ML18102A748
| ML18102A748 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 01/06/1997 |
| From: | Tosch K NEW JERSEY, STATE OF |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| LCR-S96-15, NUDOCS 9701150148 | |
| Download: ML18102A748 (2) | |
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Christine Todd Whitman Governor Department of Environmental Protection Robert C. Shinn, Jr.
Commissioner Division of Environmental Safety, Health,
& Analytical Programs Radiation Protection Programs Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Tel:
( 609) 984-7700 FAX:
( 609) 984-7513 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.. 20555 Ladies & Gentlemen:
January 6. 1997
Subject:
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 & 2 --
Docket Nos.
50-272 and 50-311 --
Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-70 & DPR-75 Request. for Change to Technical Specifications (TS)
.Turbine* Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Testin_g (TDAFWP)
LCR S96,;..15.: *.
- on October 24, 1996, in accordance with the requirements.of 10 CFR 50.;90,. *Public. Service* Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) I submitted to.the U. s. Nuclear* Regulatory* Commission (NRC) the subject request seeking to revise the eighteen month surveillance procedure and frequency in TS 3/4.7.1.2, to permit testing of the TDAFWP which can only be performed when sufficient secondary pressure is available.
The proposed change will expand the TS to include surveillance of the automatic valve which allows inlet steam to the TDAFWP.
It
- will also provide fo:c the TDAF'W pump surveillance to be performed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after the secondary side pressure becomes greater than 680 pounds per square inch gage (psig); this will allow appropriate quality steam to become ~vailable.
At such times, the unit will have entered Operati.onal* Mode 3 (Hot Standby), and thus able to perform 'the required pump test, which the plant's operating experience has shown can only be performed when appropriate quality steam *is* available.
The stipulation in the cu:['.rent.TS,.that the subject :surveilla"nce 'be performed *aur~hg *shutd.own *wi:J,Lbe 'remov,e.d/
and,the proposed TSfwill'riOt '"restrict: perfoj;°mirig' th'i's***surveit'iance during: *.powerr::_: op*eratiori ~* :.
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on December*23;. 1996, PSE&G submitted
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~upp,lement. to LCR S96-15~-
- -The *purpose of the Supplement was* to'* satisfy the surveillance requirements_.2.°t. TS 4.* 3 ~* 2. L 3 pertaining to the 9iot":i5oi48
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The requested change aims at achieving consistency with the changes proposed for TS 4.7.1.2(c)2 in the aforementioned October 24, 1996, request, and is essentially editorial.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Nuclear Engineering (BNE),
reviewed the subject request in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.91(b).
Based on this review, the BNE has no comments.
If you have any questions, please contact Rich Pinney at (609) 984-7558.
Sincerely,
~f:e~s: ~ger Bureau of Nuclear Engineering
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J. Lipoti, Assistant Director Radiation Protection Programs, NJDEP L. Olshan, Licensing Project Manager, NRR U.S. NRC
- c. Marschall, Artificial Island Senior Resident Inspector U.S. NRC D. Powell, Manager Licensing and Regulation, PSE&G