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Proposed Tech Specs Bases Pages Re Sections 4.0.3 & 4.0.4 Changes,Clarifying Phrase Removed Wording to Reflect Generic Ltr 87-09 Guidance
	ML19332D162
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	11/21/1989
From:	; BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
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ML19332D161	List: ML19332D160; ML19332D162;
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	GL-87-09, GL-87-9, NUDOCS 8911300101
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1. At least HOT STANDBY within_the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months ,

2. At least HOT SHUTDOWN within the following 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months , and

-3. At.least COLD SHUTDOWN within the subsequent 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months .

This; specification is not applicable in MODES 5.or 6.

SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS 1 4.0.1 Surveillance Requirements shall be applicable during the OPERATIONAL MODES or other conditions specified for individual Limiting Conditions for Operation unless otherwise stated in an individual Surveillance Requirement.

4 4.0.2 Each Surveillance Requirement shall be performed within the specified time' interval with:

.a. A maximum allowable extension not to exceed 25% of the surveillance interval,- and :,

b. The combined time interval for any 3 consecutive surveillance intervals not to exceed 3.25 times the specified surveillance -

interval.

4.0.3 Failure to perform a Surveillance Requirement within the allowed

. surveillance interval, defined by Specification 4.0.2, shall constitute noncompliance with the OPERABILITY requirements for a Limiting Condition for 0peration.' The time limits of the ACTION requirements-are applicable at the

-time it is identified that a Surveillance Requirement has not been perforined.

However, this time of applicability may be delayed for up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months to ;

permit the completion of the surveillance when the allowable outage time limits of the ACTION requirements are less than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months . Surveillance Requirements do not have to be performed on inoperable equipment.

4.0.4 Entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified condition shall not be-made unless the Surveillance Requirement (s) associated with the Limiting Condition for Operation have been performed within the stated surveillance interval or as otherwise specified. This provision shall not prevent passage through or to OPERATIONAL-MODES as required to comply with ACTION requirements.

4.0.5 Surveillance Requirements for inservice inspection and testing of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 components shall be applicable as follows:

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a. Inservice inspection of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 comporents and inservice testing of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 pumps arj valves shall be performed in accordance with Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda as required by

10 CFR 50,.Section 50.55a(g), except where specific written relief

'has been granted by the Commission pursuant to 10'CFR 70, 2 Section50.55a(g)(6)(1).- 4

b. Surveillance intervals'specified in Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda for the inservice inspection and testing. activities required by the A3ME Boiler and '

- Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda shall be applicable as follows:in these: Technical Specifications:

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Required frequencies for Code and applicable Addenda performing inservice

-terminology-for inservice inspection and testing inspection and testina' activities activit ies Weekly _ At lee.st once per 7 days Monthly At least once per 31 days Quarterly or every 3 months At_lrast once per 92 days

. Semi-annually lor every 6 months At least once per 184 days Every 9 months At least once per 276 days Yearly or annually At least once per 366 days

c. The provisions of Specification 4.0.2 are applicable to the above ;

required frequencies for performing inservice inspection and testing activities, d Performance of the above.' inservice inspection and testing activities shall be in addition to other specified Surveillance Requirements.

L .e.. Nothing in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code shall be J construed to supersede the requirements of any Technical Specification. ,

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? .mean that for one division the emergency power source muct be OPERABLE.(as must be the components supplied by the emergency power source) and all redun-dant systems, subsystems, trains, components and devices in the other division must be OPERABLE or likewise satisfy Specification 3.0.5 (i.e., be capable of performing their design functions'and have an emergency power' source OPER-ABLE). . In other words, both' emergency power sources must be OPERABLE and all redundant systems, subsystems, trains, components and devices in both divi-sions must also be OPERABLE. If these conditions are not satisfied, action is required in:accordance with this specification.

