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MONTHYEARML0733004532003-11-27027 November 2003
Schedule and Response to PSEG Letter (LR-N07-0274) Dated October 23, 2007, Plans Related to Steam Dryer Evaluation Regarding Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Other
RS-04-065, Request for Relief from ASME Section XI for Performance of Class 2 & 3 Raw Water Piping Repairs2004-04-26026 April 2004
Request for Relief from ASME Section XI for Performance of Class 2 & 3 Raw Water Piping Repairs
Project stage: Request
ML0422403342004-10-0101 October 2004
Letter, Safety Evaluation on Relief Request to Use Code Case N-661
Project stage: Approval
ML0626900642006-09-0101 September 2006
Attachment 26, C.D.I. Report No. 06-16NP, Rev 1, Estimating High Frequency Flow Induced Vibration in the Main Stream Lines at Hope Creek Unit 1: a Subscale Four Line Investigation of Standpipe Behavior
Project stage: Request
ML0626804512006-09-18018 September 2006
Request for License Amendment Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Request
ML0631101672006-09-30030 September 2006
Attachment 2 - CDI Technical Memo 06-23P (Non-Proprietary) Comparison of Hope Creek and Quad Cities Steam Dryer Loads at EPU Conditions, Revision 0, Dated September 2006
Project stage: Request
ML0626900442006-09-30030 September 2006
Attachment 21, C.D.I. Report No. 06-27, Rev 0, Stress Analysis of Hope Creek Unit 1 Steam Dryer at CLTP and EPU Conditions Using 1/8th Scale Model Pressure Measurement Data
Project stage: Request
LR-N06-0413, Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate2006-10-10010 October 2006
Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Supplement
ML0628303692006-10-13013 October 2006
Supplement to Application for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Other
ML0629003222006-10-18018 October 2006
Extended Power Uprate Accpetance Review Results
Project stage: Other
LR-N06-0418, Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate, to Increase the Maximum Authorized Power Level to 3840 Megawatts Thermal2006-10-20020 October 2006
Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate, to Increase the Maximum Authorized Power Level to 3840 Megawatts Thermal
Project stage: Supplement
ML0628304722006-11-0808 November 2006
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Withholding from Public Disclosure, NEDC-33076P, Revision 2, Safety Analysis Report for Hope Creek Constant Pressure Power Uprate, Class III, MD3002
Project stage: Other
ML0628304532006-11-21021 November 2006
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station
Project stage: Withholding Request Acceptance
ML0633803152006-12-0808 December 2006
Request for List of Protected Species within the Area Under Evaluation for the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Other
ML0633801482006-12-0808 December 2006
Request for List of Protected Species within the Area Under Evaluation for the Hope Creek Generating Station Extended Power Uprate (TAC No. MC3002) Ltr to C. Day
Project stage: Other
ML0633301432006-12-15015 December 2006
11/13-14/2006 Summary of Category 1 Meeting with PSEG Nuclear LLC, Regarding Application for Extended Power Uprate for Hope Creek
Project stage: Meeting
ML0712402222006-12-28028 December 2006
EPU Letter from Fws Requesting Consultation
Project stage: Other
ML0714401692007-01-26026 January 2007
NOAA NMFS Letter for Hope Creek Extended Power Uprate (EPU) and Endangered Species
Project stage: Other
LR-N07-0007, Response to the Request for Additional Information Regarding Resolution of NRC Generic Letter 2006-02, Grid Reliability and the Impact on Plant Risk and the Operability of Offsite Power.2007-01-26026 January 2007
Response to the Request for Additional Information Regarding Resolution of NRC Generic Letter 2006-02, Grid Reliability and the Impact on Plant Risk and the Operability of Offsite Power.
