ML121290633

Letter, Withdrawal of Requested Licensing Action License Amendment Regarding Relocation of Specific Surveillance Frequency Requirements to a Licensee-Controlled Program

ML121290633
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	05/29/2012
From:	Kim J S Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Heacock D A Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
kim J, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-4125
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TAC ME6695
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UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT 3 -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING RELOCATION OF SPECIFIC SURVEILLANCE FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS TO A LICENSEE-CONTROLLED PROGRAM ADOPTION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TASK FORCE-425, REVISION 3 (TAC NO. ME6695)

Dear Mr. Heacock:

By letter dated July 5,2011, as supplemented by letter dated September 12, 2011, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC or the licensee) applied for an amendment to the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3), Facility Operating License No. NPF-49. The proposed amendment would relocate certain Technical Specification (TS) surveillance frequencies to a licensee-controlled program by adopting Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)-425, Revision 3, "Relocate Surveillance Frequencies of Licensee Control -Risk-Informed Technical Specification Task Force Initiative 5b." The proposed change would also add a new program, the Surveillance Frequency Control Program, to the TSs, in accordance with TSTF-425.

Subsequently, by letter dated May 8,2012, DNC requested to withdraw the amendment request. The Nuclear Regulatory 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, James Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY DOMINION NUCLEAR CONNECTICUT. DOCKET NO. MILLSTONE POWER STATION. UNIT NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC or the licensee) to withdraw its July 5, 2011, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 for the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3), located in town of Waterford, CT. The proposed amendment would relocate certain Technical Specification (TS) surveillance frequencies to a licensee-controlled program by adopting Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)-425, Revision 3, "Relocate Surveillance Frequencies of Licensee Control Risk-Informed Technical Specification Task Force Initiative 5b." The proposed change would also add a new program, the Surveillance Frequency Control Program, to the TSs, in accordance with TSTF-425.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 15, 2011 (76 FR 70771). However, by letter dated May 8, 2012, the licensee withdrew the proposed change. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 5, 2011, as supplemented by letter dated September 12, 2011, and the licensee's letter dated May 8,2012, which withdrew the application for license amendment.

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 th day of May 2012. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION James Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation OFFICE DORULPL 1-1/PM DORULPL 1-1/LA DRAlAPL NAME JKim KGoldstein DHarrison RElliott DATE 5/21/12 5/21112 5/21/12 5/23/12 DORULPL 1-lIBC GWilson 5/29/12 May 29,2012 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT 3 -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING RELOCATION OF SPECIFIC SURVEILLANCE FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS TO A LICENSEE-CONTROLLED PROGRAM ADOPTION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TASK FORCE-425, REVISION 3 (TAC NO. ME6695)

Dear Mr. Heacock:

By letter dated July 5, 2011, as supplemented by letter dated September 12, 2011, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC or the licensee) applied for an amendment to the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3), Facility Operating License No. NPF-49. The proposed amendment would relocate certain Technical Specification (TS) surveillance frequencies to a licensee-controlled program by adopting Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)-425, Revision 3, "Relocate Surveillance Frequencies of Licensee Control-Risk-Informed Technical Specification Task Force Initiative 5b." The proposed change would also add a new program, the Surveillance Frequency Control Program, to the TSs, in accordance with TSTF-425.

Subsequently, by letter dated May 8,2012, DNC requested to withdraw the amendment request. The Nuclear Regulatory 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, IRA! James Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423

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