ML092470456

W. Berg Ltr Acknowledgement of License Amendment Request for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor, Possession Only License No. DPR-45, in Support of Dry Cask Storage Project (TAC No. J00359) (LAC-14071)

ML092470456
Person / Time
Site:	La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date:	09/10/2009
From:	Kristina Banovac NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Berg W Dairyland Power Cooperative
References
LAC-14071, TAC J00359
Download: ML092470456 (3)

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September 10, 2009 Mr. William L. Berg President and Chief Executive Officer Dairyland Power Cooperative 3200 East Avenue South P.O. Box 817 La Crosse, WI 54602-0817

SUBJECT:

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR LA CROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR, POSSESSION ONLY LICENSE NO. DPR-45, IN SUPPORT OF DRY CASK STORAGE PROJECT (TAC NO. J00359) (LAC-14071)

Dear Mr. Berg:

By letter dated July 28, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML092470459), as supplemented by letters dated August 7, 2009 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML092310242 and ML092260299), you submitted a license amendment request for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), Possession Only License No. DPR-45. Your request proposes changes to Technical Specifications (TS), in support of the dry cask storage project at LACBWR. Specifically, you are requesting changes to the definition of fuel handling, TS 2.2.3 (drainage of Fuel Element Storage Well (FESW)), TS 4.1.2 (limiting condition for operation of FESW), and TS 5.1.2.1 - TS 5.1.2.2 (surveillance requirements for FESW).

We have completed the initial processing of your request, which is an administrative review. We have determined that the information provided in the document is sufficient to begin the technical review. Please note that the technical review may identify omissions in the submitted information or technical issues not identified during the administrative review that require additional information. If we determine that additional information is needed to complete our review, we will send you a request for additional information by December 2009.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-5114 or Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No.: 50-409 License No.: DPR-45 cc: See next page

ML092310242 and ML092260299), you submitted a license amendment request for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), Possession Only License No. DPR-45. Your request proposes changes to Technical Specifications (TS), in support of the dry cask storage project at LACBWR. Specifically, you are requesting changes to the definition of fuel handling, TS 2.2.3 (drainage of Fuel Element Storage Well (FESW)), TS 4.1.2 (limiting condition for operation of FESW), and TS 5.1.2.1 - TS 5.1.2.2 (surveillance requirements for FESW).

We have completed the initial processing of your request, which is an administrative review. We have determined that the information provided in the document is sufficient to begin the technical review. Please note that the technical review may identify omissions in the submitted information or technical issues not identified during the administrative review that require additional information. If we determine that additional information is needed to complete our review, we will send you a request for additional information by December 2009.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-5114 or Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No.: 50-409 License No.: DPR-45 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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