ML080460088

Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation Without Steam Dryer Input-Extended Power Uprate

ML080460088
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	02/28/2008
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Lamb John G./NRR/DORL, 415-3100
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ML080450616	List: ML080460088
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TAC MD3002
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 28, 2008 Mr. William Levis President & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC-N09 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPýE CREEK GENERATING STATION - TRANSMITTAL OF DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATION WITHOUT STEAM DRYER INPUT - EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Levis:

By letter dated September 18, 2006, as supplemented by letters dated October 10 and October 20, 2006; February 14, February 16, February 28, March 13 (2 letters), March 22, March 30 (2 letters), April 13, April 18, April 30, May 10, May 18 (3 letters), May 24, June 22, July 1.2, August 3, August 17 (2 letters), August 27, August 31, September 11, October 10, October 23, November 15, Novemb~er 30, and December 31, 2007; January 14, January 15, January 16, January 18, January 25, and January 30, 2008; PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG or the licensee) submitted a proposed license amendment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek).

The. proposed amendment would increase the authorized maximum power level by approximately 15 percent, from the- current licensed thermal power of 3,339 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3,840 MWt. The proposed increase in power level is considered an extended power uprate.

Enclosed is the draft safety evaluation (SE) without the steam dryer input that the NRC staff has prepared to support the proposed Hope Creek EPU license amendment. The draft SE is being withheld from public disclosure at this time, because it contains proprietary information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390. The NRC staff has made some preliminary proprietary markings in the draft SE identified by text enclosed within double brackets. However, the staff believes that not all proprietary text has been marked. The staff requests that PSEG provide comments regarding the proprietary content in the draft SE by March 6, 2008. Comments may also be provided regarding the factual accuracy of the information in the draft SE.

The Enclosure transmitted herewithI contains Official Use Only - Proprietary Information. When separated from the Enclosure, this document is decontrolled.

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OFF-ICIAL- USE ON1 =Y PROPRIETARY INFORMATIONf W. Levis The response time frame was discussed with Mr. Jeff Keenan of your staff on February 14, 2008. If circumstances result in the need to revise your response date, or if you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

4Wt G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager fla nt Licensing Branch 1-2 Oivi sion of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354

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Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Thomas Joyce Mr. Michael Gaffney Senior Vice President - Operations Manager - Hope Creek Regulatory PSEG Nuclear Assurance P.O. Box 236 PSEG Nuclear Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessment Township Clerk PSEG Nuclear Lower Alloways Creek Township P.O. Box 236 Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge,'NJ 08038 Mr. Canl Fricker Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Vice President - Operations Support Radiation Protection Programs PSEG Nuclear NJ Department of Environmental P.O. Box 236 Protection and Energy Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. John Perry Plant Manager - Hope Creek Mr. Brian Beam PSEG Nuclear Board of Public Utilities P.O. Box 236 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. James Mallon Regional Administrator, Region I Manager - Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear 475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 236 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Jeifrie J. Keenan, Esquire Hope Creek Generating Station PSEG Nuclear - N21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 236 Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. William Levis President & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

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