ML20134L784

Summary of 961114 Meeting W/Hl&P in Rockville,Md to Discuss Status of NRC Review of Licensee Request to Convert STP TSs to Improved STS Format.List of Attendees Encl

ML20134L784
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	11/20/1996
From:	Kennedy J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9611210219
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LICENSEE: HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER November 20, 1996

! FACILITY: South Texas Project

SUMMARY

OF NOVEMBER 14, 1996, MEETING ON THE SOUTH TEXAS

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PROJECT REQUEST.TO CONVERT TO THE IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS j A meeting was held on Thursday, November 14, 1996, for the Nuclear Regulatory i Commission (NRC) staff and the licensee to discuss the status of the staff's review of tha licensee's request to convert the South Texas Project (STP)

Technical Specifications (TSs) to the improved Standard Technical l Specification format. The meeting was held at the request of the licensee at

NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. A notice of this meeting was issued ,

f -on November 8, 1996. Attachment 1 is the list of attendees. '

1 i The staff informed the licensee that it had identified a significant number of l problems with the licensee's requests for certain TS changes in the STP l submittal. The problems primarily fall into four categories: 1) the request l

, is beyond the scope of the conversion process, 2) the request is identified as  ;

being consistent with NUREG-1431, " Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants," but the staff believes it is not, 3) the request is

identified as being consistent with the " philosophy" of NUREG-1431, and l 4) editorial and typographical errors. The staff is currently in the process

of issuing a letter to the licensee which provides examples to illustrate the i nature of the weaknesses and what type of information needs to be submitted to i

supplement the initial request. The staff cautioned the licensee not to think that the examples in the letter are all-inclusive. The licensee needs to thoroughly review the discussion of changes and justification for deviations i that have been submitted to identify where they need additional technical

, justification.

1 Following the licensee's review of the staff's letter, the staff suggests a meeting to discuss the specific examples and the licensee's plans for revising the initial submittal. The licensee indicated that it would probably not be l available for a meeting until January 1997. In addition, the licensee does

not plan implementation of the improved TS until sometime in 1998.

! ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

l Janet L. Kennedy, Acting Project Manager i Project Directorate IV-1 i Division of Reactor Projects III/IV l Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Attachment:

List of Meeting Attendees cc w/att: See next page i

DISTRIBUTIQH: J. Kennedy PUBLIC PD4-1 r/f OGC

, Docket File E. Adensam (EGA1) C. Grimes T. Alexion i J. Roe ACRS C. Hawes W. Beckner I }

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DATE 11/JO/96 l( /JO /96 COPY 'hEh/NO YES/N0 I '0FFICIAI RFCORD COPY. ~

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HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER FACILITY: South Texas Project J

SUBJECT:

SUPMARY OF NOVEMBER 14, 1996, MEETING ON THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT REQUEST TO CONVERT TO THE IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS A meeting was held on Thursday, November 14, 1996, for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and the licensee to discuss the status of the staff's l review of the licensee's request to convert the South Texas Project (STP) '

Technical Specifications (TSs) to the improved Standard Technical Specification format. The meeting was held at the request of the licensee at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. A notice of this meeting was issued on November 8, 1996. Attachment 1 is the list of attendees.

The staff informed the licensee that it had identified a significant number of problems with the licensee's requests for certain TS changes in the STP submittal. The problems primarily fall into four categories: 1) the request is beyond the scope of the conversion process, 2) the request is identified as being consistent with NUREG-1431, " Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants," but the staff believes it is not, 3) the request is identified as being consistent with the " philosophy" of NUREG-1431, and

4) editorial and typographical errors. The staff is currently in the process of issuing a letter to the licensee which provides examples to illustrate the nature of the weaknesses and what type of information needs to be submitted to supplement the initial request. The staff cautioned the licensee not to think that the examples in the letter are all-inclusive. The licensee needs to thoroughly review the discussion of changes and justification for deviations that have been submitted to identify where they need additional technical

, justification.

l Following the licensee's review of the staff's letter, the staff suggests a meeting to discuss the srecific examples and the licensee's plans for revising the initial submittal. The licensee indicated that it would probably not be available for a meeting until January 1997. In addition, the licensee dees not plan implementation of the improved TS until sometime in 1998.

& L. GL 7 Janet L. Kennedy, Acting Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV

, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Attachment:

List of Meeting Attendees cc w/att: See next page

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! Houston Lighting & Power Company South Texas, Units 1 & 2 cc:

, Mr. David P. Loveless Jack R. Newman, Esq.  ;

4 Senior Resident Inspector Morgan, Lewis & Bockius l 3

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1800 M Street, N.W. i

P. O. Box 910 Washington, DC 20036-5869

, Bay City, TX 77414 Mr. Lawrence E. Martin Mr. J. C. Lanier/M. B. Lee General Manager, Nuclear Assurance Licensing

City of Austin Houston Lighting and Power Company Electric Utility Department P. O. Box 289 4 721 Barton Springs Road Wadsworth, TX 77483 Austin, TX 78704 i Rufus S. Scott Mr. M. T. Hardt Associate General Counsel Mr. W. C. Gunst Houston Lighting and Power Company 3

City Public Service Board P. O. Box 61867 P. O. Box 1771 Houston, TX 77208 San Antonio, TX 78296 l Joseph R. Egan, Esq.

Mr. G. E. Vaughn/C. A. Johnson Egan & Associates, P.C.

Central Power and Light Company 2300 N Street, N.W.

P. O. Box 289 Washington, DC 20037

, Mail Code: N5012

Wadsworth, TX 74483 Office of the Governor i

ATTN: Andy Barrett, Director ,

INP0 Environmental Policy Records Center P. O. Box 12428 i 700 Galleria Parkway Austin, TX 78711 Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Arthur C. Tate, Director

Regional Administrator, Region IV Division of Compliance & Inspection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bureau of Radiation Control

611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Texas Department of Health

! Arlington, TX 76011 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 Dr. Bertram Wolfe

15453 Via Vaquero J. W. Beck

Monte Sereno, CA 95030 Little Harbor Consultants, Inc.

44 Nichols Road

Judge, Matagorda County Cohasset, MA 02025-1166 Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street l Bay City, TX 77414 Mr. William T. Cottle Executive VP & General Manager Nuclear Houston Lighting & Power Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 j Wadsworth, TX 77483 i

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ATTENDEES AT MEETING OF NOVEMBER 14. 1996 ON THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT CONVERSION SUBMITTAL i

2 H8ME AFFILIATION W. Beckner NRR/DRPW/PD4-1 i C. Grimes NRR/TSB

J. Kennedy NRR/DRPW/PD4-1 T. Alexion NRR/DRPW/PD4-1 L. Martin HL&P l l

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