ML20116K206

Submits Response to Spent Fuel Survey Commitments for Plant Re Insp Rept 50-354/96-03

ML20116K206
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/08/1996
From:	Dawn Powell Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LR-N96214, NUDOCS 9608140273
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Public Service ElecUic and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 Nuclear Business Unit i AUG O 81996

! LR-N96214 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

REPLY TO SPENT FUEL SURVEY COMMITMENTS FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION

, INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-354/96-03 I

(REFERENCED FUEL POOL COOLING SURVEY)

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION .

EACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 Regarding the survey of Hope Creek Generating Station spent fuel practices and spent fuel pool cooling system design and current l licensing basis conducted from March 26 to 29, 1996, PSE&G l confirms the following commitments, in accordance with the request made in the July 2, 1996 letter from D.H. Jaffe (NRC) to L.R. Eliason (PSE&G):

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1) The interaction among the Nuclear Fuel Group, the Spent Etel l Pool Cooling System Manager and the Outage Manager will be  !

reviewed and proceduralized. Specifically, this review will consider improvements in the development of the fuel off-

! load / outage schedule that will assure an adequate compliment of ,

l spent fuel pool cooling equipment. The review and procedure l enhancements will be completed prior to the approval of the outage schedule, currently anticipated to be approved by July 31, 1997.

2) The RHR system spent fuel pool cooling assist mode -

procedures and testing requirements will be reviewed for

! performance and reliability issues. A decision on contingency testing will be made as part of this review effort.

Recommendations from this review, if any, will be implemented prior to completion of the next scheduled refueling outage 0 (RF07). f j

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Document Control Desk AUG 0 81996 LR-N96214 Should you have any questions or comments on this transmittal, do not hesitate to contact us.

_ ncerely, b.

D. R. Powell '~ '

Manager -

Licensing and Regulation

Document Control Desk AUG O 81996 LR-N96214 I l

The following items represent commitments that Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) made to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) relative to this response to Inspection Report 50-354/96-03 (Referenced fuel pool cooling survey) l a) The interaction among the Nuclear Fuel Group, the l Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System Manager and the Outage Manager will be reviewed and proceduralized.

Specifically, this review will consider improvements in ,

the development of the fuel off-load / outage schedule I that will assure an adequate compliment of spent fuel 1 pool cooling equipment. The review and procedure I enhancements will be completed prior to the approval of the outage schedule, currently anticipated to be approved by July 31, 1997.

b) The RHR system spent fuel pool cooling assist mode procedures and testing requirements will be reviewed for performance and reliability issues. A decision on contingency testing will be made as part of this review j effort. Recommendations from this review, if any, will l i

be implemented prior to completion of the next ,

scheduled refueling outage (RFO7).  !

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Document Control Desk AUG 0 81996 LR-N96214 C Mr. H. Miller, Administrator - Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 '

Mr. David Jaffe Licensing Project Manager - Hope Creek U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North Mail Stop 14E21 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. R. Summers USNRC Senior Resident Inspector (X24)

Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering 33 Arctic Parkway CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 l

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