ML081980357

Technical Specifications, Issuance of Emergency Amendment Regarding One-Time Extension of the Auxiliary Feedwater System and the Containment Spray System Allowed Outage Time

ML081980357
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	07/15/2008
From:	NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:
Stang J, NRR/DORL, 415-1345
Shared Package
ML081980336	List: ML081980357
References
TAC MD9226
Download: ML081980357 (3)

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Amendment Implementation Number Additional Condition Date 242 The 72 hour8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> allowed outage time of July 15, 2008 at Technical Specification 3.7.5 Action "B" 1041 for the !B AFW pump which was entered at 1041 on July 12, 2008 maybe extended by an additional 144 hours0.00167 days <br />0.04 hours <br />2.380952e-4 weeks <br />5.4792e-5 months <br />.

Upon completion of the repair and restoration of the 1 B NSWS pump, this License Condition is no longer applicable and will expire at 1041 on July 21, 2008.

The 72 hour8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> allowed outage time of Technical Specification 3.6.6 Action "A" for the 1B CSS which was entered at 1041 on July 12, 2008 may be extended by an additional 144 hours0.00167 days <br />0.04 hours <br />2.380952e-4 weeks <br />5.4792e-5 months <br />. Upon completion of the repair and restoration of the 1B NSWS pump, this License Condition is no longer applicable and will expire at 1041 on July 21, 2008.

Renewed License No. NPF-35 Amendment No. 242 (2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No 242 which are attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into this renewed operating license. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC-shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

(3) Updated Final Safety Analysis Report The Updated Final Safety Analysis Report supplement submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 54.21(d), as revised on December 16, 2002, describes certain future activities to be completed before the period of extended operation. Duke shall complete these activities no later than December 6, 2024, and shall notify the NRC in writing when implementation of these activities is complete and can be verified by NRC inspection.

The Updated Final Safety Analysis Report supplement as revised on December 16, 2002, described above, shall be included in the next scheduled update to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report required by 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4), following issuance of this renewed operating license. Until that update is complete, Duke may make changes to the programs described in such supplement without prior Commission approval, provided that Duke evaluates each such change pursuant to the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 50.59 and otherwise complies with the requirements in that section.

(4) Antitrust Conditions Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC shall comply with the antitrust conditions delineated in Appendix C to this renewed operating license.

(5) Fire Protection Progqram (Section 9.5.1, SER, SSER #2, SSER #3, SSER #4, SSER #5)*

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, as amended, for the facility and as approved in the SER through Supplement 5, subject to the following provision:

The licensee may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.

• The parenthetical notation following the title of this renewed operating license condition, denotes the section of the Safety Evaluation Report and/or its supplement wherein this renewed license condition is discussed.

Renewed License No. NPF-35 Amendment No. 242

(6) Mitigation Strategies 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 (7) Additional Conditions The Additional Conditions contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 242, are hereby incorporated into this renewed operating license. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC shall operate the facility in accordance with the Additional Conditions.

D. The facility requires exemptions from certain requirements of Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50, as delineated below and pursuant to evaluations contained in the referenced SER and SSERs. These include, (a) partial exemption from the requirement of paragraph III.D.2(b)(ii) of Appendix J, the testing of containment airlocks at times when the containment integrity is not required (Section 6.2.6 of the SER, and SSERs

1. 3 and #4), (b) exemption from the requirement of, paragraph Ill.A.(d) of Appendix J, insofar as it requires the venting and draining of lines for type A tests (Section 6.2.6 of SSER #3), and (c) partial exemption from the requirements of paragraph 1II.B of Appendix J, as it relates to bellows testing (Section 6.2.6 of the SER and SSER #3).

These exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, are consistent with the common defense and security, and are consistent with certain special circumstances as discussed in the referenced SER and SSERs. These exemptions are, therefore, hereby granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12. With the granting of these exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Renewed License No. NPF-35 Amendment No. 242