ML20010J505

Application for Amend to Licenses DPR-71 & DPR-62 Changing Tech Specs to Revise Requirement for Reportability of Inoperable Reed Switches in Rod Position Indication Sys & to Reduce Number of Routine LERs

ML20010J505
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	09/25/1981
From:	Utley E CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20010J506	List: ML20010J505 ML20010J508
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NO-81-1562, NUDOCS 8110050179
Download: ML20010J505 (2)

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s N GP&L Carolina Power & tight Company September 25, 1981 File: NG-3514(B) Serial No.: NO-81-1562 office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 3 /% G ATTN: Mr. T. A. Ippolito, Chief p k, Operating Reactors Branch No. 2 L ,

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'I BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 6 NQ'** tan 'I DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 b LICENSE NOS. DPR-71 AND DPR-62 [, , s '

REQUEST FOR LICENSE AMENDMENT -

RPIS REED SWITCH OPERABILITY

Dear Mr. Ippolito:

Summary In accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Section 50.90 and Section 2.101, Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) hereby requests revisions to the Technical Specifications for its Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP) Unit Nos. 1 and 2. This change is to revise the requirement for the reportability of inoperable reed switches in the Rod Position Indication System (RPIS) and reduce the number of routine Licensee Event Reports.

I Discussion The Rod Position Indication System reed switches provide control board indication of control rod position. The switches are quite reliable but since there are 7261 switches in each unit, failures are occasionally experienced. When an inoperable reed switch is encountered, it is simple to determine the actual rod position by temporarily checking the reed switches on either side or by moving the rod to a new position which has an operable switch. Either of these options is permissible by the current specification and operations may continue and the mode switch may be changed as necessary for plant operations, t The dif ficulty with the current specification is that a dispropor-tionate amount of both utility and NRC manpower must be spent to prepare and review Licensee Event Reports (LER's) on these reed switches. The requested j technical specification change only revises the reporting requirements; no 1 y

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l inoperabic reed switch and thus there is no impact from this change on the i public health and safety. The placement and wording of the new specification paragraph ensures that the plant mechanisms for identifying and responding

to equipment problems are not affected. Also, the reporting exemption is I limited to the normal position indicators only and does not apply to the

" Full-in" or " Full out" indications. .

t Approval of this request would prevent both utility and NRC 3 personnel from spending valuable time on these reports. A review of l Brunswick records from 1979 through mid-1981 has shown that the Rod r Position Indication System has been responsible for 7% of all LER's.

Clearly, too much manpower has been involved in reporting these events I which have no safety significance.

t l Administrative Information I

Enclosed you will find the revised technical specification pages i with the changes indicated by vertical lines in the right hand margins. We believe that these requests involve only an administrative concern with  !

' regard to reporting requirements. Therefore, in accordance with 10CFR170.22, j you will find enclosed our check for $1,600.00 in payment for one Class I 1 amendment and one Class II amendment.

I i Your timely attention to this request to alleviate an unnecessary

! administrative burden is appreciated.

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