ML101890176

License Amendment Request 249: Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications (TAC No. ME2139) - Supplement to Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 15 and Proposed License Conditions

ML101890176
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	07/01/2010
From:	Price J Dominion Energy Kewaunee
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. Dominion 5000 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, VA 23060 July 1, 2010 ATTN: Document Control Desk Serial No.10-345 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission LIC/GOR/RO Washington, DC 20555-0001 Docket No.: 50-305 License No.: DPR-43 DOMINION ENERGY KEWAUNEE, INC.

KEWAUNEE POWER STATION LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST 249: KEWAUNEE POWER STATION CONVERSION TO IMPROVED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NO. ME2139) -

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUMES 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, AND 15 AND PROPOSED LICENSE CONDITIONS By letter dated August 24, 2009 (reference 1), as supplemented by letters dated May 12, 2010 (reference 2), April 13, 2010 (two letters) (references 3 and 4), and October 22, 2009, (reference 5) Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (DEK) submitted an application to amend the Kewaunee Power Station (Kewaunee) Technical Specifications. This application, License Amendment Request 249 (LAR 249),

requested a conversion of the current Technical Specifications (CTS) to the Improved Technical Specifications (ITS), consistent with the Improved Standard Technical Specifications (ISTS) as described in NUREG-1431, "Standard Technical Specifications

- Westinghouse Plants," Revision 3.0, and certain generic changes to the NUREG.

The purpose of this letter is to supplement the subject application. Specifically, this letter complements and revises the original license amendment request based on responses to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requests for additional information (RAIs). These RAIs and the associated DEK responses are posted on a publicly available website, the NRC and DEK Kewaunee ITS Conversion Website (http://www.excelservices.com), and are hereby docketed by submittal of this letter.

To facilitate NRC review of LAR 249, the proposed ITS conversion was divided into 14 sections. Each section and its associated reviewer are listed in Attachment 3. On the ITS Conversion Website, each RAI is uniquely identified by the initials of the NRC staff member who initiated the RAI and a corresponding sequential number.

This letter supplements the following Reference 1, Attachment 1, Revision 0 Volumes:

• Volume 3, ITS Chapter 1.0 - Use and Application

" Volume 4, ITS Chapter 2.0 - Safety Limits (SLs)

• Volume 5, ITS Section 3.0 - LCO and SR Applicability

• Volume 6, ITS Section 3.1 - Reactivity Control Systems

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• Volume 9, ITS Section 3.4 - Reactor Coolant System (RCS)

• Volume 11, ITS Section 3.6 - Containment Systems

• Volume 15, ITS Chapter 4.0 - Design Features A future letter will provide supplements for the remaining Revision 0 Volumes (Volumes 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 16).

Each Volume includes a Summary of Changes page at the beginning of the Volume.

This Summary of Changes page identifies all changes made to the previous submittal (Revision 0), including a brief description of the change with the affected page numbers in the Revision 1 Volume. Attachment 1 of this letter provides the detailed descriptions and justifications to support the proposed changes.

In addition, the affected Revision 1 pages have a revision bar to the right of the change to aid in identification. Further details of the specific change can be obtained by reviewing the RAI/response information 'located in the Enclosure. In the Enclosure, a blue coloring identifies the changes submitted in Reference 1 (Revision 0). The changes to Revision 0 are a different color for ease of identification.

The Enclosure to this letter, also contains the NRC RAIs and DEKs associated responses for Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 15. Each RAI/response includes the question asked by the NRC staff reviewer, DEKs response, proposed changes to pages contained in LAR 249 Attachment 1 (CTS, Discussion of Changes (DOCs), ITS, Justification for Deviations (JFDs), ITS Bases, and/or Bases JFD pages), any attached supporting documentation, and RAI closure documentation. provides supplemental information explaining how the Enclosure RAIs are organized and other pertinent information related to the RAIs/responses. Sortie NRC RAIs and responses listed in the "Summary of Changes" for the Volumes contained in are not included in the Enclosure. One of these RAIs is not directly linked to the Chapter/Section included in the Volume. Rather, this RAI had other related incidental changes to the Volumes included in this letter. This excluded response is identified in Attachment 3. DEK believes that the changes resulting from the RAI response not included in this letter are not contentious, and final resolution of the RAI will not change this submittal. If a change does become necessary, DEK will submit the change in a supplemental letter.

In addition, DEK is proposing two new License Conditions for the Kewaunee Power Station Facility Operating License as Amended., These new License Conditions are associated with technical specification items relocated to other licensee controlled documents and the performance of new or revised surveillance items. These proposed new License Conditions are included in Attachment 2.

DEK has evaluated these proposed changes in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91(a)(1) using the criteria of 10 CFR 50.92(c), and has concluded that the determination of no

Serial No.10-345 Page 3 of 6 significant hazards considerations in the original ITS submittal remains valid. In addition, DEK has determined that the proposed amendment, including this supplement to the original ITS submittal, continues to meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(b), and no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the proposed amendment.

