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Technical Specifications, Steam Generator Tube Inservice Inspection Program - Technical Specifications Limiting Conditions for Operation and Surveillance Requirements
	ML052900207
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	10/14/2005
From:	Stewart Bailey; NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Levis W; Public Service Enterprise Group
References
	TAC MC6213
	Download: ML052900207 (13)
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INDEX LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION AND SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS SECTION 3/4.4 PAGE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM 3/4.4.1 REACTOR COOLANT LOOPS Normal Operation.....................

Hot Standby..........................

Hot Shutdown.........................

Cold Shutdown........................

3/4.4.2.1 SAFETY VALVES -

SHUTDOWN.............

3/4.4.2.2 SAFETY VALVES - OPERATING............

3/4.4.3 RELIEF VALVES........................

3/4.4.4 PRESSURIZER..........................

3/4.4.5 STEAM GENERATOR (SG)

TUBE INTEGRITY..

3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-3b 4-4 4-4a 4-5 4-6 4-7 I

3/4.4.6 REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM LEAKAGE Leakage Detection System.........................

Operational Leakage..............................

Primary Coolant System Pressure Isolation Valves.

..3/4 4-14

. 3/4 4-15

.3/4 4-16a 3/4.4.7 DELETED

3/4.4.8 SPECIFIC ACTIVITY......................

3/4.4.9 PRESSURE/TEMPERATURE LIMITS Reactor Coolant System.................

Pressurizer............................

Overpressure Protection Systems........

3/4.4.10 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASME Code Class 1,2, and 3 Components.

3/4.4.11 INTENTIONALLY BLANK....................

3/4.4.12 HEAD VENTS.............................

4-20 3/4 4-24 3/4 4-29 3/4 4-30 3/4 3/4 3/4 4-32 4-34 4-35 SALEM - UNIT I V

VAmendment No.268

INDEX BASES SECTION 3/4.3 3/4.3.1 and 3/4.3.2 3/4.3.3 3/4.3.4 PAGE INSTRUMENTATION PROTECTIVE AND ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES (ESF)

INSTRUMENTATION................................. B 3/4 3-1 MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION......

............... B 3/4 3-la TURBINE OVERSPEED PROTECTION.................... B 3/4 3-4 3/4.4 3/4.4 3/4.4.

3/4.4.

REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM

.1 REACTOR COOLANT LOOPS AND COOLANT CIRCULATION..........................

.2 SAFETY VALVES........................

.3 RELIEF VALVES........................

.4 PRESSURIZER..........................

.5 STEAM GENERATOR (SG)

TUBE INTEGRITY..

.6 REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM LEAKAGE.......

.7 DELETED

.8 SPECIFIC ACTIVITY....................

.9 PRESSURE/TEMPERATURE LIMITS..........

.10 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.................

.11 BLANK................................

.12 REACTOR VESSEL HEAD VENTS............

........... B 3/4 B 3/4 B 3/4 B 3/4 B 3/4 B 3/4 4-1 4-la 4-la 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-5 4-6 4-17 4-17 4-17 I

3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 SALEM - UNIT 1 XII Amendment No. 268

DEFINITIONS

b.

Leakage into the containment atmosphere from sources that are both specifically located and known either not to interfere with the operation of leakage detection systems or not to be PRESSURE BOUNDARY LEAKAGE, or

c.

Reactor coolant system leakage through a steam generator to the secondary system (primary-to-secondary leakage).

MEMBER(S)

OF THE PUBLIC 1.16 MEMBER(S) OF THE PUBLIC shall be all those persons who are not occupationally associated with the plant.

This category does not include employees of PSE&G, its contractors, or vendors.

Also excluded from this category are persons who enter the site to service equipment or to make deliveries.

This category does include persons who use portions of the site for recreational, occupational, or other purposes not associated with the plant.

