ML080020244

Draft Request for Additional Information

ML080020244
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	01/02/2008
From:	Geoffrey Miller NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Chernoff H NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
Miller G, NRR/DORL, 415-2481
References
TAC MD6099
Download: ML080020244 (3)

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January 2, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: Harold K. Chernoff, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: G. Edward Miller, Project Manager /ra/

Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1, DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MD6099)

The attached draft request for information (RAI) was transmitted on January 2, 2008, to Mr. Michael OKeefe of FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE). This information was transmitted to facilitate an upcoming conference call in order to clarify the licensee=s amendment request for Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook), dated July 17, 2007.

The proposed amendment would revise the Seabrook Technical Specifications related to control room envelope habitability consistent with Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change traveler TSTF-448, Revision 3, Control Room Habitability.

The draft questions were sent to ensure that the questions were understandable, the regulatory basis for the questions was clear, and to determine if the information was previously docketed.

Additionally, review of the draft RAI would allow FPLE to determine and agree upon a schedule to respond to the RAI. This memorandum and the attachment do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the licensees request.

Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

Draft RAI

January 2, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: Harold K. Chernoff, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: G. Edward Miller, Project Manager /ra/

Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1, DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MD6099)

The attached draft request for information (RAI) was transmitted on January 2, 2008, to Mr. Michael OKeefe of FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE). This information was transmitted to facilitate an upcoming conference call in order to clarify the licensee=s amendment request for Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook), dated July 17, 2007, as supplemented by letter dated October 15, 2007.

The proposed amendment would revise the Seabrook Technical Specifications related to control room envelope habitability consistent with Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change traveler TSTF-448, Revision 3, Control Room Habitability.

The draft questions were sent to ensure that the questions were understandable, the regulatory basis for the questions was clear, and to determine if the information was previously docketed.

Additionally, review of the draft RAI would allow FPLE to determine and agree upon a schedule to respond to the RAI. This memorandum and the attachment do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the licensees request.

Docket No. 50-443

Attachment:

Draft RAI DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 PDI-2 Reading RidsNrrPMGMiller RidsNrrDorlDpr WCartwirght ACCESSION NO.: ML080020244 OFFICE LPI-2/PM NAME G. E. Miller DATE 1/2/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT CONTROL ROOM HABITABILITY SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-443 By application dated July 17, 2007, as supplemented by letter dated October 15, 2007, FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE) submitted an amendment request for Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook). The proposed amendment would revise the Seabrook Technical Specifications (TSs) related to control room envelope habitability consistent with Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change traveler TSTF-448, Revision 3, Control Room Habitability.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the information provided in support of the proposed amendment and finds that the following information is required to complete its review:

1. For Plants that do not currently have any identified chemical hazards, the required action wording in TSTF-448 to verify that chemical hazards do not exceed limits could be satisfied if chemical hazard surveys are current per the licensees programs. The required action wording in the model application, by including a chemical hazard assessment, also prevents a non-conservative technical specification in the event that a new chemical hazard is identified during a periodic survey.

For conditions when the Control Room Envelope (CRE) boundary is inoperable:

1. Provide justification for not assuring that chemical hazard surveys are current as part of the assessment in your proposed TS action 3.7.6.1.b.2

2. Describe the controls in place that would ensure TS 3.7.6.1.b.2 would be commensurately updated in the event that new chemical hazards are identified.

ENCLOSURE