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Submits Addl Info Re 850215 Proposed Tech Spec Changes to License NPF-5,revising Low Pressure Alarm Setpoint for Hydraulic Control Units.Alarm Does Not Serve as Warning of High Pressure in Charging Header
ML20127M619
Person / Time
Site: Hatch Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 05/14/1985
From: Gucwa L
GEORGIA POWER CO.
To: Stolz J
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
0556Y, 556Y, NED-85-196, TAC-56985, NUDOCS 8505230317
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Georg:a Power Company 333 P:edmont Avenue Atlanta. Georgia 30308 Tetephone 404 526-6526 Ma1,ng Addrest Pest Ott ce Box 4545 Atlanta Georg a 30302 L

Georgia Power L. T. Gucwa tN somm e: ectr:c sistem Manager Nuclear Eng.neenng and Ch.et Nuclear Eng nee' NED-85-196 0556y May 14, 1985 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attention: Mr. John F. Stolz, Chief Operating Reactors Branch No. 4 Division of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 W C DOCKET 50-366 OPERATING LICENSE NPF-5 EDWIN 1. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-PROPOSED TEClNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE HCU LOW PRESSURE ALARM SETPOINT REVISION Gentlemen:

Georgia Power Company's submittal dated February 15, 1985, proposed Technical Specification changes for Plant Hatch Unit 2 which would revise the low pressure alarm setpoint for the hydraulic control units (HCUs). In response to a verbal request from the Hatch MC Licensing Project Manager, the following additional information is submitted in regard to the proposed change:

The proposed change would revise the HCU low pressure alarm setpoint from 955+15 psig to 1940 psig.- The additional information requested is a discussion on why an upper bound for this setpoint is not needed. As detailed in Section 4.2.3.2.2 of the Hatch Unit 2 FSAR; during scram, the scram valves open and permit the stored energy in the HCU accumulators to discharge water into the control rod drives. Under operating reactor l pressure conditions, reactor pressure alone will scraa the rods; however, at

low reactor pressure conditions, the additional energy provided by the the I

accumulators is necessary to ensure that scram time requirements are met.

The maximum operating pressure of this system, as measured at the charging water header, is established by design and is limited by the discharge pressure of the CR0 pumps, which is on the order of 1500 psig. The accumulators and associated piping, etc. are designed to operate at this

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pressure, with appropriate margins. The sole purpose of the HCU low pressure alarms in the control room is to warn of a decreasing accumulator pressure condition which could result in insufficient stored energy in the accumulator to meet scram time requirements at low reactor pressure 5230 {$ p

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GeorgiaPower A U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission May 14, 1985 Page 2 conditions. If the alarm setpoint is raised above the upper bound presently in the Technical Specifications (970 psig), the only effect will be that the alarm actuates sooner, with more presaire margin before accunulator energy becomes insufficient to meet scram time recuirements. 'Ihe alarm does not serve the function of warning of high presaire in the charging header. The alarm clears as the charging header pressure is raised by. the CRD punps following scram, and this wxild serve no useful high presaire warning purpose.

We hope that the above information addresses any, concerns you may have on this albject. If further information is rectiired, please contact this office.

Very truly yours, hI h L. T. Gicwa REB /

xc: H. C. Nix, Jr.

J. N. Grace (NRC-Region II)

Senior Resident Inspector, Plant Hatch e

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