ML17159A255
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1998 |
| From: | Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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Amendment No j75 License No. NPF-14 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) having found that:
A.
The application for the amendment filed by the Pennsylvania Powor 8 Light Company, dated January 26, 1998, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth.
in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facilitywilloperate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance:
(I) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities willbe conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
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Accordingly, the license ls amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated ln the attachment to this license amendment and paragraph 2,C.(2) of the Facility Operating License No. NPF-14 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Technical S ecifications and Environmental Protection Pla The Technical Specifications contained In Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No.
1 75 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the license. PP&L shall operate the facilityin accordance
...with the,Technical Specifications. and the Envlronmenta!.Protection Plan...
3.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of Issuance and is to be implemented within 30 days after its date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
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Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance:
capri]
10, 1998
Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with enclosed pages.
The revised pages are identified by Amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the area of change.
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I ADMINISTRATIVECONTROLS UNITSTAFF (Continued) c.
A health physics technician* shall be onsite when fuel is in the reactor.
d.
All CORE ALTERATIONS shall be observed and directly. supervised by either a licensed Senior Reactor Operator or Senior Reactor Operator Limited to Fuel Handling who has no other concurrent responsibilities during this operation.
e.
A site Fire Brigade of at least 5 members shall be maintained ons1te at all times*. The Fire Brigade shall not include the Shift Supervisor and the 2 other members of the minimum shift crew necessary for safe shutdown of the unit and any personnel required for other essential functions during a fire emergency.
f.
Administrative procedures shall be developed and implemented to limit the working hours of unit staff who perform safety-related functions; e.g., senior reactor operators, reactor operators, health physicists, auxiliaiy operators, and key maintenance personnel.
Adequate shift coverage shall be maintained without routine heavy use of overtime.
- However, in the event that 'unforeseen problems require substantial amounts of overtime to be used, or during extended periods of shutdown for refueling, major maintenance or major plant modifications, on a
temporary
- basis, the following guidelines shall be followed:
1.
A individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> straight, excluding shift turnover time.
2.
An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-hour period, nor more'han 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, nor more than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any seven day period, all excluding shift turnover time.
3.
A break of at least eight hours should be allowed between work periods, including shift turnover time.
4.
Except during extended shutdown
- periods, the use of overtime should be considered on an individual basis and not for the entire staff on a shift.
Any deviation from the above guidelines shall be authorized by the Superintendent of Plant-Susquehanna or his deputy, or higher levels of management, in accordance with established procedures and with documentation of the basis for granting the deviation.
Controls shall be included in the procedures such that individual overtime shall be reviewed monthly by the Superintendent of Plant-Susquehanna or his designee to assure that excessive hours have not been assigned. Routine deviation from the above guidelines is not authorized.
g.. The Operations Supervisor-Nuclear shall hold a Senior Reactor Operator license.
The health physics technician and Fire Brigade composition may be less than the minimum requirements for a period of time not to,exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> in order to accommodate unexpected absence provided immediate action is taken to fillthe required positions.
SUSQUEHANNA - UNIT 1 6-2 Amendment No. ff7,175
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ADININISTRATIVECONTROLS 6.2.3 NUCLEAR SAFETY ASSESSMENT GROUP NSAG FUNCTION
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6.2.3.1 The NSAG shall function to examine unit operating characteristics, NRC issuances, industry advisories, Licensee Event Reports, and other sources of plant design and operating experience information, including plants of similar design, which may indicate areas for improving plant safety.
COMPOSITION 6.2.3.2 The NSAG shall be composed of at least five dedicated, full-time engineers with at least three located
- onsite, each with a,bachelor.'s..degree.
in.
e'ngineering or related'cience'rid at'east two years professiorial level experience in his field, at least one year ofwhich experience shall be in the nuclear field.
RESPONSIBILITIES 6.2.3.3 The NSAG shall be responsible for maintaining surveillance of unit activities to provide independent verification that these activities are performed correctly and that human errors are reduced as much as practical.
