IR 05000352/1984056

Discusses Review of Util 920723 Request for Relief from Commitment to Audit All Major Paragraphs of TS for Facilities Over 4 Yr Period.Util Relieved of Specific Commitment,Documented in Insp Rept 50-352/84-56

ML20126J750
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom, Limerick
Issue date:	12/31/1992
From:	Chris Miller Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Beck G PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
References
TAC-M84556, TAC-M84557, TAC-M84558, TAC-M84559, NUDOCS 9301060287
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\***# l   December 31, 1992 Docket Nos. 50-277, 50-278, 50-352 and 50-353 Mr. George Director-Licensing, MC 52A-5 Philadelphia Electric Company Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control Desk P.O. Box No. 195 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-0195

Dear Mr. Beck:

SUBJECT: REVIEW 0F PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY'S REQUEST FOR REQUIREMENT TO AUDIT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS DATED JULY 23, 1992, PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, AND LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. M84556, M84557, M84558, AND M84559) By letter dated July 23, 1992, the Philadelphia Electric Company-(PEco) requested relief from a commitment to audit all_ major paragraphs of the Technical Specifications (TS) for the Peach Bottom Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 (PBAPS), and Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (LGS), over a 4-year period.

~ PEco has requested relief from its current commitment of auditing al1 major paragraphs-of the-LGS-This practice was agre.and ed uponPBAPS by PEcoTechnical and Region Specifications over aNo..

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50-352/84-56). to resolve a quality assurance program. concern expressed-in LGS-Inspection-Report 50-352/84-21.. Thisipractice was similarly implemented at ~ PBAPS and is found in PECo Quality Assurance Division Procedures.' Since the implementation of this commitment', the PEco Nuclear Quality

. Assurance organization has enhanced its oversight capabilities which are
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composed of performance- und compliance-based assessments, surveillances and monitoring.. Each facility also has an' independent safety engineering group-that examines unit operating characteristics to look~for areas-to. improve-

: plant-safety. .The NRC has also encouraged licensees to. focus.more on-performance-based assessments and evaluations rather than documentation reviews,;as' described in:NUREG/CR-5151, " Performance-Based Inspections," and-in the new Standard Review Plan Section 17.3, " Quality-Assurance: Program.

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The Technical Specifications for both-LGS and PBAPS require _PEco to audit the conformance of unit operations' to provisions contained within their: Technical-

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Specifications and applicable = license: conditions at least once per 12 months.

Their quality assurance program also states that their. audit program will involve: compliance-based, performance-based, and technicci-based audits -and

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Mr." George Ricember 31, 1992 l safety. However, there is no s)ecific NRC requirement that requires PEco to audit all major paragraphs of t.1e LGS and PBAPS Technical Specifications over j a 4-year period. j Based on the licensee's emphasis on performance based audits, assessments and evaluations, and on the Technical Specification requirement to audit the conformance of unit operations to provisions contained within their Technical Specifications at least once each 12 months, the NRC relieves PEco of the specific commitment, documented in Inspection Report 50-352 I all major paragraphs of their Technical Specifications'over/84-56, a 4-year toperiod.

audit If you have any further questions on this matter, do not hesitate to contact Joe Shea, the NRR Project Manager, at (301)-504-2426.

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Sincerely, dhcNb Charles L. Miller, Project Director

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Mr. George Ibeember 31, 1992 safety, llowever, there is no specific NRC requirement that requires PEco to audit all major paragraphs of the LGS and PBAPS Technical Specifications over a 4-year period.

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evaluations, and on the Technical Specification requirement to audit the conformance of unit operations to provisions contained within their Technical Specifications at least once each 12 months, the NRC relieves PEco of the specific commitment, documented in Inspection Report 50-352/84-56, to audit all major paragraphs of their Technical Specifications over a 4-year period.

If you have any further questions on this matter, do not hesitate to contact , Joe Shea, the i4RR Project Manager, at (301)-504-2426.

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Sincerely, Original signed by: Charles L. Miller, Project Director Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page

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J. W. Durham, Sr., Esquire Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky, Director i Sr. V.P. & General Counsel Bureau of Radiation Protection i Philadel>hia Electric Company Pennsylvania Department of I 2301 Mar (et Street, $26-1 Environmental Resources Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 P. O. Box 2063 Philadelphia Electric Company ATTN: Mr. D. B. Miller, Vice President Board of Supervisors Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Peach Bottom Township Route 1. Box 208 R. D. #1 Delta Pennsylvania 17314 Delta, Pennsylvania 17314

Public Service Commission of Philadelphia Electric Company Maryland ' ATTN: Regulatory Engineer, Al-25 Engineering Division Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station ATIN: Chief Engineer Route 1. Box 208 231 E. Baltimore Street Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 Baltimore, MD 21202-3486 Resident Inspector Mr. Richard McLean U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Power Plant and Environmental , Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Review Division P.O. Box 399 Department of Natural Resources Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 B-3, Tawes States Office Building

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Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 47S Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Mr. Roland Fletcher Department of Environment 201 West Preston Street l Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Carl D. Schaefer External Operations - Nuclear Delmarva Power & Light Company P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 ! l' l

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