ML13120A541

NRC Response to TSTF Letter Dated March 28, 2012, Correction to TSTF 510, Rev 2, Revision to Steam Generator Program Inspection Frequencies and Tube Sample Selection

ML13120A541
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Site:	Technical Specifications Task Force
Issue date:	06/17/2013
From:	Anthony Mendiola Licensing Processes Branch (DPR)
To:	Technical Specifications Task Force
Honcharik M
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June 17, 2013 Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) 11921 Rockville Pike Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) STAFF RESONSE TO TSTF LETTER DATED MARCH 28, 2012, REGARDING CORRECTION TO TSTF-510, REVISION 2, REVISION TO STEAM GENERATOR PROGRAM INSPECTION FREQUENCIES AND TUBE SAMPLE SELECTION

Dear Members of the TSTF:

The NRC staff has completed its review of your letter dated March 28, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML12088A082). In your letter, you explained that there is an administrative error in all three versions of Paragraph d.2 (one each for 600MA tubing, 600TT tubing, and 690TT tubing). You proposed that licensees include an explanation similar to the following paragraphs in their license amendment request (LAR) to adopt TSTF-510, under the Section 2.2 of the model application titled, "Optional Changes and Variations":

The proposed change corrects an administrative inconsistency in TSTF-510, Paragraph d.2 of the Steam Generator Tube Inspection Program. In Section 2.0, "Proposed Change,"

TSTF-510 states that references to "tube repair criteria" in Paragraph d is revised to "tube plugging [or repair] criteria."

However, in the following sentence in Paragraph d.2, this change was inadvertently omitted, "If a degradation assessment indicates the potential for a type of degradation to occur at a location not previously inspected with a technique capable of detecting this type of degradation at this location and that may satisfy the applicable tube repair criteria, the minimum number of locations inspected with such a capable inspection technique during the remainder of the inspection period may be prorated" (Emphasis added).

[LICENSEE] [does/does not] have an approved tube repair criteria. Therefore, the sentence is revised to state ["tube plugging"/"tube plugging or repair"] criteria.

The NRC staff agrees that this was an administrative error and that the wording similar to that stated above should be included in LARs to adopt TSTF-510.

The model application for TSTF-510 states that it is available under the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process (CLIIP). Plant-specific LARs to adopt TSTF-510 that include a revision to Paragraph d.2 to correct the administrative error will not result in the submittal being removed from the CLIIP.

TSTF Please contact Michelle C. Honcharik at (301) 415-1774 or Michelle.Honcharik@nrc.gov if you have any questions or need further information on this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony J. Mendiola, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Policy Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 753 cc: See next page

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Technical Specifications Task Force 11921 Rockville Pike Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852 Attention: Donald R. Hoffman E-mail: donaldh@excelservices.com Robert A. Slough Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant P. O. Box 1002, Mail Code A08 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 E-mail: robert.slough@luminant.com Wendy E. Croft Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way, Suite 340 Kennett Square, PA 19348 E-mail: wendi.croft@exeloncorp.com Otto W. Gustafson Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 E-mail: ogustaf@entergy.com Brian D. Mann EXCEL Services Corporation 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852 E-mail: brianm@excelservices.com