ML20059D155

Forwards Request for Addl Info to Continue Review of 891019 Application for Amend Extending Insp Frequency of Spent Fuel Pool from Once Per 18 Months to Once Per 60 Months.Response Requested within 45 Days

ML20059D155
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	08/30/1990
From:	Poslusny C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Carns N ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
References
TAC-75927, NUDOCS 9009060110
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- August 30, 1990 1

' Docket No. 50-368 Entergy Operations, Inc. r ATTN: Mr. Neil S. Carns Vice President, Operations Arkansas Nuclear One Post Office Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW 0F SPENT FUEL P00L' SURVEILLANCE (TAC NO. 75927) ,

By letter dated October 19, 1989, Arkansas Power & Light Company. ( AP&L) I proposed'to amend the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 Technical. Specification 4 4.7.12.1.a. Surveillance Requirement. .The amendment would extend the inspection frequency of.the spent fuel-pool from once per 18 months to once . +

per 60 months. The staff is currently reviewing the request and has determined that additional information is required in order to complete its evaluation.

Enclosed is a set of questions related to the information provided by AP&L.. 4 Please provide your response within 45 days to f acilitate the completion of the staff effort. -

Sincerely, Orisinni sisse N,:

1 Chester Poslusny, Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Er. closure:

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%, ' August 30, 1990 Docket No. 50 368 Entergy Operations, Inc. ,

ATTN: Mr. Neil S. Carns i Vice President, Operations Arkansas Nuclear One Post Offir ox 551 Little ^ , Arkansas- 72203

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INF0PJtATION FOR-Tile REVIEW OF SPENT FUEL POOL-SURVEILLANCE (TAC NO. 75927)

By letter dated October 19, 1989, Arkansas Power & Light Company (AP&L) proposed to amend the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 Technical Specification 4.7.12.1.a. Surveillance Requirement. The amendment would extend the inspection frequency of the spent fuel pool from once per 18 months to once per 60 months. The staff is currently reviewing the request and has determined that additional information is required in order to complete its evaluation. ,

Enclosed is a set of-questions related to the information provided by AP&L.

Please provide your respons~e within 45 days to facilitate the completion of

'the staff effort.

Sincerely, As vJ

-Chester Poslusny Project Manager Project Directorate IV Division oi' Reactor Projects - III IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation-

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Entergy Operations, Inc. . Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 i .

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Mr. Early Ewing, General Manager Mr. Donald C. Hintz

!. Technical Support and Assessment Executive Vice President l Arkansas Nuclear One and Chief Operating Officer

Route 3 Box 137G Entergy Operations, Inc.

I Russellville, Arkansas .72801 P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286 Mr.' Jerry Yelverton Mr. Gerald Muench l

Director Nuclear Operations Vice President Operations Support Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations,' Inc.

Route 3 Box 137G P. O. Box 31995 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Jackson, Mississippi 39286 Mr. Nicholas S. Reynolds'

. Mr. Robert B. McGehee, Esquire  !

Bishop, Cook, .Purcell & Reynolds Wise Carter, Child & Caraway 1400 L Street , N.W. P. O. Box 651 -

Washington, 0.C. 20005-3502 Jackson, Mississippi . 39205 Mr. Robert B. Borsum . Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Babcock & Wilcox Washington Nuclear Operations Nuclear Power Generation Division Combustion Engineering, Inc.

1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission .

1 Nuclear Plant Road i Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations 611 Ryan Plaza Drive. Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Honorable Joe W. Phillips County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Ms. Greta Dicus, Director Division of Environmental Health Protection p

Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markam Street l- Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 l

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ENCLOSURE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE. UNIT 2 L TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE TO SPENT FUEL POOL SURVEILLANCE ,

1 i L In order to complete the review of the extension of the inspection frequency of the spent fuel pool surveillance, the following information is required:

1. . Relative to your inspection of the spent fuel pool.. define what is i considered to be a significant crack.

2. . What. actions are to be taken when a significant crack is identified?

3. What are the acceptance values for all recorded measuremehts?

4. What are the criteria used to determine the structural integrity of the spent fuel pool?

5. Does your inspection procedure include all of the above information? f e

6. How will the five-year frequency of inspection interval' ensure the structural integrity of the spent fuel pool? Additional justification i is necessary to extend the surveillance inspection: frequency to once per five years. According to the inspection records, some new cracks or spallings have been found every three years.

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