ML17264A102

Issuance of Amendment No. 96, Revise Technical Specifications by Replacing Discontinued ASTM Standard References for Diesel Fuel Oil with Current ASTM Standard References (TAC No. 60935)

ML17264A102
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	07/01/1986
From:	Zwolinski J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Harrington W Boston Edison Co
References
TAC 60935
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'l UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, 0, C. '20555 July l, 1986 1,

Docket No. 50-293 L

Mr. William O. Harrington Senior Vice President, Nuclear Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston9 Massachusetts 02199

SUBJECT:

DIESEL FUEL OIL STANDARDS (TAC 60935)

Re: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 96 to Facilit.v Operating License No. DPR-35 for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. This amendment is in response to .vour application dated February 25, 1986.

The amendment changes the Technical Specifications by deletinq discontinued American Societ.v o-F Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard references for diesel fuel oil and replacing them with the current ASTM standard references.

A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance wi 1T be incl udP.d in the Conunission 's biweekly Federa 1 Reaister notices.

John . Zwolinski, Director BWR P oject Directorate #1 Division of RWR licensing

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 96 to license No. DPR-35

2. Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosures:

See next page RECEJVED-JUL 8 19861 i LICENSING'.

Mr. William D. Harrington Boston Edison Company Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:

Mr. Alfred E. Pedersen, Station Manager Boston Edison Company RFD #1, Rocky Hill Road PlymouthD Massachusetts 02360 Resident Inspector's Office U. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 867 P1ymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Cha'i rman, Board of Selectmen 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Office of the Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Enqineering One Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Office of the. Attorney General 1 Ashburton Place 19th Fl oqr Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

Mr, Robert M,. Hal 1 isey, Di rector

• Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Department of Public He.alth 150 Tremont Street Roston, Massachusetts 02111 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue

• King of Prussia, Penns.}llvania 19406 Mr. James D. Keyes Boston Edison Company 25 Braintree Hill Offfce Park Braintreep Massachusetts 02184

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20555 BOSTON EDTSON COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-293 PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AmendmP.nt No. 96 License No. DPR-35

1. The Nuclear Re~w1ator.v Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment by Boston Edison Company (the 1icensee) dated February 25, 1986, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;

8. The facility will operate in conformity with the aoplication, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assuran~e (i) that the activities authorized by thi-s amendment can be conducted without endanqer-ing the health and safety of the public, and {ii) that such activities wi1l be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; 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.

2. Accordingly, the license is amended by ch~nges to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment 9 and paragraph 3.B of Facility Operatinq license No. DPR-35 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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B. Technical Specifications "The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 96 , are hereby incorporated in the license.

The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

3. This 1 i cense amendment is effective 30 days after da.te of issuance.

John

• Zwolinski, Director BWR P oject Directorate #1 Divisi n of BWR licensing

Attachment:

Chan~es to the Technical Specifications

/,..-,) Date of Issuance: July 1, 1986

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ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 96 i

FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-35 i

I' DOCKET NO. 50-293 Revise the Appendix A Technical Specifications by removing the pages identified below and inserting the attached pages. The revised pages are identified by the captioned amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the area of change, REMOVE INSERT 195 206b 195 20ob

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"' LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS 3~9.A AUXIUARY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT* 4. 9 .A AUXILIARY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SURVEILLANCE

4. 4160 volt buses AS and A6 ar~ d. Once a month the quantity of energf zed and the assocfated 480 dlesel fuel available shall be volt buses are energtzed. logged.

s. The stattori and sw1 tchyard 125 e. Once a month a sample of dfesel and ZSO vo 1t ba.tter f e*s are fuel shall be checked for quality operable. Each battery shal 1 in accordance wtth ASTM 04057-81 have an operable battery charger. or 04177~82. Th~ quality shall be with1n the acceptable llmfts

6. Emergency Bus Degraded Voltag11 specif1ed tn Table 1 of ASTM Annunctat1on System as speclffed 0975-81 and logged.

in 'Table 3.2 .. B*. l h operab.le.

2. .statfon and Sw1tchyard Batteries

a. Every week the specific gravity, the voitage and temperature of the pilot cell and overall battery voltage shal 1 be measured and logged.

b. Every three *months the measurements shall be made of voltage.of each cell to nearest 0

o..t volt, spec1fic gravity of each cel 1. and tempera.ture of every f1fth cell. These measurements shall be logged.

c. Once each operating cycle, the stated batteries shall be subjected to a rated load discharge test. Th& spec1f1c gravfty, and vo.ltage of each eel 1 sha 11 be determ*1 ned after the discharge and logged.

