ML14015A010

Letter to P. R. Simpson Exemption Request for Transnuclear, Inc., TN-68 Casks Loaded with Fuel Bundles with Incorrect Cooling Times at the Peach Bottom Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Acknowledgment of Withdrawal (TAC No. L247

ML14015A010
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom, 07201027
Issue date:	01/14/2014
From:	Janice Nguyen NRC/NMSS/SFST/LID/LB
To:	Simpson P Exelon Generation Co
Nguyen J
References
TAC L24749
Download: ML14015A010 (3)

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January 14, 2014

Mr. Patrick R. Simpson, Manager-Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

EXEMPTION REQUEST FOR TRANSNUCLEAR, INC. TN-68 CASKS LOADED WITH FUEL BUNDLES WITH INCORRECT COOLING TIMES AT THE PEACH BOTTOM INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL (TAC NO. L24749)

Dear Mr. Simpson:

By letter dated May 23, 2013 (ML13144A219), Ex elon Generation Company, LLC (EGC) submitted an exemption request for the four Peach Bottom Power Station (PBAPS) Unit 3 fuel assemblies that were loaded into four TN - 68 casks (i.e., one assembly per cask) with cooling times less than the minimum cooling time specified in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No.

1027, Amendment No. 0, Appendix A, Technical Specification (TS) 2.1.1, Table 2.1.1-1, "Minimum Acceptable Cooling Time as a Function of Max. Burnup and Min. Initial Enrichment".

By letter dated January 06, 2014 (ML14006A355), EGC requested to withdraw the application from NRC review. The NRC acknowledges your request to withdraw the application. NRC staff activities on the review have ceased and the associated Technical Assignment Control number has been closed.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 287-9202.

Sincerely, /RA/

John-Chau Nguyen, Sr. Project Manager Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Docket Nos.: 72-29, 50-277, 50-278, 72-1027 TAC No.: L24749

cc: See attached list

Mr. Patrick R. Simpson, Manager-Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

EXEMPTION REQUEST FOR TRANSNUCLEAR, INC. TN-68 CASKS LOADED WITH FUEL BUNDLES WITH INCORRECT COOLING TIMES AT THE PEACH BOTTOM INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL (TAC NO. L24749)

Dear Mr. Simpson:

By letter dated May 23, 2013 (ML13144A219), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (EGC) submitted an exemption request for the four Peach Bottom Power Station (PBAPS) Unit 3 fuel assemblies that were loaded into four TN - 68 casks (i.e., one assembly per cask) with cooling times less than the minimum cooling time specified in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1027, Amendment No. 0, Appendix A, Technical Specification (TS) 2.1.1, T able 2.1.1-1, "Minimum Acceptable Cooling Time as a Function of Max. Burnup and Min. Initial Enrichment".

By letter dated January 06, 2014 (ML14006A355), EGC requested to withdraw the application from NRC review. The NRC acknowledges your request to withdraw the application. NRC staff activities on the review have ceased and the associated Technical Assignment Control number has been closed.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 287-9202.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John-Chau Nguyen, Sr. Project Manager Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Docket Nos.: 72-29, 50-277, 50-278, 72-1027 TAC No.: L24749 cc: See attached list Close out TAC# L24749 Distribution: SFST r/f MLombard SCoffin DMarcano AGendelman JDavis (SFST) BDean/RI MFerdas/RI JNicholson/RI REnnis/NRR SHansell/RI RRolph/RI RMcCullum/NEI JBorowsky DForsyth CAraguas MRahimi ADAMS: ML14015A010 File location:G:\SFST\Nguyen\Peach Bottom TN68\withdrawal of exemption request-acknowled gement letter.docx DIVISION SFST SFST SFST NAME: JCNguyen WWheatley (via email)

BJDavis for MSampson DATE: 01/13/2014 01/13/2014 1/14/14 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

LETTER FOR PEACH BOTTOM EXEMPTION Mr. Donis Shaw Transnuclear, Inc.

7135 Minstrel Way Columbia, MD 21045

Mr. John Schrage Exelon Generation Company, LLC

4300 Winfield Road

Warrenville, IL 60555