ML072890012
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Site: | San Onofre |
Issue date: | 10/31/2007 |
From: | Kalyanam N NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV |
To: | Rosenblum R Southern California Edison Co |
Kalyanam N, NRR/DORL/LP4, 415-1480 | |
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October 31, 2007 Mr. Richard M. Rosenblum Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
SUBJECT:
SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 -
ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS RE: ADOPTION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TASK FORCE (TSTF)-448, REVISION 3, "CONTROL ROOM ENVELOPE HABITABILITY," USING THE CONSOLIDATED LINE ITEM IMPROVEMENT PROCESS (TAC NOS. MD5328 AND MD5329)
Dear Mr. Rosenblum:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 214 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-10 and Amendment No. 206 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-15 for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3, respectively. The amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated April 17, 2007.
The amendments modify TS requirements related to control room envelope habitability in TS 3.7.11, "Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System (CREACUS)," and TS Section 5.5, "Administrative Controls - Procedures, Programs and Manuals." The changes are consistent with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved Industry/TS Task Force (TSTF) Standard TS Change TSTF-448, Revision 3. The availability of this TS improvement was published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2007 (72 FR 2022), as part of the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process.
A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next biweekly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
N. Kalyanam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 214 to NPF-10
- 2. Amendment No. 206 to NPF-15
- 3. Safety Evaluation
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Mr. Raymond W. Waldo, Vice President, Director, Radiologic Health Branch Nuclear Generation State Department of Health Services Southern California Edison Company P.O. Box 997414, MS 7610 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128 Resident Inspector San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Mr. Douglas K. Porter, Esquire c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Southern California Edison Company Post Office Box 4329 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue San Clemente, CA 92674 Rosemead, CA 91770 Mayor Dr. David Spath, Chief City of San Clemente Division of Drinking Water and 100 Avenida Presidio Environmental Management San Clemente, CA 92672 California Dept. of Health Services 850 Marina Parkway, Bldg P, 2nd Floor Mr. James T. Reilly Richmond, CA 94804 Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Chairman, Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 128 County of San Diego San Clemente, CA 92674-0128 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335 San Diego, CA 92101 Mr. James D. Boyd, Commissioner California Energy Commission Mark L. Parsons 1516 Ninth Street (MS 31)
Deputy City Attorney Sacramento, CA 95814 City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Brian Katz Riverside, CA 92522 Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Mr. Gary L. Nolff P.O. Box 128 Assistant Director - Resources San Clemente, CA 92764-0128 City of Riverside 3900 Main Street, 4th Floor Mr. Steve Hsu Riverside, CA 92522 Department of Health Services Radiologic Health Branch Regional Administrator, Region IV MS 7610, P.O. Box 997414 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Mr. A. Edward Scherer Southern California Edison Company Mr. Michael L. DeMarco San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station San Diego Gas & Electric Company P.O. Box 128 8315 Century Park Ct. CP21G San Clemente, CA 92674-0128 San Diego, CA 92123-1548 October 2007
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA DOCKET NO. 50-361 SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 214 License No. NPF-10
- 1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A. The application for amendment by Southern California Edison Company, et al.
(SCE or the licensee), dated April 17, 2007, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
- 2. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and Paragraph 2.C(2) of Facility Operating License No. NPF-10 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 214, are hereby incorporated in the license. Southern California Edison Company shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
- 3. This license amendment is effective as of the date of its issuance and shall be implemented within 60 days of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Thomas G. Hiltz, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Facility Operating License No. NPF-10 and Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: October 31, 2007
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 214 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-10 DOCKET NO. 50-361 Replace the following pages of the Facility Operating License No. NPF-10 and Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Facility Operating License REMOVE INSERT 3 3 8 8 9 9 Technical Specifications REMOVE INSERT 3.7-24 3.7-24 3.7-25 3.7-25 3.7-26 3.7-26 5.0-20b 5.0-20b
-- 5.0-20c
(3) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (5) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (6) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 and by the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1.
C. This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
(1) Maximum Power Level Southern California Edison Company (SCE) is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of full power (3438 megawatts thermal).
