ML19330A494

Application to Amend License DPR-56,authorizing Temporary Change to Tech Specs Which Would Allow Relief from Requirement to Remove Unit from Svc If Inoperable Snubber Cannot Be Repaired within 72-h.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19330A494
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	07/18/1980
From:	Kemper J PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS POOR QUAllTY PAGES ;E FORE Tile UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C011!!I S S IO N ,

In the Matter of  :

Docket Nos. 50-278 PilILADELPilIA ELECTRIC COMPANY  :

APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE l

DPR-56  !

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E u r,e n e J. Bradicy 2301 tiarket Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Attorneys for Philadelphia Electric Company 600729 ).

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Docket ho. 50-278 Pl!L L ADELPHI A ELECTult CO::P A 'lY .

A P P I. ! C A T 10:. FOR A 1E::D:!F.:iT OV FACILITY O P l;n A T I :! G I. i C F '! S E O r t:- 5 6 l

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P h i l a rle l p h i a F. l e c t r i c Company. I.fcensee under Ficility '

Operating I.icence Ol'R-56 for P e a c ii Botton. Unit 3, hereby requests that the Technical S pec i f I ca t i on!. contained in A p p e r. d i x A of the Optrating I,1 c e n s e be .':e n 41 e i by tenporarily revising certain sections .t s indicated by a ve r t i ca l bar in the .::a r g i n of attached pages 234a and 234i.

1 The t enpo ra r-f arenduent request vould allou r: lief from Section 3 . l l . D . :' where in it is quired to recove the nrit fron 1

service if an inoperable snnbber cannot he repaired within 72 '

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T h it. relief would he applicable to the inubber iicntified on page 234j of Table 3.11.is.1 as 10-GB-S-44 located on the :iil R system.

U a r- :o I t of i n v e s t i " a t l o n .s .insociated with IE P.u l l e t i n 7( -14 the s nu Me r *n d e c la r e .!

inoperable on July 17, 19P.0 and effort, to complete t 'i e repairs within the 72 hour8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> period were benon. A part ,

these repair activities it will be necessary to renove *he 3 't RH4 systea from service to protect equipment and personnel d~ ring the tine that a uudified support is being attached to a wall bich ca rries it!! R electrical cables.

The removal frou service of the MHR s y s t e :a coupled with the E-3 diesel beinn i nopera bl e since .1uly 17 due to apparent insufficient thrust b e a r i n .- clearances, vill not in itself allow  !

continued opera t t on of the unit in accordance uith Section )

3.5.F.1 of the Technic. 1 Spectf(cations.

Thoue activitie a: sociated uith declaration at this snubber bein inoperable also deternined under Hulletin 79-14 that the stres :en in the ascociated p i p i n y, , due to the Operatin",

Basis Entthquak.' ( 0 i' ". ) , even a r c u n i n r, support f ailu re , are still within FS A tt allouable :t re ses and that the stresses in the pipinn due to the ') e s i n n 'l a n i s. Ma ri hquak e ( D IC ) are still within operabiLit, criteria l i r: i t s .

The deternination of snubber inoperability v a r, the result of reanalysis required because of

,fi f f erences between the an-built condition and the orininal selsnic analisir input :n. reported to I? R C Renion I. In no case is there overstre sinr. of the pipinn due to the o p e r a t i n r, b a s i s earthquake loadn and in no case are the >pe ra b lity criteria stress liarits of the pipine exceeded. The overstressed alping ,

condition r e s u ! t r. fro: de 4 i ;n b a s f r. earthquake loads.

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t, c , born ,i, t o r t i n e e' it from the resulta of the final evaluations t b.i t all l' o if t 1 :atety-re]ated piping is operable in the present condition.

Accordin"ly .

l' h i l a t' o l p h i a Clec ic Company requests that the 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> of pararraph ~3 . 1 1 . D . 1 he t e :.ip o r a r i l y changed to ten days in the cane of snobber lo-GM-S-44 in fabic 3.ll.D.1 to a c c o tamod a t o repair or replacen nt without removing the unit from service.

This t ennora ry a tie n di:e n t request is beinn nade due to Unit 2 beinn out of service for refueling at this time and the adverse inpact that re no va l of tin i t 3 from service vou ld !ia ve on the power re lia bi t i t y in oir service area.

';ince t 'i e proposed change to the Technical Specification J u v o l ve >. .i .innie nafety issue, and does not involve a sinnificant h :- a r t! <. consideration, pu rcu an t to 10 CFR 170.22, P h i l a d e l nh i .i Clectric Company, for fee purposes, proposes that the A p p l I c et t i o n for Anendaent be considered a Class III Anendment.

'I b e Plant Operation Review Co:'n i t t e c ri n d the Operation and Safety Urvlev Co: nit'ee ' ave reviewed these proposed changes to the Technical "pecifications and have concluded that they do not involve an unrevicavi a f e t ,- question or a significant hazards connideration an' aill not e n .! a n n e r the health and safety of the publIc.

Respectfully nubnitted, Pfit L ADCLPlil A CLECTRIC ColiP AN Y

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COUNTY OF PillLADELPill A J. S. Kemper, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

That he is Vice President of Philadelphia Electric ,

Company, the Applicant herein; that he has read the foregoing Application for Amendment of Facility Operating Licenses and knows the contents thereof; and that the statements and matters set forth therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and be li e f .

,. l T M ,_ / cs Subscribed and sworn to before me this l8 day of b l

%k'L e a r'y' Pu bli c ELt ADETH H. Bo Notary ' ublic, Phib . Phii . Co.

P. C' .ission Expims Jan. 30,1982 i

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that service of the foregoing Application was made upon the Board of Supervisors, Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania, by mailing a copy thereof, via first-class mail, to Albert R. Steele, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, R. D. No. 1, Delta, Pennsylvania 17314; upon the Board of I Supervisors, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by mailing a copy thereof, via first-class mail, to George K.

Erinton, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania 17563; and upon the Board of Supervisors, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by mailing a copy thereof, via first-class mail, to Wilmer P. Bolton, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, R. D. No. 1, Holtwood, Pennsylvania i

17'232; all this 22nd day of July, 1980.

w fugene(J. Bradley I Attorney for  !

Philadelphia Electric Company 4

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