ML19071A299

Issuance of Amendment No. 198 Removal of Table of Contents from Renewed Operating License Technical Specifications

ML19071A299
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	06/19/2019
From:	O'Banion M Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Entergy Operations
Regner, L M, 301-415-1906
References
EPID L-2018-LLA-0489
Download: ML19071A299 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 19, 2019 Vice President, Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61 St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 198 RE: REMOVAL OF THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE RENEWED OPERATING LICENSE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (EPID L-2018-LLA-0489)

Dear Sir or Madam:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 198 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 for the River Bend Station, Unit 1. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated November 29, 2018.

The amendment revises the TSs by removing the TS Table of Contents allowing changes and updates to be made by the licensee.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's biweekly Federal Register notice.

Sincerely, Margaret W. O'Banion, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-458

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 198 to NPF-47

2. Safety Evaluation cc: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 ENTERGY LOUISIANA LLC AND ENTERGY OPERATIONS. INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-458 RIVER BEND STATION. UNIT 1 AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 198 Renewed License No. NPF-47

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment by Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), dated November 29, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this license amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

Enclosure 1

2. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 is hereby amended to read as follows:

(2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 198 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the renewed license. EOI shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.

3. The license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 90 days from the date of issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Robert J. Pascarelli, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachment:

Changes to the Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 and Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: Ju ,1e 1 9 , 2 ,) 1 9

ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 198 RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-47 RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-458 Replace the following pages of the Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 and Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by Amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.

Renewed Facility Operating License REMOVE INSERT Technical Specifications REMOVE INSERT ii iii iv

(2) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, use and operate the facility at the above designated location in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this renewed license; (3) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and to use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (5) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (6) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility.

C. This renewed license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:

(1) Maximum Power Level EOI is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3091 megawatts thermal (100% rated power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein.

(2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 198 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the renewed license. EOI shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.

Amendment No. 198

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20555-0001 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 198 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-47 ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.

RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-458

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By application dated November 29, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML18333A194), Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), requested changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) for the River Bend Station, Unit 1. The proposed amendment would delete the Table of Contents from the TSs and relocate it to a licensee-controlled document. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's review of the licensee's application is set forth below.

2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION

The NRC's regulatory requirements related to the content of the TSs are contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.36. The regulations in 10 CFR 50.36 require that the TSs include items in the following categories: (1) safety limits, limiting safety systems settings, and limiting control settings; (2) limiting conditions for operation; (3) surveillance requirements; (4) design features; and (5) administrative controls. The administrative controls are provisions relating to organization and management, procedures, recordkeeping, review and audit, and reporting necessary to assure operation of the facility in a safe manner. The TS Table of Contents is not relied upon to assure safe operation of the facility. The requirements of 10 CFR 50.36 do not include provisions for a Table of Contents, which contains only administrative information.

3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION

The TS Table of Contents is a list, found before the specific TS requirements, which provides information on the TS section numbers, section titles, and the commencing page number. The Table of Contents do not contain technical information required by 10 CFR 50.36. Thus, inclusion of a Table of Contents as part of the TSs is optional, and is not required by NRC Enclosure 2

regulations. Therefore, removal of the Table of Contents from the TSs constitutes an administrative change and is acceptable to the NRC staff. 1

4.0 STATE CONSULTATION

In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Louisiana State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment on March 12, 2019. The State official had no comments.

5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION

The amendment changes an administrative requirement. Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22( c )( 10 ). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2019 (84 FR 492), and there has been no public comment on such finding.

6.0 CONCLUSION

The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) there is reasonable assurance that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

Principal Contributor: Lisa M. Regner Da~: June 19, 2019 1 There is a variation between the licensee's Table of Contents and the Table of Contents in the NRC's authority file for River Bend. The licensee's Table of Contents, as provided by application dated November 29, 2018, contain references to the TS and TS bases sections. However, the Table of Contents in the NRC's authority file only contains references to the TS sections. As a result, there is a difference in page numbers, which has no bearing on the NRC's staff decision to allow the removal of the Table of Contents.

SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 198 RE: REMOVAL OF THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE RENEWED OPERATING LICENSE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (EPID L-2018-LLA-0489) DATED JUNE 19, 2019 DISTRIBUTION:

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