In M00ES;5 or 6 ' Specification 3.0.5 is not applicable, and thus the-individual ACTION statements for each applicable Limiting Condition for Operation in these MODES must be adhered to. a 4.0.1 This specification provides that surveillance activities necessary i

to insure the Limiting Conditions.for 0peration are met and will be performed

! during the OPERATIONAL MODES or other conditions for which the Limiting 1- Conditions for Operation are applicable. Provisions for additional surveil-l- lance. activities to be performed without regard to the applicable OPERATIONAL L _ MODES or other conditions are provided in the individual Surveillance ~ Require-ments. Surveillance Requirements for Special Test Exceptions need only be performed when the Special. Test Exception is being utilized as an exception to an individual specification.

4.0.2 The provisions of this specification provide allowable tolerances

_.for performing surveillance activities beyond those specified in the nominal i

surveillance interval. These tolerances are necessary to provide operational L

flexibility because of schedu' ling and performance considerations. The phrase "at least" associated with a surveillance frequency does not negate this allowable tolerance value and permits the performance of more frequent sur-veillance activities.

The tolerance-values, taken either individually or consecutively over 3-

, test intervals, are sufficiently restrictive to ensure that the reliability associated with the surveillance activity is not significantly degraded beyond l

that obtained from the nominal specified interval.

L 4.0.3 This specification establishes the failure to perform a

_. Surveillance Requirement within the allowed surveillance interval, defined by the provisions of Specification 4.0.2, as a condition that constitutes a failure to meet the OPERABILITY requirements for a Limiting Condition for Operation. Under the provisions of this specification, systems and components

-are assumed to be OPERABLE when Surveillance Requirements have been satisfactorily performed within the specified time interval. However, nothing in this provision is to be construed as implying that systems or components are OPERABLE when they are found or known to be inoperable although still meeting the Surveillance Requirements.

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BASES This specification also clarifies that the ACTION requirements are applicable when Surveillance Requirements have not been completed within the allowed surveillance interval and that the time limits of the ACTION

. requirements apply: frort the point in time it is identified that a surveillance has not been performed and not at the time that the allowed surveillance interval was exceeded.

l Lompletion of the Surveillance Requirement within the allowable time l limits of the ACTION requirements restores compliance with the requirements of Specification 4.0.3. However, this does not negate the fact that the failure to have performed the surveillance within the allowed surveillance interval,

- defined by the provisions of Specification 4.0.2, was a violation of the OPERABILITY requirements of a Limiting Condition for Operation that is subject to enforcement action. Further, the failure to perform a surveillance within the provisions of Specification 4.0.2 is a violation of a Technical Specification requirement and is, therefore, a reportable event under the l- . requirements of 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(1)(B) because it is a condition prohibited

(- by the plant's Technical Specifications.

If the allowable time limits of the ACTION requirements are less than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months or a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements, e.g.,

Specification 3.0.3, a 24-hour allowance is provided to permit a delay in implementing the ACTION requirements. This provides an adequate time limit to complete Surveillance Requirements that have not been performed. The purpose of. this allowance. is to permit the completion of a surveillance before a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements or before other remedial measures would be required that may preclude completion of a surveillance. The basis for this allowance includes consideration for plant conditions, adequate planning, availability of personnel, and the time l

' required to perform the surveillance.

l This time limit provision also provides for the completion of Surveillance Requirements that become applicable as a consequence of MODE changes imposed by ACTION requirements and for completing Surveillance Requirements that are applicable when an exception to the requirements of Specification 4.0.4 is allowed. If a surveillance is not completed within the 24-hour allowance, the time limits of the ACTION requirements are applicable at that time. When a surveillance is performed within the 24-hour allowance and the Surveillance Requirements are not met, the time limits of the ACTION requirements are applicable at the time that the surveillance is terminated.

Surveillance Requirements do not have to be performed on inoperable equipment because the ACTION requirements define the remedial measures that apply. However, the Surveillance Requirements have to be met to demonstrate that inoperable equipment has been restored to OPERABLE status.

