ML17342B084

Requests Meeting W/Util to Discuss Matter Re Status of Tech Specs Rev Project & Options for Resolving Matter.Completion of Project & Issuance of License Amend Implementing Upgraded Tech Specs Will Not Occur Before Late 1988

ML17342B084
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	01/15/1988
From:	Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Woody C FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
References
NUDOCS 8801250210
Download: ML17342B084 (4)

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January l5I 198 Docket Nos.

50-250 and 50-251 Nr. C. 0.

Moody Executive Vice President Florida Power and Light Company P.O.

Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420 DISTRIBUTION NRC 5 Local PDRs PD22 Reading S.

Varga G. Lainas G. Lainas OGC-Beth D. Niller E. Jordan D. NcDonald J. Partlow G. Edison ACRS(10)

L. Reyes

SUBJECT:

STATUS OF TURKEY POINT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REVISION PROJECT As you know, we have been working with your staff during the past year or so on the Turkey Point upgraded Technical Specifications which you are developing under the Technical Specifications Revision Project of your Performance Enhancement Program.

While progress has been made, it appears likely that completion of the project and issuance of a license amendment implementing the upgraded Technical Specifications will not occur before late 1988.

This was discussed at a meeCing between our staffs on January 6, 1988.

Me are aware that you have prepared and implemented, at your own initiative, a large number of plant operating procedure revisions which include additional as well as the more restrictive requirements of the proposed new Technical Specifications and reflect the overall philosophy and guidance of the Standard Technical Specifications.

We are also aware that Che Turkey Point operators have available both the approved and the proposed Technical Specifi-cations and are instructed to follow the more restrictive of the two, in conjunction with the revised plant operating procedures.

Operating in this manner requires interpretations and judgements which are sometimes difficult to make, FPL and Turkey Point plant managers have advised our management and staff, both at meetings and in discussions, that this present situation is undesirable in Chat it causes confusion in the control room.

Me also have seen this comment in FPL documentation.

Me are concerned about the safety implications of this potential for confusion, especially if it is likely to continue for an extended period until the Technical Specifications Revision Project is completed.

Me would, therefore, like to meet with you and other appropriate FPL managers at your earliest convenience to discuss this matter and options for resolving it.

Please contact me to arrange for a mutually agreeable time and place.

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k'ashington, DC 20036 Yr. Jack Shreve Office of the Public Counsel Room 4, Holland Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 John T. Butler, Esquire

Steel, Hector and Davis 4000 Southeast Financial Center hliami, Florida 33131-2398 Yr. J.

Qdam, Vice President Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company P.O.

Box 029100 Yiami, Florida 33102 Vr. Sergio Periera County t~anager of metropolitan Dade County hei ami, Florida 33130 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station Post Office Box 57-1185 Miami, Florida 33857-1185 Jacob Daniel Nash Office of Radiation Control Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 131?

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Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Intergovernmental Coordination and Review Of~ice of Planning 5 Budget Executive GA'ice of the Governor The Capitol Building Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Administra tor Depar tment of Environmental Regul ati on Power Plant Siting Secticr, State o< Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 37301 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suite 2900 101 h!arietta Street Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Joette Lorion 7269 Sk',

54 Avenue Y'iami, Florida 33143 Yir. Chris J. Baker, Plant Yanager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power ar:d Light Company P.O.

Box 029100 hiiami, Florida 33102