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 214, are hereby incorporated in the license. l Southern California Edison Company shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
Amendment No. 214
- 6. Training on integrated fire response strategy
- 7. Spent fuel pool mitigation measures (c) Actions to minimize release to include consideration of:
- 1. Water spray scrubbing
- 2. Dose to onsite responders (27) Upon implementation of Amendment No. 214 adopting TSTF-448, l Revision 3, the determination of control room envelope (CRE) unfiltered air l inleakage as required by SR 3.7.11.4, in accordance with TS 5.5.2.16.c.(i), l the assessment of CRE habitability as required by Specification l 5.5.2.16.c.(ii), and the measurement of CRE pressure as required by l Specification 5.5.2.16.d, shall be considered met. Following l implementation: l l
(a) The first performance of SR 3.7.11.4, in accordance with l Specification 5.5.2.16.c.(i), shall be within the specified frequency l of 6 years, plus the 18-month allowance of SR 3.0.2, as measured l from May 18, 2004, the date of the most recent successful tracer l gas test, as stated in the September 17, 2004 letter response to l Generic Letter 2003-01, or within the next 18 months if the time l period since the most recent successful tracer gas test is greater l than 6 years. l l
(b) The first performance of the periodic assessment of CRE l habitability, Specification 5.5.2.16.c.(ii), shall be within 3 years, plus l the 9-month allowance of SR 3.0.2, as measured from May 18, l 2004, the date of the most recent successful tracer gas test, as l stated in the September 17, 2004, letter response to Generic Letter l 2003-01, or within the next 9 months if the time period since the l most recent successful tracer gas is greater than 3 years. l l
(c) The first performance of the periodic measurement of CRE l pressure, Specification 5.5.2.16.d, shall be within 6 months. l D. Exemptions to certain requirements of Appendices G, H and J to 10 CFR Part 50 are described in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Safety Evaluation Report. These exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted. The facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission.
Amendment No. 214 l Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007
E. SCE shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21 is entitled: "San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Security, Training and Qualification, and Safeguards Contingency Plan, Revision 2" submitted by letter dated May 15, 2006.
F. This license is subject to the following additional condition for the protection of the environment:
Before engaging in activities that may result in a significant adverse environmental impact that was not evaluated or that is significantly greater than that evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement, SCE shall provide a written notification of such activities to the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and receive written approval from that office before proceeding with such activities.
G. DELETED H. SCE shall notify the Commission, as soon as possible but not later than one hour, of any accident at this facility which could result in an unplanned release of quantities of fission products in excess of allowable limits for normal operation established by the Commission.
I. SCE shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
J. This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on February 16, 2022.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original Signed by Harold R. Denton Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
- 1. Appendix A (Technical Specifications)
- 2. Appendix B (Environmental Protection Plan)
- 3. Appendix C (Antitrust Conditions)
Date of Issuance: FEB 16 1982
- On September 29, 1983, the Safeguards Contingency Plan was made a separate, companion document to the Physical Security Plan pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54.
Amendment No. 214 l Revised by letter dated March 6, 2007
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA DOCKET NO. 50-362 SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 3 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 206 License No. NPF-15
- 1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A. The application for amendment by Southern California Edison Company, et al.
(SCE or the licensee), dated April 17, 2007, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
- 2. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and Paragraph 2.C(2) of Facility Operating License No. NPF-15 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 206, are hereby incorporated in the license. Southern California Edison Company shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
- 3. This license amendment is effective as of the date of its issuance and shall be implemented within 60 days of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Thomas G. Hiltz, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Facility Operating License and Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: October 31, 2007
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 206 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-15 DOCKET NO. 50-362 Replace the following pages of the Facility Operating License No. NPF-15 and Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Facility Operating License REMOVE INSERT 3 3 7 7 8 8 Technical Specifications REMOVE INSERT 3.7-24 3.7-24 3.7-25 3.7-25 3.7-26 3.7-26 5.0-20b 5.0-20b
-- 5.0-20c
(3) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear materials as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (5) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (6) SCE, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 3 and by the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1.
C. This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
(1) Maximum Power Level Southern California Edison Company (SCE) is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of full power (3438 megawatts thermal).
