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Amend 78 to License NPF-30,revising TS 4.0.3,4.0.4 & Associated Bases to Incorporate Changes as Recommended in GL 87-09
	ML20034G563
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Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	02/25/1993
From:	Wharton L; Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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t UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY CALLAWAY PLANT. UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-483 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE i

Amendment No. 78 I

License No. NPF-30 1.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

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The application for amendment filed by Union Electric Company (UE, the licensee) dated March 8, 1990 and clarified August 8, 1991, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.

The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; j

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There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D.

The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.

The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

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Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. NPF-30 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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_2-l (2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 78, and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, both of which are attached hereto, are I

hereby incorporated into the license.

UE shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.

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This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.

the Technical Specifications are to be implemented within 30 days from date of issuance.

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7MM L. Rayna d Wharton, Project Manager l

Project Directorate 111-3 Division of Reactor Projects Ill/IV/V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachment:

Changes to the Technical Specifications I

Date of issuance:

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f ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO.78 i

OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-30 DOCKET NO, 50-483 l

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Revise Appendix A Technical Specifications by removing the pages identified below and inserting the enclosed pages. The revised pages are identified by the captioned amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the area of change. Corresponding overleaf pages are provided to maintain document completeness.

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l 3/4 LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION AND SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS 5

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i 3.0.1 Compliance with the Limiting Conditions for Operation contained in the succeeding specifications is required during the OPERATIONAL MODES or other conditions specified therein; except that upon failure to meet the Limiting l

Conditions for Operation, the associated ACTION requirements shall be met.

q 3.0.2 Noncompliance with a specification shall exist when the requirements of the Limiting Condition for Operation and associated ACTION requirements are j

not met within the specified time intervals.

If the Limiting Condition for Operation is restored prior to expiration of the specified time intervals, j

completion of the ACTION requirements is not required.

l 3.0.3 When a Limiting Condition for Operation is not met, except as provided l

4 in the associated ACTION requirements, within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days 2.777778e-4 hours 1.653439e-6 weeks 3.805e-7 months ACTION shall be initiated to place the unit in a MODE in which the specification does not apply by j

placing it, as applicable, in.

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At least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months , 1

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

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

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Where corrective measures are completed that permit operation under the ACTION l

requirements, the action may be taken in accordance with the specified time limits as measured from the time of failure to meet the Limiting Condition for Operation.

Exceptions to these requirements are stated in the individual 3

specifications.

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j This specification is not applicable in MODE 5 or 6.

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3.0.4 Entry into en OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified condition shall not 1

be made unless the conditions for the Limiting Condition for Operation are met i

without reliance on provisions contained in the ACTION requirements. This 1

provision shall not prevent passage through or to OPERATIONAL MODES as required

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to comply with ACTION requirements.

Exceptions to these requirements are stated in the individual specifications.

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

I 4.0.2 Each Surveillance Requirement shall be performed within the specified surveillance interval with a maximum allowable extension not to t

exceed 25% of 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

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are applicable at the time it is identified that a Surveillance Requirement has not been performed. The ACTION requirements 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.

i 4.0:4 Entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified condition shall not be made unless the Surveillance Requirement (s) associated with the i

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 I, 2, and 3 components shall be applicable as follows:

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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 shall be performed in accordance with Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda as required by 10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.55a(g), except where specific written relief has been granted by the Commission pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.55a(g)(6)(1):

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i The specifications of this section provide the general requirements applicable to each of the Limiting Conditions for Operation and Surveillance Requirements within Section 3/4.

In the event of a disagreement between the

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requirements stated in these Technical Specifications and that stated in an applicable Federal Regulation or Act the requirements stated in the applicable I

Federal Regulation or Act shall take precedence and shall be met.

3.0.1 This specification defines the applicability of each specification in f

terms of defined OPERATIONAL MODES or other specified conditions and is provided i

i to delineate specifically when each specification is applicable.

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3.0.2 This specification defines those conditions necessary to constitute l

compliance with the terms of an individual Limiting Condition for Operation l

and associated ACTION requirement.

i 3.0.3 The specification delineates the measures to be taken for those circum-stances not directly provided for in the ACTION statements, and whose occurrence l

would violate the intent of a specification.

For example, Specification 3.5.2 j

requires two independent ECCS subsystems to be OPERABLE and provides explicit l

ACTION requirements if one ECCS subsystem is inoperable.

Under the requirements of Specification 3.0.3, if both the required ECCS subsystems are inoperable, within I hour measures must be initiated to place the unit in at least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months , and in at least HOT SHUTDOWN within the following 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months . As a further example, Specification 3.6.2.1 requires two Containment Spray Systems to be t

e OPERABLE and provides explicit ACTION requirements if one Containment Spray System

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is inoperable.

Under the requirements of Specification 3.0.3 if both the required 2

Containment Spray Systems are inoperable, within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days 2.777778e-4 hours 1.653439e-6 weeks 3.805e-7 months measures must be initiated to place the unit in at least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months , in at least HOT i

SHUTDOWN within the following 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months , and in COLD SHUTDOWN within the subsequent j

24 hours2.777778e-4 days 0.00667 hours 3.968254e-5 weeks 9.132e-6 months .

It is acceptable to initiate and complete a reduction in OPERATIONAL j

MODES in a shorter time interval than required in the ACTION statement and to add 1

the unused portion of this allowable out-of-service time to that period for opera-tion in subsequent lower OPERATIONAL MODE (S). Stated allowable out-of-service times i

are applicable regardless of the OPERATIONAL MODE (S) in which the inoperability is 1

discovered but the times provided for achieving a mode reduction are not applicable if the inoperability is discovered in a mode lower than the applicable mode.

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example, if the Containment Spray System was discovered to be inoperable while in

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l STARTUP, the ACTION Statement would allow up to 156 hours0.00181 days 0.0433 hours 2.579365e-4 weeks 5.9358e-5 months to achieve COLD SHUTDOWN.

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If HOT STANDBY is attained in 16 hours1.851852e-4 days 0.00444 hours 2.645503e-5 weeks 6.088e-6 months rather than the allowed 78 hours9.027778e-4 days 0.0217 hours 1.289683e-4 weeks 2.9679e-5 months ,140 hours i

would still be available before the plant would.be required to be in COLD SHUTDOWN, However, it this system was discovered to be inoperable while in HOT STANDBY, the 6 hours6.944444e-5 days 0.00167 hours 9.920635e-6 weeks 2.283e-6 months provided to achieve HOT STANDBY would not be additive to the time available i

to achieve COLD SHUTDOWN so that the total allowable time is reduced from 156 hours0.00181 days 0.0433 hours 2.579365e-4 weeks 5.9358e-5 months j

to 150 hours0.00174 days 0.0417 hours 2.480159e-4 weeks 5.7075e-5 months .

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9 APPLICABILITY BASES 3.0.4 This specification provides that entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified applicability condition must be made with:

(1) the full complement of required systems, equipment, or components OPERABLE and (2) all other parameters as specified in the Limiting Conditions for Operation being met without regard for allowable deviations and out-of-service provisions contained in the ACTION statements.

The intent of this provision is to ensure that facility operation is not initiated with either required equipment or systems inoperable or other specified limits being exceeded.

Exceptions to this provision have been provided for a limited number of specifications when startup with inoperable equipment would not affect plant safety. These exceptions are stated in the ACTION statements of the appropri-ate specifications.

4.0.1 This specification provides that surveillance activities necessary to ensure 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 This specification establishes the limit for which ye specified surveillance interval for Surveillance Requirements may be exte ded.

It permits an allowable extension of the normal surveillance interval to facili-tate surveillance scheduling and consideration of plant operatin that may not be suitable for conducting the surveillance; e.g., g conditions transient conditions or cther ongoing surveillance or maintenance activities.

It also provides flexibility to accommodate the length of a fuel cycle for surveillan-ces that are performed at each refueling outage and are specified with an 18-month surveillance interval.

It is not intended that this provision be used repeatedly as a convenience to extend surveillance intervals beyond that specified for surveillances that are not performed during refueling outages.

The limitation of Specification 4.0.2 is based on engineering judgment and the recognition that the most probable result of any particular surveillance being performed is the verification of conformance with the Surveillance Require-ments. This provision is sufficient to ensure that the reliability ensured through surveillance activities is not significantly degraded beyond that obtained from the specified surveillance interval.

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4.0.3 This specification establishes the failure to perform a Surveil-i lance 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 allowed surveillance interval. However, nothing in this-j provision is to be construed as implying that systems or components are OPERABLE uhen they are found or known to be inoperable although still meeting the Surveillance Requirements. This specification also clarifies that the ACTION requirements are applicable when Surveillance Requirements have not l

been completed within the allowed surveillance interval and that the time limits of the ACTION requirements apply from the point in time it is identi-fied that a surveillance has not been performed and not at the time that the j

allowed surveillance interval was exceeded. Completion of the Surveillance i

Requirement within the allowable outage time limits of the ACTION requirements restores compliance with the requirements of Specification 4.0.3.

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this does not negate the fact that the failure to have performed the surveil-l 1

lance within the allowed surveillance interval, defined by the provisions of j

Specification 4.0.2, was a violation of the OPERABILITY requirements of a Limitihg Condition for Operation.

l If 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 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 i

implementing the ACTION requirements.

This provides an adequate time limit to l

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

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remedial measures would be required that may preclude completion of a surveil-lance. The basis for this allowance includes consideration for plant condi-l 1

tiens, adequate planning, availability of personnel, the time required to i

perform the surveillance, and the safety significance of the delay in complet-ing the required surveillance.

If a surveillance is not completed within the l

24-hour allowance, the allowable outage time limits of the Action requirements

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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 i

of the ACTION requirements are applicable at the time the surveillance is i

terminated.

Surveillance Requirements do not have to be performed on inoperable equipment, because the ACTION requirements define the remedial 1

measures that apply. However, the Surveillance Requirements have to be met to l

demonstrate that inoperable equipment has been restored to OPERABLE status.

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4 APPLICABILITY j

BASES 4.0.4 This specification establishes the requirement that all applicable I

surveillances must be met before entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other condition of operation specified in the Applicability statement. The purpose J

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 l

i for which these systems and components ensure safe operation of the facility.

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This provision applies to changes in OPERATIONAL MODES or other specified i

conditions associated with plant shutdown as well as startup.

i Under the provision of this specification, the applicable Surveillance Requirements must be performed within the specified surveillance interval to I

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

j When a shutdown is required to comply with ACTION requirements, the provisions i

of Specification 4.0.4 do not apply because this would delay placing the facility in a lower MODE of operation.

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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, 4

and 3 Jpumps and valves will be performed in accordance with a periodically updated version of Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and i

1 Addenda as required by 10 CFR 50.55a.

Relief from any of the above require-rents has been provided in writing by the Commission and is not a part of i

these Technical Specifications.

l This specification includes a clarification of the frequencies for performing j

the inservice inspection and testing activities required by Section XI of the i

ASME Boiler and pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda.

This clarifica-tion is provided to ensure consistency in surveillance intervals throughout

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these Technical Specifications and to remove any ambiguities relative to the j

frequencies for performing the required inservice inspection and testing activities.

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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 Specifi-cation 4.0.4 to perform surveillance activities prior to entry into an OPERATIONAL MODE or other specified applicability condition takes precedence over the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code provision, which allows pumps to 1

be tested up to I week after return to normal operation. And for example, the Technical Specification definition of OPERABLE does not grant a grace period before a device that is not capable of performing its specified i

function is declared inoperable and takes precedence over the ASME Boiler and i

Pressure Vessel Code provision which allows a valve to be incapable of j

performing 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 j

inoperable.

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