ML18033A267

Provides Info Re Plans to Reload Fuel Into Reactor Upon Completion of Certain Prerequisites Established by Tva.Fuel Reload Scheduled to Begin on 880901.Rev 2 to Procedure SDSP-12.4 & Rev 0 to SDSP-12.7 Encl

ML18033A267
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Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	07/06/1988
From:	Gridley R TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
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ACCESSION NBR:8807130395 DOC.DATE: 88/07/06 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET

".~ FACIL:50-260 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2, Tennessee 05000260 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION GRIDLEY,R. Tennessee Valley Authority RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)

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Submits info re plans to reload fuel into reactor upon completion of certain prerequisites established by TVA. R DISTRIBUTION CODE: IE26D COPIES RECEIVED:LTR ( ENCL / SIZE: 9+3'7 TITLE: Startup Report/Refueling Report (per Tech D

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TOTAL NUMBER 00 COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 30 ENCL 29

TENNESSEE VALLEY'AUTHORITY CHATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE 37401 5N 157B Lookout Place JUL 06 1888 UPS. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of Docket No. 50-260 Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN) PREREQUISITES FOR FUEL RELOADING This letter provides information regarding TVA's plans to reload fuel into the unit 2 reactor at the BFN plant upon completion of certain prerequisites presently being established by TVA. Fuel loading is now the next major milestone in TVA's plan of actions to complete the current outage and restart the BFN Unit 2 reactor. TVA's overall plan for the restart of the unit 2 reactor has been described in its Nuclear Performance Plan Vol. 3 and in several related submittals, In recent meetings, TVA has discussed its technical verification program (including the Restart Test Program) and its plans for a Site Master Punchlist (SMPL) to aid in the closeout of open items.

TVA has also reviewed with NRC its fuel inspection and reconstitution activities presently underway at BFN, and NRC issued a safety evaluation that approved these activities.

To prepare verify that for the commencement of fuel reconstitution, it was necessary to work on the systems required to be operable by the unit 2 technical specifications (TSs) was complete to the point that the systems could be declared operable. To accomplish this with the necessary degree of discipline and documentation, TVA developed and implemented a special procedure that established control over the required equipment and portions of systems as needed to support fuel reconstitution activities.

The objectives of TVA's plans for fuel reloading are to'complete a systematic evaluation of known restart issues and deficiencies, establish prerequisites, and complete specific work required to ensure fuel loading is conducted in a safe and reliable manner. To control the completion of work, TVA issued a set of system return-to-service procedures and system pre-operability checklists for restart. These procedures will be used to ensure that the systems required for fuel loading can be declared operable in accordance with TS requirements.

TVA is also proceeding with the development of SMPL which. is a punchlist of actions items that must be completed for restart. SMPL will have the capability to list open action items required to be completed for a key milestone to be achieved, for a system to be declared operable or for a technical program or licensing issue to be closed. Thus, TVA will have the 807130395 880706 PDR ADOCK 05000260 PNU An Equal Opportunity Employer

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission JUL 0 6 1888 ability through its procedures and the use of SMPI to evaluate, control, and verify the completion of critical action items for any of the remaining major restart milestones. The key control procedures are provided in enclosure 1.

Implementation of these procedures will result in a list of systems that are targeted to be completed, tested, and made operable to support fuel loading operations. TVA's procedures for return-to-service are very comprehensive in the identification of programmatic issues, known open items, and maintenance or modifications work that must be completed on each of the systems required to meet TS requirements. These procedures also permit exceptions to be made to the system pre-operability checklist, the system test specifications, and the system return-to-service requirements, provided that an appropriate justification is prepared and approved. Exceptions to requirements specified for each system will be evaluated for safety significance based on the plant conditions and to ensure that they would not result in a deviation from TS requirements.

Inherent in the system pre-operability checklists and the return-to-service procedure is the completion of certain TVA restart programs to a point necessary for commencement of fuel reloading operations. With respect to each TS required system, TVA's intent is to complete modifications, correct identified deficiencies, and complete work requests that impact the safety function or system operability as required for fuel reloading. Deficiencies discovered during completion of TVA's restart program will be evaluated based on the Restart Criteria and TS operability requirements. Corrective actions, if appropriate, will be scheduled for completion through TVA's work control procedures.

In summary, TVA places importance on the achievement of fuel reloading as a major step in the evolution of restart activities from a mode with design and modification emphasis to a mode in which operational control is reestablished and systems are returned to service and maintained in a safe and orderly fashion. The activities and procedures being implemented by TVA will ensure that fuel loading is conducted in a safe and reliable manner. Fuel reloading, operations are presently scheduled to begin September 1, 1988.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission JUL 06 1988 If you have any questions or require additional information to prepare for the forthcoming, meeting, please telephone M. J. May at (205) 729-3570.

Very truly yours, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY R, idley, Dir ctor Nuclear Licens' and Regulatory Affairs Enclosures cc (Enclosures):

Ms. S. C. Black, Assistant Director for Projects TVA Projects Division UPS. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North

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11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Mr. F. R. McCoy, Assistant Director for Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Browns Ferry Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Route 12, Box 637 Athens, Alabama 35611

ENCLOSURE 1 PROCEDURES TO BE USED FOR SYSTEM RETURN TO SERVICE AT BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Copies of the following, listed procedures are provided in this enclosure.

SDSP 12.4 ",SYSTEM RETURN TO SERVICE AND CLOSURE OF MODIFICATIONS" SDSP 12.7 "SYSTEM PREOPERABILITY CHECKLIST"