ML072670216

Stretch Power Uprate Acceptance Review

ML072670216
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	10/15/2007
From:	Chernoff H NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Christian D Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
Lamb John G./NRR/DORL, 415-3100
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TAC MD6070
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October 15, 2007 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION UNIT 3 - STRETCH POWER UPRATE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW (TAC NO. MD6070)

Dear Mr. Christian:

By letter dated July 13, 2007, as supplemented on September 12, 2007, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC), licensee of the Millstone Power Station Unit 3 (MPS3), submitted the application, Stretch Power Uprate to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The proposed license amendment would allow an increase in the maximum authorized power level from 3411 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3650 MWt, and make changes to the technical specifications as necessary to support operation at the stretch power level. The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of DNC's stretch power uprate (SPU) application for MPS3. The acceptance review determines whether or not there is sufficiently detailed information to allow the staff to proceed with its detailed technical review.

The review also ensures that the application adequately characterizes the regulatory requirements and licensing basis of the plant.

Based on the review of the information provided in the submittals mentioned above, the NRC staff has determined that DNC has provided the necessary information for the staff to begin a detailed technical review. Additionally, the staff has determined that your application meets the criteria for an SPU as the requested power increase is approximately 7 percent, and there are limited plant modifications required to support the uprate.

DNC requested that the NRC staff complete its detailed review by June 30, 2008, in order to be prepared for the MPS3 refueling outage currently scheduled for the fall of 2008. Mr. John G.

Lamb, NRC Senior Project Manager, discussed with your staff that your application may require more review time as a result of your proposed revisions to the licensing basis for the alternative source term dose consequence analysis. Mr. Lamb discussed a new requested completion date with Mr. Ron Thomas of your staff and agreed upon August 15, 2008.

D. Christian If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Lamb at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely,

/ra/

Harold Chernoff, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423 cc: See next page

D. Christian If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Lamb at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely,

/ra/

Harold Chernoff, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC RidsNrrDciCpnb TFrye RidsNrrAdro PDI-2 Reading JMcHale AKlein RidsNrrDorl RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 WKemper RLobel RidsNrrDorlDpr RidsNrrPmJHughey RidsNrrDeEeeb JParillo RLaufer TAlexion RidsNrrDeEqvb BBalsam RidsRgn1MailCenter RPowell MKotzales NPatel RidsEdoMailCenter GCranston RidsNrrDeEqvb SRay RidsNrrLAABaxter RDennig RPettis GCheruvenki RidsNrrPMJLamb RidsNrrDssSnpb MHart MYoder RidsNrrLARSola TKobetz MRubin SMazumdar RidsOgcRp RidsNrrDciCsgb EBenner NIqbal RidsAcrsAcnwMailCenter MMitchell NSalgado ACCESSION NO.: ML072670216 OFFICE LPLI-2/PM LPLI-2/LA LPL2-2/LA LPLI-2/PM LPL-I-2/BC NAME JLamb ABaxter CSola JHughey HChernoff DATE 9/24/07 9/25/07 9/28/07 10/01/07 10/15/2007 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 cc:

Lillilan M. Cuoco, Esquire Mr. Joseph Roy, Senior Counsel Director of Operations Dominion Resources Services, Inc. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Building 475, 5th Floor Electric Company Rope Ferry Road Moody Street Waterford, CT 06385 P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.

Director, Division of Radiation Mr. J. Alan Price Department of Environmental Protection Site Vice President 79 Elm Street Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Regional Administrator, Region I Waterford, CT 06385 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Mr. Chris Funderburk King of Prussia, PA 19406 Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support First Selectmen Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Town of Waterford 5000 Dominion Boulevard 15 Rope Ferry Road Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. David W. Dodson Mr. J. W. "Bill" Sheehan Licensing Supervisor Co-Chair NEAC Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

19 Laurel Crest Drive Building 475, 5th Floor Waterford, CT 06385 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terry's Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870