ML16342D873
| ML16342D873 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1997 |
| From: | Steven Bloom NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Rueger G PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9711280199 | |
| Download: ML16342D873 (8) | |
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November 24, f 99 Mr. Gregory M. Rueger, Senior Vice President and General Manager Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nuclear Power Generation N9B P.O.
Box 770000 San Francisco, Cali fornia 94177
SUBJECT:
LETTER TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI)
ON IMPROVED STARDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS)
FORMAT
Dear Mr. Rueger:
On October 29, 1997, the NRC sent a letter to NEI on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS conversion license amendment.
We have enclosed a copy of the NEI letter for your information and consideration in your efforts to convert to
'the improved STS.
If you have any questions.
please contact me at (301) 415-1313.
Sincerely, Original Signed By Steven D. Bloom, Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2 Division of Reactor Projects
- III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.
50-275 and 50-323
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055&4001 November 24, 1997 Mr. Gregory M. Rueger, Senior Vice President and General Manager Pacitic Gas and Electnc Company Nuclear Power Generation N9B P.O.
Box 770000 San Francisco.
California 94177
SUBJECT:
LETTER TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI) ON IMPROVED STARDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS)
FORMAT Dear Mr. Rueger On October 29, 1997. the NRC sent a letter to NEI on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS conversion license amendment.
We have enclosed a copy of the NEI letter for your information and consideration in your efforts to convert to the improved STS.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301)'15-1313.
Sincerely, Steven D. Bloom, Project Manager Project Directorate IV-2 Division of Reactor Projects
- III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.
50-275 and 50-323
Enclosure:
Letter to NEI dtd.
10/29/97 cc w/encl:
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Mr. Gregory M. Rueger November 24, 1997 cc w/encl:
NRC Resident Inspector Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0.
Box 369 Avila Beach, California 93424 Dr. Richard Ferguson, Energy Chair Sierra Club California 1100 lith.Street.
Suite 311 Sacramento, Cali fornia 95814 Ms. Nancy Culver San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P. 0.
Box 164 Pismo Beach, California 93448 Chairman San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Room 370 County Government Center San Luis Obispo, California 93408 Mr. Truman Burns Mr. Robert Kinosian California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 San Francisco, California 94102 Mr. Steve Hsu Radiologic Health, Branch State Department of Health Services Post Office Box 942732 Sacramento.
California 94232 Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee ATTN:
Robert R. Wellington, Esq.
Legal Counsel 857 Cass Street, Suite D
Monterey, California 93940 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harris Tower 5 Pavi llion 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington,'Texas 76011-8064 Christopher J.
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Pacific Gas 8 Electric Company Post Office Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94120 Mr. Robert P.
Powers Vice President and Plant Manager Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant P.
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Box 56 Avila Beach, California 93424 Telegram-Tribune ATTN:
Managing Editor 1321 Johnson Avenue P.O.
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October 29, 1997 Mr. James Davis Nuclear Energy institute 1775 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-3708
Dear Mr. Davis:
On October 24, 1997, the staff issued a license amendment for the H.B. Robinson 2 conversion to the improved Standard Technical Specifications (STS). This is the 12th conversion to the improved STS, which willresult in 16 units operating with these technical specifications.
The Robinson conversion is unique in that it served as a pilot for the development by NRC of a new format for the safety evaluation (SE) which should result in staff resource savings and more timely reviews, while at the same time providing a dearer and more succinct product.
In addition, the Robinson conversion amendment Included a new license condition to ensure that surveillance schedules are not perturbed by the conversion to the improved STS. This amendment also contains a licensee condition to enforce licensee commitments to relocate items removed from the technical specifications to the appropnate licensee-controlled documents.
This latter license condition is similar to one that is now being used by the staff for other relocations.
A key feature of the revised SE is a series of tables containing summary descriptions and categories of the changes to the technical specifications as a result of the conversion.
It is our expectation that licensees willprovide these tables to the staff late in the review process as the staff starts to write the SE.
No change in the format of the initial submittal is being requested.
However, licensees should be aware of this expectation so that'they can ensure that their data bases and word processing can easily generate these tables from existing submittal material at the appropriate point in time. We request that you make the availability of this amendment and revised SE format widely known throughout the industry and include a reference to it in your planned update to NEI 96-06.
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