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 206, are hereby incorporated in the license. l Southern California Edison Company shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
Amendment No. 206
(27) Mitigation Strategy License Condition Develop and maintain strategies for addressing large fires and explosions and that include the following key areas:
(a) Fire fighting response strategy with the following elements:
- 1. Pre-defined coordinated fire response strategy and guidance
- 2. Assessment of mutual aid fire fighting assets
- 3. Designated staging areas for equipment and materials
- 4. Command and control
- 5. Training of response personnel (b) Operations to mitigate fuel damage considering the following:
- 1. Protection and use of personnel assets
- 2. Communications
- 3. Minimizing fire spread
- 4. Procedures for implementing integrated fire response strategy
- 5. Identification of readily-available pre-staged equipment
- 6. Training on integrated fire response strategy
- 7. Spent fuel pool mitigation measures (c) Actions to minimize release to include consideration of:
- 1. Water spray scrubbing
- 2. Dose to onsite responders (28) Upon implementation of Amendment No. 206 adopting TSTF-448, l Revision 3, the determination of control room envelope (CRE) unfiltered air l inleakage as required by SR 3.7.11.4, in accordance with TS 5.5.2.16.c.(i), l the assessment of CRE habitability as required by Specification l 5.5.2.16.c.(ii), and the measurement of CRE pressure as required by l Specification 5.5.2.16.d, shall be considered met. Following l implementation: l (a) The first performance of SR 3.7.11.4, in accordance with l Specification 5.5.2.16.c.(i), shall be within the specified frequency l of 6 years, plus the 18-month allowance of SR 3.0.2, as measured l from May 18, 2004, the date of the most recent successful tracer l gas test, as stated in the September 17, 2004 letter response to l Generic Letter 2003-01, or within the next 18 months if the time l period since the most recent successful tracer gas test is greater l than 6 years. l (b) The first performance of the periodic assessment of CRE l habitability, Specification 5.5.2.16.c.(ii), shall be within 3 years, plus l the 9-month allowance of SR 3.0.2, as measured from May 18, l 2004, the date of the most recent successful tracer gas test, as l stated in the September 17, 2004, letter response to Generic Letter l 2003-01, or within the next 9 months if the time period since the l most recent successful tracer gas is greater than 3 years. l (c) The first performance of the periodic measurement of CRE l pressure, Specification 5.5.2.16.d, shall be within 6 months. l D. Exemptions to certain requirements of Appendices G, H and J to 10 CFR Part 50 are described in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Safety Evaluation Amendment No. 206 l Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007
Report. These exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted. The facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission.
E. SCE shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-
-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21 is entitled: "San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Security, Training and Qualification, and Safeguards Contingency Plan, Revision 2" submitted by letter dated May 15, 2006.
F. This license is subject to the following additional condition for the protection of the environment:
Before engaging in activities that may result in a significant adverse environmental impact that was not evaluated or that is significantly greater than that evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement, SCE shall provide a written notification of such activities to the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and receive written approval from that office before proceeding with such activities.
G. DELETED H. SCE shall notify the Commission, as soon as possible but not later than one hour, of any accident at this facility which could result in an unplanned release of quantities of fission products in excess of allowable limits for normal operation established by the Commission.
I. SCE shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
J. This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on November 15, 2022.
K. Deleted by Amendment No. 176 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original Signed by Harold R. Denton Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attachments:
- 1. Attachment 1 - Deleted by Amendment No. 176
- 2. Appendix A (Technical Specifications)
- 3. Appendix B (Environmental Protection Plan)
- 4. Appendix C (Antitrust Conditions)
Date of Issuance: NOV 15 1982
- On September 29, 1983, the Safeguards Contingency Plan was made a separate, companion document to the Physical Security Plan pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54.
Amendment No. 206 l Revised by letter dated March 6, 2007
SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 214 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-10 AND AMENDMENT NO. 206 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-15 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-361 AND 50-362
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By application dated April 17, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML071140209), Southern California Edison (SCE, the licensee) requested changes to the Technical Specifications (TS) for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 (SONGS 2 and 3) consistent with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-approved Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF)-448, Revision 3. The availability of this TS improvement was published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2007 (72 FR 2022), as part of the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process.
On August 8, 2006, the commercial nuclear electrical power generation industry owners group TSTF submitted a proposed change, TSTF-448, Revision 3, to the improved standard technical specifications (STS) (NUREGs 1430-1434) on behalf of the industry (TSTF-448, Revisions 0, 1, and 2 were prior draft iterations). TSTF-448, Revision 3, is a proposal to establish more effective and appropriate action, surveillance, and administrative STS requirements related to ensuring the habitability of the control room envelope (CRE).
In NRC Generic Letter (GL) 2003-01 (Reference 1), licensees were alerted to findings at facilities that existing TS surveillance requirements (SRs) for the Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System (CREACUS) may not be adequate. Specifically, the results of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E741 (Reference 2) tracer gas tests to measure CRE unfiltered inleakage at facilities indicated that the differential pressure surveillance is not a reliable method for demonstrating CRE boundary operability. Licensees were requested to address existing TS as follows:
... [Provide confirmation] that your technical specifications verify the integrity [i.e.,
operability] of the CRE [boundary], and the assumed [unfiltered] inleakage rates of potentially contaminated air. If you currently have a P [differential pressure]
surveillance requirement to demonstrate CRE [boundary] integrity, provide the basis for your conclusion that it remains adequate to demonstrate CRE integrity in light of the ASTM E741 testing results. If you conclude that your P surveillance requirement is no longer adequate, provide a schedule for: 1) revising the surveillance requirement in your technical specification to reference an acceptable surveillance methodology (e.g., ASTM E741), and 2) making any necessary modifications to your CRE [boundary] so that compliance with your new surveillance requirement can be demonstrated.
If your facility does not currently have a technical specification surveillance requirement for your CRE integrity, explain how and at what frequency you confirm your CRE integrity and why this is adequate to demonstrate CRE integrity.
