ML062410538

Ltr Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML062410538
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	09/08/2006
From:	Wang A NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Ridenoure R Omaha Public Power District
Wang A, NRR/DORL/LPLIV, 415-1445
References
TAC MC3586
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September 8, 2006 Mr. R. T. Ridenoure Vice President - Chief Nuclear Officer Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

Post Office Box 550 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT:

FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC3586)

Dear Mr. Ridenoure:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated May 14, 2004, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) applied for an amendment to the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1 (FCS),

Facility Operating License No. DPR-40. The proposed change would have provided a risk-informed alternative to the existing restoration period for the High-Pressure Safety Injection (HPSI) System.

The FCS application of the risk informed change integrates Westinghouse Owners Group (WOG) recommendations identified in WCAP-15773, Joint Application Report for the Implementation of a Risk Management Technical Specification for the High Pressure Safety Injection (HPSI) System. The NRC staff review of this topical is ongoing and the NRC staff has determined that a revised license amendment request needs to be submitted. As such, OPPD by letter dated August 25, 2006, has requested to withdraw the May 14, 2004, license amendment request. OPPD expects to resubmit a revised license amendment request during the first quarter of 2007.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Alan B. Wang, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-285

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML062410538 OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME AWang LFeizollahi DTerao DATE 9/8/06 9/8/06 9/8/06 Ft. Calhoun Station, Unit 1 cc:

Winston & Strawn Mr. Daniel K. McGhee ATTN: James R. Curtiss, Esq. Bureau of Radiological Health 1700 K Street, N.W. Iowa Department of Public Health Washington, DC 20006-3817 Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Chairman Des Moines, IA 50319 Washington County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 466 Blair, NE 68008 Mr. John Hanna, Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 310 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Mr. David J. Bannister, Manager Fort Calhoun Station Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station FC-1-1 Plant P.O. Box 550 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550 Mr. Joe L. McManis Manager - Nuclear Licensing Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550 April 2006

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-285 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Omaha Public Power District (the licensee) to withdraw its May 14, 2004, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 for the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1 (FCS), located in Washington County, Nebraska.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications Section 2.3(2)b, Modification of Minimum Requirements. Specifically, the proposed change would have provided a risk-informed alternative to the existing restoration period for the High-Pressure Safety Injection System.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on July 6, 2004 (69 FR 40677). However, by letter dated August 25, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated May 14, 2004, and the licensee's letter dated August 25, 2006, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who

encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737 or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of September 2006.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Alan B. Wang, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation