ML062900322

Hope Creek Generating Station - Extended Power Uprate Accpetance Review Results

ML062900322
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/18/2006
From:	Bailey S N NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Bailey S N,NRR/DLPM,415-1321
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TAC MD3002
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October 18, 2006Mr. William LevisSenior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - EXTENDED POWER UPRATEACCEPTANCE REVIEW RESULTS (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Levis:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated September 18, 2006, assupplemented on October 10, 2006, PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee) submitted an application requesting authorization to increase the maximum steady-state power level at the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek) from 3339 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3952 MWt, which is an increase of 15 percent. This requested change is commonly referred to as an extended power uprate (EPU). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of the Hope Creek EPU application. The purpose of an acceptance review is to determine whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with its detailed technical review, and also to ensure that the application adequately characterizes the regulatory requirements and licensing basis of the plant. The NRC staff used the guidance contained in Review Standard (RS)-001, Revision 0, "Review Standard for Extended Power Uprates,"

December 2003, for the acceptance review. On the basis of its review, the NRC staff has determined that the licensee has provided necessary and sufficient information in the Hope Creek EPU application, as supplemented, for the staff to begin its detailed technical review. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1321 or at snb@nrc.gov

.Sincerely,/RA/Stewart N. Bailey, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-354 cc: See next page Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Dennis WinchesterVice President - Nuclear Assessments PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. George P. BarnesSite Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. George H. GellrichPlant Support Manager PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Michael J. MassaroPlant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Darin BenyakDirector - Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. James MallonManager - Licensing 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348Jeffrie J. Keenan, EsquirePSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Michael JesseManager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Township ClerkLower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. DirectorRadiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy

CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415Mr. Brian BeamBoard of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406Senior Resident InspectorHope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

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