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MONTHYEARML20205L0401999-04-0909 April 1999 SER Accepting Util Relief Requests for Inservice Insp Second 10-year Interval for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 ML20203E1181999-02-10010 February 1999 SER Accepting Proposed Revs to Plant,Units 1 & 2 Quality Assurance Program Description ML20199F5341998-12-29029 December 1998 Safety Evaluation Granting Relief Requests 1-TYP-3-B3.140-1, 1-TYP-3-B5.70-1,1-TYP-3-RH-E-1-1,1-TYP-3-B-G-1, 1-TYP-3-APP-I-1,1-TYP-3-UT-1,1-TYP-3-N-509,1-TYP-3-N-521, 1-TYP-3-N-524,1-TYP-3-B3.120-1 & 1-TYP-3-C6.10-1 ML20198K8551998-12-21021 December 1998 SER Granting Relief Request PRR-5 for Third 10-year Inservice Testing for Beaver Valley Power Station,Unit 1 ML20198A1631998-12-0909 December 1998 SER Approving Implementation Program to Resolve USI A-46 at Facility That Has Adequately Addressed Purpose of 10CFR50.54(f) Request ML20195J3131998-11-12012 November 1998 Safety Evaluation Granting First & Second 10-yr Interval Inservice Insp Request for Relief ML20154R9121998-10-20020 October 1998 Safety Evaluation Accepting Proposed Changes to QA Program Description in Chapter 17.2 of BVPS-2 Ufsar.Proposed Changes Would Modify QA Organization to Allow Warehouse QC Inspectors to Report to Manager of Nuclear Procurement Dept ML20154P7491998-10-19019 October 1998 SE Accepting Second ten-year Interval Inservice Insp Request for Relief RR-1-TYP-2-B5.40-1,Rev 0,for Plant, Unit 1 ML20154C6711998-10-0101 October 1998 Safety Evaluation Concluding That Revised Model Identified in Dl Submittal Was Appropriate for Analysis of Installed Conduit Ampacity Limits.Determined That There Are No Outstanding Safety Concerns with Respect to Ampacity ML20202B8571997-11-18018 November 1997 SE Approving Relief Requests for Second 10-Yr Interval for Pumps & Valves Inservice Testing Program for Beaver Valley Power Station,Unit 2 ML20199F4641997-11-13013 November 1997 SER Related to Reactor Pressure Vessel,Pressurized Thermal Shock Assessment for Beaver Valley Power Station,Unit 2 ML20212G4961997-10-28028 October 1997 SER Accepting Pressurized Thermal Shock Assessment for Beaver Valley Unit 2 Reactor Vessel ML20217J5311997-10-0808 October 1997 Safety Evaluation Re First,Second & Third 10-year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Plan Requests for Relief for Plant,Units 1 & 2 ML20217J5891997-10-0707 October 1997 Safety Evaluation Related to Reactor Pressure Vessel Pressurized Thermal Shock for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 ML20211D8441997-09-17017 September 1997 SER Approving SG 90-day Rept Submitted by Duquesne Light Co for Beaver Valley Power Station,Unit 1,per GL 95-05 ML20216J5861997-09-0404 September 1997 Safety Evaluation Re Third 10-year IST Program.Approves Valve Relief Requests 1,3 & 4.Valve Relief Request 2 Not Required.Authorizes Pump Relief Requests 1,2,3 & 4 ML20148E1051997-05-28028 May 1997 Safety Evaluation Supporting Amend 204 to License DPR-66 ML20137X1441997-04-0909 April 1997 Safety Evaluation Supporting Proposed Rev to RPV Surveillance Capsule Withdrawal Schedule ML20057B0641993-09-13013 September 1993 Safety Evaluation Granting Relief for IST of Reactor Plant Component Cooling Water Pumps of Plant ML20056F3561993-08-12012 August 1993 Safety Evaluation Granting Licensee 930607 Request for Relief from Certain ASME Code Requirements for Temporary Repairs to Svc Water Sys ML20126H7601992-12-30030 December 1992 Safety Evaluation Approving Valve Relief Requests VRR-27, VRR-43 & VRR-44 & Will Provide Reasonable Assurance of Operational Readiness of Valves to Perform Intended Functions.Relief Request PRR-11 Cannot Be Approved ML20127P2081992-11-20020 November 1992 SER Accepting Util Commitment to Entire GIP-2,including Both SQUG Commitments & Implementation Guidance ML20248D7681989-09-29029 September 