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 Owner's 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 resubm it 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

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April 2006 Ft. Calhoun Station, Unit 1 cc: Winston & Strawn ATTN: James R. Curtiss, Esq.

1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006-3817 Chairman 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 Mr. Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health

Iowa Department of Public Health

Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor

321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319 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 NRC's

Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Mary land. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencyw ide 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