ML18102A313
| ML18102A313 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/15/1996 |
| From: | Dawn Powell Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| LR-N96242, NUDOCS 9608220028 | |
| Download: ML18102A313 (3) | |
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PS~G Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 Nu.~lear 81:1siness Unit AUG 1 5 1996 LR-N96242 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 AMENDMENT pISCREPANCY RESOLUTION EXPLOSIVE GAS MIXTURE SALEM GENERATING STATION NOS.
~ AND 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES DPR-70 AND DPR-75 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 Gentlemen:
Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) recently submitted a Licensee Event Report (LER) 311/96-002-00, dated July 29, 1996 that identified a problem with the present wording-contained in Salem Units 1 and 2 Technical Specification (TS) 3.11.2.5 pertaining to explosive gas mixture.
Through the development of the LER, PSE&G found that this Limiting condition for Operation (LCO) had undergone several changes during the amendment process which ultimately resulted in the present LCO wording being incorrect as issued.
This letter is to provide insight into the inconsistencies found and to request that the Staff review their records to determine if a correction.to the issued amendment is appropriate.
Amendments 64 and 36, Unit 1 and Unit 2 respectively, were issued on May 30, 1985 to correct various editorial and typographical errors that were contained in previously issued Amendment Nos. 59 and 28.
On June 21, 1985, a followup correction letter was issued by the Staff to PSE&G which provided changes that were inadvertently omitted from the Amendment 64/36 package.
Included in this letter was page 3/4 11-15 containing LCO 3.11.2.5 on explosive gas mixture.
The revised page indicated only a change to Surveillance 4.11.2.5; however, there were other changes to the LCO and Action Statements which altered the content of this specification.
The specific changes that caused the problem which resulted in LER 311/96-002-00 was the deletion in the LCO of the wording
" *.* whenever the hydrogen concentration exceeds 4% by volume."
Additionally, the wording"*** and the hydrogen concentration greater than 2% by volume," was deleted from Action b.
With the above two phrases deleted in conjunction with the LCO being
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cannot be rendered inoperable and opened to atmosphere for maintenance purposes, while remaining in compliance with the TSs.
A review of PSE&G's records indicate that the revision of specification 3.11.2.5, as amended, was not requested for the Salem Units and results in inconsistencies with the Westinghouse Standard Technical Specifications, (NUREG-0452), upon which Salem's previous wording was based.
The deletion of the phrases appears to be an administrative error in the Amendment issuance which went undetected by the NRC and PSE&G until recently questioned by Salem's operators.
In order to obtain a corrected TS, PSE&G is requesting that the NRC review the relevant documentation to determine if there was suitable reason for the changed wording of TS 3.11.2.5 and, if appropriate, to issue a correction to amendment 64/36 restoring the deleted phrases.
If this apparent oversight cannot be corrected in this manner, other alternative means, such as a separate request for change to TSs, cari be discussed with the staff to resolve the identified problem.
Should you have any questions, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
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D. R. Powell Manager -
Licensing & Regulation
Document Control Desk LR-N96242 3
C Mr. H. J. Miller, Administrator - Region I
- u. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. L. Olshan, Licensing Project Manager -
Salem
- u. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 14E21 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. c. Marschall (X24)
USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering 33 Arctic Parkway CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 AUG 151996
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