ML100640094

Response to Request for Updated Technical Specification Page

ML100640094
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	02/23/2010
From:	Mims D Arizona Public Service Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
102-06136-DCM/DAF
Download: ML100640094 (4)

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10 CFR 50.12 10 CFR 50.60(b) 10 CFR 50.90 LA FS A subsidiary of Pinnacle West CapitalCorporation Dwight C. Mims Mail Station 7605 Palo Verde Nuclear Vice President Tel. 623-393-5403 P.O. Box 52034 Generating Station Regulatory Affairs and Plant Improvement Fax 623-393-6077 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 102-06136-DCM/DAF February 23, 2010 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)

Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Nos. STN 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530 Response to Request for Updated Technical Specification Page By letter no. 102-05960, dated February 19, 2009 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML090641014), Arizona Public Service Company (APS) submitted a "Request for Technical Specification Amendment and Exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appendix G, to Relocate the Reactor Coolant System Pressure and Temperature Limits and the Low Temperature Overpressure Protection Enable Temperatures."

By correspondence dated August 25, 2009, the NRC issued a request for additional information (RAI) related to this submittal. APS submitted the response to this request in letter no. 102-06112, dated December 22, 2009 (ADAMS Accession No. ML100040069). On February 1, 2010, the NRC requested that APS add the revision number and date to the referenced Topical Report CE NPSD-683-A in the proposed Technical Specification 5.6.9 b and provide the updated page to the NRC. The enclosure provides this requested information on updated Technical Specification page 5.6-9.

APS makes no commitments in this letter. Should you need further information regarding this response, please contact Russell A. Stroud, Licensing Section Leader, at (623) 393-5111.

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ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Response to Request for Updated Technical Specification Page Page 2 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on (Date)

Sincerely, DCM/RAS/DAF

Enclosure:

Updated Technical Specification Page 5.6-9 cc: E. E. Collins Jr. NRC Region IV Regional Administrator J. R. Hall NRC NRR Project Manager R. I. Treadway NRC Senior Resident Inspector for PVNGS

ENCLOSURE Updated Technical Specification Page 5.6-9

Reporting Requirements 5.6 5.6 Reporting Requirements (continued) 5.6.9 Reactor Coolant System (RCS) PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE LIMITS REPORT (PTLR)

a. RCS pressure and temperature limits for heatup, cooldown, low temperature operation, criticality, and hydrostatic testing as well as heatup and cooldown rates shall be established and documented in the PTLR for the following Technical Specifications (TSs):

1. TS 3.4.3, RCS Pressure and Temperature (P/T) Limits;

2. TS 3.4.6, RCS Loops - Mode 4;

3. TS 3.4.7, RCS Loops - Mode 5 Loops Filled;

4. TS 3.4.11, Pressurizer Safety Valves - Mode 4; and

5. TS 3.4.13, Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (LTOP) System.

b. The analytical methods used to determine the RCS pressure and temperaturelimits shall be those previously reviewed and approved by the NRC, specifically those described in the following document:

• CE NPSD-683-A, Revision 6, "Development of a RCS Pressure and Temperature Limits Report *for the Removal of P-T Limits and LTOP Requirements from the Technical Specifications," April 2001.

c. The PTLR shall be provided to the NRC upon issuance for each reactor vessel fluence period and for any revision or supplement thereto.

PALO VERDE UNITS 1,2,3 5.6-9 AMENDMENT NO.