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4.0.4 This specification establishes the requirement that all applicable surveillances must be met before entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other condition of operation specified in the Applicability statement. The purpose l of this specification is to ensure that system and component OPERABILITY :

requirements or parameter limits are met before entry into a MODE or condition l for which these systems and components ensure safe operation of the facility. !

This provision applies to changes in OPERATIONAL MODES or other specified l conditions associated with plant shutdown as well as startup, )

Under the provisions of this specification, the applicable Surveillance Requirements must be performed within the specified surveillance interval to ensure that the Limiting Conditions for Operation are met during initial plant startup or following a plant outage.

When a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements, the provisions of Specification 4.0.4 do not apply because this would delay placing the facility in a lower MODE of operation.

4.0.5 This specification ensures that inservice inspection of ASME Code

-Class 1, 2 and 3 c.omponents and inservice testing of ASME Code Class 1, 2 and 3 pumps and valves will be performed in accordance with a periodically updated version of Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and Addenda as required by 10 CFR 50.55 a. Relief from any of the above requirements has been provided.in writing by the Commission and is not a part of these Techni-cal Specifications.

This specification includes a clarification of the frequencies for performing the inservice inspection and testing activities required by Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda. This clarification is provided to ensure consistency in surveillance intervals throughout the Technical Specifications and to remove any ambiguities relative to the frequencies for performing the required inservice inspection and testing activities.

l Under the terms of this specification, the more restrictive requirements s of the Technical Specifications take precedence over the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda. For example, the requirements of Specification 4.0.4 to perform surveillance activities prior to entry into an j OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified applicability condition takes precedence over the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code provision which allows pumps to be tested up to one week after return to normal operation. And for example, j the Technical Specification definition of OPERABLE does not grant a grace period before a device that is not capable of performing its specified func-tion is declared inoperable and takes precedence over the ASME Boiler and l

Pressure Vessel Code provision which allows a valve to be incapable of per-forming its specified function for up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months before being declared inoperable.

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- LINITING CONDITION'FOR OPERATION' ,

I. At least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months , -

2. = At least HOT SHUTDOWN within the following 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months ,- and 3.- At least COLD SHUTDOWN within the subsequent 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months .

This specification. is not applicable in~ MODES 5 or 6.

SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS - 4.0.1 . Surveillance Requirements shall = be applicable during the OPERATIONAL MODES or other con d itions.speci f ied for individual Limiting Conditions for.

Operation unless otherwise stated in an individual Surveillance Requirement. +

4.0.2 Each Surveillance Requirement shall be performed within the specified_ _.

time interval with:

a. A maximum allowable extension not to exceed 25% of the surveillance interval, and

b. The combined. time interval for any 3 consecutive surveillance intervals'not to exceed 3.25 times the specified surveillance interval.

4.0.3 - Failure to perform a Surveillance Requirement within the allowed surveillance interval, defined by Specification 4.0.2, shall constitute

. noncompliance'with the OPERABILITY requirements for a Limiting Condition for 0peration. The time limits of the ACTION requirements are applicable at the time it is identified that a Surveillance Requirement has not been performed.

However, this _ time of applicability may be delayed for up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months to permit the completion of the surveillance when the allowable outage time L - limits of-the ACTION requirements are less than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months . Surveillance Requirements do not have to be performed on inoperable . equipment.

4.0.4 - Entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified condition shall not be made unless the Surveillance Requirement (s) associated with the Limiting Condition for Operation have been performed within the stated surveillance interval or as otherwise specified. This provision shall not prevent passage

. through or to OPERATIONAL MODES as required to comply with ACTION requirements.

4.0.5 Surveillance Requirements for inservice inspection and testing-of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 components shall be applicable as follows:

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I at Inservice inspection, of ASME Code Class; 1, 2, and 3: component's and inservice testing of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 pumps;and valves '

shall be performed-in.accordance with Section XI of the ASME Boiler i and Pressure ~ Vessel Code and applicable Addenda as required by -

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.10 CFR 50, Section 50.55a(g), except where specific written relief-has been granted by the Commission pursuant to 10 CFR 50, :

SectionL50.55a(g)(6)(1).. l

b. Surveillance intervals specified in Section XI'of the ASME Boiler 2nd Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda for the inservice ,

e inspection and testing activities required by the ASME Boiler and' J Pressure Vessel Code and-applicable Addenda shall be applicable as 7 follows in- these Technical Specifications: i c: :

ASME. Boiler and' Pressure Vessel Required frequencies for I Code and applicable Addenda performing inservice terminology for inservice inspection and testing ,

inspection and testina activities activities Weekly At least once per 7 days Monthly At least once per. 31 days Quarterly or every 3 months At-least once per 92 days Semi-annually or.every 6 months _ At least once per 184' days - 1 Every 9 months' At least once per'276 days ,

Yearly or annually At least once per 366 days '

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c. The provisions of Specification 4.0.2 are applicable to the-above required. frequencies for performing inservice inspection and testing y activities.

d. Performance of the above inservice inspection and testing activities L shall be in addition to other specified Surveillance Requirements.

e.- Nothing in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code-shall be construed to supersede the requirements of any_ Technical-Specification, i

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i mean that for one division the emergency power source must be OPERA 3LE (as must be the components supplied by the emergency power source) and all redun-cant systems, subsystems, trains components and devices in the other division l- must be OPERABLE or likewise sat Jy $?ecification 3.0.5 (i.e., be capable of performing their design. functions and 1 ave an emergency power source OPER-A8LE). In other words, both emergency power sources must be OPERABLE and all redundant systems, subsystems, trains, components and devices in both divi-sions must also be OPERABLE. If these conditions are not satisfied, action is required.in accordance with-tMs specification.

In MODES 5 or 6 Specif cation 3.0.5 is not applicable, and thus the individual ACTION statements for each applicable Limiting Condition for Operation in these MODES must be adhered to, 4.0.1 This specification provides that surveillance activities necessary to insure the Limiting Conditions for Operation are met and will be performed

[ during the OPERATIONAL MODES or other conditions for which the Limiting

! Conditions for Operation are applicable. Provisions for additional surveil-lance activities to be performed without regard to the applicable OPERATIONAL MODES or other conditions are provided in the individual Surveillance Require-ments. Surveillance Requirements for Special Test Exceptions need only be performed when the Special Test Exception-is being utilized as an exception to an individual specification.

4.0.2 The provisions of this specification provide allowable tolerances for performing surveillance activities beyond those specified in the nominal surveillance interval. These tolerances are necessary to provide operational flexibility because of scheduling and performance considerations. The phrase

at least" associated with a surveillance frequency does not negate this allowable tolerance value and permits the performance of more frequent sur- <

veillance activities. ,

1 The tolerance values, taken either individually or consecutively over 3 test intervals, are sufficiently restrictive to ensure that the reliability ,

associated with the surveillance activity is not significantly degraded beyond that obtained from the nominal specified interval.

'4.0.3 This specification establishes the failure to perform a Surveillance Requirement with4 the allowed surveillance interval, defined by the provisions of Specification 4.0.2, as a condition that constitutes a failure to meet the OPERABILITY requirements for a Limiting Condition for Operation. Under the provisions of this specification, systems and components are assumed to be OPERABLE when Surveillance Requirements have been '

satisfactorily performed within the specified time interval. However, nothing in this provision is to be construed as implying that systems or components are OPERABLE when they are found or known to be inoperaule although still meeting the Surveillance Requirements.

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APPLICABILITY BASES This specification also clarifies that the ACTION requirements are applicable when Surveillance Requirements have not been completed within the allowed surveillance interval and that the time limits of the ACTION requirements apply from the point in time it is identified that a surveillance has not been performed and not at the time that the allowed surveillance interval was exceeded.