To promote standardization and to minimize the resources that would be needed to create and process plant-specific amendment applications in response to the concerns described in the generic letter, the industry and the NRC proposed revisions to CRE habitability system requirements contained in the STS, using the STS change traveler process. This effort culminated in Revision 3 to traveler TSTF-448, Control Room Habitability, which the NRC staff approved on January 9, 2007.
Consistent with the traveler as incorporated into NUREG-1432, Standard Technical Specifications for Combustion Engineering Plants, the licensee proposed revising action and SRs in Specification 3.7.11, Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System (CREACUS), and adding a new administrative controls program, TS 5.5.2.16, Control Room Envelope Habitability Program." The purpose of the changes is to ensure that CRE boundary operability is maintained and verified through effective surveillance and programmatic requirements, and that appropriate remedial actions are taken in the event of an inoperable CRE boundary.
It should be noted that although NUREG-1432 abbreviates the Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System as the CREACS, SONGS 2 and 3 abbreviates the Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System as the CREACUS. This is considered an administrative difference that has no material impact on TSTF-448.
2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION
2.1 Control Room and Control Room Envelope NRC Regulatory Guide 1.196, Control Room Habitability at Light-water Nuclear Power Reactors, Revision 0, May 2003 (Reference 4), uses the term control room envelope in addition to the term control room and defines each term as follows:
Control Room: The plant area, defined in the facility licensing basis, in which actions can be taken to operate the plant safely under normal conditions and to maintain the reactor in a safe condition during accident situations. It encompasses the instrumentation and controls necessary for a safe shutdown of the plant and typically includes the critical document reference file, computer room (if used as an integral part of the emergency response plan), shift
supervisor's office, operator wash room and kitchen, and other critical areas to which frequent personnel access or continuous occupancy may be necessary in the event of an accident.
Control Room Envelope: The plant area, defined in the facility licensing basis, that in the event of an emergency, can be isolated from the plant areas and the environment external to the CRE. This area is served by an emergency ventilation system, with the intent of maintaining the habitability of the control room. This area encompasses the control room, and may encompass other non-critical areas to which frequent personnel access or continuous occupancy is not necessary in the event of an accident.
NRC Regulatory Guide 1.197, Demonstrating Control Room Envelope Integrity At Nuclear Power Reactors, Revision 0, May 2003 (Reference 5), also contains these definitions, but uses the term CRE to mean both. This is because the protected environment provided for operators varies with the nuclear power facility. At some facilities this environment is limited to the control room; at others, it is the CRE. In this safety evaluation, consistent with the proposed changes to the STS, the CRE will be used to designate both. For consistency, facilities should use the term CRE with an appropriate facility-specific definition derived from the above CRE definition.
2.2 Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System (CREACUS)
The CREACUS provides a protected environment from which operators can control the unit, during airborne challenges from radioactivity, hazardous chemicals, and fire byproducts, such as fire suppression agents and smoke, during both normal and accident conditions.
The CREACUS is designed to maintain a habitable environment in the CRE for 30 days of continuous occupancy after a Design Basis Accident (DBA) without exceeding a 5 rem (roentgen equivalent man) total effective dose equivalent (TEDE).
The CREACUS consists of two redundant trains, each capable of maintaining the habitability of the CRE. The CREACUS is considered operable when the individual components necessary to limit operator exposure are operable in both trains. A CREACUS train is considered operable when the associated:
- Fan is operable;
- High efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters and charcoal adsorbers are not excessively restricting flow, and are capable of performing their filtration functions;
- Heater, demister, ductwork, valves, and dampers are operable, and air circulation can be maintained; and
The CRE boundary is considered operable when the measured unfiltered air inleakage is less than or equal to the inleakage value assumed by the licensing basis analyses of DBA consequences to CRE occupants.
2.3 Regulations Applicable to Control Room Habitability In Appendix A, General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants, to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, General Design Criteria (GDC) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 19 apply to CRE habitability. A summary of these GDCs follows:
- GDC 1, Quality Standards and Records, requires that structures, systems, and components (SSCs) important to safety be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety functions performed.
- GDC 2, Design Basis for Protection Against Natural Phenomena, requires that SSCs important to safety be designed to withstand the effects of earthquakes and other natural hazards.
- GDC 3, Fire Protection, requires SSCs important to safety be designed and located to minimize the effects of fires and explosions.
- GDC 4, Environmental and Dynamic Effects Design Bases, requires SSCs important to safety to be designed to accommodate the effects of and to be compatible with the environmental conditions associated with normal operation, maintenance, testing, and postulated accidents, including loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs).
- GDC 5, Sharing of Structures, Systems, and Components, requires that SSCs important to safety not be shared among nuclear power units unless it can be shown that such sharing will not significantly impair their ability to perform their safety functions, including, in the event of an accident in one unit, the orderly shutdown and cooldown of the remaining units.
- GDC 19, Control Room, requires that a control room be provided from which actions can be taken to operate the nuclear reactor safely under normal conditions and to maintain the reactor in a safe condition under accident conditions, including a LOCA. Adequate radiation protection is to be provided to permit access and occupancy of the control room under accident conditions without personnel receiving radiation exposures in excess of specified values.
Prior to incorporation of TSTF-448, Revision 3, the STS requirements addressing CRE boundary operability resided only in the following CRE ventilation system specifications:
- NUREG-1430, STS 3.7.10, Control Room Emergency Ventilation System (CREVS);
- NUREG-1432, STS 3.7.11, Control Room Emergency Air Cleanup System (CREACS);
- NUREG-1433, STS 3.7.4, Main Control Room Environmental Control (MCREC)
System; and
- NUREG-1434, STS 3.7.3, Control Room Fresh Air (CRFA) System.
In STS 3.7.11, the SR associated with demonstrating the operability of the CRE boundary requires verifying that one CREACS train can maintain a positive pressure relative to the areas adjacent to the CRE during the pressurization mode of operation at the makeup flow rate.
Facilities that pressurize the CRE during the emergency mode of operation of the CREACS have similar SRs. Other facilities that do not pressurize the CRE have only a system flow rate criterion for the emergency mode of operation. Regardless, the results of ASTM E741 (Reference 2) tracer gas tests to measure CRE unfiltered inleakage at facilities indicated that the differential pressure surveillance (or the alternative surveillance at non-pressurization facilities) is not a reliable method for demonstrating CRE boundary operability. That is, licensees were able to obtain differential pressure and flow measurements satisfying the SR limits even though unfiltered inleakage was determined to exceed the value assumed in the safety analyses.
In addition to an inadequate SR, the action requirements of these specifications were ambiguous regarding CRE boundary operability in the event CRE unfiltered inleakage is found to exceed the analysis assumption. The ambiguity stemmed from the view that the CRE boundary may be considered operable but degraded in this condition, and that it would be deemed inoperable only if calculated radiological exposure limits for CRE occupants exceeded a licensing basis limit; e.g., as stated in GDC 19, even while crediting compensatory measures.
NRC Administrative Letter (AL) 98-10, Dispositioning of Technical Specifications That Are Insufficient to Assure Plant Safety, states ... [t]he discovery of an improper or inadequate TS value or required action is considered a degraded or nonconforming condition, which is defined in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 9900; see latest guidance in Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2005-20 (Reference 3). AL 98-10 also states Imposing administrative controls in response to an improper or inadequate TS is considered an acceptable short-term corrective action. The [NRC] staff expects that, following the imposition of administrative controls, an amendment to the [inadequate] TS, with appropriate justification and schedule, will be submitted in a timely fashion."
Licensees that have found unfiltered inleakage in excess of the limit assumed in the safety analyses and have yet to either reduce the inleakage below the limit or establish a higher bounding limit through re-analysis, have implemented compensatory actions to ensure the safety of CRE occupants, pending final resolution of the condition, consistent with RIS 2005-20.
However, based on GL 2003-01 and AL 98-10, the NRC staff expects each licensee to propose TS changes that include a surveillance to periodically measure CRE unfiltered inleakage in order to satisfy 10 CFR 50.36, which requires a facility's TS to include SRs, which it defines as
... [r]equirements relating to test, calibration, or inspection to assure that the necessary quality of systems and components is maintained, that facility operation will be within safety limits, and that the limiting conditions for operation will be met. (Emphasis added.)
The NRC staff also expects facilities to propose unambiguous remedial actions, consistent with 10 CFR 50.36, for the condition of not meeting the limiting condition for operation (LCO) due to an inoperable CRE boundary. The action requirements should specify a reasonable completion time to restore conformance to the LCO before requiring a facility to be shut down. This completion time should be based on the benefits of implementing mitigating actions to ensure CRE occupant safety and sufficient time to resolve most problems anticipated with the CRE boundary, while minimizing the chance that operators in the CRE will need to use mitigating actions during accident conditions.
2.4 Adoption of TSTF-448, Revision 3, by SONGS 2 and 3 Adoption of TSTF-448, Revision 3, will assure that the facility's TS LCO for the CREACUS is met by demonstrating unfiltered leakage into the CRE is within limits; i.e., the operability of the CRE boundary. In support of this surveillance, which specifies a test interval (frequency) described in Regulatory Guide 1.197, TSTF-448 also adds TS administrative controls to assure the habitability of the CRE between performances of the ASTM E741 test. In addition, adoption of TSTF-448 will establish clearly stated and reasonable required actions in the event CRE unfiltered inleakage is found to exceed the analysis assumption.
The changes made by TSTF-448 to the STS requirements for the CREACUS and the CRE boundary conform to 10 CFR 50.36. Their adoption will better assure that for SONGS 2 and 3, the CRE will remain habitable during normal operation and DBA conditions. These changes are, therefore, acceptable from a regulatory standpoint.
3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION
The NRC staff reviewed the proposed changes against the corresponding changes made to the STS by TSTF-448, Revision 3, which the NRC staff has found to satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, as described above in Section 2.0. The emergency operational mode of the CREACUS at SONGS 2 and 3 pressurizes the CRE to minimize unfiltered air inleakage. The proposed changes are consistent with this design.
3.1 Proposed Changes The proposed amendment would strengthen CRE habitability TS requirements by changing TS 3.7.11, "CREACUS" and adding a new TS administrative controls program on CRE habitability. Accompanying the proposed TS changes are appropriate conforming technical changes to the TS Bases. The proposed revision to the Bases also includes editorial and administrative changes to reflect applicable changes to the corresponding STS Bases, which were made to improve clarity, conform to the latest information and references, to correct factual errors, and achieve more consistency among the STS NUREGs, as revised by TSTF-448, Revision 3.
The NRC staff compared the proposed TS changes to the STS and the STS markups and evaluations in TSTF-448. The staff verified that differences from the STS were adequately justified on the basis of plant-specific design or retention of current licensing basis. The NRC staff also reviewed the proposed changes to the TS Bases for consistency with the STS Bases and the plant-specific design and licensing bases, although approval of the Bases is not a condition for accepting the proposed amendment. However, TS 5.4, Technical Specifications (TS) Bases Control, provides assurance that the licensee has established and will maintain the adequacy of the Bases. The proposed Bases for TS 3.7.11 refer to specific guidance in Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 99-03, Control Room Habitability Assessment Guidance, Revision 0, dated June 2001 (Reference 6), which the NRC staff has formally endorsed, with exceptions, through Regulatory Guide 1.196, Control Room Habitability at Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors, dated May 2003 (Reference 4).
3.2 Editorial Changes The licensee proposed editorial changes to TS 3.7.11, CREACUS, to establish standard terminology, such as control room envelope (CRE) in place of control room, except for the plant-specific name for the CREACUS (plant-specific name for CREACS), and radiological, chemical, and smoke hazards (or challenges) in place of various phrases to describe the hazards that CRE occupants are protected from by the CREACUS. These changes improve the usability and quality of the presentation of the TS, have no impact on safety, and therefore, are acceptable.
3.3 TS 3.7.11, CREACUS The licensee proposed to revise the action requirements of TS 3.7.11, "CREACUS," to acknowledge that an inoperable CRE boundary, depending upon the location of the associated degradation, could cause just one, instead of both CREACUS trains to be inoperable. This is accomplished by revising Condition A to exclude Condition B, and revising Condition B to address one or more CREACUS trains, as follows:
- Condition A One CREACUS train inoperable for reasons other than Condition B.
- Condition B One or more CREACUS trains inoperable due to inoperable CRE boundary in Modes 1, 2, 3 or 4.
This change clarifies how to apply the action requirements in the event just one CREACUS train is unable to ensure CRE occupant safety within licensing basis limits because of an inoperable CRE boundary. It enhances the usability of Conditions A and B with a presentation that is more consistent with the intent of the existing requirements. This change is an administrative change because it neither reduces nor increases the existing action requirements, and, therefore, is acceptable.
The licensee proposed to replace existing Required Action B.1, Restore control room boundary to OPERABLE status, which has a 24-hour Completion Time, with Required Action B.1, to immediately initiate action to implement mitigating actions; Required Action B.2, to verify, within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, that in the event of a DBA, CRE occupant radiological exposures will not exceed the
calculated dose of the licensing basis analyses of DBA consequences, and that CRE occupants are protected from hazardous chemicals and smoke; and Required Action B.3, to restore CRE boundary to operable status within 90 days.
The 24-hour Completion Time of new Required Action B.2 is reasonable based on the low probability of a DBA occurring during this time period, and the use of mitigating actions as directed by Required Action B.1. The 90-day Completion Time of new Required Action B.3 is reasonable based on the determination that the mitigating actions will ensure protection of CRE occupants within analyzed limits while limiting the probability that CRE occupants will have to implement protective measures that may adversely affect their ability to control the reactor and maintain it in a safe shutdown condition in the event of a DBA. The 90-day Completion Time is a reasonable time to diagnose, plan and possibly repair, and test most anticipated problems with the CRE boundary. Therefore, proposed Actions B.1., B.2, and B.3 are acceptable.
The licensee proposed to add a new condition to Action E of TS 3.7.11 that states, One or more CREACUS trains inoperable due to an inoperable CRE boundary in Mode 5 or 6, or during movement of irradiated fuel assemblies. The specified Required Action proposed for this condition is the same as for the existing condition of Action E, which states Two CREACUS trains inoperable in MODE 5 or 6, or during movement of irradiated fuel assemblies. Accordingly, the new condition is stated with the other condition in Action E using the logical connector OR. The practical result of this presentation in format is the same as specifying two separately numbered Actions, one for each condition. Its advantage is to make the TS Actions table easier to use by avoiding having an additional numbered row in the Actions table. The new condition in Action E is needed because proposed Action B will only apply in Modes 1, 2, 3, and 4. As such, this change will ensure that the Actions table continues to specify a condition for an inoperable CRE boundary during Modes 5 and 6 and during refueling.
Therefore, this change is administrative and acceptable.
In the emergency mode of operation, the CREACUS isolates unfiltered ventilation air supply intakes, filters the emergency ventilation air supply to the CRE, and pressurizes the CRE to minimize unfiltered air inleakage past the CRE boundary. The licensee proposed to delete the CRE pressurization SR. This SR requires verifying that one CREACUS train, operating in the emergency mode, can maintain a pressure of 0.125 inches water gauge, relative to the atmosphere. The deletion of this SR is proposed because measurements of unfiltered air leakage into the CRE at numerous reactor facilities demonstrated that a basic assumption of this SR, an essentially leak-tight CRE boundary, was incorrect for most facilities. Hence, meeting this SR by achieving the required CRE pressure is not necessarily a conclusive indication of CRE boundary leak tightness, i.e., CRE boundary operability. Based on the adoption of TSTF-448, Revision 3, the licensee's proposal to delete SR 3.7.11.4 is acceptable.
The proposed CRE inleakage measurement listed in SR 3.7.11.4 states, Perform required CRE unfiltered air inleakage testing in accordance with the Control Room Envelope Habitability Program. The CRE Habitability Program TS, proposed TS 5.5.2.16, requires that the program include Requirements for [(i)] determining the unfiltered air inleakage past the CRE boundary into the CRE in accordance with the testing methods and at the frequencies specified in Sections C.1 and C.2 of Regulatory Guide 1.197,..., Revision 0 ... (Reference 5). This guidance references ASTM E741 (Reference 2) as an acceptable method for ascertaining the unfiltered leakage into the CRE. The licensee has proposed to follow this method with a minor
acceptable exception, discussed in further detail in Section 3.4. Therefore, the proposed CRE inleakage measurement SR is acceptable.
3.4 TS 5.5.2.16, CRE Habitability Program The proposed administrative controls program TS is consistent with the model program TS in TSTF-448, Revision 3. In combination with SR 3.7.11.4, this program is intended to ensure the operability of the CRE boundary, which as part of an operable CREACUS will ensure that CRE habitability is maintained such that CRE occupants can control the reactor safely under normal conditions and maintain it in a safe condition following a radiological event, hazardous chemical release, or a smoke challenge. The program shall ensure that adequate radiation protection is provided to permit access and occupancy of the CRE under DBA conditions without personnel receiving radiation exposures in excess of 5 rem TEDE for the duration of the accident.
A CRE Habitability Program TS acceptable to the NRC staff requires the program to contain the following elements:
- Definitions of CRE and CRE boundary. This element is intended to ensure that these definitions accurately describe the plant areas that are within the CRE, and also the interfaces that form the CRE boundary, and are consistent with the general definitions discussed in Section 2.1 of this safety evaluation.
Establishing what is meant by the CRE and the CRE boundary will preclude ambiguity in the implementation of the program.
- Configuration control and preventive maintenance of the CRE boundary. This element is intended to ensure the CRE boundary is maintained in its design condition. Guidance for implementing this element is contained in Regulatory Guide 1.196 (Reference 4), which endorsed, with exceptions, NEI 99-03 (Reference 6). Maintaining the CRE boundary in its design condition provides assurance that its leak-tightness will not significantly degrade between CRE inleakage determinations.
- Assessment of CRE habitability at the frequencies stated in Sections C.1 and C.2 of Regulatory Guide 1.197, Revision 0 (Reference 5), and measurement of unfiltered air leakage into the CRE in accordance with the testing methods and at the frequencies stated in Sections C.1 and C.2 of Regulatory Guide 1.197.
