ML082590709

Public Letter - Request for Additional Information for Extended Power Uprate - Round 20 (TAC Nos. MD5262, MD5263, and MD5264) (TS-431 and TS-418)

ML082590709
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	09/16/2008
From:	Ellen Brown Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Campbell W Tennessee Valley Authority
Brown Eva, NRR/DORL, 415-2315
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ML082590704	List: ML082590709 ML082600003
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TAC MD5262, TAC MD5263, TAC MD5264
Download: ML082590709 (3)

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Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1,2, AND 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR EXTENDED POWER UPRATE - ROUND 20 (TAC NOS. MD5262, MD5263 AND MD5264) (TS-431 AND TS-418)

Dear Mr. Campbell:

By letter dated June 24,2004, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) submitted an amendment request for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Unit 2 and 3, as supplemented by letters dated August 23, 2004, February 23, April 25, June 6, and December 19, 2005, February 1 and 28, March 7, 9, 23 and 31, April 13, May 5 and 11, June 12, 15, 23 and 27, July 6, 21, 24, 26, and 31, December 1, 5, 11 and 21, 2006, January 31, February 16, and 26, and April 6, 18 and 24, March 6, July 27, August 13, and 21, September 24, November 15 and 21 , and December 14, 2007; January 25, February 11 and 21, March 6, April 4 and 9, May 1, June 16, 2008. The proposed amendment would change the BFN operating licenses for Units 1 and 2 to increase the maximum authorized power level by approximately 15 percent.

A response to the enclosed Request for Additional Information (RAI) is needed before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff can complete the review. This request was discussed with Mr. James Emens of your staff on September 3, 2008, and it was agreed that TVA would respond by September 19, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2315.

Sincerely, Enclosure transmitted herewith contains SUNSI. When separated from proprietary enclosure, this transmittal document is decontrolled

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Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Manager Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 260, and 50-296

Enclosures:

1. RAI (Public Version)

2. RAI (Non-Public Version) cc w/enclosure 1: See next page Official Use Only Proprietary Ilifolillatioli ~

Official Use Only Proprietary Information ,)11!3 Page 1 of 2 Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Mr. R. G. (Rusty) West Senior Vice President Site Vice President Nuclear Generation Development Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 6A Lookout Place Decatur, AL 35609 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Ms. Beth A. Wetzel, Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing Vice President and Industry Affairs Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 4K Lookout Place 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. James E. Emens, Jr.

Mr. Michael J. Lorek Supervisor, Nuclear Site Licensing Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Nuclear Engineering & Projects Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 3R Lookout Place Decatur, AL 35609 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 James B. Baptist Browns Ferry Senior Project Engineer Mr. D. Tony Langley, Manager Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6 Licensing and Industry Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 61 Forsyth Street, SW.

Tennessee Valley Authority Suite 24T85 P.O. Box 2000 Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 Decatur, AL 35609 Senior Resident Inspector General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 6A West Tower 10833 Shaw Road 400 West Summit Hill Drive Athens, AL 35611-6970 Knoxville, TN 37902 State Health Officer Mr. John C. Fornicola, General Manager Alabama Dept. of Public Health Nuclear Assurance RSA Tower - Administration Tennessee Valley Authority Suite 1552 3R Lookout Place P.O. Box 303017 1101 Market Street Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

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Offieial Use OAly Proprietary IAformation ./fIIJ Page 2 of 2 Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 Mr. Larry E. Nicholson, General Manager Performance Improvement Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Michael A. Purcell Senior Licensing Manager Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority 4K Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Offieial Use OAly Proprietary Information ?fII3