B. Operat,on w1th Inoperable 3. Emergency 4160V Buses AS-A6 Egu1pment Degraded Vpltage Annunc1atfon System Hhenever the reactor 1s 1n Run Mode or startup Mode w1th the a. Once each op*erattng cycle, reactor .not tn a.C01d CondH1on. calf brate the alarll'I sensor.

the ava1 labH1ty of electrtc.

power sha l1 be as specif 1ed 1n b. Once each 31 days perform a 3.9.B. 1. 3.9.B.2. 3.-9.B.3. channel functional test on the 3~9.B.~. and 3.9.8~5. alarm system.

1. From and after the date that cA In the eve~t the alarm system ts tncomtng power 1s not available determ1 n_,_d 1noperabl e under 3. b fr0m the startup or shutdown above, comience logg1ng safety transformer. continued related bus voltage every 30 minutes untjl such tfme as the

./) alarm ts restored to operable

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Amendment l\'o.sn, ~L 96 195

' LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS

• ' r' 'E)- e. At least once per 3 years

('.... ' by performing a flow test of the system tn accordance w1th Chapter

s. Sectfon 11, "Test of Water Suppl f es" of the F,re Protectlon Handbook, 14th edftton. publf shed by the Nattonal Ff re Protectfon Assoc1at1on.

2. The f1re pump dfesel shall be demonstrated OPERABLE:

a. at least once per month by verffyf ng that the fuel storage tank contafns at least 175 gal l on s of fue 1 *

b. at least once per 3 months by verlfyfng that a sample of diesel fuel from the fuel storage tank, obtalned fn accordance wf th ASTM 04057-81 or 04177-82, fs wf thfn the acceptable lfmfts spec1ffed tn Table 1 of ASTM 0975-81 wf th respect to vf scosf ty, water content. and sediment.

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c. at least once per operating cycle by subjecttng the diesel to an tnspect1on in accordance wf th procedures prepared f n conjunctfon wf th the manufa.cturer 1 s recommendations for the class of servf ce.

d. by demonstrating that the dfesel starting 24-volt battery bank and charger are OPERABLE as fol lo~s:

1> at least once per

~eek by ver1fyf ng that the' electrolyte ltvel "'of Heh battery Is above the plates and battery voltaq~

f s &t 1!ast 24 volts.

Amendm~nt No. ZJ, 96 206b

UNITED STATES I r NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20555 L

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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION t

I SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 96 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-35 1*

BOSTON EDISON COMPANY PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION DOCKET NO. 50-293

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated February 25, 1986, the s*oston Edison Company (licensee) proposed changes in the Pilgrim Technical Specifications (TS) to update the references to American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for diesel fuel oil. The references are cited in TS Section 4.9.A.l.e re1ative to surveillance of diesel generators and in Section 4.12.B.2.b relative to surveillance of the fire pump diesel enqfne.

2 .O EVALUATION Specification 4.9.A.1.e presently requires that "once a month a sample of diesel fuel shall be checked for quality in accordance with ASTM 0270-1975. The quality shall be within the acceotn.b1e limits soecified in Table 1 of ASTM 0975-77 and logged."

Specification 4.12.B.2.b ~resently requires verification at least once per 3 months 11 that a sample of diesel fue1 from the fuel storaoe tank, obtained in accordance with ASTM 0~70-65, is within the acceptable limits soecified in Tab1e 1 of ASTM 0975-74 with respect to viscosity, water content, and sediment."

All of the ASTM standards referenced above have been discontinued and replaced by newer standard references, as follows:

1. 0270-65 and 0270-1975 have been superseded by 04057-81 and 04177-82 which do not change the. standards themselves except to make one applicable to manual sampl.ing and the other to automatic sampling.

The licensee presently obtains the samples manually but may elect to obtain some or all of them automatically.

2. 0975-74 and 0975-77 have been superseded by 09.75-81 which does not change the acceptable limits for qualit.v in Table 1 as they are observed at Pilgrim. {For kinematic measurement of viscosityg the limits in 0975-81 are slightly different; howeverg Pilgrim measures viscosity in Saybolt units which are unchanged) .

I ) We have reviewed the proposed TS changes and have verified that no

,J substantive effects on the diesel fuel oil surveillance requirements for Pilgrim Station are involved. Therefore, the proposed changes are acceptable.

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3. 0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION This amendment involves a change to a requirement with respect to the installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The staff has determined that the amend-

• ment involves no significant increase in the amounts. and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be rel~ased offsite and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Corrnnission has previously issued a proposed finding that this amendment involves no significant hazards consideration and there has been no public comment on such finding. Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for cate~orical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9}. Pursuant to. 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmenta1 impact statement nor environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.

4. 0 CONCLUSION The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:

(l} there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2) such

. *-:) activities will be conducted in compliance with the Corrmission's regulations

( .. and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common

'-J defense and security nor to the health and safety of the public.

Principal Contributor: P. H. leech Dated: Ju1y 1, 1986