OFFSITE DOSE CALCULATION MANUAL (ODCM) 1.17 The OFFSITE DOSE CALCULATION MANUAL (ODCM) shall contain the methodology and parameters used in the calculation of offsite doses resulting from radioactive gaseous and liquid effluents, in the calculation of gaseous and liquid effluent monitoring Alarm/Trip setpoints, and in the conduct of the Environmental Radiological Monitoring Program.

The ODCM shall also contain (1) the Radioactive Effluent controls and Radiological Environmental Monitoring programs required by Section 6.8.4 and (2) descriptions of the information that should be included in the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating and Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Reports required by Specifications 6.9.1.7 and 6.9.1.8 respectively.

OPERABLE - OPERABILITY 1.18 A system, subsystem, train, component, or device shall be OPERABLE or have OPERABILITY when it is capable of performing its specified safety function(s) and when all necessary attendant instrumentation, controls, normal or emergency electrical power, cooling and seal water, lubrication, and other auxiliary equipment that are required for the system, subsystem, train, component, or device to perform its specified safety function(s) are also capable of performing their related support function(s).

OPERATIONAL MODE - MODE 1.19 An OPERATIONAL MODE (i.e., MODE) shall correspond to any one inclusive combination of core reactivity condition, power level and average reactor coolant temperature specified in Table 1.1.

SALEM - UNIT 1 1-4 Amendment No. 268

DEFINITIONS PHYSICS TESTS 1.20 PHYSICS TESTS shall be those tests performed to measure the fundamental nuclear characteristics of the reactor core and related instrumentation and 1) described in Chapter 14 of the Updated FSAR, 2) authorized under the provisions of 10CFR50.59, or 3) otherwise by the Commission.

PRESSURE BOUNDARY LEAKAGE 1.21 PRESSURE BOUNDARY LEAKAGE shall be leakage (except primary-to-secondary leakage) through a non-isolable fault in a Reactor Coolant System component body, pipe wall or vessel wall.

PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM (PCP) 1.22 The PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM (PCP) shall contain the current formulas, sampling, analyses, test, and determinations to be made to ensure that processing and packaging of solid radioactive wastes based on demonstrated processing of actual or simulated wet solid wastes will be accomplished in such a way as to assure compliance with 10 CFR Parts 20, 61, and 71, State regulations, burial ground requirements, and other requirements governing the disposal of radioactive waste.

PURGE -

PURGING 1.23 PURGE or PURGING shall be the controlled process of discharging air or gas from a confinement to maintain temperature, pressure, humidity, concentration, or other operating condition, in such a manner that replacement air or gas is required to purify the confinement.

QUADRANT POWER TILT RATIO 1.24 QUADRANT POWER TILT RATIO shall be the ratio of the maximum upper excore detector calibrated output to the average of the upper excore detector calibrated outputs, or the ratio of the maximum lower excore detector calibrated output to the average of the lower excore detector calibrated outputs, whichever is greater. With one excore detector inoperable, the remaining three detectors shall be used for computing the average.

RATED THERMAL POWER 1.25 RATED THERMAL POWER shall be a total reactor core heat transfer rate to the reactor coolant of 3459 MWt.

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REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM STEAM GENERATOR (SG)

TUBE INTEGRITY I

LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION 3.4.5 SG tube integrity shall be maintained and all SG tubes satisfying the tube repair criteria shall be plugged in accordance with the Steam Generator Program.

APPLICABILITY:

MODES 1, 2, 3 and 4.

ACTION:

a.*

With one or more SG tubes satisfying the tube repair criteria and not plugged in accordance with the Steam Generator Program:

1.

Verify tube integrity of the affected tube(s) is maintained until the next refueling outage or SG tube inspection within 7 days; and

2.

Plug the affected tube(s) in accordance with the Steam Generator Program prior to entering HOT SHUTDOWN following the next refueling outage or SG tube inspection.

b.

With SG tube integrity not maintained or the required Action of a.

above not met, be in at least HOT STANDBY within 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months and in at least COLD SHUTDOWN within the following 30 hours3.472222e-4 days 0.00833 hours 4.960317e-5 weeks 1.1415e-5 months .

SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS 4.4.5.1 Program.

4.4.5.2 criteria entering Verify SG tube integrity in accordance with the Steam Generator Verify that each inspected SG tube that satisfies the tube repair is plugged in accordance with the Steam Generator Program prior to HOT SHUTDOWN following a SG tube inspection.

Separate Action is allowed for each SG tube.

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REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM OPERATIONAL LEAKAGE LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION 3.4.6.2 Reactor Coolant System leakage shall be limited to:

a.

No PRESSURE BOUNDARY LEAKAGE,

b.

1 GPM UNIDENTIFIED LEAKAGE,

c.

150 gallons per day primary-to-secondary leakage through any one steam generator, and

d.

10 GPM IDENTIFIED LEAKAGE from the Reactor Coolant System.

APPLICABILITY:

MODES 1, 2, 3 and 4 ACTION:

a.

With any PRESSURE BOUNDARY LEAKAGE or primary-to-secondary leakage not within limit, be in at least HOT STANDBY within 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months and in COLD SHUTDOWN within the following 30 hours3.472222e-4 days 0.00833 hours 4.960317e-5 weeks 1.1415e-5 months .

b.

With any Reactor Coolant System leakage greater than any one of the above limits, excluding PRESSURE BOUNDARY LEAKAGE and primary-to-secondary leakage, reduce the leakage rate to within limits within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days 0.00111 hours 6.613757e-6 weeks 1.522e-6 months or be in at least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months and in COLD SHUTDOWN within the following 30 hours3.472222e-4 days 0.00833 hours 4.960317e-5 weeks 1.1415e-5 months .

SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS 4.4.6.2 Reactor Coolant System leakages shall be demonstrated to be within each of the above limits by;

a.

Monitoring the containment atmosphere particulate radioactivity monitor at least once per 12 hours1.388889e-4 days 0.00333 hours 1.984127e-5 weeks 4.566e-6 months .

b.

Monitoring the containment sump inventory at least once per 12 hours1.388889e-4 days 0.00333 hours 1.984127e-5 weeks 4.566e-6 months .

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REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS (Continued) c.*

Verifying primary-to-secondary leakage is 5 150 gallons per day through any one steam generator at least once per 72 hours8.333333e-4 days 0.02 hours 1.190476e-4 weeks 2.7396e-5 months during steady state operation.

d.*

Performance of a Reactor Coolant System water inventory balance** at least once per 72 hours8.333333e-4 days 0.02 hours 1.190476e-4 weeks 2.7396e-5 months . The water inventory balance shall be performed with the plant at steady state conditions. The provisions of specification 4.0.4 are not applicable for entry into Mode 4, and

e.

Monitoring the reactor head flange leakoff system at least once per 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months .

Not required to be completed until 12 hours1.388889e-4 days 0.00333 hours 1.984127e-5 weeks 4.566e-6 months after establishment of steady state operation.

- Not applicable to primary-to-secondary leakage.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS

7) Limitations on the dose rate resulting from radioactive material released in gaseous effluents to areas beyond the SITE BOUNDARY conforming to the doses associated with 10 CFR Part 20, Appendix B, Table II, Column 1,

8) Limitations on the annual and quarterly air doses resulting from noble gases released in gaseous effluents from each unit to areas beyond the SITE BOUNDARY conforming to Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50,

9) Limitations on the annual and quarterly doses to a MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC from Iodine-131, Iodine-133, tritium, and all radionuclides in particulate form with half-lives greater than 8 days in gaseous effluents released from each unit to areas beyond the SITE BOUNDARY conforming to Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50,

10)

Limitations on the annual dose or dose commitment to any MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC due to releases of radioactivity and to radiation from uranium fuel cycle sources conforming to 40 CFR Part 190.

6.8.4.h Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program A program shall be provided to monitor the radiation and radionuclides in the environs of the plant. The program shall provide (1) representative measurements of radioactivity in the highest potential exposure pathways, and (2) verification of the accuracy of the effluent monitoring program and modeling of environmental exposure pathways.

