CNL-15-163, Technical Specifications Conversion to NUREG-1431, Rev. 4.0 (SQN-TS-11-10) - Proposed License Conditions

Technical Specifications Conversion to NUREG-1431, Rev. 4.0 (SQN-TS-11-10) - Proposed License Conditions

ML15218A185
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/05/2015
From:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
CNL-15-163 NUREG-1431, Rev 4.0
Download: ML15218A185 (3)

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Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 CNL-15-163 August 5, 2015 10 CFR 50.4 10 CFR 50.90 ATTN: Document Control Desk U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 NRC Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Subject:

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications Conversion to NUREG-1431, Rev. 4.0 (SQN-TS-11-10) - Proposed License Conditions

References:

1. TVA Letter to NRC, Sequoyah Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications Conversion to NUREG-1431, Rev. 4.0 (SQN-TS-11-10),

dated November 22, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13329A717)

2. TVA Letter to NRC, Sequoyah Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications Conversion to NUREG-1431, Rev. 4.0 (SQN-TS-11-10) -

Supplement 2, dated June 19, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15176A678) 3 TVA Letter to NRC, Sequoyah Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications Conversion to NUREG-1431, Rev. 4.0 (SQN-TS-11-10) -

Supplement 3, dated July 24, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15205A405)

By letter dated November 22, 2013 (Reference 1), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) requested a license amendment to revise the current Technical Specifications for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2, to the Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) consistent with the Improved Standard Technical Specifications described in NUREG-1431, Standard Technical Specifications - Westinghouse Plants, Revision 4.0. By letters dated June 19, 2015 (Reference 2), and July 24, 2015 (Reference 3), TVA provided supplemental information to the ITS license amendment request (LAR).

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission CNL-15-163 Page2 August 5, 2015 The purpose of this letter is to request two new License Conditions for SQN, which are necessary for the transition from the Current Technical Specifications (CTS) to the ITS.

These new License Conditions are associated with technical specification items relocated to other licensee controlled documents and the performance of new or revised surveillance items.

A License Condition is proposed to address the schedule for relocating certain SQN CTS requirements to licensee-controlled documents, as approved by the NRC, as follows.

Relocation of Certain Technical Specification Requirements License Amendment No. XXX authorizes the relocation of certain Technical Specifications previously included in Appendix A to other licensee-controlled documents. Implementation of this amendment shall include relocation of the requirements to the specified documents, as described in Table R, Relocated Specifications and Removed Detail Changes, attached to the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation, which is enclosed in this amendment.

A License Condition is proposed to address the schedule for implementing new and revised Surveillance Requirements, as approved by the NRC, as follows.

Schedule for New and Revised Surveillance Requirements (SRs)

The schedule for performing SRs that are new or revised in Amendment No. XXX shall be as follows.

(a) For SRs that are new in this amendment, the first performance is due at the end of the first Surveillance interval, which begins on the date of implementation of this amendment.

(b) For SRs that existed prior to this amendment, whose intervals of performance are being reduced, the first reduced Surveillance interval begins upon completion of the first Surveillance performed after implementation of this amendment.

(c) For SRs that existed prior to this amendment, whose intervals of performance are being extended, the first extended Surveillance interval begins upon completion of the last Surveillance performed prior to implementation of this amendment.

(d) For SRs that existed prior to this amendment that have modified acceptance criteria, the first performance subject to the modified acceptance criteria is due at the end of the Surveillance interval that began on the date the Surveillance was last performed prior to the implementation of this amendment.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission CNL-15-163 Page 3 August 5, 2015 There are no new regulatory commitments associated with this submittal. If there are any questions or if additional information is needed, please contact Mr. Tom Hess at 423-751-3487.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this 5th day of August 2015 .

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. Shea

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Vi e President, Nuclear Licensing cc:

NRC Regional Administrator - Region II NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant NRC Project Manager - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant