ML20042E357

Informs That NRC Formulating Generic Position on Reportability of Noncompliance w/licensing-basis Documents Previously Addressed in Tech Specs.Util Advised to Consider Responsibilities Under 10CFR50.72 & 50.73 Requirements

ML20042E357
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	04/12/1990
From:	Charemagne Grimes Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	William Cahill TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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NUDOCS 9004200674
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Docket No. 50-445 Mr. William J. Cahill, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Nuclear Texas Utilities Electric Company

.400 North Olive Street, L.B. 81 Dallas, Texas 75201

SUBJECT:

REPORTABILITY OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LICENSING-BASIS DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED IN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

- This letter.is to inform you that in conjunction with efforts to develop new standard technical specifications, the NRC staff is in-the process of formulating a generic position on the reportability of noncompliance with j

the requirements'of licensing basis documents which have been relocated from the Technical Specifications to other administratively controlled licensing documents. Until the_ staff has developed.a position concerning the reporting of; noncompliance with the requirements of such documents, you are advised to consider your responsibilities under the requirements of 10 CFR 50.72 and 10 CFR 50.73 when evaluating the reportability of a particular noncompliance, whether specifically required by the Technical Specifications or not.

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SUBJECT:

REPORTABILITY OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LICENSING-BASIS DOCUMENTS

PREVIOUSLY-ADDRESSED IN TECHNICAL. SPECIFICATIONS :

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This; letter is' to inform you that in' conjunction with efforts.to develop new standard technical specifications, the-NRC staffJis in:the process of formulating a generic position' on the reportability of-noncompliance with the requirements of' licensing-basis documents which have been~ relocated from the Technical Spscifications to'other-administratively controlled: licensing oocuments..Until the; staff has developed a position:concerning-the reporting _

of noncompliance with the requirements'of such documents,.you are advised to-l

- consider your responsioll!!1es under the requirements of-10 CFR 50 72 and-.

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whether specifically; required by the' Technical Specifications or not.

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