ML20058D752

Advises That NRC Initiated Listed Adjustments to Review Process for STS as Part of Tech Spec Improvement Program

ML20058D752
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Issue date:	10/25/1990
From:	Russell W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tipton T NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (FORMERLY NUCLEAR MGMT &
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SUBJECT:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM p In your letter dated October 9,1990, you indicated that the industry thought that the process to review the new STS_was not working as well as expected.

The NRC staff's intention was to issue the new STS final draft, section by-section, and the NRC staff did issue the~ containment section for the three PWR owners groups. However, as the review progressed, the NRC staff saw the need

1. y to integrate lessons learned from one-section into others. Therefore, the NRC l

staff has initiated the following adjustments to the review process to obtain final comments'from the industry.

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The' NRC staff will proceed to issue the final draft for each owners group's l

L new STS, in.its entirety,-'in November The industry will have thirty days-l from receipt of the final draft to provide comments to the Technical L Specifications Branch (OTSB); Following their review, the owners groups should submit to the NRC staff a !l copy of each of the final draft new STS issued by the NRC staff marked up to j show the' exact wording the industry proposes. The owners groups should be j consistent among themselves-in the wording of. their proposed changes unless i i design differences make wording differences necessary. Additionally, the owners. groups should provide, separately,- the-technical justification for each of the proposed changes. l Industry is encouraged to discuss their comments with the NRC staff, during A .the thirty-day comment period, by-telephone or in meetings with the NPC staff. The NRC staff considers many of.the telephone conversations it~has conducted i with. industry representatives over the past few weeks to be profitable. + 8 w if 9 11C 103 49g oft 9011060259 901025 h -{ g ( PDR REVGP ERGN C

^ s' e. n . Thomas E.1T'ipton -2 October 25, 1990 o However, at the end of the thirty day period, the industry's marked up copies of the final draft issued by the NRC staff will be considered to be industry's final comments. Sincerely, f Q l(p :=t L A i William T. Russell, Associate Director for Inspection and Technical Assessment Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: M. Edelman, NUMARC J. Hinds, WOG Chairwoman P. North, B&WOG Chairman i J. Robertson, Acting BWROG Chairman B. Woods, CE00 Chairman E. Lozito, VEPC0 K. Wilson,-FPC J. Fowler, SERI M. Bryan, TVA R. Baker,'GPC W. Hall, NUMARC e t 9 Y i \\ 9 1 h l i t i w ~ --,,m. r

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L Thomas E. Tipton -2 October 25, 1990 L However, at the end of the thirty day period, the industry's marked up copies of the final draft issued by the NRC staff will be considered to be industry's i r final comments. l Sincerely, i. Minal Shned By William T. Russell, Associate Director i for Inspection and Technical Assessment l Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation [ H cc: M. Edelman, NUMARC >J J. Hinds, WOG Chairwoman P. North, B&WOG Chairman. .J. Robertson, Acting BWROG Chairman B.-Woods, CE0G Chairman l E.~Lozito, VEPC0 .I K. Wilson,-FPC J. Fowler,' SERI i M. Bryan, TVA-3 R. Baker, GPC W. Hall, NUMARC' ) DISTRIBUTION:

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r* Thomas E. Tipton, While the industry completes its comments on the final draft of the new STS, the NRC staff will-proceed to brief the Committee to Review Generic Requirements (CRGR) and the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on the content of the final draft on the new STS. Sincerely, frfgiiiai~ Signed Cy William T. Russell, Associate Director for Inspection and Technical Assessment-Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:- M. Edelman, NUMARC J. Hinds, WOG Chairwoman P. North, B&WOG Chairman J. Robertson, Acting BWROG Chairman l B. Woods, CE00 Chairman E. Lozito, VEPC0 K. Wilson,, FPC 9 ~J. Fowler, SERI M. Bryan, TVA R.. Baker,'GPC W. Hall, HUMARC DISTRIBUTION: 4 TEMurley FRosa 'FJMiraglia RCJones WTRussell SNewberry JAcalvo: CEMcCracken DMCrutchfield LJCunningham -I SAVarg a -- CHBerlinger q ACThadani AEChaffee JERichardson RWBorchardt BKGrimes CYCheng FJCongel PABoehnert JWRoe WDBeckner-JHConran LBMarsh OTSB R/F GBagchi DOEA R/F Centra'l Files PDR L k kh g OTSB:00EA:NRR 0TSB:00EA:NRR C:0TSB:D0EA:NRR 0@ ADT:NRR FMReinhart .RMLobel JACalvo CERossi WTRussell 1046 /90 10/M/90 10/7.3/90 10/Aj90 10/ /90 1 4 -}}