ML15170A122

Application for Technical Specification Change Regarding Risk-Informed Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 - Justification for the Relocation of Specific Surveillance Frequency Requirements to a Licensee Controlled Program. Part 1 of 5

ML15170A122
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	06/17/2015
From:	Chisum M Entergy Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
W3F1-2015-0006
Download: ML15170A122 (2)

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Entergy Operations, Inc.17265 River Road Hwy 18 Killona, LA 70057 En eg Tel 504 739 6660 Fax 504 739 6678 Michael R. Chisum Site Vice President Waterford 3 W3F1-2015-0006 June 17, 2015 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Application for Technical Specification Change Regarding Risk-Informed Justification for the Relocation of Specific Surveillance Frequency Requirements to a Licensee Controlled Program Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Docket No. 50-382 License No. NPF-38

REFERENCES:

1. NUREG-1432 Revision 4, Standard Technical Specifications Combustion Engineering Plants, April 2012 [ADAMS Accession Number ML12102A165].

Dear Sir or Madam:

In accordance with the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.90), "Application for Amendment of License, Construction Permit, or Early Site Permit," Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy) is submitting a request for an amendment to the technical specifications (TS) for Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3 (Waterford 3).This proposed amendment would modify Waterford 3 technical specifications by relocating specific surveillance frequencies to a licensee-controlled program with the implementation of Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 04-10, "Risk-Informed Technical Specification Initiative 5B, Risk-Informed Method for Control of Surveillance Frequencies." Attachment 1 provides a description of the proposed change, the requested confirmation of applicability, and plant-specific verifications.

Attachment 2 provides documentation of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) technical adequacy.

Attachment 3 provides the existing TS pages marked up to show the proposed change. Attachment 4 provides revised (clean) TS pages. Attachment 5 provides the proposed TS Bases changes. Attachment 6 provides a Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration.

Attachment 7 provides a cross reference table that correlates NUREG-1432 (Reference

1) TS surveillance requirement numbers to the Waterford 3 TS surveillance requirement numbers.Entergy requests approval of the proposed license amendment by June 17, 2016 with the amendment being implemented within 90 days.Ao6l W3F1-2015-0006 Page 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 50.91, "Notice for Public Comment; State Consultation," a copy of this application, with attachments is being provided to the designated Louisiana Official.I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on June 17, 2015.If you should have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact John Jarrell, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at 504-739-6685.

Sincerely, MRC/JPJ/wjs Attachments:

1. Description and Assessment

2. Documentation of PRA Technical Adequacy 3. Proposed Technical Specification Changes 4. Revised Technical Specification Pages 5. Proposed Technical Specification Bases Changes 6. Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration

7. STS-WF3 CTS Cross Reference cc: Mr. Marc L. Dapas Regional Administrator U. S. NRC, Region IV RidsRgn4MailCenter@nrc.gov NRC Senior Resident Inspector for Waterford 3 Frances.Ramirez@nrc.gov (SRI)Chris.Speer@nrc.gov (RI)Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov (RI)NRC Project Manager for Waterford 3 Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Compliance Surveillance Division Ji.Wiley@LA.gov