ML023570386
| ML023570386 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 12/23/2002 |
| From: | Tate L NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Bellamy M Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Tate T, NRR/DLPM, 415-8474 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB5603 | |
| Download: ML023570386 (4) | |
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December 23, 2002 Mr. Mike Bellamy Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360
SUBJECT:
PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: APPENDIX K MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECOVERY - POWER UPRATE REQUEST (TAC NO. MB5603)
Dear Mr. Bellamy:
By application dated July 5, 2002, as supplemented September 27, November 6, and November 21, 2002, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., submitted a license amendment request for proposed changes to the operating license and technical specifications associated with an increase in the licensed power level for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from 1998 MWt to 2028 MWt (1.5%).
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete the review. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter and was discussed with Mr. Bryan Ford and other members of your staff during a telephone call on December 12, 2002. In a follow-up call on December 17, 2002, Mr. Ford agreed that your staff will respond to the requested information by December 31, 2002. If circumstances result in the need to revise the response date, please contact me at (301) 415-8474.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-293
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page
December 23, 2002 Mr. Mike Bellamy Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360
SUBJECT:
PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: APPENDIX K MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECOVERY - POWER UPRATE REQUEST (TAC NO. MB5603)
Dear Mr. Bellamy:
By application dated July 5, 2002, as supplemented September 27, November 6, and November 21, 2002, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., submitted a license amendment request for proposed changes to the operating license and technical specifications associated with an increase in the licensed power level for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from 1998 MWt to 2028 MWt (1.5%).
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete the review. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter and was discussed with Mr. Bryan Ford and other members of your staff during a telephone call on December 12, 2002. In a follow-up call on December 17, 2002, Mr. Ford agreed that your staff will respond to the requested information by December 31, 2002. If circumstances result in the need to revise the response date, please contact me at (301) 415-8474.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Travis L. Tate, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-293
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PPENDIX K MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY RECOVERY - POWER UPRATE REQUEST PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION DOCKET NO 50-293 1.
Item 2 (a) on page 1-5 of the General Electric Company report, NEDC-33050P, Revision 1, Safety Analysis Report for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station [PNPS] Thermal Power Optimization, stated the following:
PNPS does not have an existing Crossflow [ultrasonic flow meter] UFM installation. It does have a crossbeam UFM system...
In the first line on page 3 of 9 of Letter 2.02.096 dated November 6, 2002, you stated the following:
During the past 4 years Pilgrim found the AMAG UFM to be extremely reliable..
The staff-approved topical report, CENPD-397-P, dated May 2000, does not include the Crossbeam type UFM and the staff believes the Crossflow and Crossbeam UFMs are two different types of UFMs. If the AMAG UFM referenced in the second statement above is a Crossbeam UFM, please provide justification of how the historical data and experience of this Crossbeam UFM could be applied to determine allowed outage time (AOT) for the proposed Crossflow UFM. Please include a discussion of similarities and differences between the design of the Crossflow and Crossbeam UFMs.
2.
In your response to item 3 B. on page 3 of 9 of Letter 2.02.096 dated November 6, 2002, you stated In the event the AOT is reached, PNPS will be required, by procedure, to reduce its power level to an alternate value that accounts for the uncertainty associated with the instrumentation then being used to measure power. In the event that both AMAG UFMs are out of service, please provide the alternate power level to be allowed by procedure for the instrumentation available to be used for measuring power.
If the reduced power level is greater than the current licensed power level of 1998 MWt, please provide a discussion of the technical basis for the proposed power level.
3.
Section 10.3.1 of NEDC-33050P, Revision 1, addresses environmental qualification (EQ) for electrical equipment. In this section you indicate that power uprate issues related to EQ for electrical equipment are under review. Please provide the results of this review or provide a commitment to complete the review and incorporate any changes, as necessary, in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements prior to implementing the power uprate.
Enclosure
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:
Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Post Office Box 867 Plymouth, MA 02360 Chairman, Board of Selectmen 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Chairman, Duxbury Board of Selectmen Town Hall 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 Office of the Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Offices of Health and Human Services 174 Portland Street Boston, MA 02114 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 John M. Fulton Assistant General Counsel Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. C. Stephen Brennion Licensing Superintendent Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. Jack Alexander Manager, Reg. Relations and Quality Assurance Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. David F. Tarantino Nuclear Information Manager Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Ms. Jane Perlov Secretary of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Mr. Stephen J. McGrail, Director Attn: James Muckerheide Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Chairman Nuclear Matters Committee Town Hall 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056-0426