ML17347B583

Forwards Addl Info Re Open Issues to Aid Closeout of Items, Per 890605 Application for Amends to Licenses

ML17347B583
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	02/13/1990
From:	Harris K FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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L-90-20, NUDOCS 9002270067
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ACCESSION NBR:9002270067 DOC.DATE: 90/02/13 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET FACIL:50-250 Turkey Point Plant, Unit 3, Florida Power and Light C 05000250 50-251 Turkey Point Plant, Unit 4, Florida Power and Light C 05000251 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION HARRIS,K.N. Florida Power a Light Co.

RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)

SUBJECT:

Forwards addi info re open issues to aid closeout of items, per 890605 application for amends to licenses.

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P.O. Box 14000, Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 FEIST-5P>>

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document, Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:

Re: Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4 Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 Proposed License Amendment Revised Technical S ecifications By letter dated June 5, 1989 (FPL letter L-89-201), as supplemented November 3, 1989 (FPL letter L-89-329), Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) submitted a request, to amend Appendix A of Facility Operating Licenses DPR-31 and DPR-41 to replace the current technical specifications with revised technical specifications based on the Standard Technical Specifications for Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactors. The proposed revised technical specifications submitted were the result of extensive FPL and NRC staff review and comment following FPL's initial submittals in September and November of 1986.

Attachment IV of the June 5, 1989 submittal identified a number of open licensing issues that were addressed by the Technical Specification Upgrade Project and that could be closed as a result of the June 5, 1989 submittal.

The attachment to this letter provides additional information regarding certain of those open issues to aid in their closeout.

This information is being provided in response to a request from Gordon E. Edison, Sr., the NRC Project Manager for the Turkey Point Plant.

Should you have any questions regarding the attached information, please contact us.

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6l Attachment OQ cc: Stewart D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II, USNRC

, Gaa.. Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, Turkey Point Plant an FPL Group company

I ATTACHMENT Re: Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 Proposed License Amendment Revised Technical S ecifications The following information supplements that provided in Attachment IV of FPL letter L-89-201 dated June 5, 1989 with respect to items 2, 4, 5, and 6 of that attachment:

2 ~ Generic Letter 87-09, "Sections 3.0 and 4.0 of the Standard Technical Specifications (STS) on the Applicability of Limiting Conditions for Operation and Surveillance Requirements," dated June 4, 1987 provided guidance addressing three specific problems that have been encountered with the general requirements of Sections 3.0 and 4.0 of the STS.

These problems related to (1) unnecessary restrictions on mode changes, (2) unnecessary shutdown caused by inadvertent surpassing of surveillance intervals, and (3) conflicts between specifications 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 related to mode changes. The NRC staff had concluded that the modifications proposed in this generic letter would result in improved technical specifications (TS) for all plants. Licensees were encouraged to propose changes to their TS that are consistent with the guidance in the generic letter; however, the changes were voluntary for all licensees. FPL submitted proposed TS consistent with the guidance of Generic Letter 87-9 in FPL letter L-88-389 dated September 27, 1988. FPL letter L 201 dated June 5, 1989 stated that the proposed changes had been incorporated into the revised technical specifications, and that the September 27, 1988 submittal need not be reviewed as a separate item. Specific changes in response to Generic Letter 87-09, are included in TS 3.0/4.0 of FPL's June 5, 1989 submittal (pages 3/4 0-1 through 3/4 0-4) and the corresponding Bases.

4 ~ Generic Letter 84-15, "Proposed Staff Actions to Improve and Maintain Diesel Generator Reliability", dated July 2, 1984, requested that licensee 1) describe their current programs to avoid cold fast starts or their intended action to reduce the number of cold fast start surveillance tests from ambient conditions for diesel generators, 2) report the reliability of each diesel generator at their plant for its last 20 and 100 demands, and 3) describe their diesel generator reliability program, if any, for attaining and maintaining a reliability goal. Generic Letter 84-15 .encouraged licensees to submit changes to their technical specifications to accomplish a reduction in the number of cold fast starts,

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Licensees were also requested to comment on and/or compare their existing program or any proposed program with the example performance specification included with the generic letters. Additional guidance was provided in the technical specifications issued by the NRC to Virginia Power's North Anna Power Station in April 1985. FPL responded to the three items concerning improving and maintaining diesel generator reliability in FPL letter L-84-316 dated November 6, 1984.

Proposed TS changes to address the Generic Letter 84-15 concerns are included in TS 3.8.1.1 and 4.8.1.1 of FPL's June 5, 198'9 submittal (pages 3/4 8-1 through 3/4 8-7) and the corresponding Bases.

The background for the containment purge and vent valve technical specifications is described in detail in FPL letter L-88-478 dated November 2, 1988, in FPL's comments on Specification 3/4.6.1.7. The specification commented on in that letter was further revised after subsequent review and comment by the FPL and the NRC staff. As a result of this review, the 1986 submittal which proposed a 200 hour0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> limit on purging was modified to provide restrictions on the reason for which purging may be used in lieu of a limit on purging time.

The specific changes to resolve the containment purge and vent valve technical specification issue are included in TS 3.6.1.7 and 4.6.1.7 of FPL's June 5, 1989 submittal (page 3/4 6-11).

Item 4.3 of Generic Letter 83-28, "Required Actions Based on Generic Implications of Salem ATWS Events," established the requirement for the automatic actuation of the shunt trip attachment for Westinghouse Plants. Generic Letter 85-09, "Technical Specifications for Generic Letter 83-28, Item 4.3," dated May 23, 1985, requested that licensees submit proposed technical specification changes to explicitly require independent testing of the undervoltage and shunt trip attachments during power operation and independent testing of the control room manual switch contacts during each refueling outage. Specific changes in response to the Generic Letter 85-09 requirements are included in TS 3.3.1 and 4.3.1 (Tables 3.3-1 and 4.3-1) of FPL's June 5, 1989 submittal (pages 3/4 3-1 through 3/4 3-12).

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