ML022530210

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Request for Amendment Regarding Missed Surveillance Requirements and Technical Specification Bases Control Program
ML022530210
Person / Time
Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 09/27/2002
From: George Wunder
NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To: Keiser H
Public Service Enterprise Group
Wunder G, NRR/DLPM, 415-1494
References
TAC MB5852
Download: ML022530210 (4)


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September 27, 2002 Mr. Harold W. Keiser Chief Nuclear Officer & President PSEG Nuclear LLC - X04 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT REGARDING MISSED SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION BASES CONTROL PROGRAM (TAC NO.

MB5852)

Dear Mr. Keiser:

By letter dated July 25, 2002, PSEG Nuclear LLC requested changes to the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek) Technical Specifications (TSs) regarding Missed Surveillance Requirements (TS 4.0.3) and the adoption of a TS Bases Control Program (TS 6.5) using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process (CLIIP). In a telephone call with Mr. Carl Berger of your staff on August 15, 2002, I passed on two observations by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) technical staff regarding this amendment request. First, the staff noted that although you requested to adopt the Improved Standard Technical Specification (ISTS) wording for TS 4.0.3, you did not request to adopt the ISTS wording for TS 4.0.1, nor did you modify your Bases in accordance with the ISTS. It was the staffs intention that licensees who wished to use the CLIIP to modify TS 4.0.3 also adopt the ISTS wording for TS 4.0.1 and the ISTS Bases. This is necessary because of the interrelationship of these two TSs.

Second, the staff noted that in the Regulatory Analysis section of your submittal you cited the June 14, 2002, Notice of Availability that the staff published in the Federal Register. You stated that this notice applied to Hope Creek. In spite of the fact that CLIIP items were noticed generically, every licensee must submit an individual no significant hazards analysis as is the case with any other license amendment request. Please also note that the adoption of a TS Bases Control Program has not yet been formally designated as a CLIIP item.

H. Keiser I understand that your current intention is to supplement your July 25, 2002, submittal to address the issues noted in this letter. I also understand that you intend to submit the supplement on or about October 7, 2002. If this is not correct, or if you change your plans regarding this amendment request, or require more information, please call me on (301) 415-1494.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George F. Wunder, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page

H. Keiser I understand that your current intention is to supplement your July 25, 2002, submittal to address the issues noted in this letter. I also understand that you intend to submit the supplement on or about October 7, 2002. If this is not correct, or if you change your plans regarding this amendment request, or require more information, please call me on (301) 415-1494.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George F. Wunder, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION JAndersen OGC GMeyer, RGN-I PDI-2 R/F PUBLIC GWunder ACRS TLClark SRichards Accession No.: ML022530210 OFFICE PDI-2/PM PDI-2/LA PDI-2/SC (A)

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Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire Richard Hartung PSEG Nuclear - N21 Electric Service Evaluation P.O. Box 236 Board of Regulatory Commissioners Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Hope Creek Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lower Alloways Creek Township Drawer 0509 c/o Mary O. Henderson, Clerk Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Vice President - Technical Support Mr. Elbert Simpson PSEG Nuclear - N10 Senior Vice President &

P.O. Box 236 Chief Administrative Officer Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 PSEG Nuclear - N19 P.O. Box 236 Mr. David F. Garchow Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Vice President - Operations PSEG Nuclear - X10 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Gabor Salamon Manager - Nuclear Safety and Licensing PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415