ML061790519

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request (TAC Nos. MC5895, MC5896, and MC5897)

ML061790519
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	07/24/2006
From:	Olshan L N NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:	Hamilton B H Duke Power Co
Olshan L N, NRR/DORL, 415-1419
References
TAC MC5895, TAC MC5896, TAC MC5897
Download: ML061790519 (5)

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July 24, 2006Mr. Bruce H. HamiltonVice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - WITHDRAWAL OFAMENDMENTS REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC5895, MC5896, AND MC5897)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

By letter dated February 14, 2005, you applied for amendments to Oconee Nuclear Station,Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55,respectively. The proposed changes would have modified the facilities' technical specificationsto accommodate the replacement of the current analog-based reactor protective system (RPS)and engineered safeguards protective system (ESPS) with a digital computer-based RPS andESPS. Subsequently, by letter dated June 22, 2006, you withdrew the amendments request. The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments toFacility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA/Leonard N. Olshan, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawalcc w/encl: See next page

ML061790519OFFICENRR/LPL2-1/PMNRR/LPL2-1/LANRR/LPL2-1/BCNAMELOlshanMO'BrienEMarinosDATE07/24/0607/24/0607/24/06 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONDUKE POWER COMPANY LLCDOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSESThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted therequest of Duke Power Company LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its February 14, 2005, application for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38,DPR-47, and DPR-55 for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, located inOconee County. . The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications toaccommodate the replacement of the current analog-based reactor protective system (RPS)and engineered safeguards protective system (ESPS) with a digital computer-based RPS and ESPS. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance ofAmendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 16, 2005 (70 FR 12907).

However, by letter dated June 22, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments datedFebruary 14, 2005, and the licensee's letter dated June 22, 2006, which withdrew theapplication for license amendments. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, atthe NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will beaccessible electronically from the Agencywide 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 whoencounter 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 24 th day ofFOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Leonard N. Olshan, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Ms. Lisa F. VaughnDuke Power Company LLC 526 South Church Street P. O. Box 1006 Mail Code EC07H Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006Manager, LISNUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Dr., 3rd Floor Clearwater, FL 34619-1035Senior Resident InspectorU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672Mr. Henry Porter, DirectorDivision of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Dept. of Health and Env. Control 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29201-1708Mr. Michael A. SchoppmanFramatome ANP 1911 North Ft. Myer Dr.

Suite 705 Rosslyn, VA 22209Mr. B. G. DavenportRegulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Site Duke Energy Corporation ON03RC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672Ms. Karen E. LongAssistant Attorney General NC Department of Justice

P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Issues and Industry Affairs Duke Power Company LLC 526 S. Church St.

Mail Stop EC05P Charlotte, NC 28202Division of Radiation ProtectionNC Dept of Environment, Health, & Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Dr.

Raleigh, NC 27609-7721Mr. Peter R. Harden, IVVP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, NC 28210Mr. Henry BarronGroup Vice President, Nuclear Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer P.O. Box 1006-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28201-1006Mr. Charles BrinkmanDirector, Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852