ML092300520

RAI, License Amendment Request Regarding Correction to TS Table 3.7-1 Operator Action 3.b

ML092300520
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	08/20/2009
From:	Cotton K Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Heacock D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
Thompson Jon, NRR/DORL/LPL 2-1, 415-1119
References
TAC ME1068, TAC ME1069
Download: ML092300520 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 August 20, 2009 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 SUB~IECT: SURRY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING CORRECTION TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TS)

TABLE 3.7-1 OPERATOR ACTION 3.b (TAC NOS. ME1068 and ME1069)

Dear Mr. Heacock:

By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated April 13, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML091040147),

Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) submitted a license amendment request regarding correction to Technical Specification Table 3.7-1, Operator Action 3.b. The NRC staff has reviewed the request and identified areas where additional information is needed to complete its review. The request for additional information is provided as an enclosure to this memorandum.

Please provide a response to this request within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions please contact Karen Cotton at 301-415-1438.

Sincerely,

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Karen Cotton, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING CORRECTION TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TABLE 3.7-1, OPERATOR ACTION 3.b FOR SURRY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 TAC NOS. ME1068 and ME 1069 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the Surry Power Station, Unit Nos.

1 and 2, license amendment request regarding correction to Technical Specification (TS) Table 3.7-1, Operator Action 3.b, and identified areas to be clarified by the Virginia Electric and Power Company.

With respect to proposed change to TS Table 3.7-1, Operator Action 3.b, there are three numbers of Rated Power such as 7%, 10% and 11 % given in the statement quoted in the revision of September 19, 2007, letter. Please provide the following information:

1. Provide the rationale for why it takes years to claim that the revision proposed now is a correction of the information transmitted to the NRC by the September 19, 2007, letter;

2. Provide details to show that the methodology for determining these revised setting limits and over-temperature LlT/overpower LlT time constants was in agreement with Methods 1 and 2 in ISA-RP67.04, Part II;

3. Clarify the real errors caused by TS Amendment 261/261 dated September 19, 2007, on page 1 of the submittal with three power setting limits;

4. Describe findings during simulator training for the power setting limits;

5. Provide basis to show that 11 % of Rated Power is a right power setting limits.

ML092300520 OFFICE NRRlLPL2-1/PM NRRlLPL2-1/LA NRRlLPL2-1/BC NAME KCotton: prb MOBrien UShoop (SRohrer for) (JThompson for)

DATE 08/20/09 08/20/09 08/20/09