ML102640324

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Request for Additional Information, Regarding Final Safety Analysis Report Related to Section 7.3
ML102640324
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 09/28/2010
From: Justin Poole
Watts Bar Special Projects Branch
To: Bhatnagar A
Tennessee Valley Authority
Poole Justin/DORL/LPL3-1/ 301-415-2048
References
TAC ME2731
Download: ML102640324 (4)


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September 28, 2010 Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 7.3 (TAC NO. ME2731)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

By letter dated November 24, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML093370275), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Amendment No. 95 for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. The U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the information provided by TVA in FSAR Amendment No. 95.

In an effort to complete the NRC staff review, enclosed is a request for additional information regarding FSAR Section 7.3.

A response is required by October 8, 2010.

If you should have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2048.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Justin C. Poole, Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

Enclosure:

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Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 7.3 (TAC NO. ME2731)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

By letter dated November 24, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML093370275), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Amendment No. 95 for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. The U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the information provided by TVA in FSAR Amendment No. 95.

In an effort to complete the NRC staff review, enclosed is a request for additional information regarding FSAR Section 7.3.

A response is required by October 8, 2010.

If you should have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2048.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Justin C. Poole, Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

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Enclosure REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFROMATION WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT 95 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DOCKET NO. 50-391

1. In Amendment 95, Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Section 7.3.2.3 Further Considerations, the list of signals that would start the auxiliary feedwater motor driven and turbine driven pumps was moved to Table 7.3-1 Item 3, Auxiliary Feedwater.

However, Item (6) AMSAC was not included in Table 7.3-1.

Please explain this omission or state your commitment to correct this in a future amendment to the FSAR.

2. In Amendment 95, FSAR Section 7.3.1.1.1 Function Initiation, item (13) was arranged into paragraph form from what used to be a listing of Items (a), (b) and (c).

The second bullet under Item (c) was omitted in the new paragraph.

Initiates Phase B containment isolation of the following:

Closure of the main steam isolation valves (MSIV) to limit reactor coolant system cooldown for breaks downstream of the MSIVs.

Please explain this omission or state your commitment to correct this in a future amendment to the FSAR.

3. In Amendment 95, FSAR Section 7.3.1.1.2 Process Protection Circuitry, Item (3) references to Sections 7.6 and 7.7 were removed.

Please explain the reason for removal.

4. In Amendment 95, FSAR Section 7.3.1.2.1 Generating Station Conditions, the new paragraph was arranged from what used to be a listing of Items (1.b), (1.c), and (2.b),

leaving out Items (1.a) and (2.a). Even if the paragraph contains the word include, the breaks in Items (1.a) and (2.a) should be listed.

Please explain this omission or state your commitment to correct this in a future amendment to the FSAR.

5. In Amendment 95, FSAR Section 7.3.1.2.2 Generating Station Variables, the following sentence was deleted:

Post accident monitoring requirements and variables are given in Tables 7 5-1 and 7.5-2.

Please explain the reason for removal.

6. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin 80-06 calls for review of engineered safety features with the objective of ensuring that no device will change position solely because of the reset action.

In Supplement 3 of NUREG-0847, Section 7.3.5, the staff approved the design modifications proposed by the applicant that would allow certain devices to remain unchanged upon an engineered safety feature (ESF) reset. The staff also found acceptable the applicants justification for some safety-related equipment that does not remain in its emergency mode after an ESF reset.

Please confirm whether or not the equipment that was determined in NUREG-0847 and its supplements to remain unchanged upon an ESF reset will still remain unchanged in Unit 2.