ML17164A836
| ML17164A836 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 10/13/1998 |
| From: | Nerses V NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17164A837 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-MA1014, TAC-MA1015, TAC-MA1366, TAC-MA1367, NUDOCS 9810200364 | |
| Download: ML17164A836 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 13, 1998 Q~~~+ 7%4 Mr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101
SUBJECT:
SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND2 - NRC STAFF EVALUATIONAND ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTREGARDING MAINSTEAM LINE RADIATIONMONITOR SETPOINT INCREASE AND OFFGAS SYSTEM DESIGN BASIS CHANGE (TAC NOS. MA1366, MA1367, MA1014, AND MA1015)
Dear Mr. Byram:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 179 to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-14 and Amendment No.152 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-22 for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES), Units 1 and 2. These amendments are in response to your submittal dated March 16, 1998, as supplemented by letters dated May 22, August 10, and September 17, 1998, in which you proposed:
(1) changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) to increase the setpoints and allowable values for the main steam line (MSL) radiation monitors to provide adequate operating margin during operation of the hydrogen water chemistry (HWC) modification and (2) relocation of requirements and associated bases for explosive gas mixtures from the TSs to the Final Safety Analyses Report (FSAR) Section 16.3, Technical Requirements Manual (TRM) and change to the design basis of the offgas system to a detonation resistant design.
The technical details of the latter change was also described in your submittal of February 9, 1998.
The NRC issued the Improved Technical Specification (ITS) for SSES Units 1 and 2 on July 30, 1998. The ITS relocated the MSL radiation monitor setpoints and allowable values and the explosive gas mixture requirements and bases to the TRM. Therefore, the TS amendments as requested are no longer applicable because the TSs do not include these items.
However, in your letter dated September 17, 1998, you have requested NRC authorization of the MSL radiation monitor setpoint increase and the change in the design basis of the offgas system to a detonation resistant design, because you considered these changes as unreviewed safety questions in accordance with 10 CFR 50.59.
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R. Byram These amendments authorize changes to the FSAR, and require that the changes be submitted with the next update of the FSAR pursuant to 10 CFR 50.71(e).
A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is enclosed.
Also, the enclosed Notice of Issuance willbe published in the Ecdcral Ecglldcl.
Sincerely,
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Docket Nos. 50-387/50-388
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No.179to License No. NPF-14
- 2. Amendment No.152to License No. NPF-22
- 3. Safety Evaluation
- 4. Notice ccw/encls:
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Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 179to License No. NPF-14
- 2. Amendment No. 152to License No. NPF-22
- 3. Safety Evaluation
- 4. Notice cc w/encls:
See next page
Mr. Robert G. Byram Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units1 &2 Jay Silberg, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts &Trowbridge 2300 N Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Assistant Corporate Counsel Pennsylvania Power & Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Licensing Group Supervisor Pennsylvania Power & Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania I8!01 Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 35 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603-0035 Director-Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources P. O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8469 Mr. Jesse C. Tilton, III Allegheny Elec. Cooperative, inc.
212 Locust Street P.O. Box 1266 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1266 Regional Administrator, Region I
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 General Manager Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Box 467 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Mr. Herbert D. Woodeshick Special Office of the President Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Rural Route 1, Box 1797 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 George T. Jones Vice President-Nuclear Operations Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Board of Supervisors Salem Township P.O. Box 405 Berwick, PA 18603