AUTHORITY 6.2.3.4 The NSAG shall make detailed recommendations for revised procedures, equipment modifications, maintenance activities, operations activities, or other means of improving unit safety to the Senior Vice President-Nuclear.
6.2.4 SHIFT TECHNICALADVISOR 6.2.4.1 The Shift Technical Advisor shall provide technical support to the Shift Supervisor in the areas of thermal hydraulics, reactor engineering, and plant analysis with regard to the safe operation of the unit.
6.3 UNITSTAFF UALIFICATIONS 6.3.1 Each member of the unit staff shall meet or exceed the minimum qualifications of ANSI N18.1-1971 for comparable positions and the supplemental requirements specified in Sections A and C of Enclosure 1 of the March 28, 1980 NRC letter to ail licensees, except for.
1.
The Supervisor-Health Physics, who shall meet or exceed the quaiifiications of Regulatory Guide 1.8, September 1975',
2.
The Shift Technical Advisor, who shall meet or exceed the =qualifications referred to in Section 2.2.1 of Enclosure 1 of the October 30, 1979 NRC letter to ail operating nuclear plants, and
- Not responsible for signwfffunction.
SUSQUEHANNA-UNIT 1 6-7 Amendment No. fgp175
~p ADMINISTRATIVECONTROLS UNITSTAFF QUALIFICATIONS(Continued) 3.
The Manager-Nuclear Operations, who shall meet one ofthe following:
6.4 TRAINING 1.
Hold a Senior Reactor Operator license, or 2.
Have held a Senior Reactor Operator license for Susquehanna SES or a similar unit (BWR), or 3.
Have been certified to have equivalent senior operator knowledge.
6.4.'1 A retraining and replacement training program for the unit staff shall be maintained
-'nder the direction"of the Nlanager -'Nuclear Training, and shall meet or exceed the requirements and recommendations of Section 5.5 of ANSI N18.1-1971 except that the licensed operator initial training and requalification programs shall meet or exceed the requirements of 10 CFR 55 and utilize the guidance contained in Regulatory Guide 1.8 Rev. 2.
SUSQUEHANNA -. UNIT 1 6-7a Amendment No. 175
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Amendment No. 147 License No. NPF-22 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) having found that:
A.
The application for the amendment filed by the Pennsylvania Power 8 Light Company, date'd January 26, 1998, compiies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facilitywilloperate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance:
(I) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that sucli activities willbe conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; 1
D.
The issuance of this amendment willnot be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable'requirements have been satisfied.
2.
Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment and paragraph 2.C,(2) of the Facility Operating LIcense No. NPF-22 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2)
Technical S ecifications and Environmental Protection P a The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No.t 47 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the license. PPSL shall operate the facilityin accordance
.., with the Technical Specifications,and the Environmental Protection Plan,......
3.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and is to be implemented within 30 days after its date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION Attachment; Changes to the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance:
capri] ]0, ~gg8 Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - l/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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IC Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with enclosed pages.
The revised pages are identified by Amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the area of change.
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ADMINISTRATIVECONTROLS UNITSTAFF (Continued) c.
A health physics technician shall be onsite when fuel is in the reactor.
d.
All CORE ALTERATIONS shall be observed and directly supervised by either a licensed Senior Reactor Operator or Senior Reactor Operator Limited to Fuel Handling who has no other concurrent responsibilities during this operation.
e.
A site Fire Brigade of at least five members shall be maintained onsite at all times The Fire Brigade shall not include the Shift Supervisor and the two other members of the minimum shift crew necessary for safe shutdown of the unit and any personnel required for other essential functions during afire emergency;-
f.
Administrative procedures shall be developed and implemented to limit the working hours of unit staff who perform safety-related functions; e.g., senior reactor operators, reactor operators, health physicists, auxiliary operators, and key maintenance personnel.
Adequate shift coverage shall be maintained without routine heavy use of overtime.
- However, in the event that unforeseen problems require substantial amounts of overtime to be used, or during extended periods of, shutdown for refueling, major maintenance or major plant modifications, on a temporary
- basis, the following guidelines shall be followed:
- 1. '
individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> straight, excluding shift turnover time.
2.
An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-ho'ur period, nor more than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, nor more than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any seven day period, all excluding shift turnover time.
3.
A break of at least eight hours should be allowed between work periods, including shift turnover time.
4.
Except during extended shutdown
- periods, the use of overtime should be considered on an individual basis and not for the entire staff on a shift Any deviation from the above guidelines shall be authorized by the Superintendent of Plant-Susquehanna or his deputy or higher levels of management, in accordance with established procedures and with documentation of the bases for granting the deviation.
Controls shall be included in the procedures such that individual overtime shall be reviewed monthly by the Superintendent of Plant-Susquehanna or his designee to assure that excessive hours have not been assigned. Routine deviation from the above guidelines is not authorized.
g.
The Operations Supervisor-Nuclear shall hold a Senior Reactor Operator License.
- .The health physics technician and Fire Brigade composition may be less than the minimum requirements for a period of time not to exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> in order to accommodate unexpected absence provided immediate action is taken to fillthe required positions.
SUSQUEHANNA - UNIT2 Amendment No. Sg,)47
ADMINISTRATIVECONTROLS 6.2.3 NUCLEAR SAFETY ASSESSMENT GROUP NSAG FUNCTION 6.2.3.1 The NSAG shall function to examine unit operating characteristics, NRC issuances, Industry advisories, Licensee Event Reports, and other sources of plant design and operating experience information, including plants of similar design, which may indicate areas for improving plant safety.
COMPOSITION 6.2.3.2 The NSAG shall be composed of at feast five dedicated full-time engineers
"'ith at least tliree 1ocated onsite,'each'with'a bachelor's'degree in" engineering or related science and at least two years professional level experience in his field, at least one year of which experience shall be in the nuclear field.
RESPONSIBILITIES 6.2.3.3 The NSAG shall be responsible for maintaining surveillance of unit activities to provide independent verification* that these activities are performed correctly and that human errors are reduced as much as practical.
AUTHORITY 6.2.3.4 The NSAG shall make detailed recommendations for revised procedures,
.equipment modifications, maintenance activities, operations activities, or other means of improving unit safety to the Senior Vice President-Nuclear.
6.2.4 SHIFT TECHNICALADVISOR 6.2.4.1 The Shift Technical Advisor shall provide technical support to the Shift Supervisor in the areas of thermal hydraulics, reactor engineering, and plant analysis with regard to the safe operation ofthe unit.
6.3 UNITSTAFF QUALIFICATIONS 6.3.1 Each member of the unit staff shall meet or exceed the minimum qualifications of ANSI N18.1-1971 for comparable positions and the supplemental requirements specified in Sections A and C of Enclosure 1 of the March 28, 1980 NRC letter to all licensees, except for.
1.
The Supervisor-Health Physics, who shall meet or exceed the qualifications of Reguiatoiy Guide 1.8, September 1975, 2.
The Shift Technical Advisor, who shall meet or exceed the qualifications referred to in Section 2.2.1 of Enclosure 1 of the October 30, 1979 NRC letter to ail ope.ating nuclear plants, and
- Not responsible for sign-off function.
SUSQUEHANNA-UNIT2 Amendment No. N,147
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ADMINISTRATIVECONTROLS UNITSTAFF QUALIFICATIONS(Continued) 3.
The Manager-Nuclear Operations, who shall meet one of the following:
1.
Hold a Senior Reactor Operator license, or 2.
Have held a Senior Reactor Operator license for Susquehanna SES or a similar unit (BWR), or "3.
Have been certified to have equivalent senior operator knowledge.
6A TRAINING
""'6."4.1'Aretrainin'g'and re'placement tralhln'g piogra'm foi'th'e'u'nit'staff'shall be maintained under the direction of the Manager-Nuclear Training, and shall meet or exceed the requirements and recommendations of Section 5.5 of ANSI N18.1-1971 except that the licensed operator initial training and requalification programs shall meet or exceed the requirements of 10 CFR 55 and utilize the guidance contained in Regulatory Guide 1.8 Rev. 2.
SUSQUEHANNA-UNIT2 6-7a Amendment No. 147