ML061300233

Notice of Amendment Request Withdrawal, Relief Valves to Isolate Penetration Flow Paths

ML061300233
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	05/12/2006
From:	Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLG
To:	Gerald Williams Entergy Operations
Vaidya, Balchandra
References
TAC MC7970
Download: ML061300233 (5)

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May 12, 2006Mr. George A. Williams Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (GGNS), RE: WITHDRAWAL OFAN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC7970)

Dear Mr. Williams:

By letter dated June 27, 2005, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating LicenseNo. NPF-29. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification 3.6.1.3 to allow relief valves to be used to isolate penetration flow paths at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Subsequently, by letter dated May 5, 2006, you withdrew the amendment request. The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment toFacility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA/Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-416

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page May 12, 2006Mr. George A. Williams Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (GGNS), RE: WITHDRAWAL OFAN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC7970)

Dear Mr. Williams:

By letter dated June 27, 2005, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating LicenseNo. NPF-29. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification 3.6.1.3 to allow relief valves to be used to isolate penetration flow paths at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Subsequently, by letter dated May 5, 2006, you withdrew the amendment request. The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment toFacility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA/Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-416

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION

PUBLICRidsNrrDorlLplgRidsRgn4MailCenter (KKennedy) LPLIV ReadingRidsNrrPMBVaidyaJPulsipher RidsNrrDorlDprRidsNrrLADJohnsonRDennig RidsOgcRpRidsAcrsAcnwMailCenterTKobetzACCESSION NO: ML061300233OFFICELPL4/PMLPL4/LAACVB/BC LPL4/BCNAMEBVaidya; mxr4DJohnsonRDennigDTerao DATE5/11/065/10/06N/A5/12/06OFFICIAL RECORD COPY 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC., SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC., SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION, AND ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1DOCKET NO. 50-416 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FORAMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSEThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request ofEntergy Operations, Inc., et al. (the licensee) to withdraw its application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,Unit 1, located in Claiborne County, Mississippi, dated June 27, 2005. The proposed amendment would have revised the Facility Operating License to c hangeTechnical Specification 3.6.1.3, Required Actions A.1 and B.1, to add closed relief valves asacceptable isolation devices provided that the relief setpoint is greater than 1.5 timescontainment design pressureThe Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance ofAmendment, published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 30, 2005 (70 FR 51381). However, by letter dated May 5, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment datedJune 27, 2005, and the licensee's letter dated May 5, 2006, which withdrew the application forlicense amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC'sPublic 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 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 toADAMS 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 byemail to pdr@nrc.gov.Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of May 2006.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation May 2006Grand Gulf Nuclear Station cc:Executive Vice President

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