ML18219D512

05/13/1977 Letter Request for Changes to Appendix B Technical Specifications

ML18219D512
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Site:	Cook
Issue date:	05/13/1977
From:	Tillinghast J Indiana Michigan Power Co, (Formerly Indiana & Michigan Power Co)
To:	Case E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Dear Mr. Case:

This letter is a request for changes to the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Appendix B Technical Specifications.

We have attached revised pages 1.1-1, 5.1-1, and 5.4-6 to indicate the changes we propose.

&wee inconsistencies between Appendix A and Appendix B of the Cook Nuclear Plant Technical Specifications have been brought to our attention by Mr. M. H. Fletcher of the NRC Division of Operating Reactors.

The first of these concerns Section 5.1 of Appendix B which states that "the organisation, review and audit shall be in accordance with Section 6, Appendix A." However, Sections 6.5.1.6.a and 6.8.1 of Appendix A do not specify review of procedures for environmental matters. Similarly, the environ-mental activities are not listed in Section 6.5.2.1 of Appendix A as requiring independent review and audit.

To correct this situation we propose detailing the duties of the Plant Nuclear Safety Review Committee and the Nuclear Safety S Design Review Committee with regards to environmental matters in Section 5 of Appendix B with no changes to Appendix A. See the attached revised page 5.1-1.

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Mr. E. G. Case The second conflict concerns our interpretation of the reporting requirements in Appendix B, which differs from that in Appendix A, and has resulted in our reporting of failures to perform environmental monitoring as Abnormal Environmental Occurrences whether or not a specification in Appendix B, Section 2 was exceeded. If a specification is not exceeded, then a failure to perform environmental monitoring should be reported only if it represents an observed inadequacy in the implementation of administrative controls. This under-.

standing of the reporting requirements conforms with the December 1975 "For Comment" issue of Regulatory Guide 4.8, "Environmental Technical=Specifications for Nuclear Power Plants."

A revision to Appendix B, Definitions (see attached page 1.1-1), is proposed to require reportability, only when an event, "Results in noncompliance with, or is in violation of, the s ecification section of a limiting condition for operation (section 2)."

Finally, Appendix B, specification 5.4.2.1 requires submission of an "Abnormal Environmental Occurrence Report" within one week, whereas Regulatory Guide 10.1, Item 105, and Regulatory Guide 4.8, Section 5.6.2, indicate a 10-day or 30-day timing. The attached revised page 5.4-6 shows our proposed change for consistency with the applicable Regulatory Guides.

The requested revisions do not change the intent of the specifications involved, they clarify the reporting requirements and remove inconsistencies between Appendix A and Appendix B Technical Specifications.

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DEFINITIONS The following terms are defined for uniform interpretation of these specifications.

1 1 ABNORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL OCCKNZNCE (AEO An abnormal environmental occurrence is one th'at:

1.1 1 Results in noncompliance with, or is in violation of, the specification section of a limiting condition for operation (section 2);

.L.l.2 Results in uncontrolled-or-unplanned-release. of. chemical, .....-, .

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radioactive, thermal, or other discharges from the Donald C.

Cook Nuclear Plant in excess of the applicable regulations of governing agencies, or 1.1.3 Results in a significant adverse environmental impact.

i+2 ABSORPTION FIELD.

'The area where plant. waste water which includes sewage plant effluent is discharged on the ground and absorbed into it with no surface water runoff. This area is shown as sanitary waste ponds and process waste waste pond Xn Figure 4.1.1.5-1.

1 3 AMBIENT LAKE WATER TEMPERATURE The temperature of the water in the upper one meter in the vicinity of the Plant in the absence of any influence of Plant Operation. The method of estimating ambient lake water temperature is addressed in section 2.1.3.2.

1 4 APPARENT AVERAGE MONTHLY GROWTH

..Used with, periphyton. ..The average ofreplicate monthlyisamples..of periphyton growth. Essentially an estimate of net productivity minus some loss by wave action and grazing by herbivores.

.5 1.5.1 Benthos macroscopic aquatic invertebrate animals living

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1.5.2 Macrophyte rooted aquatic plant.

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5 Administrative Controls 5.1.1 Or anization Review and Audit Organization, review and audit shafl be in accordance with Section 6, Appendix A.

5.1.2 The Nuclear Safet s Desi n Review Committee shall review:-

a. Proposed changes..in Technical Specifications.

b. Abnormal Environmental Occurrences.

Cs Proposed procedure changes which could have environmental significance, which affect the Plant's environmental impact, and which are brought to the NSDRC's attention by the PNSRC.

d. 'roposed plant system or equipment .changes or modifications which could have environmental significance to determine the environmental impact .of-.the. changes.

5. 1.3 The Plant Nuclear Safet Review Committee shall review:

a. Proposed changes in Technical Specifications.

b. Abnormal Environmental Occurrences.

c. Proposed plant procedures having environmental significance as described in Section 5.3, and proposed changes thereto which affect the Plant's environmental impact.

d. Proposed changes or modifications to Plant systems. ..

or equipment having envixonmental significance to determine the environmental impact of the changes.

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4>> 'Total body doses to individuals and popula ns in unrestricted areas from direct radiation from the facility.

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5>> Total body doses to, the, population and average doses,to individuals Sn the population from all receiving~ater related pathways.

6>> T tal body doses .to the-population-and-average.. doses-.to,.;individuals in the population, gaseous effluents to a 'distance of 50 miles',from .

the site ,I' significantly large population area is Lo'cated just beyond 50 mlles from rhe sdte, the dose to thds p opnlatlongroup should be considered

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I>> lfeteorolo ical Data

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--=The report should Xnclude~h~unnrlative joint frequency. distribution. of =-

. <<iei speed, wind direction, .and atmospheric stability for the stability foi the quarterly.;.periods. Similar data should be reported separately for the.qeteoralogical conditions during batch releases..

., lfcmthly reports-on-Ash.impingement (Section 4.l.2.1.2) shall be submitted

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5 A>>2 NON-ROUTINE REPORTS e

5 4>>2 1 Abnormal Environmenteal":Occurrence-,(AEO).:==-

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the event" of an-AEO"-as-defined in'Sectio'n 1;1 'a"prompt"-report -shall be

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.: hours by telephone pr telegraph to the. Director, Region Office of Inspection and Enforcement, followed by a written report within 10 days to the Director, Region III, Office of Inspection and Enforcement

. (cc to Director of. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation). The written teport~"and-to the-extent- possible the preliminary, telephone and telegraph Tepott~ -shall:- (a)-describe;=-analyze and evaluate the.AEO, including.

extent and magnitude of the impact, (b) describe the cause of the AEO and (c) indicate the corrective action (including= any significant changes made Xn procedures) taken to preclude repetition of the AEO. and to

. prevent similar AEOs involving similar components or systems.---

Those events not requiring prompt reports shall be reported within 30 days by a written report, to the Director, Region XZZ, Office of Inspection and Enforcement (cc to Director of

.Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation). The criteria for events requiring such'-reports may be.-found in Regulatory-- -.--

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j,d 2 2~Cha.n .es When a change to thetplant-designp.rto-the plant=operation, =or to the ytocedures described in Section 5e3 is planned which involves an .environ-mental ~tter or question not previously reviewed and evaluated by the KK,

.,:a report cn the change shai:L"bmmade. to:the-Office of-Nuclear..Reactor ~

.Regulation..prior to imple=entation. The- report shall include a- desciiption

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and evaluation of the change.

1 Changes or, additions to permits and certificates required by Federal, State, local and regional authorities for the protection of-.the. environ-ment shall be .reported. When. the required changes are submitted .to the

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