The program shall (1) be contained in the ODCM, (2) conform to the guidance of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50, and (3) include the following:

1) Monitoring, sampling, analysis, and reporting of radiation and radionuclides in the environment in accordance with the methodology and parameters in the ODCM,

2) A Land Use Census to ensure that changes in the use of areas at and beyond the SITE BOUNDARY are identified and that modifications to the monitoring program are made if required by the results of the census, and

3) Participation in a Interlaboratory Comparison Program to ensure that independent checks on the precision and accuracy of the measurements of radioactive materials in environmental sample matrices are performed as part of the quality assurance program for environmental monitoring.

6.8.4.i Steam Generator (SG) Program A Steam Generator Program shall be established and implemented to ensure that SG tube integrity is maintained.

In addition, the Steam Generator Program shall include the following provisions:

a. Provisions for condition monitoring assessments. Condition monitoring assessment means an evaluation of the "as found, condition of the tubing with respect to the performance criteria for structural integrity and accident induced leakage.

The "as found, condition refers to the condition of the tubing during an SG inspection outage, as determined from the inservice inspection results or by other means, prior to the plugging of tubes.

Condition monitoring assessments shall be conducted during each SALEM - UNIT I 6-19b Amendment No. 268

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS outage during which the SG tubes are inspected or plugged to confirm that the performance criteria are being met.

b. Performance criteria for SG tube integrity.

SG tube integrity shall be maintained by meeting the performance criteria for tube structural integrity, accident induced leakage, and operational leakage.

1. Structural integrity performance criterion:

All in-service steam generator tubes shall retain structural integrity over the full range of normal operating conditions (including startup, operation in the power range, hot standby, and cool down and all anticipated transients included in the design specification) and design basis accidents.

This includes retaining a safety factor of 3.0 against burst under normal steady state full power operation primary-to-secondary pressure differential and a safety factor of 1.4 against burst applied to the design basis accident primary-to-secondary pressure differentials.

Apart from the above requirements, additional loading conditions associated with the design basis accidents, or combination of accidents in accordance with the design and licensing basis, shall also be evaluated to determine if the associated loads contribute significantly to burst or collapse.

In the assessment of tube integrity, those loads that do significantly affect burst or collapse shall be determined and assessed in combination with the loads due to pressure with a safety factor of 1.2 on the combined primary loads and 1.0 on axial secondary loads.

2. Accident induced leakage performance criterion:

The primary-to-secondary accident induced leakage rate for any design basis accident, other than a SG tube rupture, shall not exceed the leakage rate assumed in the accident analysis in terms of total leakage rate for all SGs and leakage rate for an individual SG.

Leakage is not to exceed 1 gallon per minute per SG.

3. The operational leakage performance criterion is specified in LCO 3.4.6.2, 'Reactor Coolant System Operational Leakage.,

c. Provisions for SG tube repair criteria.

Tubes found by inservice inspection to contain flaws with a depth equal to or exceeding 40%

of the nominal tube wall thickness shall be plugged.

d. Provisions for SG tube inspections.

Periodic SG tube inspections shall be performed. The number and portions of the tubes inspected and methods of inspection shall be performed with the objective of detecting flaws of any type (e.g., volumetric flaws, axial and circumferential cracks) that may be present along the length of the tube, from the tube-to-tubesheet weld at the tube inlet to the tube-to-tubesheet weld at the tube outlet, and that may satisfy the applicable tube repair criteria.

The tube-to-tubesheet weld is not part of the tube.

In addition to meeting the requirements of d.1, d.2, and d.3 below, the inspection scope, inspection methods, and inspection intervals shall be such as to ensure that SG tube integrity is maintained until the next SG inspection.

An assessment of degradation shall be performed to determine the type and location of flaws to which the tubes may be susceptible and, SALEM - UNIT I 6-19c Amendment No. 268

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS based on this assessment, to determine which inspection methods need to be employed and at what locations.

