ML20010F192

Application to Amend Licenses DPR-24 & DPR-27,placing Addl Restrictions on Hydraulic Snubber Surveillance

ML20010F192
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/01/1981
From:	Burstein S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Shared Package
ML20010F193	List: ML20010F192 ML20010F198
References
RTR-NUREG-0654, RTR-NUREG-654 TAC-10142, TAC-10143, TAC-11300, TAC-11321, NUDOCS 8109090481
Download: ML20010F192 (3)

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WNSCORSin Electnc eo.a coww 231 W. MICHIGAN, P.o. BOX 2046. MILWAUKEE, WI 53201 l l

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< S Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director N (3-) )

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation C i ., , y 'g U. S. NL' CLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SEP 081981> -

Washington, D. C. 20555 S;ua g y }

Dear Mr. Denton:

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST NO. 70 SNUBBER SURVEILLANCE, 0VERPRESSURE MITIGATING SYSTEM, CHECKS AND TESTS OF SURVEY INSTRUMENTS POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 In accordance with Section 50.59 of 10 CFR Part 50, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Licensee) hereby applies for amendments to Facility Operating Licenser. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, respectisely. The purpose of these license amendments is to incorporate into the Technical Specifications, as requested by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, additional restrictions concerning hydraulic snubber surveillance and to make other changes to the Specifications as discussed below.

On Notember 20, 1980, the NRC sent a letter to licensees regarding tecnnical specification revisions for mechanical and hydraulic snubber surveillance. Wisconsin Electric responded ~in a letter dated February 19, i 1981 and stated that the existing Point Beach Technical Specifications adequately addressed the Commission's recommendations for hydraulic snubber specifications and that mechanical snubbers are not installed on safety-related equipment at Point Beach. In Mr. Robert A. Clark's letter dated July 2, 1981, the NRC Staff reported on their review of this response and listed two unresolved items.

The first of these unresolved items concerns the exemption in the Point Beach Technical Specifications regarding functional testing of hydraulic srmbbers of. over 50,000 lbs. rated capacity. New NRC requirements have eliminated this exemption. Accordingly, we have modified Specificaticn 15.4.13.2 to remove this exemption.

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Mr. Harold R. Denton September 1, 1981 of service life for hydraulic snubbers.The second unresolved item regards th service life and maintenance history for each safety re maintained and monitored.

wording Mr. Clark's suggested letter. in the standard technical specifications included fication 15.3.15, Overpressure Mitigating SystemIncluded with this a during periods of water solid operations.15.3.15 ispressure to insure the avail Specification requires activation of the Overpressure Mitigating SystAs curr a

whenever the reactor coolant system temperature is lessemthan the minimu pressurization temperature for the inservice pressure test. m evaluations at pressures above 425 psigngt9t below the own curve of the applicable heatup and cooldown limitations presented in Figures is maintained in the pressurizer.15.3.1-1 through 15.3.1-4 u hle" even though a p Since waon Specifications, as stated in the ot.jective believe pagethe intent of these limiting conditions for operation when the 15 3 15-1coolant

, is to specify reactor system is operated without changes to a this pressure absorbing Specification volume to clarify in the pressurizer, t1is intent. Licensee has p roposed identified pages. by margin bars on the attached proposedcal TechniThese Specification c,5anges are item 27, with this license amendment appl h.ation.We . ., also are request Item 27 specifies checks, instruments.

calibration and test frequencies for the Emergency Pian instruments on a monthly basis.

page 46 would allow these checks and tests to be conducted quarte Accordingly, with we guidance.

the NUREG-0654 hereby propose that this Specification be .

changed to conform with this change is attached. A proposed Technical Specification change proposed amendments and determined thatn the changes ar nature and have no safety or environmental signi+icante.

OPR-24 should, therefore, be classified as Class TheIIamendment and the toduplic t requested for OPR-27 classified as a Class I amendment. a e changes enclosed herewith a check in the amount of $1,600 to cover the amendmentWe h fees required for the NRC review and approval of this application.

three signed originals and forty copies of this request license amendme and the attached proposed Technical Specification pageShculd .

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Mr. Harold R. Denton -3' September 1,1981 have any us know. questions concerning the contents of this application, please l Very truly yours, 73 Sol Burstein Enclosures Executive Vice President Subscribed and sworn to before me This ist day of September,1981.

Y 'Y Notary PubMc, State of Wisconsin My Commission expires M /, /97'/

0 Copy to NRC Resident Inspector

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