BSEP-99-0073, Withdraws Request for Approval of Proposed QAP Change Which Was Submitted by

Withdraws Request for Approval of Proposed QAP Change Which Was Submitted by

ML20206R661
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	05/12/1999
From:	Jury K CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
BSEP-99-0073, BSEP-99-73, TAC-MA4711, TAC-MA4712, NUDOCS 9905200171
Download: ML20206R661 (2)

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CP&L

! Carolina)ower & Light Company

( P.O. Box 10429 l Southport, NC 28461-0429

! l MAY 121999 I SERIAL: BSEP99-0073 i

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission I

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Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS.1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324/ LICENSE NOS. DPR-71 AND DPR-62 WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED CHANGE TO QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM

, DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT SAFETY REVIEWER QUALIFICATIONS l (NRC TAC NOS. MA4711 AND MA4712)

Gentlemen:

l By letter dated January 25,1999 (Serial: BSEP 98-0241), Carolina Power & Light (CP&L)

Compaay requested a change to the Quality Assurance Program description for the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP), Unit Nos. I and 2. The proposed change would revise the educational qualification requirements for personnel performing the Independent Safety Reviewer (ISR) function and allow greater flexibility for the manager of the ISR function.

At the time the request was submitted, the proposed change was considered to be a reduction in comminnents that required NRC review and approval prior to implementation, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54( )(3). However, on February 23,1999, the NRC published a Direct Final Rule notice in the Federal Register amending its regulations to permit power reactor licensees to make certain Quality Assurance Program changes without obtaining NRC approval of the f

changes in advance. As confirmed in a telephone conversation on April 28,1999, with f p Mr. Harry S. Tovmassian of the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Direct Final Rule became effective April 26,1999. g As a result of the new Direct Final Rule, CP&L has reviewed the request submitted on January 25,1999, and determined the request involves the use of a quality assurance standard approved by the NRC which is more recent than the quality assurance standard in CP&L's current Quality Assurance Program at the time of the change (i.e.,10 CFR 50.54(a)(3)(i)). The use of the more recent standard has been previously approved by an NRC Safety Evaluation, and the bases of the NRC approval are applicable to BSEP. As such, the change falls within the scope of the changes implemented by the Direct Final Rule and prior NRC approval of the change is no longer necessary. Therefore, CP&L respectfully withdraws the request for approval of the proposed Quality Assurance Program change that was submitted by letter dated January 25, 1999.

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< Document Control Desk BSEP 99-0073 / Page 2 Please refer any questions regarding this submittal to Mr. Warren J. Dorman, Supervisor - ,

Licensing, at (910) 457-2068.

Sincerely, ,,

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Keith R. Jury Manager- Regulatory Affairs Brunswick Steam Electric Plant t WRM/wrm cc (with enclosures):

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II ATTN: Mr. Luis A. Reyes, Regional Administrator Atlanta Federal Center ,

61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-3415 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Theodore A. Easlick, NRC Senior Resident Inspector 8470 River Road Southport, NC 28461-8869 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Allen G. Hansen (Mail Stop OWFN 8G9) 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Ms. Jo A. Sanford Chair - North Carolina Utilities Commission P.O. Box 29510 Raleigh, NC 27626-0510 s

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