinois; DPR-2, DPR-19, and DPR-25 for the Dresden Nuclear Power

Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Dresden), which consists of three BWRs located in Grundy County, Illinois; NPF-11 and NPF-18 for the LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 (LaSalle), which consists of two BWRs located in LaSalle County, Illinois; NPF-39 and NPF-85 for the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (Limerick), which consists of two BWRs located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; DPR-16 for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek), which consists of a BWR located in Ocean County, New Jersey; DPR-12, DPR-44, and DPR-56 for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Peach Bottom), which consists of three BWRs located in York and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania; DPR-29 and DPR-30 for the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (Quad Cities),

which consists of two BWRs located in Rock Island County, Illinois; DPR-50 for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Three Mile Island), which consists of a PWR located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; and DPR-39 and DPR-48 for the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (Zion), which consists of two PWRs located in Lake County, Illinois. The licenses provide, among other things, that the facilities are subject to all the rules, regulations, and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, Commission) now or hereafter in effect.

2. REQUEST/ACTION Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.54(a)(3), requires that changes to the quality assurance program description that do not reduce commitments must be submitted to the NRC in accordance with the reporting requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e).

The regulation at 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) requires that revisions to the final safety analysis report (FSAR) be submitted annually or six months after a refueling outage, provided the interval between updates does not exceed 24 months. As an alternative, the licensees propose that changes to the quality assurance program that do not reduce commitments be submitted on a 24-month calendar schedule, not to exceed 24 months from the previous submittal. The exemption would apply to each of the licensees' plants identified above.

3. DISCUSSION Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 when (1) the exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security; and (2) when special circumstances are present. Special circumstances are present whenever, according to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii), Application of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the purpose of the rule.

Operational quality assurance programs are generally described in Chapter 17.2 of a licensees Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR) or, alternately, in a topical report incorporated into the USAR by reference. The licensees quality assurance program, described in the Quality Assurance Topical Report (QATR), is common to the 21 units requesting the exemption. Compliance with 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) would require these changes to be submitted annually or after a refueling outage for each of the licensees units.

The licensees stated that the proposed exemption is strictly administrative and does not reduce commitments or effectiveness of the quality assurance program as described in the QATR, and does not adversely affect plant equipment, operation, or procedures. The exemption will not alter the manner in which changes to the common QATR are evaluated in order to ensure that there is no reduction in commitment. Changes to the common QATR will be reviewed through the existing applicable administrative and programmatic control processes to ensure that QATR changes are properly evaluated and implemented. The methods and procedures used to evaluate changes to the common QATR are not changed or modified.

The underlying purpose of the rule is to ensure that periodic submittals required under 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) would allow the NRC staff to provide regulatory oversight of changes to the

licensees' quality assurance program, and to ensure that the changes are consistent with the regulations.

The exemption requested by the licensees only extends the reporting period, and does not exceed the time period between successive updates established by 10 CFR 50.71(e).

Reporting of routine and administrative changes to the quality assurance program that do not reduce commitments for each of the licensees' units over a 2-year period is not consistent with the underlying purpose of the rule, nor is it necessary to achieve the purpose of the rule.

Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii), special circumstances are present.

The NRC staff examined the licensees rationale that supports the exemption request and concluded that the alternative reporting cycle of 24 months for submitting QATR changes specified under 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) provides adequate control and is consistent with the underlying purpose of 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3).

Based on the foregoing, the NRC staff concludes that the changes specified in 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) are administrative and routine in nature. Also, the NRC staff concludes that the requested exemption would not result in any significant reduction in the effectiveness of the quality assurance program implemented by the licensees. Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the proposed exemption would not present an undue risk to the public health and safety.

4.0 CONCLUSION

Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50.12, the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Also, special circumstances are present. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants the licensees an exemption from the

requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) for Braidwood, Byron, Clinton, Dresden, LaSalle, Limerick, Oyster Creek, Peach Bottom, Quad Cities, Three Mile Island, and Zion stations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will have no significant effect on the quality of the human environment (71 FR 29359).

This exemption is effective upon issuance.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of June 2006.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Catherine Haney, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation