ML20031E374
| ML20031E374 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 10/12/1981 |
| From: | Burstein S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
| To: | Clark R, Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20031E372 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-46694, TAC-46695, NUDOCS 8110150437 | |
| Download: ML20031E374 (2) | |
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October 12, 1981
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Btr. Enrold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S.. NUCLEAR REGUIATORY C099EIS810K'
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' Attention:
Mr. Robert A., Clark, Chief Cperating Reactors Branich &
mm, DOCERT NO. 50-266 INFERIM MODIFICATIO5 OF TECENICAL SP ECIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST NO. 69 STEAM GENERATOR 2VBE S 2EVING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM POINT SEACR NR: LEAR PLANT, UNIT 1
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On July 2,'1981, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Licensee) substitted an application.for license amamt=ents to
. Facility-opera iLienses DPR-24 and DPR-27 for the Point-Beach Nuclear Plant, to 1 and.2', Which would authorise changes to the Technical Specifications to peimit operation of the unita l
with steam generator tubes having degradation exceeding the l
plugging limit, but which have been repaired by bleeving.
The alRC published a prenotice regarding the proposed issuance of these==and= ants.
Prior to that action, on July 20, 1981, a letter was received from Wisconsin's EnvironrAntal Decade (WED) requesting that the 3RRC conduct an adjudicatory bearing on the pusosed license.amand==nts.- Subs ently, an Atomic Safety and
- Licensing Board (ASLB) was'appoi to rule on the merits of utn's request and to conduct,.if necessary, a hearing on the proposed license==and= ants..
As discussed in tho' July 2, 1981 application, and in-
. Licensee's August. 8,1981 answer to WED's peEltion, Licensee is oceducting a sleeving demonstration program at Point Beach Unit 1 during the fall refueling outage which commenced on october 9, 1981. Recognir..Lc that any hearing on Licensee's July 2 Technid Specification Change Request would not be completed, and a decJ.iion issued, prkr to the cosqpletion of the"desdatration progran, w
Licensee rued a motion with the A'SLB on September 28, 1981, for authorization for interim operation of-Unit I with. steam generator tabes sleeved rather than plugged.
In that motion, and in the.
l accompanying proposed order, Licensee moved the Board ~ to authorize i
the MRC'to issue an appropriate license amendment to Pacility Cperating. T.icanae No. DPR-24 to permi,t interim. operation of Point-8110150437 811012 t.-
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rator tubes which.have tseen found to leak or exceed the cal specifi' cation.. plugging limit if such tubes have been red by sleeving.
In support of this motion, Licensee equently filed on October 8,1981, a motion for summary disposition of totD's contentions 3-6 as they relate to this interim operation of Unit 1.
Enclosed with thie letter, we are providing a proposed interim modification. to Licensee's Ter hnical-Qecification change Request No. 69 for-the-Commission's approval. This modifi~ cation L
ccacists of; a footnote to specification.15.4.2.B., Corrective. -
l Kaasures.": Thi's proposed footnote reads: " Point Beach Nuclear Plant Unit 1 may. be operated at power with up to six tubes in one s
'cteam generator. having degradation exceeding. the p. lugging limit provided. these tube's have. been repaired by insertion of.. sleeves into the. tubes to bridge the degraded or defective portioOef the tubes."
Approval of this temporary Technical specification change,. which is a small part of'the authorisation requested by-Technical specification change Request No. 59, would permit.
Eioensee. to' realize full henefit from the sleeving demonstration an as discussed and supported in the previously referenced Please note that this proposed siodification of our July.2 license amendment: request'is intended for interim operation.
Cf Unit 1 only.
Once t.he ASLB. hat conducted its hearing and renSered a final. decision on our July 2 request,that the.NRC then if such hearing to determined to be-necessary, we would request icsue the license. amendments as originally proposed.
It is requested that your approval of this proposed interim'amehnt.
be granted by November 11,.*'1981.
As r
' iked;by the Commission's' regulation, we are t
providing he thi three signed originals and forty copies: of ~
the temporary modification to Techni'c41 Specification;r'h v -
Request No'. 69.
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