ML19260F412

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML19260F412
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	09/25/2019
From:	Joel Wiebe Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co
Wiebe J
References
EPID L-2018-LLA-0208
Download: ML19260F412 (6)

Text

UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 25, 2019 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)

Exelon Nuclear Braidwood 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2-WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST {EPID L-2018-LLA-0208)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

By letter dated July 19, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18204A169), as supplemented by letters dated October 19, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18296A288) and May 30, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No.

Ml19150A428), you applied for amendments to the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77. The proposed change would have modified the facility operating licenses to utilize TVEL TVS-K lead test assemblies.

Subsequently, by letter dated August 12, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19225C054), you withdrew the amendment request.

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

Sincerely, 1

oel S. Wiebe, Sr. Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch Ill Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc: Listserv

ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-456 and 50-457; NRC-2018-0277]

Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station Units 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC to withdraw its application dated July 19, 2018, as supplemented by letters dated October 19, 2018 and May 30, 2019, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77. The proposed amendment would have modified the renewed facility operating licenses to utilize TVEL TVS-K lead test assemblies.

DATES: [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0277 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0277. Address questions about NRC dockets IDs in

..;.,;

;;;.====::...::. to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; e-mail:

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

search, select " For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.

• 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: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6606, e-mail: ~il:Y.1l!fil~!illr:~2Y SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its July 19, 2018, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML18204A169), as supplemented by letters dated October 19, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18296A288), and May 30, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. Ml19150A428), for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 for the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Dewitt County, Illinois.

The proposed amendments would have added new License Conditions to Appendix C, "Additional Conditions," of the Braidwood Station Renewed Operating Licenses for Units 1 and 2, that authorize the use of up to eight Joint Stock Company TVEL (Fuel Company of Rosatom) TVS-K lead test assemblies in non-limiting reactor core locations for operation and evaluation.

2

The NRC's initial proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration was published in the Federal Register dated January 8, 2019 (84 FR 91).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of September, 2019.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

IRA/

Jo.el S. Wiebe, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch Ill, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

3

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (EPID L-2018-LLA-0208)

DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 DISTRIBUTION:

PUBLIC PM File Copy RidsACRS_MailCTR Resource RidsNrrDorlDpr Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl3 Resource RidsNrrLASRohrer Resource RidsNrrPMBraidwood Resource RidsRgn3MailCenter Resource ADAMS Accession Nos.:

LTR: ML19260F412 FRN: ML19260F307 OFFICE NRR/D0RL/LPL3/PM NRR/D0RL/LPL3/LA NRR/D0RL/LPL3/BC NRR/D0RL/LPL3/PM NAME JWiebe SRohrer LRegner JWiebe DATE 09/18-19 09/18/19 09/20/19 09/25/19 OFFICIAL AGENCY RECORD