ML073180358

Review of Measurement Uncertainty Recapture Power Uprate Application

ML073180358
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	11/19/2007
From:	Thomas Wengert NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-2
To:	Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Wengert, Thomas NRR/DORL 415-4037
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TAC MD5240
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November 19, 2007 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - REVIEW OF MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECAPTURE POWER UPRATE APPLICATION FOR DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 (TAC NO. MD5240)

Dear Mr. Bezilla:

By letter dated April 12, 2007, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) submitted an amendment request for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Unit No. 1 (DBNPS). The proposed amendment, using a feedwater flow measurement uncertainty recapture (MUR),

would change the DBNPS operating license to increase the maximum authorized power level by approximately 1.6 percent above the current maximum authorized power level. The MUR amendment request was scheduled for completion by November 18, 2007.

On July 25, 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff submitted a request for additional information (RAI) concerning the application. By letter dated September 18, 2007, FENOC provided responses to the RAI, which included a commitment to provide the setpoint calculations for the high flux trip field instrumentation for NRC staff review by November 1, 2007. On November 8, 2007, FENOC informed the NRC that, due to insufficient staff resources caused by the unexpected departure of two key engineers working on the calculation, FENOC would not be able to provide that information until some time in January 2008.

To date the NRC staff has tracked the DBNPS MUR power uprate application review under TAC No. MD5240. The NRC staff has completed a substantial portion of the review of your application, but is unable to complete the review at this time because of a lack of information concerning the high flux trip instrumentation. Therefore, in order to more efficiently manage NRC staff resources, the NRC staff is closing TAC MD5240. Upon receipt of the information necessary to support your application, the NRC staff will resume its review. A new TAC will be established to track the NRC staff=s reviews necessary to complete the review of your application. Closure of TAC No. MD5240 does not represent a denial of FENOC=s license amendment request. Rather, the NRC considers this amendment to be on hold. Therefore, FENOC does not need to resubmit this request. However, we encourage FENOC to align its resources to supplement the MUR power uprate application with the outstanding information necessary for the NRC to complete its review.

M. Bezilla If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at 301-415-4037.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas J. Wengert, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346 cc: See next page

ML073180358 NRR-106 OFFICE LPL3-2/PM LPL3-2/LA LPL3-2/BC DPR/PGCB/BC DORL/DD NAME TWengert EWhitt RGibbs MMurphy CHaney DATE 11/14/07 11/14/07 11/14/ 07 11/19/07 11/19/07 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 cc: President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance Port Clinton, OH 43252 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station President, Board of County Mail Stop A-DB-3065 Commissioners of Lucas County 5501 North State Route 2 One Government Center, Suite 800 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Toledo, OH 43604-6506 Director, Ohio Department of Commerce The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Division of Industrial Compliance United States House of Representatives Bureau of Operations & Maintenance Washington, D.C. 20515 6606 Tussing Road P.O. Box 4009 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 United States House of Representatives 14400 Detroit Avenue Resident Inspector Lakewood, OH 44107 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5503 North State Route 2 Joseph J. Hagan Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Stephen Helmer Mail Stop A-GO-14 Supervisor, Technical Support Section 76 South Main Street Bureau of Radiation Protection Akron, OH 44308 Ohio Department of Health 35 East Chestnut Street, 7th Floor David W. Jenkins, Attorney Columbus, OH 43215 FirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-15 Carol O=Claire, Chief, Radiological Branch 76 South Main Street Ohio Emergency Management Agency Akron, OH 44308 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering Zack A. Clayton FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company DERR Mail Stop A-GO-14 Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 76 South Main Street P.O. Box 1049 Akron, OH 44308 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Manager, Fleet Licensing State of Ohio FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Public Utilities Commission Mail Stop A-GO-2 180 East Broad Street 76 South Main Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Akron, OH 44308 Attorney General Office of Attorney General 30 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43216

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Richard Anderson Vice President, Nuclear Support FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308