Completion of the Surveillance Requirement within the allowable time limits of the ACTION requirements restores compliance with the requirements of Specification 4.0.3. However, this does not negate the fact that the failure to have performed the surveillance within the allowed surveillance interval, defined by the provisions of Specification 4.0.2, was a violation of the OPERABILITY requirements of a Limiting Condition for Operation that is subject to enforcement action. Further, the failure to perform a surveillance within the provisions of Specification 4.0.2 is a violation of a Technical Specification requirement and is, therefore, a reportable event under the requirements of 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(1)(B) because it is a condition prohibited by the plant's Technical Specifications.

If the allowable time limits of the ACTION requirements are less than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months or a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements, e.g.,

Specification 3.0.3, a 24-hour allowance is provided to permit a delay in

, implementing the ACTION requirements. This provides an adequate time limit to o complete Surveillance Requirements that have not been performed. The purpose of this allowance is to permit the completion of a surveillance before a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements or before other remedial measures would be required that may preclude completion of a surveillance. The basis for this allowance includes consideration for plant conditions, adequate planning, availability of personnel, and the time required to perform the surveillance.

This time limit provision also provides for the completion of Surveillance Requirements that become applicable as a consequence of MODE changes imposed by ACTION requirements and for completing Surveillance Requirements that are applicable when an exception to the requirements of Specification 4.0.4 is allowed. If a surveillance is not completed within the 24-hour allowance, the time limits of the ACTION requirements are applicable at that time. When a surveillance is performed within the 24-hour allowance and the Surveillance Requirements are not met, the time limits of the ACTION requirements are applicable at the time that the surveillance is terminated. '

Surveillance Requirements do not have to be performed on inoperable equipment because the ACTION requirements define the remedial measures that apply. However, the Surveillance Requirements have to be met to demonstrate that inoperable equipment has been restored to OPERABLE status.

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4.0.4 This specification establishes the requirement that all applicable '

surveillances must be met before entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other condition of operation specified in the Applicability statement. The purpose of this specification is to ensure that system and component OPERABILITY j requirements or parameter limits are met before entry into a MODE or condition i for which these systems and components ensure safe operation of the facility. i This provision applies to changes in OPERATIONAL MODES or other specified conditions associated with plant shutdown as well as startup.

Under the provisions of this specification, the applicable Surveillance Requirements must be performed within.the specified surveillance interval to '

ensure that the Limiting Conditions for Operation are met during initial plant startup or following a plant outage.

When a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements, the i provisions of Specification 4.0.4 do not apply because this would delay-placing the facility in a lower MODE of operation. l l

4.0.5 This specification ensures that inservice inspection of ASME Code Class 1, 2 and 3 components and inservice testing of ASME Code Class 1, 2 and 3 pumps and valves will be performed in accordance with a periodically updated ^

version of Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and Addenda as required by 10 CFR 50.55 a. Relief from any of the above requirements has been provided in writing by the Commission and is not a part of these Techni- -

cal Specifications.

This specification includes a clarification of the frequencies for performing the inservice inspection and testing activities required by Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda. This clarification is provided to ensure consistency in surveillance intervals throughout the Technical Specifications and to remove any ambiguities relative l to the frequencies for performing the required inservice inspection and l testing activities. ,

Under the terms of this specification, the more restrictive requirements

of the Technical Specifications take precedence over the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda. For example, the requirements of Specification 4.0.4 to perform surveillance activities prior to entry into an 4 OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified applicability condition takes precedence over the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code provision which allows pumps to be tested up to one week after return to normal operation. And for example, j

l the Technical Specification definition of OPERABLE does not grant a grace period before a device that is not capable of performing its specified func-tion is declared inoperable and takes precedence over the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code provision which allows a valve to be incapable of per-forming its specified function for up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months before being declared ,

inoperable.

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