ML14258A019

Draft RAIs Corl Review (MF3064) Email

ML14258A019
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	09/15/2014
From:	Sanders C Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Duke P Public Service Enterprise Group
Sanders C
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TAC MF3064
Download: ML14258A019 (2)

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From: Sanders, Carleen Carleen.Sanders@nrc.gov Duke, Paul R. (Paul.Duke@pseg.com)

Cc: Ennis, Rick Rick.Ennis@nrc.gov Bcc: Shoop, Undine <Undine.Shoop@nrc.gov>; Whited, Jeffrey Jeffrey.Whited@nrc.gov

Subject:

Hope Creek DRAFT RAIs: CORL Review (MF3064)

Paul, By letter dated November 4, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13308C238), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) submitted the Core Operating Limits Report (COLR) for Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek), Reload 18, Cycle 19, Revision 9.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing the COLR and has determined that additional information is needed to complete the review.

Please find attached draft Requests For Additional Information. Please respond to Rick Ennis by Friday, September 19, 2014, and advise if you desire to hold a teleconference to discuss the questions. If Mr. Ennis dose not receive a response back by September 19, 2014, the NRC staff will process the formal RAI letter to PSEG with a requested RAI response due date of October 20, 2014.

Carleen Sanders Salem and Hope Creek Project Manager 301-415-1603

DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO REQUEST FOR CORE OPERATING LIMITS REPORT, RELOAD 18, CYCLE 19, REVISION 9 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 By letter dated November 4, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13308C238), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) submitted the Core Operating Limits Report (COLR) for Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek), Reload 18, Cycle 19, Revision 9. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing the COLR and has determined that additional information is needed to complete the review.

BACKGROUND Generic Letter (GL) 88-16, Removal of Cycle-Specific Parameter Limits from Technical Specifications, provides guidance for the preparation of a License Amendment Request (LAR) to modify Technical Specifications (TSs) that have cycle-specific parameter limits. An acceptable alternative to specifying the values of cycle-specific parameter limits in TS consists of: (1) the addition of the definition of a named formal report that includes the values of cycle-specific parameter limits that have been established using an NRC-approved methodology and consistent with all applicable limits of the safety analysis; (2) the addition of an administrative reporting requirement to submit the formal report on cycle-specific parameter limits to the Commission for information; and (3) the modification of individual TSs to note that cycle-specific parameters shall be maintained within the limits provided in the defined formal report. GL 88-16 further clarifies that in COLR TS [6.x.x] core operating limits shall be established and documented in the COLR, before each reload cycle or any remaining part of a reload cycle.

The analytical methods used to determine the core operating limits shall be those previously reviewed and approved by the NRC.

Based on the GL 88-16 guidance, Hope Creek TS 6.9.1.9 lists all approved methodologies to support the cycle-specific core operating parameters. Therefore, TS 6.9.1.9 in the Hope Creek COLR TS is associated with the acceptable alternative stated in item (1) above. The current COLR for Hope Creek Cycle 19 is associated with the acceptable alternative stated in item (2) above. While TS 6.9.1.9 lists only three methodology references, the Hope Creek Cycle 19 COLR lists 8 references in Section 2.0, References.

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1: Please identify which plant and cycle-specific parameters listed in Section 5.0 of the Hope Creek Cycle 19 COLR are supported by the approved analytical methods listed in Section 2.0 of the COLR.

2: Please provide justification for the use of any methodologies referenced in Section 2.0 of the Hope Creek Cycle 19 COLR, that are not listed in TS 6.9.1.9, that are used to support cycle-specific parameters listed in TS 6.9.1.9.