ML102780603

and Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 - Withdrawal of License Amendment Request Related to Upper Cable Spreading Room Fire Protection Requirements

ML102780603
Person / Time
Site:	Byron, Braidwood
Issue date:	10/13/2010
From:	David M J Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Pacilio M J Exelon Nuclear, Exelon Generation Co
David Marshall NRR/DORL/LPL3-2 415-154
References
TAC ME0971, TAC ME0972, TAC ME0973, TAC ME0974
Download: ML102780603 (4)

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UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 2010 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST RELATED TO UPPER CABLE SPREADING ROOM FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS (TAC NOS. ME0971, ME0972, ME0973, AND ME0974)

Dear Mr. Pacilio:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated March 26, 2009, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML090861 015), as supplemented by letters dated September 10, 2009 (ADAMS Accession No. ML092540075), March 15, 2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 100740499), and May 27,2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 101530125), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee).

submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to revise the fire protection program to eliminate the requirement for the backup manual carbon dioxide fire suppression system in the upper cable spreading rooms. Subsequently.

by letter dated September 20.2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 102630435).

the licensee withdrew the LAR. 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. (J , Mar all J. David, Senior Project Pia Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN-456, STN-457, STN 50-454, and STN 50-455 Notice of cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND AND BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND DOCKET NOS. STN 50-456, STN STN 50-454, AND STN NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Exelbn Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its March 26, 2009, application for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Will County, Illinois, and to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 for Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, located in Ogle County, Illinois.

The proposed amendment would have revised the fire protection program to eliminate the requirement for the backup manual carbon dioxide fire suppression system in the upper cable spreading rooms. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 19, 2009 (74 FR 23445). However, by letter dated September 20, 2010, the licensee withdrew the proposed change. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated March 26, 2009, as supplemented by letters dated September 10,2009, March 15, and May 27, 2010, and the licensee's letter dated September 20,2010, which withdrew the application for license amendment.

Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public

-2 Document Room (PDR). located at One White Flint North. Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.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.resource@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville.

Maryland.

this 13 th day of October 2010. FOR THE N.UCLEAR Mars1 J. David, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation October 13, 2010 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND BYRON STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST RELATED TO UPPER CABLE SPREADING ROOM FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS (TAC NOS. ME0971, ME0972, ME0973, AND ME0974)

Dear Mr. Pacilio:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated March 26, 2009, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML090861015), as supplemented by letters dated September 10, 2009 (ADAMS Accession No. ML092540075), March 15,2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 100740499), and May 27,2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 101530125), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee), submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to revise the fire protection program to eliminate the requirement for the backup manual carbon dioxide fire suppression system in the upper cable spreading rooms. Subsequently, by letter dated September 20,2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 102630435).

the licensee withdrew the LAR. 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, IRA! Marshall J. David, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN-456, STN-457, STN 50-454, and STN 50-455

Enclosure:

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