ML20137C806

Withdraws 851018 Amend of Order Modifying Sections 3.0.3 & 3.7.10.1 of Proposed Tech Specs,Deleting Requirement to Promptly Notify NRC Site Staff If Limiting Condition for Operation Not Satisfied

ML20137C806
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Site:	Crane
Issue date:	01/08/1986
From:	Travers W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Standerfer F GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
References
CON-NRC-TMI-86-002, CON-NRC-TMI-86-2 NUDOCS 8601160420
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5 Vice Presidentfdirector Three Mile Island Unit 2 GPU Nuclear Corporation P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057

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' Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 Operating License No. DPR-73 Docket No. 50-320 Clarification of Reporting Requirements Contained in Staff SER in m

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5 On October 18, 1985, the NRC staff issued an Amendment of Order,~ effective November 22, 1985, modifying certain sections of Appendix A to the Proposed Technical Specifications (PTS).

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concurrently issued a Safety Evaluation. Section 3.0.3 and 3.7.10.1 of the W

PTS were modified (1) deleting the requirement to promptly nocify the NRC site staff if a limiting condition for operation (LCO) and/or associated action requirements cannot be satisfied,.wd (2) to conform to the new requirement of Section 50.73 of 10 CFR Part 50 th3t requires the licensee to submit a Licensee Event Report within 30 days after discovery of the event.

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addition, the safety evaluation stated that although formal prompt notification ~ of the NRC site staffTwould no longer be required by the PTS, t':e licensee will include in their administrative procedures the requirecat for o

O notification of the NRC site staff when ilmit.ing conditions for operation I

and/or associated action requirements cannot be satisfied.. This statement arose from staff concern that an LCO could be violated for as long as 30 days e,

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Plan Change Approval No. 31, modifying certain sections of the Recovery Operations Plan (ROP) contained in the PTS.

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we concurrently issued a safety evaluation. Section 4.7.6.1.3 of the R0P was imodifiad to increase the period of time between the identification of t

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y Mr. F. R. Standerfer January 8, 1986 submission of a Special Report to the NRC from 10 to 30 days.

In addition, the safety evaluation stated that the licensee incorporate into their ad:ninistrative procedures the requirement to promptly notify the NRC site staff of any degradation of the flood protection dike. Again the staff's concern was that there was the possibility that we would not be aware of degradation of the dike for as long as 30 days.

In discussions with your licensing personnel we have been infomed that such requirements would be difficult to implement without continuing to include the requirements in the PTS and/or the R0P. Furthermore, we have been informed and members of my staff have verified the fact that violations of LC0's and/or associated action requirements as well as other significant events are r

addressed daily during your Plan of the Day (P0D) meetings. Since an NRC staff member typically attends these daily meetings, we would be in fact notified. Since this satisfies fully the intent of our requests in the October 18, 1985 and October 21, 1985 safety evaluation, we withdraw our requests.

Sincerely, gasseet WINE 5 We wenn D. Travers William D. Travers Director 4

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