ML17313A219
| ML17313A219 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 02/25/1998 |
| From: | Donohew J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| References | |
| TAC-M96672, TAC-M96673, TAC-M96674, NUDOCS 9803030424 | |
| Download: ML17313A219 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUGAE,EAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055&4001 February 25, 1998
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SUBJECT:
DRAFT SAFETY EVALUATIONREGARDING PROPOSED CONVERSION TO IMPROVED STANDARDTECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 1 (TAC NO. M96672), UNIT NO. 2 (TAC NO. M96673), AND UNIT NO. 3 (TAC NO. M96674)
Dear Mr. Levine:
Enclosure 1 is the draft Safety Evaluation (SE) on your proposed conversion of the current Technical Specifications (CTSs) for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, (PVNGS) to the Improved Technical Specifications (ITSs). The ITSs are based on NUREG-1432, "Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants," Revision 1, dated April 1995, and on guidance provided in the Commission's "Final Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors," published on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132). There are no open items in the draft SE.
The enclosed draft SE is based on the staffs review of your application dated October 4, 1996 (102-03794), as supplemented (1) by 19 letters in 1997 dated January 31 (102-03857),
March 16 (102-03890), May 30 (102-03942), May 30 (102-03947), June 6 (102-03954),
July 18 (102-03971), July 18 (102-03972), July 18 (102-03973), July 18 (102-03974), July 18 (102-03975), August 31 (102-04003), September 18 (102-04015), September 18 (102-04016),
September 19 (102-04018), September 19 (102-04019), November 7 (102-04036),
November 14 (102-04039), November 26 (102-04042), and December 16 (102-04052), and (2) by letter of February 12, 1998 (102-04078).
Your letter of November 14, 1997, expressed concern about a change in the NRC schedule for approving and issuing the PVNGS ITS. We responded in our letter of January 12, 1998, and the enclosed draft. SE meets the expedited schedule that we discussed in our letter.
r Included in the draft SE are the proposed changes to CTS 3/4.8.2, "Electrical Power System -
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DC Sources," that you submitted in your application of December 17, 1997. These proposed changes willbe acted on by the staff, and addressed in a separate letter to you, before the PVNGS ITSs and the final SE are issued.
These proposed changes are discussed in Section III.G of the draft SE.
The enclosed draft SE is for your review to verify its accuracy and to prepare the certified ITSs for PVNGS. You are requested to provide your comments on the draft SE in writing, and a certified ITSs, by March 17, 1998. After the staff has received and reviewed your comments, it willincorporate changes, as appropriate, in the final SE before issuing the ITSs and a final SE.
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Mr. James M. Levine February 25, 1998 The conclusions of the NRC staff in the enclosed draft SE are not valid until the final SE is issued.
You are also requested to submit a license condition for Appendix D to the licenses for PVNGS to make enforceable the transfer of those requirements in the CTSs being transferred into licensee-controlled documents (i.e., documents, such as the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), for which changes to the documents by licensees are controlled by the regulations, in this case 10 CFR 50.59) for the ITS conversion, as described in your letters and the enclosed draft SE. is an acceptable license condition.
Included in the relocation of requirements from the CTS to documents outside the CTS are the relocations to be incorporated in the Quality Assurance Program (QAP) for PVNGS. The draft SE addresses these relocations in terms of details not included in your submittals, but which.
have been agreed upon with your staff. The license condition discussed above willenforce the inclusion of these details into the QAP when the ITS is approved for PVNGS.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at 301-415-1307 (or jnd@nrc.gov on the Internet) ifyou have any questions.
in erely, R)gg/q'R Jack..
onohew, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-528, STN 50-529 and STN 50-530
Enclosures:
- 1. Draft Safety Evaluation
- 2. Acceptable License Condition cc w/encls:
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,r February 25, 1998 The conclusions of the NRC staff in the enclosed draft SE are not valid until the final SE is issued.
You are also requested to submit a license condition for Appendix D to the licenses for PVNGS to make enforceable the transfer of those requirements in the CTSs being transferred into licensee-controlled documents (i.e., documents, such as the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), for which changes to the documents by licensees are controlled by the regulations, in this case 10 CFR 50.59) for the ITS conversion, as described in your letters and the enclosed draft SE. is an acceptable license condition.
Included in the relocation of requirements from the CTS to documents outside the CTS are the relocations to be incorporated in the Quality Assurance Program (QAP) for PVNGS. The draft SE addresses these relocations in terms of details not included in your submittals, but which have been agreed upon with your staff. The license condition discussed above willenforce the inclusion of these details into the QAP when the ITS is approved for PVNGS.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at 301-415-1307 (or jnd@nrc.gov on the Internet) ifyou have any questions.
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~2G/qZ Jack onohew, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-528, STN 50-529 and STN 50-530
Enclosures:
- 1. Draft Safety Evaluation
- 2. Acceptable License Condition cc w/encls: See next pa'ge aTBevea:
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> Mr. James M.-Levine February 25, 1998 cc w/encls:
Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Douglas Kent Porter Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800
- Rosemead, California 91770 Senior Resident Inspector USNRC P. O. Box 40 Buckeye, Arizona 85326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harris Tower 8 Pavillion 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, Texas 76011-8064 Chairman, Board of Supervisors ATTN: Chairman 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Ms. Angela K. Krainik, Manager Nuclear Licensing Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 Mr. John C. Home, Vice President Power Supply Palo Verde Services 2025 N. Third Street, Suite 220
. Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Mr. Robert Burt Los Angeles Department of Water 8 Power Southern California Public Power Authority 111 North Hope Street, Room 1255-B Los Angeles, California 90051 Mr. David Summers Public Service Company of New Mexico 414 Silver SW, ¹0604 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 Mr. Robert D. Bledsoe Southern California Edison Company 14300 Mesa Road, Drop D41-SONGS San Clemente, California 92672 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Terry Bassham, Esq.
General Counsel El Paso Electric Company 123 W. Mills El Paso, Texas 79901
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