1. Inspect 100% of the tubes in each SG during the first refueling outage following SG replacement.

2. Inspect 100% of the tubes at sequential periods of 120, 90, and thereafter, 60 effective full power months.

The first sequential period shall be considered to begin after the first inservice inspection of the SGs.

In addition, inspect 50% of the tubes by the refueling outage nearest the midpoint of the period and the remaining 50% by the refueling outage nearest the end of the period. No SG shall operate for more than 48 effective full power months or two refueling outages (whichever is less) without being inspected.

3. If crack indications are found in any SG tube, then the next inspection for each SG for the degradation mechanism that caused the crack indication shall not exceed 24 effective full power months or one refueling outage (whichever is less).

If definitive information, such as from examination of a pulled tube, diagnostic non-destructive testing, or engineering evaluation indicates that a crack-like indication is not associated with a crack(s), then the indication need not be treated as a crack.

e. Provisions for monitoring operational primary-to-secondary leakage.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS

2. WCAP-8385, Power Distribution Control and Load Following Procedures - Topical Report, September 1974 (W Proprietary)

Methodology for Specification 3/4.2.1 Axial Flux Difference.

Approved by Safety Evaluation dated January 31, 1978.

3. WCAP-10054-P-A, Rev. 1, Westinghouse Small Break ECCS Evaluation Model Using NOTRUMP Code, August 1985 (W Proprietary),

Methodology for Specification 3/4.2.2 Heat Flux Hot Channel Factor.

Approved for Salem by NRC letter dated August 25, 1993.

4. WCAP-10266-P-A, Rev. 2, The 1981 Version of Westinghouse Evaluation Model Using BASH Code, Rev. 2. March 1987 (W Proprietary) Methodology for Specification 3/4.2.2 Heat Flux Hot Channel Factor. Approved by Safety Evaluation dated November 13, 1986.

5. WCAP-12472-P-A, BEACON -

Core Monitoring and Operations Support System, Revision 0, (W Proprietary). Approved February 1994.

6. CENPD-397-P-A, Rev. 1, Improved Flow Measurement Accuracy Using Crossflow Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Technology, May 2000.

c.

The core operating limits shall be determined such that all applicable limits (e.g., fuel thermal mechanical limits, core thermal hydraulic limits, Emergency Core Cooling Systems (ECCS) limits, nuclear limits such as SDM, transient analysis limits, and accident analysis limits) of the safety analysis are met.

d.

The COLR, including any mid-cycle revisions or supplements, shall be provided upon issuance for each reload cycle to the NRC.

6.9.1.10 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTION REPORT A report shall be submitted within 180 days after the initial entry into HOT SHUTDOWN following completion of an inspection performed in accordance with the Specification 6.8.4.i, "Steam Generator (SG) Program.'

The report shall include:

a.

The scope of inspections performed on each SG,

b.

Active degradation mechanisms found,

c.

Nondestructive examination techniques utilized for each degradation mechanism,

d.

Location, orientation (if linear), and measured sizes (if available) of service induced indications,

e.

Number of tubes plugged during the inspection outage for each active degradation mechanism,

f.

Total number and percentage of tubes plugged to date, and

g.

The results of condition monitoring, including the results of tube pulls and in-situ testing.

SALEM - UNIT 1 6-24a Amendment No.268

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS SPECIAL REPORTS 6.9.2 Special reports shall be submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to the Administrator, USNRC Region I within the time period specified for each report.

6.9.3 Violations of the requirements of the fire protection program described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report which would have adversely affected the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire shall be submitted to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator of the Regional Office of the NRC via the Licensee Event Report System within 30 days.

6.9.4 When a report is required by ACTION 8 or 9 of Table 3.3-11 "Accident Monitoring Instrumentation", a report shall be submitted within the following 14 days.

The report shall outline the preplanned alternate method of monitoring for inadequate core cooling, the cause of the inoperability, and the plans and schedule for restoring the instrument channels to OPERABLE status.

SALEM - UNIT 1 6-24b Amendment No. 268

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