L-2003-028, Annual Summary of Commitment Changes Implemented Without Prior NRC Notification for Calendar Year 2002

Annual Summary of Commitment Changes Implemented Without Prior NRC Notification for Calendar Year 2002

ML030520195
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	02/07/2003
From:	Jernigan D Florida Power & Light Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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L-2003-028
Download: ML030520195 (3)

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Florida Power & Light Company, 6501 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957 February 7, 2003 FPL L-2003-028 10 CFR 50.4 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 RE: St. Lucie Units I and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Annual Summary of Commitment Changes Implemented Without Prior NRC Notification for Calendar Year 2002 Pursuant to the guidance of NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2000-17, Managing Regulatory Commitments Made by Power Reactor Licensees to the NRC Staff and NRC endorsed Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 99-04, Guidelines for Managing NRC Commitment Changes, attached is a summary of commitment changes that were implemented without prior NRC notification during calendar year 2002.

Pleaseo tact us if there are any questions regarding this submittal.

tr7ours, Donal. ernigan Vice President St. Lucie Plant DEJ/spt Attachment S-DcI an FPL Group company

St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 L-2003-028 Attachment Page 1 Units LucieNos. 50-335 2 Page 1 and and Attachment I 50-389 St.

Docket L-2003-028 Commitment Changes Implemented Annual Summary of Nndifir~tinn WAlthri, it IP:rmnr NIPC fnr Calendar Year 2002 Source Brief Commitment Summary Change Summary & Bases for the Change NRC Inspection Report Management expectations concerning FPL has determined that the existing controls are 97-14 and FPL Letter FPL oversight of contractors will be acceptable, have been institutionalized in plant L-98-039 reinforced during site wide pre-outage procedures, and that the reinforcement of these stand down meetings. Field coverage exceptions is no longer required in the pre-outage of contractors and adherence to FPL meetings.

procedures by contractors will be one of the topics covered in these meetings.

NRC Inspection Report Future pre-outage Employee FPL will no longer, specifically, include this topic in 98-11 and FPL Letter Communications Meetings will pre-outage employee meetings. The topics selected L-99-028 reemphasize management exceptions for the pre-outage meetings will be from concerning the need to thoroughly contemporaneous issues and management focus investigate outage discovery items, items. This topic could be included if management including the consideration of generic determines reinforcement is necessary.

implications as part of the corrective action plan.

NRC Inspection Report HP will continue the practice of having FPL does not consider this good practice necessary 97-13 and FPL Letter an individual stationed at the to minimize recurrence of this violation. For future L-98-006 containment entrance to ensure outages, FPL will incorporate the good practice into personnel are knowledgeable of HPP-23, Activities in the Reactor Containment applicable limits and margins, until Building During Shutdown, as a management such time that access monitoring is on option.

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I St. Lucie Units I and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 L-2003-028 Attachment Page 2 Annual Summary of Commitment Changes Implemented Without Prior NRC Notification for Calendar Year 2002 Source Brief Commitment Summary Change Summary & Bases for the Change NRC Generic Letter 96-04 Ifsilica levels on Unit 1 spent fuel pool If silica levels on Unit 1 spent fuel pool exceeds 100 and FPL Letter L-96-260 exceed 20 ppm, impact will be ppm, impact will be evaluated. Fuels evaluated evaluated. boroflex degradation and corresponding silica level increases per Condition Report 02-0030, which concluded that up to 100 ppm silica is acceptable, but greater than 100 ppm silica needs further I I evaluation.