ML17354B093
| ML17354B093 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 08/21/1998 |
| From: | Jabbour K NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Plunkett T FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| TAC-MA2157, NUDOCS 9808260259 | |
| Download: ML17354B093 (8) | |
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'r. Thomas Plunkett President - Nuclear Division Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 205')001 August 21, 1998
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SUBJECT:
PROPOSED EMERGENCY ACTION LEVELCHANGE TO TABLE3-1 OF THE EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATIONTABLE IN THE TURKEY POINT PLANT EMERGENCY PLAN (TAC NOS. MA2157 AND MA2158)
Dear Mr. Plunkett:
By letter dated March 31, 1998, Florida Power and Light Company (FPL or the licensee) informed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of a proposed change to an Emergency Action Level (EAL) for Turkey Point involving the declaration of an Unusual Event for a Reactor Coolant System Leak (RCS). This change has not been implemented pending NRC approval.
However, the proposed change has been reviewed by the State and local governments, and the Turkey Point safety committee.
The EAL scheme in the Turkey Point Plant Emergency Plan is based upon the methods described in NUREG-0654. Turkey Point has not adopted the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI),
formerly the NUMARC/NESP-007, alternative methodology for developing EALs required in Section IV.B of Appendix E. Nevertheless, FPL proposes to adopt NEI language for this particular EALfor Turkey Point. FPL proposes to change the specific thresholds to match NEI's thresholds for this particular EAL.
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.101. Rev. 3, "Methodology for Development of Emergency Action Levels," which endorsed NUMARC/NESP-007, indicated that licensees may not use portions of both methodologies.
However, NRC modified this position in 1995. (EPPOS No. 1, "Emergency Preparedness Position on Acceptable Deviations from Appendix 1 of NUREG-0654 based upon the staff's regulatory analysis of NUMARC/NESP-007, "Methodology for Development of Emergency Action Levels.") Under the revised guidance, it was recognized that licensees using NUREG-0654 can benefit from the NEI guidance by enhancing or clarifying some of the site specific EALs.
In the specific EAL proposed for Turkey Point, FPL proposes to remove the reference to the Technical Specifications and remove the threshold of an unidentified RCS leakage of greater than 1 gallon per minute (gpm). The 10 gpm leakage limitwould remain as the threshold to declare a Notification of Unusual Event. As a justification, FPL cites the NEI technical bases that indicates that 10 gpm is readily observable in the Control Room; FPL indicated that the lower 1 gpm leak rate can only be determined by a mass balance analysis which is only performed once a day.
In addition, FPL states that the 10 gpm threshold is low enough to provide early indication of an emergency situation.
NUMARC/NESP-007 values are 10 gpm for unidentified leaks and 25 gpm for identified leaks.
FPL proposed threshold leakage rate of 10 gpm is within the limits specified in NUMARC/NESP-007 that the NRC has endorsed in RG 1.101, Rev.3. Therefore, the proposed change is acceptable.
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This completes our action regarding the above TACs. Ifyou have any questions regarding this rnatter, please contact me at (301) 415-1496.
Sincerely, Kahtan N. Jabbour, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate II-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 cc: See next page
Na August 21, 1998 This completes our action regarding the above TACs. Ifyou have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-1496.
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Mr. T. F. Plunkett Florida Power and Light Company TURKEY POINT PLANT M. S. Ross, Attorney Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 John T. Butler, Esquire Steel, Hector and Davis 4000 Southeast Financial Center Miami, Florida 33131-2398 Mr. Robert J. Hovey, Site, Vice President Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 9760 SW. 344th Street Florida City, FL 33035 County Manager Metropolitan Dade County 111 NW 1 Street, 29th Floor Miami, Florida 33128 Senior Resident Inspector Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Reguiatoty Commission P.O. Box 1448 Homestead, Florida 33090 Mr. WilliamA. Passetti, Chief Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control 2020 Capital Circle, SE, Bin OC21 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1741 Mr. Joe Myers, Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs 2740 Centerview Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-3415 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Plant Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 9760 SW. 344th Street Florida City, FL 33035 Mr. Gary E. Ho!linger Licensing Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant 9760 SW. 344th Street Florida City, FL 33035 Mr. Leonard D. Wert U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-3415 Mr. John Gianfrancesco Manager, Administrative Support and Special Projects Florida Power & Light Company P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420 Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420
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