ML16082A496

Letter - Withdrawal of Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 5.5.6 for Extension of Type a and Type C Leak Rate Test Frequencies

ML16082A496
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/29/2016
From:	Huffman W C Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	FitzPatrick
Huffman W C, NRR-DORL 415-2046
References
CAC MF6680
Download: ML16082A496 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Vice-President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. March 29, 2016 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093

SUBJECT:

JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 5.5.6 FOR EXTENSION OF TYPE A AND TYPE C LEAK RATE TEST FREQUENCIES (CAC NO. MF6680)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated August 20, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15232A761), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy),.submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAF), Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-59. The proposed change would have modified the JAF Technical Specification 5.5.6, "Primary Containment Leak Rate Testing Program," to allow permanent extension of the Type A Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test interval to 15 years and to allow extension of Type C Local Leak Rate Test testing interval up to 75 months. Subsequently, by letter dated March 14, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16074A371), Entergy withdrew the license amendment request because it intends to permanently cease power operations at JAF at the end of the current operating cycle and, therefore, no longer needs to change the primary containment leak rate test frequencies.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

The NRC staff activities on the review have ceased and the associated Cost Activity Code (CAC No. MF6680) has been closed. If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-2046 or by e-mail at William. Huffman@nrc.gov.

Docket No. 50-333

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv Sincerely, William C. Huffman, Project Mana r Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-333 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-333; NRC-20YY-XXXX]

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

[7590-01-P]

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated August 20, 2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-59, for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAF). The proposed amendment would have revised the JAF Technical Specifications (TSs) to extend primary containment Type A and Type C leak rate test frequencies.

ADDRESSES:

Please refer to Docket ID <INSERT: NRC-20YY-XXX.X>

when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document.

You may obtain available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID <INSERT: NRC-20YY-XXXX>.

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For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

To begin the search, select "ADAMS Public Documents" and then select "Begin Web-based ADAMS Search." For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

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• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room 01-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Huffman, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone:

301-415-2046; e-mail: William.Huffman@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Entergy to withdraw its August 20, 2015, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML 15232A761) for proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-59 for the JAF, located in Oswego County, New York. The amendment would have revised TS 5.5.6, "Primary Containment Leak Rate Testing Program," to allow permanent extension of the Type A Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test interval to 15 years and to allow extension of Type C Local Leak Rate Test testing interval up to 75 months. Entergy withdrew the license amendment request because it intends to permanently cease power operations at JAF at the end of the current operating cycle and, therefore, no longer needs to change the primary containment leak rate test frequencies.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2015 (80 FR 61480). However, by letter dated March 14, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16074A371), the licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, thiS29th day of March, 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William C. Huffman, Project Manager, Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-2046 or by e-mail at William.Huffman@nrc.gov.

Docket No. 50-333

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal Sincerely, IRA/ William C. Huffman, Project Manager Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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