ML20042F463

Application for Amend to License NPF-29,revising Footnotes & Action Statements to Enforce Administrative Controls on Handling of Loads Over Irradiated Fuel W/O Secondary Containment Integrity

ML20042F463
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	05/04/1990
From:	Cottle W SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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References
AECM-90-0003, AECM-90-3, NUDOCS 9005080353
Download: ML20042F463 (3)

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& S yst:m t g=gpv Energy eerio>osoo usaatso Tel 601437 6809 Wmiam T. Cottle v4ce Preseannt May 4, 1990 Nucfm Opsatons l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Mail Station;P1-137

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-Attention: Document Control Desk Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Unit 1' Docket'No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29 Load Handling Controls .

Proposed Amendment to the Operating--

License (PCOL-89/02, Revision 1) i AECM-90/0003 l System Energy Resources, Inc. (SERI) discovered in July, 1988'that a-L condition existed whereby secondary containment integrity'is not required to

l. be maintained by the Technical Specifications (TS) when non-irradiated fuel assemblies or other~1oads maybe handled over irradiated. fuel. The UFSAR fuel

' handling accident analyses assume the integrity of the secondary containment.

Therefore, the consequences of_the UFSAR fuel handling accident' analyses could be exceeded if certain loads were postulated to drop onto irradiated fuel without secondary containment integrity. SERI reported the above condition'in Licensee Event Report 88-016-01'(letter AECM-89/0025, dated February'1, 1989).

Corrective actions in response to the reported condition consisted of the development of administrative restrictions on the handling of loads over irradiated fuel without secondary containment integrity and the proposed ;-

amendment to the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Operating License. The proposed amendment would revise TS footnotes and ACTION statements to enforce the administrative controls.

As an-interim measure until the proposed amendment is approved; a 1

L T.echnical Specification Position Statement (TSPS) was issued to enforce the administrative controls discussed above. The TSPS implements the more restrictive TS changes described in Attachment 3 of AECM-89/0001 dated January 26, 1989.

A meeting between SERI and the NRC staff was held June 22, 1989 to discuss.the January 26, 1989 submittal. As agreed to in that meeting and as requested in the NRC letter dated March 29, 1990,' attached is a' modified amendment proposal which incorporates comments from the' June 22, 1989 meeting.

The changes from the January 26, 1989 letter are indicated by a rev:sion bar in the right hand margin. l 1

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AECM-90/0003-Page 2 In accordance with the provisions of 10CFR50.4', the signed original of the requested amendment is enclosed. Attachment 2 provides-the technical

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justification and discussion to support.the requested amendment. This amendment has been reviewed and accepted by the Plant Safety Review Committee'.

The~ Safety Review Committee reviewed and approved the application at the' time .

of the original submittal.-

Based on the guidelines presented in'10CFR50.92, SERI has concluded that this proposed amendment involves no significant hazards considerations.

Yours truly,:

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-Attachments: 1. -Affirmation per 10CFR50.30

=2. GGNS PCOL-89/02, Revision ~1 cc: Mr. D. C. Hintz (w/a)

Mr. T. H. Cloninger (w/a)

Mr. R. B. McGehee (w/a)  !

Mr. N. S. Reynolds (w/a)

Mr. H. L. Thomas (w/o) .

Mr. H. O. Christensen (w/a) l Mr. Stewart D. Ebneter (w/a)

Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region'II 101 Marietta St., N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia' 30323 Mr. L. L. Kintner, Project Manager (w/a)

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Mail Stop 14B20 Washington, D.C. 20555 >

Dr. Alton B. Cobb (w/a)

State Health Officer State Board of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 A9001041/SNLICFLR - 2

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'BEFORELTHE' UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION u

LICENSE-NO. NPF-29 l

DOCKET N0. 50-416-1

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IN THE MATTER 0F_.

MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY and SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

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SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION j AFFIRMATION

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I, W. T. Cottle, being duly sworn, state that I am Vice President, "

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Nuclear Operations of System Energy Resources, Inc.; that on behalf of System Energy Resources, Inc., and South Mississippi Electric Power Association I am- i authorized by System Energy Resources, Inc to sign'and file with the Nuclear. i Regulatory Commission, this application for amendment of the Operating License .j of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station'; that I signed this application as Vice [

President, Nuclear Operations of System Energy Resources, Inc.; and that the - i statements made and the matters set forth therein are true and correct to the i best.of'my knowledge, information and belief.

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c. O Ph l W. T. Cottle i STATE OF MISSISSIPPI  !

COUNTY OF CLAIBORNE -!

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN T0 before me, a Notary Public, in and'for the l County and State above named, this k day-of tYm ,_1990.  !

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