ML072840011

Withdrawal of License Amendment Request Add License Condition 2.C That Allows Technical Specifications Surveillance Intervals to Be Extended on One-time Basis for 14th Fuel Cycle

ML072840011
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	10/15/2007
From:	Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Venable J Entergy Operations
Vaidya B, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 415-3308
References
TAC MD6741
Download: ML072840011 (5)

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October 15, 2007 Mr. Joseph E. Venable Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: REFUELING OUTAGE 14 SURVEILLANCE FREQUENCY EXTENSION (TAC NO. MD6741)

Dear Mr. Venable:

By letter dated September 13, 2007, you applied for an amendment to the River Bend Station, Unit 1 (RBS), Facility Operating License No. NPF-47. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications (TS) pertaining to the facility operating license.

The proposed change would have added a License Condition 2.C to the Facility Operating License NPF-47 that would have allowed certain RBS TS surveillance intervals to be extended on a one-time basis for the 14th Fuel Cycle to account for the effects of a delayed refueling outage. Subsequently, by letter dated October 3, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.

The 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,

/RA/

Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-458

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML072840011 OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME BVaidya JBurkhardt MThadani for THiltz DATE 10/15/07 10/12/07 10/15/07 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-458 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc., (the licensee) to withdraw its September 13, 2007, application for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 for the River Bend Station, Unit 1, located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

The proposed amendment would have revised the facility Technical Specifications and the operating license. The proposed change would have added a License Condition 2.C to the Facility Operating License NPF-47 that allows River Bend Station, Unit 1, Technical Specifications surveillance intervals to be extended on a one-time basis for the 14th Fuel Cycle to account for the effects of a delayed refueling outage.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on October 9, 2007 (72 FR 57354).

However, by letter dated October 3, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 13, 2007, and the licensee's letter dated October 3, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC=s Public 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 be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management

System (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 to ADAMS 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 by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of October, 2007.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

River Bend Station cc:

Senior Vice President Louisiana Department of Environmental Entergy Nuclear Operations Quality P.O. Box 31995 Office of Environmental Compliance Jackson, MS 39286-1995 P.O. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 Senior Vice President and COO Entergy Operations, Inc. Attorney General P.O. Box 31995 State of Louisiana Jackson, MS 39286-1995 P.O. Box 94095 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095 Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc. President of West Feliciana P.O. Box 31995 Police Jury Jackson, MS 39286-1995 P.O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, LA 70775 General Manager, Plant Operations Entergy Operations, Inc. Mr. Brian Almon River Bend Station Public Utility Commission 5485 US Highway 61N William B. Travis Building St. Francisville, LA 70775 P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Director, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Austin, Texas 78701-3326 Entergy Services, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue Mr. Jim Calloway White Plains, NY 10601 Public Utility Commission of Texas Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance 1701 N. Congress Avenue Entergy Operations, Inc. Austin, TX 78711-3326 River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N Ms. H. Anne Plettinger St. Francisville, LA 70775 3456 Villa Rose Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Services, Inc. Mr. Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental P.O. Box 31995 Scientist/State Liaison Officer Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Office of Environmental Services Northwestern State University Manager, Licensing Russell Hall, Room 201 Entergy Operations, Inc. Natchitoches, LA 71497 River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N Senior Resident Inspector St. Francisville, LA 70775 P.O. Box 1050 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Regional Administrator, Region IV Radiological Emergency Planning and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Response Division 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 P.O. Box 4312 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312