ML20101R524

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Proposed Tech Specs Change Re LTOP & Request for Exemption to 10CFR50.60 for ASME Code Case N-514
ML20101R524
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Site: Arkansas Nuclear Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 04/11/1996
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ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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NUDOCS 9604160338
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OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION 3.4.12 Low temperature overpressure protection (LTOP) shall be OPERABLE 1 with each SIT irolated*, and:

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a. Two LTOP relief valves with a lift setting of $430 peig, or 1
b. The Reactor Coolant System depressurized with an RCS vent path 26.38 square inches, I SIT isolation is only required when SIT pressure is greater than or equal to RCS pressure.

APPLICABILITY: MODE 4 with TC 52 2 0'F, MODE 5, MODE 6 with reactor vessel j head in place.

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a. With one LTOP relief valve inoperable, restore the inoperable l valve to OPERABLE status within 7 days or depressurize and vent the RCS through a 26.38 square inch vent path within the next 8  ;

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b. With both LTOP relief valves inoperable, depressurize and vent the RCS through a 26.38 square inch vent path within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br />. '
c. With a SIT not isolated, isolate the affected SIT within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />.

If required action is not met, either:

(1) Depressurize the SIT to less than the RCS pressure within 12 i

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(2) Increase ~ cold leg temperature to greater than or equal to 220'F within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />.

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! d. The provisions of Specification 3.0.4 are not applicable.

i SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS 4.4.12.1 Verify both sets of LTOP relief valve isolation valves are open at least once per.72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> when the LTOP relief valves are being used for overpressure protection. '

4.4.12.2 The RCS vent path shall be verified to be open at least once per 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> ** when the vent path is being used for overpressure protection.

4.4.12.3 Verify that each SIT is isolated, when required, once every 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />.

t l ARKANSAS - UNIT 2 3/4-28 Amendment No.

9604160338 960411 PDR ADOCK 05000368 P PDR

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l 4.4.12.4 No additional LTOP relief valve Surveillance Requirements other than those required by specification 4.0.5.

    • Except when the vent path is provided with a valve which is locked, sealed, or otherwise secured in the open position, then verify this valve is open at least once per 31 days.

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ARKANSAS - UNIT 2 3/4-29 Amendment No.

l REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM BASES 3/4.4.12 LOW TEMPERATURE OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION SYSTEMS i

Low temperature overpressure protection (LTOP) of the RCS, including the j reactor vessel, is provided by redundant relief valves on the pressurizer j which discharge from a single discharge header. Each LTOP relief valve ig a direct action, spring-loaded relief valve, with orifice area of 6.38 in and a lift setting of 5430 psig, and is capable of mitigating the worst-  !

case design basis pressurization event. The LTOP design basis event is a j simultaneous injection of two HPSI pumps and all three charging pumps to ,

the water-solid RCS. The analyses assume that the safety injection tanks are either isolated or are depressurized. J The LTOP system, in combination with the RCS heatup and cooldown limitations of LCO 3.4.9.1 and administrative restrictions on RCP i operation, provides assurance that the reactor vessel non-ductile fracture limits are not exceeded during the design basis event at low RCS temperatures. These non-ductile fracture limits are identified as LTOP pressure-temperature (P-T) limits, which were specifically developed to provide a basis for the LTOP system. These LTOP P-T limits, along with the LTOP enable temperature, were developed using guidance provided in ASME Code Section XI, Division 1, Code Case N-514 that mandates that "LTOP systems shall limit the maximum pressure in the vessel to 110% of the '

pressure determined to satisfy Appendix G, paragraph G-2215 of Section XI, Division 1".

The enable temperature of the LTOP isolation valves is based on any RCS cold leg temperature reaching 220'F (including a 20'F uncertainty) .

Although each relief valve is capable of mitigating the design basis LTOP event, both valves are required to be opened below the enable temperature i to meet the single failure criterion of NRC Branch Technical Position RSS I 5-2, unless an RCS vent path of 6.38 in (equivalent relief valve orifice area) or larger is. maintained.

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ARKANSAS - UNIT 2 B 3/4 4-12 Amendment No.

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Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2

" Low Temperature Overpressure Protectio nPr ses ure-Temperature Limits for 21 Effective Full Power Years" l

(ABB-CE Engineering Report A-PENG-ER-004, Revision 00) i I

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