DEK continues to request approval of the proposed amendment and an implementation period as stated in Reference 1.

A copy of this supplement has been provided to the State of Wisconsin in, accordance with 10 CFR 50.91(b).

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mr. Gerald

0. Riste at (920) 388-8424.

Very truly yours, J. I rice V(4ceosident - Nuclear Engineering COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

)

COUNTY OF HENRICO The foregoing document was acknowledged before me, in and for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, today by J. Alan Price, who is Vice President - Nuclear Engineering of Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. He has affirmed before me that he is duly authorized to execute and file the foregoing document in behalf of that Company, and the statements in the document are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Acknowledged before me this IS+ day of "'j\.1 , 2010.

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Serial No.10-345 Page 4 of 6 Attachments:

1. Kewaunee ITS Submittal, Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 15, Revision 1

2. Proposed New License Conditions

3. Supplemental Information for the Enclosure

Enclosure:

Associated NRC Staff Requests for Additional Information and Dominion Energy Kewaunee's Responses Commitments made by this letter: None U

Enclosed with this letter is a digital video disk (DVD) which contains this submittal's Attachments and Enclosures, labeled:

Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Kewaunee Power Station License Amendment Request 249 Kewaunee Power Station Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications (TAC NO.

ME2139) - Supplement to Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 15 and Proposed License Conditions Serial No.10-345 Docket No.: 50-305 License No.: DPR-43 The enclosed DVD contains the following files:

File Name File Size Sensitivity 001 Attachment 1.pdf 65,536 bytes publicly available 002 Att 1 Vol 03 (Chapter 1.0) Rev l.pdf 1,282,048 bytes publicly available 003 Att 1 Vol 04 (Chapter 2.0) Rev 1.pdf 903;168 bytes publicly available 004 Att 1 Vol 05 (Section 3.0) Rev l.pdf 1,132,544 bytes publicly available 005 Att 1 Vol 06 (Section 3.1) Rev 1.pdf 2,037,760 bytes publicly available 006 Att 1 Vol 09 (Section 3.4) Rev 1.pdf 3,618,816 bytes publicly available 007 Att 1 Vol 11 (Section 3.6) Rev 1.pdf 2,938,880 bytes publicly available 008 Aft 1 Vol 15 (Chapter 4.0) Rev 1.pdf 1,040,384 bytes publicly available 009 Attachment 2.pdf 67,584 bytes publicly available 010 Attachment 3.pdf 79,872 bytes publicly available 011 Enclosure.pdf 65,536 bytes publicly available 012 Enc Q&A to Att 1 Vol 03.pdf 1,132,544 bytes publicly available

Serial No.10-345 Page 5 of 6 File Name File Size Sensitivity 013 Enc Q&A to Att 1 Vol 04.pdf 485,376 bytes publicly available 014 Enc Q&A to Att 1 Vol 05.pdf 18,274,304 bytes publicly available 015 Enc Q&A to Att 1 Vol 06.pdf 1,353,728 bytes publicly available 016 Enc Q&A to Att 1 Vol 09.pdf 2,613,248 bytes publicly available 017 Enc Q&A to Aft 1 Vol 1 l.pdf 2,033,664 bytes publicly available 018 Enc Q&A to Att 1 Vol 15.pdf 2,187,264 bytes publicly available cc: Regional Administrator, Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Mr. K. D. Feintuch Sr. Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North, Mail Stop 08-H4A 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Mr. V. G. Cusumano NRC KPS ITS Conversion Lead U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North Mail Stop 0-7 C2A 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Kewaunee Power Station Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Electric Division P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707

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References:

1 Letter from Leslie N. Hartz (DEK) to Document Control Desk (NRC), "License Amendment Request 249: Kewaunee Power Station Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications (TAC NO_ ME02467)," dated August 24, 2009 [ADAMS Accession No's ML092440371, ML092440416 through ML092440435, and ML092440441].

2 Letter from J. Alan Price (DEK) to Document Control Desk (NRC), "License Amendment Request 249: Kewaunee Power Station Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications - Request to Change Proposed Service Water And Main Steam Isolation Valve Specifications," dated May 12, 2010.

3. Letter from J. Alan Price (DEK) to Document Control Desk (NRC), "License Amendment Request 249 (TAC No. ME02467) Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications Response to Request for Additional Information RE: TSTF-490,"

dated April 13, 2010. [ADAMS Accession No. ML101060517]

4. Letter from J. Alan Price (DEK) To Document Control Desk (NRC), "License Amendment Request 249: (TAC No. ME02467) Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications - Setpoint Methodology," dated April 13, 2010. [ADAMS Accession No. ML101040090]

5 Letter from J. Alan Price (DEK) to Document Control Desk (NRC), "License Amendment Request 249: Conversion to Improved Technical Specifications -

Setpoint Methodology Supplement (TAC NO. ME02467)," dated October 22, 2009.

[ADAMS Accession No. ML093070096]