ML15238B633
| ML15238B633 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 09/30/2015 |
| From: | Andrew Hon Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | Division of Operating Reactor Licensing |
| HOn A, NRR/DORL/LPL2-2, 415-8480 | |
| References | |
| TAC MF3128, TAC MF3129 | |
| Download: ML15238B633 (3) | |
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September 30, 2015 MEMORANDUM TO: Biweekly Notice Coordinator FROM: Andrew Hon, Project Manager /RA/
Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION IN BIWEEKLY FR NOTICE - NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE (TAC NOS. MF3128 and MF3129)
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2, Hamilton County, Tennessee Date of amendment requests: November 22, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated December 16, 2014; June 19, 2015; July 24, 2015; August 5, 2015; and August 31, 2015.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments convert the current technical specifications to the improved technical specifications (ITSs) and relocate certain requirements to other licensee-controlled documents. The ITSs are based on NUREG-1431, Rev. 3.0, Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants, Rev. 3.0; NRC Final Policy Statement on Technical Specification Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors, dated July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132); and 10 CFR 50.36, Technical Specifications. Technical Specification Task Force changes were also incorporated. The purpose of the conversion is to provide clearer and more readily understandable requirements in the technical specifications for SQN to ensure safe operation. In addition, the amendments include a number of issues that were considered beyond the scope of NUREG-1431.
Date of issuance: September 30, 2015.
Biweekly Notice Coordinator Effective date: As of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 334 - Unit 1 and 327 - Unit 2. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15238B499; documents related to these amendments are listed in the Safety Evaluation (SE) enclosed with the amendments.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79. The amendments revised the TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: June 24, 2014 (79 FR 35807). The supplemental letters dated December 16, 2014, June 19, July 24, August 5, and August 31, 2015, provided additional information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of the application as originally noticed, and did not change the staffs original proposed no significant hazards consideration determination as published in the Federal Register.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained in an SE dated September 30, 2015.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
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