L-04-080, Letter of Intent Regarding Conversion of Current Technical Specifications to Improved Technical Specifications

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Letter of Intent Regarding Conversion of Current Technical Specifications to Improved Technical Specifications
ML041610082
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 06/07/2004
From: Pearce L
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
L-04-080, NUREG-1431, Rev 2
Download: ML041610082 (2)


Text

Beaver Valley Power Station Route 168 P.O. Box 4 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Shippingport, PA 15077-0004 L. William Pearce 724-682-5234 Site Vice President Fax : 724-643-8069 June 7, 2004 L-04-080 U. S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention : Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Subject : Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. I and No. 2 BV-1 Docket No . 50-334, License No. DPR-66 BV-2 Docket No. 50-412, License No. NPF-73 Letter of Intent Regarding Conversion of Current Technical Specifications to Improved Technical Specifications The purpose of this letter is to inform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) intends to submit a license amendment request (LAR) by February 28, 2005 to convert the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS) Unit 1 and Unit 2 current technical specifications (CTS) to the improved technical specifications (ITS) .

The scope of this LAR will include :

" Conversion of the BVPS CTS to ITS and ITS Bases consistent with the Improved Standard Technical Specifications (ISTS) described in NUREG-1431, Revision 2, "Standard Technical Specification-Westinghouse Plants." Applicable Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) travelers, that were incorporated in Revision 3 of NUREG 1431, have been included in the BVPS ISTS conversion LAR.

" Other changes to the CTS that are beyond the scope of the conversion to the ISTS have been included . An attachment to the ISTS conversion LAR submittal letter will provide additional details regarding beyond scope changes .

There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this submittal . If you should have any questions, or would like to discuss the logistics of BVPS's upcoming LAR and the associated NRC review, please contact Mr. Larry R. Freeland, Manager, Regulatory Affairs/Performance Improvement, at 724-682-5284 .

Sincerely, L .' William Pearce

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 and No. 2 Letter of Intent Regarding Conversion of Current Technical Specifications to Improved Technical Specifications L-04-080 Page 2 c: Mr. T. G. Colburn, NRR Senior Project Manager Mr. P. C. Cataldo, NRC Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. H. J. Miller, NRC Region I Administrator Mr. D. A. Allard, Director BRP/DEP Mr. L. E. Ryan (BRP/DEP)

Mr. T. H. Boyce, NRR Section Chief, Technical Specification Branch