ML20107G710
| ML20107G710 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Byron, Braidwood, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 10/23/1984 |
| From: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| 9335N, NUDOCS 8411080215 | |
| Download: ML20107G710 (2) | |
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C Address R;p!y to: Post Othes Box 767 (j} Chicago, Illinois 60690 October'23, 1984 Mr. Harold R. Denton,_ Director Of fice of. Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Sub jec t :
Byron Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Braidwood Generating Station Units 1 and 2 s
Technical Specifications NRC Docket Nos. 50-454/455 and 50-456/457 References (a):
August 27, 1984 letter from B. J. Youngblood to D. L. Farrar.
(b):
October 12, 1984 letter from B. J. Youngblood to D. L. Farrar.
(c):
October 19, 1984 letter from B. J. Youngblood to D. L. Farrar.
(d):
October 23, 1984 letter from T. R. Tramm to H. R. Denton.
(e):
May 2, 1984 letter from L. O. DelGeorge to H. R. Denton.
Dear Mr. Denton:
This letter provides Commonwealth Edison's confirmation that the
' Technical Specifications which have been prepared for Byron 1 accurately reflect the as-built plant and the FSAR.
This confirmation is submitted to eatisfy the request made by the NRC in reference (a).
The version of the Byron Technical Specifications which has been reviewed is the " final draft" which was issued via reference (b) and modified by-reference (c) with the cha'nges proposed by Commonwealth Edison in reference (d).
The following corporate and station departments at Commonwealth Edison participated in the review:
Project Engineering, Technical Services-Nuclear, Station Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Fuel Services, Nuclear Licensing, Byron Technical Staff, Byron Training, Byron Operating, Byron Maintenance, Byron Radiation Chemistry, and Nuclear Safety.
Personnel involved in this review included SRO's licensed previously at other stations, and Shift Control Room Engineers (Shift Technical Advisors) and SRO's currently' licensed at Byron.
Changes necessitated by these. reviews have been discussed with the NRC Staff and agreed upon.
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e H. R. Denton October 22, 1984 Based _upon our extensive, in-depth review we believe that the Byron 1 Technical Specifications accurately reflect the as-built plant and
-the Byron /Braidwood FSAR as amended by Amendment 45 and including the changes provided by reference (d).
To confirm our review regarding the correctness of the Technical Specifications, Westinghouse and Sargent &
Lundy have been requested to perform for us an additional review of those Tech Specs affecting systems, components and structures within their areas of responsibility.
There are certain Technical Specification requirements, such as surveillance times, which are patterned after the Westinghouse Standardized Technical Specifications and are not directly linked to specific FSAR analyses.
To the extent that we can demonstrate such requirements to be unnecessarily conservative, we intend to propose Technical Specification changes in the future.
One set of such changes was already proposed in reference (e).
All of the safety limits, LCO's and setpoints specified in the technical specifications are based upon conservative analyses.
To the extent.that those analysis are unnecessarily conservative, we may be proposing specific changes to redefine those limits.
Changes to correct overly conservative technical specifications may also be proposed as experience is gained through the performance of those surveillances and as the Technical Specifications are implemented during the startup program.
We have also reviewed the Technical Specification against our understanding of the Staff's SER and comments received from your contractor. EG&G, on eight sections of the Technical Specifications.
We are not aware of any changes required to the Technical Specifications based on this review.
To the best of my knowledge and belief the statements contained herein are true an'd correct.
In some respects, these statements are not
-based on my personal knowledge but upon information received from other Commonwealth Edison and co,1 tractor employees.
Such information has been reviewed in accordance with Company practice and I believe it to be reliable.
If there are any further questions regarding this matter, please
' contact this office.
Very truly yours, C
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Cordell Reed Vice President 9335N