ML050610339
| ML050610339 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 02/25/2005 |
| From: | Lash J FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| L-05-027 | |
| Download: ML050610339 (3) | |
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FENOC Beaver Valley Power Station Route 168 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Shippingport. PA 150B7-0004 James H. Las!h 724-682-7773 Director, Site Operations February 25, 2005 L-05-027 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001
Subject:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. I and 2 BV-1 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 BV-2 Docket No. 50-412, License No. NPF-73 License Amendment Request Nos. 296 and 169 Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) requests an amendment to the above licenses in the form of changes to the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS) Technical Specifications.
This License Amendment Request (LAR) proposes to revise the Current Technical Specifications (CTS) for BVPS Unit Nos. 1 and 2 to the Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) consistent with the Improved Standard Technical Specifications (ISTS) as described in NUREG-1431, "Standard Technical Specifications - Westinghouse Plants," Revision 2, with additional changes to make the resulting BVPS ITS more consistent with Revision 3 of NUREG-1431.
In addition, Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) changes to Revision 3 have been incorporated. This LAR also includes changes to consolidate the separate Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Technical Specifications into a single set of ITS applicable to both units.
The guidance of NEI 96-06, "Improved Technical Specifications Conversion Guidance,"
dated August 1996, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Administrative Letter 96-04, "Efficient Adoption of Improved Standard Technical Specifications," dated October 9, 1996,v were used in preparing this submittal. This LAR satisfies the BVPS commitment to convert the Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Technical Specifications to the ITS as documented in BVPS letter L-98-033 to the NRC dated March 3, 1998.
In order to limit the size of this LAR and avoid unnecessary duplication, the BVPS Unit 2 CTS pages are used to show the changes to both BVPS Unit Nos. I and 2. Unit No. 1 CTS pages are only included in this submittal when necessary to show a Unit 1 change that is not addressed on the corresponding Unit No. 2 CTS page. As such, each CTS change identified in this LAR is applicable to both units unless the change is specifically identified as applicable to one or the other unit. As the majority of the BVPS CTS are the same for both units, this method of presentation substantially reduces the number of
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 License Amendment Request Nos. 296 and 169 L-05-027 Page 2 marked-up CTS pages included in the LAR. This method of presentation was previously used by the Farley Nuclear Plant in their ITS conversion LAR.
The BVPS ITS conversion LAR is contained in Attachment 1 to this letter. Attachment 1 consists of 10 volumes.
Volume 1 of Attachment 1 contains reviewer guidance and additional information pertaining to this LAR. The following documents are included in Volume 1 to assist the NRC review of this submittal:
- A copy of this transmittal letter,
- Status of Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) changes to NUREG-1431, Revisions 2 and 3,
- Status of Outstanding License Amendment Requests,
- A List of Beyond Scope Changes,
- A CTS "Roadmap" showing the disposition of each BVPS CTS and relation to proposed BVPS ITS in CTS order,
- An ISTS "Roadmap" showing the correspondence of each ISTS to the proposed BVPS ITS and CTS in ISTS order, and
Volumes 2 through 10 of Attachment I contain the proposed Technical Specification changes, supporting documentation, and new Technical Specification Bases organized by Technical Specification section. Volume 1 of Attachment 1 contains a more detailed description of the content and organization of Volumes 2 through 10.
In addition, a complete copy of the BVPS ITS conversion submittal is available in electronic format upon request.
The Beaver Valley Power Station review committees have reviewed the proposed changes. The changes were determined to be safe and do not involve a significant hazard consideration as defined in 10 CFR 50.92 based on the justifications for each change and no significant hazard evaluations included in Attachment I (Volumes 2-10). In addition, FENOC has determined that the proposed license amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(b), and no environmental impact
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 License Amendment Request Nos. 296 and 169 L-05-027 Page 3 statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the proposed license amendment.
FENOC requests that a similar NRC review process be used for the BVPS ITS conversion LAR as was used for the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant ITS Conversion LAR and that the proposed license amendment be approved by August 2006, with an implementation period of at least 150 days.
No new regulatory commitments are contained in this submittal. If there are any questions concerning this matter, please contact Mr. Henry L Hegrat, Supervisor, Licensing at 330-315-6944.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on February D
, 2005.
Sincerely, Attachments:
- 1.
BVPS ITS Submittal, Volumes 1-10 c:
Mr. T. G. Colburn, NRR Senior Project Manager (*) (2 hardcopies)
Mr. P. C. Cataldo, NRC Senior Resident Inspector (*)
Mr. S. J. Collins, NRC Region I Administrator (*)
Mr. D. A. Allard, Director BRP/DEP (*)
Mr. L. E. Ryan (BRP/DEP) (*)
(*) Electronic Copy