Project stage: Request
ML0703002772007-01-26026 January 2007
E-Mail Shea-NRR,to Duke, PSEG, Group1 Draft EPU RAI
Project stage: Draft Other
ML0716303072007-01-31031 January 2007
C.D.I. Technical Note No. 07-01NP, EPU Conditions in the Main Steam Lines at Hope Creek Unit 1: Additional Subscale Four Line Tests
Project stage: Request
LR-N07-0034, C.D.I. Technical Memorandum No. 06-23NP, Revision 1, Comparison of the Hope Creek and Quad Cities Steam Dryer Loads at EPU Conditions2007-01-31031 January 2007
C.D.I. Technical Memorandum No. 06-23NP, Revision 1, Comparison of the Hope Creek and Quad Cities Steam Dryer Loads at EPU Conditions
Project stage: Request
LR-N07-0026, Supplemental to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate2007-02-14014 February 2007
Supplemental to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Supplement
05000354/LER-2006-005, Drywell Hoist Breaker Not Open Prior to Operational Condition 2 Entry2007-02-16016 February 2007
Drywell Hoist Breaker Not Open Prior to Operational Condition 2 Entry
Project stage: Request
LR-N07-0029, Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate2007-02-16016 February 2007
Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Supplement
ML0703304152007-02-16016 February 2007
Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: RAI
ML0706601992007-02-20020 February 2007
Draft Request for Additional Information Hope Creek EPU Grp 4
Project stage: Draft RAI
ML0706606192007-02-20020 February 2007
Draft Request for Additional Information Hope Creek EPU Grp 5
Project stage: Draft RAI
ML0704602432007-02-23023 February 2007
Ltr Request for Additional Information Related to the Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: RAI
ML0706606382007-02-23023 February 2007
Draft Request for Additional Information Hope Creek EPU Grp 6
Project stage: Draft RAI
ML0708103652007-02-28028 February 2007
C.D.I. Report No. 07-01NP, Rev. 0, Revised Hydrodynamic Loads on Hope Creek Unit 1 Steam Dryer to 200 Hz
Project stage: Request
ML0706803142007-02-28028 February 2007
Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Supplement
ML0706006112007-03-0202 March 2007
Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: RAI
ML0709200252007-03-0202 March 2007
Slides for Summary of March 2, 2007 Meeting with PSEG Nuclear LLC on an Application for Extended Power Uprate for Hope Creek Generating Station Regarding Steam Dryer Margin
Project stage: Meeting
ML0706803062007-03-13013 March 2007
Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: RAI
LR-N07-0055, Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate2007-03-13013 March 2007
Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Supplement
LR-N07-0035, Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate2007-03-13013 March 2007
Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Response to RAI
ML0708004302007-03-29029 March 2007
Summary of March 2, 2007, Meeting with PSEG Nuclear, LLC, on an Application for Extended Power Uprate for Hope Creek Generating Station Regarding Steam Dryer Margin
Project stage: Meeting
LR-N07-0060, Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate2007-03-30030 March 2007
Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Response to RAI
LR-N07-0069, Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate2007-03-30030 March 2007
Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Response to RAI
LR-N07-0070, Response to Request for Additional Information on Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate2007-04-13013 April 2007
Response to Request for Additional Information on Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Response to RAI
LR-N07-0084, Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate, Revised No Significant Hazards Consideration2007-04-18018 April 2007
Supplement to License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate, Revised No Significant Hazards Consideration
Project stage: Supplement
ML0711400912007-04-20020 April 2007
Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Extended Power Uprate (TAC MD3002) - NON-PROPRIETARY
Project stage: RAI
LR-N07-0099, Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment, Extended Power Uprate2007-04-30030 April 2007
Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment, Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Response to RAI
ML0713603772007-04-30030 April 2007
C.D.I. Report No. 06-16NP, Rev. 2, Estimating High Frequency Flow Induced Vibration in the Main Steam Lines at Hope Creek, Unit 1: a Subscale Four Line Investigation of Standpipe Behavior
Project stage: Request
LR-N07-0076, 2007 Annual Report - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums2007-04-30030 April 2007
2007 Annual Report - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums
Project stage: Request
ML0710104492007-05-0303 May 2007
Explanation of Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station Extended Power Uprate and Conclusion of Informal Consultation
Project stage: Other
ML0712402262007-05-0808 May 2007
EPU Letter from NMFS Requesting Consultation
Project stage: Other
ML0712404872007-05-0909 May 2007
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station
Project stage: Withholding Request Acceptance
LR-N07-0102, Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate2007-05-10010 May 2007
Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - Extended Power Uprate
Project stage: Response to RAI
2007-01-31
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May 3, 2007 Mary A. Colligan, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298
SUBJECT:
EXPLANATION OF HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION EXTENDED POWER UPRATE AND CONCLUSION OF INFORMAL CONSULTATION (TAC NO. MD3002)
Dear Ms. Colligan:
As described in our letter dated December 8, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) for an amendment to the current operating license of Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) for an extended power uprate. HCGS is a single-unit nuclear plant, located on Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, NRC is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA). NRC requested that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) provide information regarding Federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NMFS that may be in the vicinity of HCGS and its associated transmission lines, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.
In response, NMFS issued a letter dated January 26, 2007, providing information on the endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and five species of endangered or threatened sea turtles: loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtles. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a candidate species for listing.
NMFS also requested that NRC provide additional information regarding the HCGS extended power uprate to better assess the need for consultation. The primary concern for these endangered and threatened species is the risk of impingement or entrainment due to cooling water intake by the plant. The intake flow would not be changed, and therefore, there would be no increase in the risk of impingement and entrainment. To dissipate the additional heat created by the power uprate, the temperature of the plants cooling water discharge would be slightly elevated, but still within the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits 24-hour average temperature limit of 97.1°F. Therefore, there are no anticipated effects related to discharge.
The HCGS has had no takes of any of these endangered or threatened species. The neighboring nuclear power plant, Salem Nuclear Generating Station (SNGS), has had a total of 96 sea turtles (plus 3 recaptures) collected at the circulating water system (CWS) intake
M. Colligan since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.
Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page
M. Colligan since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.
Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Hope Creek Generating Station cc:
Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessments PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Support Manager PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael J. Massaro Plant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Manager - Licensing 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Brian Beam Board of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Julie Crocker National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office Once Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298
