ML073230328

Acknowledgement Letter Steam Generator Tube Rupture Re-Analysis (TAC MD3750 and MD3751)

ML073230328
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	11/20/2007
From:	Nadiyah Morgan NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-1
To:	Sena P FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Morgan N, NRR/DORL, 415-1016
References
TAC MD3750, TAC MD3751
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November 20, 2007

Mr. Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER RE: STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE RE-ANALYSIS (TAC NOS. MD3750 AND M D3751)

Dear Mr. Sena:

In response to your original application dated October 4, 2004, the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) issued Amendment No. 275 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 and Amendment No. 156 to Facility O perating License No. NPF-73 for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (BVPS-1 and 2) on July 19, 2006. Subsequently, by letter dated November 30, 2006, as supplemented by letter dated March 28, 2007, you submitted certain corrected information regarding the steam generator tube rupture analysis, impacted by the extended power uprate. Your correction letters indicated that you have performed a Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 50.59 evaluation to address the analytical changes and the Emergency Operating Procedure updates and determined that prior NRC approval was not required to implement the changes.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59, lic ensees are permi tted to make changes to the facility and procedures, as described in the updated final safety analysis report (UFSAR), and to conduct tests or experiments not described in the UFSAR, without prior NRC approval, provided a change to the Technical Specifications is not involved or the proposed change, test or experiment does not meet the criteria of 10 CFR 50.59(c)(2).

P. Sena III Please be advised that you are required to maintain records of changes in the facility, of changes in procedures, and of tests and experiments made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59(c), in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B. These records may be subject to NRC audit/inspection, if any.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Nadiyah S. Morgan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

cc: See next page P. Sena III Please be advised that you are required to maintain records of changes in the facility, of changes in procedures, and of tests and experiments made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59(c), in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B. These records may be subject to NRC audit/inspection, if any.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Nadiyah S. Morgan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

cc: See next page

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cc:

Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 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

Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 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

David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149

Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44308

Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

Richard Anderson Vice President, Nuclear Support FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 76 South Main Street Mail Stop A-GO-14 Akron, Ohio 44308

Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305

Director, Utilit ies Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573

Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr.

Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (continued)

cc:

Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803

Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469

Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077

Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406

Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077