82 FR 21268 - Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated September 1, 2016, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-38. The proposed amendment would have revised the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3) Technical Specifications (TSs) to relocate the surveillance frequency requirements for selected Engineered Safety Features Actuation System (ESFAS) Subgroup relays to a licensee- controlled program. Specifically, the license amendment would have revised the Table Notation for TS Table 4.3-2, ``Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements,'' to relocate the surveillance frequency of additional relays to the Waterford 3 Surveillance Frequency Control Program (SFCP).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 86 (Friday, May 5, 2017)]
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[Docket No. 50-382; NRC-2016-0239]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 
3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to 
withdraw its application dated September 1, 2016, for a proposed 
amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-38. The proposed 
amendment would have revised the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 
3 (Waterford 3) Technical Specifications (TSs) to relocate the 
surveillance frequency requirements for selected Engineered Safety 
Features Actuation System (ESFAS) Subgroup relays to a licensee-
controlled program. Specifically, the license amendment would have 
revised the Table Notation for TS Table 4.3-2, ``Engineered Safety 
Features Actuation System Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements,'' 
to relocate the surveillance frequency of additional relays to the 
Waterford 3 Surveillance Frequency Control Program (SFCP).

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0239 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available

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information related to this document using any of the following 
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Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: April Pulvirenti, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1390, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Entergy 
to withdraw its September 1, 2016, application (ADAMS accession no. 
ML16245A359) for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-38 for Waterford 3, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
    The amendment would have revised the Waterford 3 TSs to relocate 
the surveillance frequency requirements for selected ESFAS Subgroup 
relays to a licensee-controlled program. Specifically, the license 
amendment would have revised the Table Notation for TS Table 4.3-2, 
``Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation 
Surveillance Requirements,'' to relocate the surveillance frequency of 
additional relays to the Waterford 3 SFCP. The Commission previously 
published a proposed finding in the Federal Register on November 22, 
2016 (81 FR 83875), that the amendment involves no significant hazards 
consideration. In addition, the licensee has supplemented the 
application with a response to a Request for Additional Information 
dated January 26, 2017 (ADAMS accession no. ML17039A909), and a second 
supplement dated February 27, 2017 (ADAMS accession no. ML17058A460). 
By letter dated March 22, 2017 (ADAMS accession no. ML17082A459), the 
licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

April L Pulvirenti,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 4, Division of Operator Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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