The licensee proposed one exception, as allowed by TSTF-448, to Sections C.1 and C.2 of Regulatory Guide 1.197, to be listed in the TS with this program element. The exception is stated as Appropriate application of ASTM E-741 shall include the ability to take minor exceptions to the test methodology. These exceptions shall be documented in the test report. This exception is considered acceptable because the required testing methodology, ASTM-E741, was not originally intended for nuclear power plant control room envelope testing. Some minor exceptions from the standard are necessary and are usually determined by the test vendor. Any exceptions to the test methodology will be documented in the individual test report to ensure that the testing performed is in accordance with the CRE Habitability Program requirements of proposed TS 5.5.2.16.c.
The CRE Habitability Program is intended to ensure that the plant assesses CRE habitability consistent with Sections C.1 and C.2 of Regulatory Guide 1.197.
Assessing CRE habitability at the NRC accepted frequencies provides assurance that significant degradation of the CRE boundary will not go undetected between CRE inleakage determinations. Determination of CRE inleakage using test methods acceptable to the NRC staff assures that test results are reliable for ascertaining CRE boundary operability. Determination of CRE inleakage at the NRC accepted frequencies provides assurance that significant degradation of the CRE boundary will not occur between CRE inleakage determinations.
- Measurement of CRE pressure with respect to all areas adjacent to the CRE boundary at designated locations for use in assessing the CRE boundary at a frequency of 18 months on a staggered test basis (with respect to the CREACUS trains). This element is intended to ensure that CRE differential pressure is regularly measured to identify changes in pressure warranting evaluation of the condition of the CRE boundary. Obtaining and trending pressure data provides additional assurance that significant degradation of the CRE boundary will not go undetected between CRE inleakage determinations.
- Quantitative limits on unfiltered inleakage. This element is intended to establish the CRE inleakage limit as the CRE unfiltered infiltration rate assumed in the CRE occupant radiological consequence analyses of DBAs. Having an unambiguous criterion for the CRE boundary to be considered operable in order to meet LCO 3.7.11, will ensure that associated action requirements will be consistently applied in the event of CRE degradation resulting in inleakage exceeding the limit.
- Consistent with TSTF-448, Revision 3, the program states that the provisions of SR 3.0.2 are applicable to the program frequencies for performing the activities required by program paragraph number c, parts (i) and (ii) (assessment of CRE habitability and measurement of CRE inleakage), and paragraph number d (measurement of CRE differential pressure). This statement is needed to avoid confusion. SR 3.0.2 is applicable to the surveillance that references the testing in the CRE Habitability Program. However, SR 3.0.2 is not applicable to Administrative Controls unless specifically invoked. Providing this statement in the program eliminates any confusion regarding whether SR 3.0.2 is applicable, and is acceptable.
Consistent with TSTF-448, Revision 3, proposed TS 5.5.2.16 states that (1) a CRE Habitability Program shall be established and implemented, (2) the program shall include all of the NRC staff required elements, as described above, and (3) the provisions of SR 3.0.2 shall apply to program frequencies. Therefore, TS 5.5.2.16, which is consistent with the model program TS approved by the NRC staff in TSTF-448, Revision 3, is acceptable.
3.5 Implementation of New Surveillance and Assessment Requirements by the Licensee The licensee has proposed license conditions regarding the initial performance of the new surveillance and assessment requirements. The new license conditions adopted the conditions in section 2.3 of the model application published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2007 (72 FR 2022). Plant-specific changes were made to the proposed license conditions. The proposed plant-specific license conditions are consistent with the model application, and are acceptable.
4.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the California State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official had no comments.
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendments change a requirement with respect to the installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20 and change SRs.
The NRC staff has determined that the amendments involve no significant increase in the amounts and no significant change in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendments involve no-significant-hazards considerations, and there has been no public comment on the finding published May 22, 2007 (72 FR 28722). Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
6.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, on the basis of the considerations discussed above, that (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
7.0 REFERENCES
- 1. NRC Generic Letter 2003-01, "Control Room Habitability," dated June 12, 2003 (GL 2003-01).
- 2. ASTM E741-00, "Standard Test Method for Determining Air Change in a Single Zone by Means of a Tracer Gas Dilution," 2000 (ASTM E741).
- 3. NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-20: Revision to Guidance Formerly Contained in NRC Generic Letter 91-18, "Information to Licensees Regarding Two NRC Inspection Manual Sections on Resolution of Degraded and Nonconforming Conditions and on Operability," dated September 26, 2005 (RIS 2005-20).
- 4. Regulatory Guide 1.196, "Control Room Habitability at Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors," Revision 0, dated May 2003.
- 5. Regulatory Guide 1.197, "Demonstrating Control Room Envelope Integrity at Nuclear Power Reactors," Revision 0, May 2003.
- 6. NEI 99-03,"Control Room Habitability Assessment Guidance," Revision 0, dated June 2001.
Principal Contributor: A. Lewin Date: October 31, 2007