ML102150086

Comment on Hope Creek, License Amendment Request (LAR) H09-06: License Amendment Request to Adopt TSTF-460, Revision 0, Control Rod Scram Times.

ML102150086
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/20/2010
From:	Mulligan P State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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{{#Wiki_filter:,$tatt of Nefn 3rrsrv DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CHRIS CHRISTIE Division of Environmental Safety and Health BOB MARTIN Governor Commissioner Radiation Protection and Release Prevention Element KIM GUADAGNO Bureau of Nuclear Engineering Lt. Governor PO Box 415 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0415 Phone: (609) 984-7700 Fax: (609) 984-7513 July 20, 2010 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Gentlemen:

Subject:

Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS), Docket No. 50-354, License Amendment Request (LAR) H09-06: "License Amendment Request to Adopt TSTF-460, Revision 0, 'Control Rod Scram Times"' PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) submitted the subject amendment request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on December 1, 2009. The proposed amendment would revise the Technical Specification (TS)testing frequency for the pi*esent TScontr6l rf6d scram insertion times and would adopi a revised control riod scram time test evaluation methododogy, alohg with other changes that would align the Hope Cree Techhical Spcifications with NUREG -1433, Revision 3, "Standard Technical Specifications (STS), GenieraIxElectr*c Pl*nt, BVv -4". The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Nuclear Engineering (NJ BNE) reviewed the request in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.91(b). We have the following comment: LAR H09-06 Section 6.0, "Commitments," mistakenly addresses changes pertaining to the reactor recirc.ilation system.nthat-{ 'rerfeqiiusted ih 'LAR H09-02 (dated July 30, 2009). Therefore, LAR H09-06 Section 6.0 should!be revised' to delete any references to.the reactor recirculation system and to in iide the commitments pertaining to the control rod systeem as sum.iIarized in LAR H09-06 Attachment 4. ADio New Jersey is an Equal OpportunitY Employer i Printedon Recycled Paper and Recvclable

If you have any questions, please contact Jerry Humphreys at (609) 984-7469. Sincerely, Patrick Mulligan Manager Bureau of Nuclear Engineering c: P. Baldauf, New Jersey DEP, Assistant Director N. McNamara, NRC Region I State Liaison Officer R. Ennis, NRC Hope Creek Project Manager B. Welling, NRC Senior Resident Inspector, Hope Creek M. Gaffney, PSEG Manager Hope Creek Regulatory Assurance C. Neely, PSEG Director Regulatory Affairs}}