ML030700131
| ML030700131 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 03/11/2003 |
| From: | Tam P NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Katz P Calvert Cliffs |
| References | |
| TAC MB6412, TAC MB6413 | |
| Download: ML030700131 (5) | |
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March 11, 2003 Mr. P. E. Katz, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702
SUBJECT:
CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -
CORRECTION OF SAFETY EVALUATION AND TRANSMITTAL LETTER ASSOCIATED WITH AMENDMENTS RE: SHUTDOWN COOLING (TAC NOS.
MB6412 AND MB6413)
Dear Mr. Katz:
On February 25, 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued Amendment No.
256 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-53 and Amendment No. 233 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-69 for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. These amendments adopted the generic changes approved by Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change travelers TSTF-349, Revision 1, and TSTF-361, Revision 2, for NUREG-1432, Revision 1, Standard Technical Specifications Combustion Engineering Plants, dated April 1995, and incorporated into NUREG-1432, Revision 2, dated June 2001.
The transmittal letter and the safety evaluation (SE) associated with the subject amendments both incorrectly identified NUREG-1432 as NUREG-1430, Standard Technical Specifications Babcock and Wilcox Plants. This was an inadvertent administrative error that did not have any impact on the subject amendments or the NRC staffs findings set forth in the SE. Enclosed please find a revised Page 1 of the SE. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused you.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate 1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318
Enclosure:
Revise Page 1 of SE cc w/encl: See next page
March 11, 2003 Mr. P. E. Katz, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702
SUBJECT:
CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -
CORRECTION OF SAFETY EVALUATION AND TRANSMITTAL LETTER ASSOCIATED WITH AMENDMENTS RE: SHUTDOWN COOLING (TAC NOS.
MB6412 AND MB6413)
Dear Mr. Katz:
On February 25, 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued Amendment No.
256 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-53 and Amendment No. 233 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-69 for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. These amendments adopted the generic changes approved by Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change travelers TSTF-349, Revision 1, and TSTF-361, Revision 2, for NUREG-1432, Revision 1, Standard Technical Specifications Combustion Engineering Plants, dated April 1995, and incorporated into NUREG-1432, Revision 2, dated June 2001.
The transmittal letter and the safety evaluation (SE) associated with the subject amendments both incorrectly identified NUREG-1432 as NUREG-1430, Standard Technical Specifications Babcock and Wilcox Plants. This was an inadvertent administrative error that did not have any impact on the subject amendments or the NRC staffs findings set forth in the SE. Enclosed please find a revised Page 1 of the SE. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused you.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate 1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318
Enclosure:
Revise Page 1 of SE cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 256 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-53 AND AMENDMENT NO. 233 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-69 CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, INC.
CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-317 AND 50-318
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated September 20, 2002, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. (the licensee) submitted a request for changes to the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Technical Specifications (TSs). The requested changes would adopt the generic TS changes approved by Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change travelers TSTF-349, Revision 1, and TSTF-361, Revision 2, for NUREG-1432, Revision 1, Standard Technical Specifications
Combustion Engineering Plants, dated April 1995, and incorporated into NUREG-1432,
Revision 2, dated June 2001. Specifically, these proposed changes would revise TS Section
3.9.5, Shutdown Cooling (SDC) and Coolant Circulation - Low Water Level, for Units 1 and 2 to add two notes to allow operational changes in the SDC system to support operations and testing.
TS Section 3.9.5 currently requires that two SDC loops be operable and one be in operation whenever the water level is lower than 23 feet above the irradiated fuel in the reactor vessel.
The two proposed notes would: (1) allow SDC pumps to be de-energized for up to 15 minutes when switching from one train to another; and, (2) allow one SDC loop to be inoperable for up to 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> for surveillance testing, provided that the other loop is operable and in operation.
In addition, the licensee stated that Section 3.9.5 Bases will be revised to incorporate the changes associated with change travelers TSTF-349, Revision 1, and TSTF-361, Revision 2.
2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION
Section 182a of the Atomic Energy Act requires that TSs be included in nuclear power plant operating licenses. In Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Section 36 (10 CFR 50.36), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, or Commission) established its regulatory requirements related to the content of TSs. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.36, TSs are required to include items in the following five specific categories related to station operation: (1) safety limits, limiting safety system settings, and limiting control settings; (2) limiting conditions for operation (LCOs); (3) surveillance requirements (SRs); (4) design features; and (5) administrative controls. On February 6, 1987, the Commission issued an Interim Policy Statement on Technical Specification Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors, setting forth Corrected by letter of 3/11/03 Enclosure
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:
President Calvert County Board of Commissioners 175 Main Street Prince Frederick, MD 20678 James Petro, Esquire Counsel Constellation Power Source 111 Market Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Jay E. Silberg, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Mark Geckle Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 287 St. Leonard, MD 20685 Mr. Richard I. McLean, Manager Nuclear Programs Power Plant Research Program Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources Tawes State Office Building, B3 Annapolis, MD 21401 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Kristen A. Burger, Esquire Maryland Peoples Counsel 6 St. Paul Centre Suite 2102 Baltimore, MD 21202-1631 Patricia T. Birnie, Esquire Co-Director Maryland Safe Energy Coalition P.O. Box 33111 Baltimore, MD 21218 Mr. Loren F. Donatell NRC Technical Training Center 5700 Brainerd Road Chattanooga, TN 37411-4017