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Technical Specification (TS) Change No. TS-02-13 - Robust Fuel Assembly (RFA)-2 Upgrade - Response to NRC Request for Additional Information
ML031610659
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 06/05/2003
From: Pace P
Tennessee Valley Authority
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC MB7746, TS-02-13, TVA-WBN-TS-02-13
Download: ML031610659 (5)


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MATEIAIS TRANSM}MED HEr.IEWITH CONTAINS 2.790 INFORM1ATION Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Sprng City, Tennessee 37381-2000 JUN 0 5 2003 TVA-WBN-TS-02-13 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10 CFR 50.90 ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of

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Docket No. 50-390 Tennessee Valley Authority

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WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT (WBN) - UNIT 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TS) CHANGE NO. TS-02 ROBUST FUEL ASSEMBLY (RFA)-2 UPGRADE - RESPONSE TO NRC REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI) (TAC-MB7746)

Reference:

TVA Letter to NRC, '"WBN - UNIT 1 - Technical Specification (TS) Change No.

TS-02 Revise Section 5.9.5 to Incorporate Analytical Methods for Robust Fuel Assembly (RFA)-2 Upgrade," February 14, 2003.

The purpose of this letter is to provide a response to NRC's RAI concerning the subject TS amendment request, as discussed in a teleconference with NRC Staff on May 1, 2003. The Staff's questions and TVA's responses are provided in Enclosure 1 (Proprietary) and (Non-proprietary). provides a Westinghouse "Application for Withholding Proprietary Infornation from Public Disclosure," and an accompanying affidavit signed by Westinghouse, the owner of the information.

The above affidavit sets forth the basis on which the requested information may be withheld from public disclosure by the Conmission, and addresses with specificity the considerations listed in paragraph (b)(4) of 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations. Accordingly, TVA requests that the information which is proprietary to Westinghouse be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790.

Correspondence with respect to the copyright or proprietary aspects of the Westinghouse information listed above, or the supporting affidavit, should reference CAW-03-1646 and should be addressed to H. A. Sepp, Manager of Regulatory Compliance and Plant Licensing, Westinghouse Electric Company, P. 0. Box 355, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355.

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 JUN 0 5 2003 There are no regulatory commitments associated with this submittal. If you have any questions about this proposed change, please contact me at (423) 365-1824.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this 5th< day of June 2003.

Sincerely, P. L. Pace Manager, Site Licensing and Industry Affairs Enclosures

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"Responses to the NRC Request for Additional Information on the RFA-2 Licensing Submittal (WBN-TS-02-13) for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant," May 28, 2003 (Proprietary).

2.

"Responses to the NRC Request for Additional Information on the RFA-2 Licensing Submittal (WBN-TS-02-13) for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant," May 28, 2003 (Non-proprietary).

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Westinghouse letter "Application for Withholding Proprietary Information from Public Disclosure," (CAW-03-1646), May 29, 2003.

cc: See page 3

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 JUN 0 5 2003 cc (Enclosures):

NRC Resident Inspector Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. K. N. Jabbour, Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission MS 08G9 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission Region II Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth St., SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303

CAW-03-1646 PROPRIETARY INFORMATION NOTICE Transmitted herewith are proprietary and/or non-proprietary versions of documents furnished to the NRC in connection with requests for generic and/or plant-specific review and approval.

In order to conform to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations concerning the protection of proprietary information so submitted to the NRC, the information which is proprietary in the proprietary versions is contained within brackets, and where the proprietary information has been deleted in the non-proprietary versions, only the brackets remain (the information that was contained within the brackets in the proprietary versions having been deleted). The justification for claiming the information so designated as proprietary is indicated in both versions by means of lower case letters (a) through (f) located as a superscript immediately following the brackets enclosing each item of information being identified as proprietary or in the margin opposite such information. These lower case letters refer to the types of information Westinghouse customarily holds in confidence identified in Sections (4)(ii)(a) through (4)(ii)(f) of the affidavit accompanying this transmittal pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(1).

CAW-03-1646 COPYRIGHT NOTICE The reports transmitted herewith each bear a Westinghouse copyright notice. The NRC is permitted to make the number of copies of the information contained in these reports which are necessary for its internal use in connection with generic and plant-specific reviews and approvals as well as the issuance, denial, amendment, transfer, renewal, modification, suspension, revocation, or violation of a license, permit, order, or regulation subject to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 regarding restrictions on public disclosure to the extent such information has been identified as proprietary by Westinghouse, copyright protection notwithstanding. With respect to the non-proprietary version of this report, the NRC is permitted to make the number of copies beyond those necessary for its internal use which are necessary in order to have one copy available for public viewing in the appropriate docket files in the public document room in Washington, DC and in local public document rooms as may be required by NRC regulations if the number of copies submitted is insufficient for this purpose. Copies made by the NRC must include the copyright notice in all instances and the proprietary notice if the original was identified as proprietary.