ML17264A509

Forwards Pages of 960508 LAR That Have Been Changed as Result of 960528 & 29 Telcons

ML17264A509
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	05/29/1996
From:	Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	Vissing G NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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ACCESSION )%BR:9605310028 DOC.DATE:'96/05/29 NOTARIZED: YES DOCKET FACIL:56-244 Robert Emmet Ginna Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Rochester G 05000244 AUTH.NM4E . AUTHOR AFFILIATION MECREDY,R.C. Rochester Gas 6 Electric Corp.

RECXP.NAME RECIPXENT AFFILIATION UISSXNGPG.S.

SUBJECT:

Forwards pages of 960508 LAR that have been changed as result of 960528 & 29 telcons.

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ROCHESTER'R GAS AND EIECTRIC CORPORATION ~ 89 EASTAVENIJE, ROCHESTER N. Y Irt649-0001 AREA CODE716 %f6-2700 ROBERT C. MECREDY Vice President Nudear Operations May 29, 1996 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Attn: Guy S. Vissing Project Directorate I-1 Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Update to Correction of Typographical Errors Request Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-244

References:

(a) Letter from R.C. Mecredy, RG&E, to G.S. Vissing, NRC,

Subject:

Application for Anrendment to Facility Operating License, Correction of Typographical Jr rrors, dated May 8, 1996.

(b) Letter from R.C. Mecredy, RG&E, to G.S. Vissing, NRC,

Subject:

Application for Amendinent to rr'acility Operating License, Correction of Typographical Errors, Reqrtest for Exigent Consideration, dated May 10, 1996.

Dear Mr. Vissing,

By Reference (a), RG&E submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to correct several typographical errors within the Ginna Station Improved Technical Specifications (ITS).

Subsequently, RG&E requested that this LAR be considered on an exigent basis due to the potential to delay a planned startup (Reference (b)). On May 28th and 29th, conference calls were held between RG&E and NRC Staff concerning this LAR. As a result of these calls, several minor changes were requested by the NRC and agreed upon by RG&E. These changes were not technical and were only requested to provide additional clarity and consistency within the technical specifications. In addition, it was noted that RG&E now expects that MODE 2 will be entered late on June 3rd instead of June 2nd as was originally documented in Reference 2.

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I Therefore, the purpose of this letter is provide those pages of the LAR submitted by Reference (a) that have been changed as a result of the conference call. All other pages of Reference (a), including the no significant hazards consideration, are unaffected by this submittal.

Very truly yours, Robert C. Mecred Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 29th day of May 1996.

a, ti~T1 ~ ftNObWXiR@k8<ER Notary Public rn the State of New Yorft MONROE COUNTY Conunission Expires Dec. 12.

1924 MDF7856 Attachments xc: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Guy Vissing (Mail Stop 14C7)

PWR Project Directorate I-1 Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Ginna Senior Resident Inspector Mr. F. William Valentine, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 2 Rockefeller Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1253

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Attachment A Instructions:

Remove pages 2 and 3 and replace with attached pages 2 and 3

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'I LCO 3.3.1 The Note for Required Action R.1 was revised to provide consistency with NUREG-1431 (see LCO 3.3.1, Required Action Q.1) and the current bases.

Several errors in the f(d) input into the Overtemperature zT and Overpower zT equations for Table 3.3.1-1 were corrected. These include:

a. The "Q>" in the f(d) discussion for Overtemperature aT was changed to "q>" based on the equations presented below this text.

The description of when to set f(~1) = 0 was changed to "when q, - q>

is <+13% RTP" versus when ">+13% RTP." The error with respect to the.~ sign is readily apparent since the same "when q, - q is >

+13% RTP" text is used in the next line for when f(zI) must be shifted. The correction of this error is based on the "old" TS, page 2.3-2.

c. The values for certain constants were revised to provide necessary units to ensure that the equation is mathematically correct and consistent with all defined values.

4. . LCO 3.3.2 The Note prior to the Surveillance Requirements in LCO 3.3.2 was revised to remove the plural application of "note" and to delete the "1" preceding the note consistent with the NUREG-1431 format for single notes. This change also affects the bases.

5. LCO 3.3.3 The titles of all steam generator (SG) related instrumentation listed in Table 3.3.3-1 were changed since the current wording implies that these are instrumentation > a given SG. As such, the text was revised to reflect that the instrumentation is frrm a given SG.

6. LCO 3.3.5 The title for Table 3.3.5-1 Function 4 was changed to "Containment Spray-Manual Initiation" versus "Manual Isolation" per Table 3.3.2-1, Function 2.a and the bases for LCO 3.3.5.

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B. BACKGROUND On February 24, 1996, RG8cE implemented the Improved Technical Specifications at Ginna Station per Amendment No. 61. Since that time, upon use of the new TS, several typographical errors have been discovered. The majority of these errors are readily evident upon discovery and do not impact any operational activities. However, the errors described above with respect to LCO 3.3.1 could provide confusion and potential incorrect application of the necessary requirement. Therefore, this LAR proposes to correct these errors. Since Ginna Station is currently in a defueled condition in support of the steam generator replacement project, the errors are not currently a problem. However, RG&E expects that Ginna Station will enter MODE 2 conditions late on June 3rd at which time, the Overtemperature aT and Overpower zT reactor trip functions must be OPERABLE.

Therefore, the corrections to the f(d) descriptions for these functions must be corrected prior to entering MODE 2. The remaining error within LCO 3.3.1 only applies to specific surveillances of reactor trip functions at power which will not become limiting until several weeks later.

C. JUSTIFICATION OP CHANGES This section provides the justification for all changes described in Section A above and shown in Attachment II. The justifications are organized based on whether the change is:

more restrictive (M), less restrictive (L), administrative (A), or the requirement is relocated C.l ~A A. 1 The proposed changes described in Section A above do not involve any technical issues. Instead, the changes relate to minor errors (e.g., page numbering and titles),

providing consistency within the TS (e.g., note formats), correction of equations that were incorrectly translated from the "old" TS, and providing consistency with NUREG-1431 as was originally intended by Amendment No. 61. The changes to the Overpower and Overtemperature ~T equations are strictly editorial and are required to ensure that the penalty for f(d) is correctly applied and that the equations have the correct units. The proposed change results in an, equation which is mathematically identical to the "old" TS and was confirmed by Westinghouse as being appropriate and acceptable. The remaining errors were introduced during last minute changes to the TS prior to NRC issuance of Amendment No. 61. This is further confirmed in that only one bases page is affected by these changes.

Therefore, the correction of these errors is administrative only.

There are not any more restrictive (M), less restrictive (L), or relocated (R) changes associated with this LAR.

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