1989 Supplemental Safety Evaluation Supporting Util Actions in Response to Open Items in 890510 Safety Evaluation Re Plant Safety Monitoring Sys ML20247N3561989-05-30030 May 1989 SER Supporting Util Actions to Comply W/Item 4.5.3 of Generic Ltr 83-28, Reactor Trip Sys Functional Testing ML20246M1791989-05-10010 May 1989 Safety Evaluation Re Verification & Validation Plan for Plant Safety Monitoring Sys.Hardware Design of Sys Found Acceptable.Verification & Validation Plan Found Incomplete & Unacceptable.Software Design Process Inadequate ML20246D5501989-04-26026 April 1989 Safety Evaluation Accepting Util Submittals on Natural Circulation Cooldown for Unit ML20206G0431988-11-17017 November 1988 Safety Evaluation Concluding That All Issues Raised Under Item Resolved & Item 4.3 Closed ML20153C0911988-08-17017 August 1988 Safety Evaluation Re Licensee 870731 Comments on Sser 5, Section 9.5.1.Fire Protection in Cable Rooms & Containment Constitutes Acceptable Deviations from Branch Technical Position Cmeb 9.5-1 ML20205T0021988-08-10010 August 1988 SER Accepting Util 831104,840330 & 870504 Responses to Item 2.2.1 of Generic Ltr 83-28 Re Equipment Classification Programs for All safety-related Components ML20154R4451988-05-31031 May 1988 Safety Evaluation Re Compliance W/Atws Rule 10CFR50.62.Util Proposed Design Acceptable Subj to Final Resolution of Tech Spec Issue ML20154P4341988-05-24024 May 1988 Safety Evaluation Concluding That Proposed Tech Spec Change Acceptable.No Amend Issued Since Conditions Resulting in Need for Amend to License NPF-73 No Longer Exist ML20154F9901988-05-12012 May 1988 Supplemental Safety Evaluation Concluding That Licensee 880322 Response to Open Issues Identified in 860722 Draft Technical Evaluation Rept of 840330 Submittal Re Salem ATWS Event Action Item 1.2, Post-Trip Review Satisfactory ML20154F9841988-05-12012 May 1988 Supplemental Safety Evaluation Concluding That Licensee 851114 Response to Open Issues Noted in 851017 Draft Technical Evaluation Rept of 831104 Submittal Re Salem ATWS Event Action Item 1.2, Post-Trip Review Satisfactory ML20153B6291988-04-25025 April 1988 Safety Evaluation Granting Util 870616 & 871110 Requests for Inservice Insp Relief for Welds on Nonregenerative Hxs,Per 10CFR50.55a(g)(6)(i) ML20148K5231988-03-18018 March 1988 Safety Evaluation Supporting Util Inservice Testing Program & Requests for Relief ML20234E0531987-12-0808 December 1987 Safety Evaluation Accepting Design Changes to Be Implemented During Unit 1 Cycle 7 Fuel Reload.Tech Spec Change Unnecessary ML20236X4941987-11-0909 November 1987 Safety Evaluation Granting Util 860617 Relief Request from Performing Volumetric & Visual Exam Requirements of ASME Section XI for Reactor Coolant Pumps Casing Welds & Internal Surfaces ML20237B1651987-10-21021 October 1987 Safety Evaluation Supporting Elimination of Primary Component Support Snubbers from Primary Coolant Loops ML20204H7181987-03-18018 March 1987 Interim Safety Evaluation Re Pump & Valve Operability Assurance (SER Confirmatory Issue 13).Pages from Pvort Audit Encl ML20206G2231987-03-12012 March 1987 SER Accepting Licensee Request to Use Damping Values from ASME Code Case N-411 Per Conditions Outlined in Util ML20207P6551987-01-0202 January 1987 SER Accepting Licensee Compliance W/Generic Ltr 83-28,Item 2.1,Part 2 Re Vendor Interface Program for Reactor Trip Sys (RTS) Components & Item 4.5.2 Concerning RTS Online Reliability Testing ML20212B0111986-11-30030 November 1986 Safety Evaluation Granting Util Request for Exemptions from App R Requirements Re Separation of Cables & Equipment & Associated Circuits ML20205G4491986-08-31031 August 1986 Safety Evaluation Accepting Projected Values of Matl Properties for Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events ML20204G9281986-07-31031 July 1986 Safety Evaluation Supporting Util 860502 Submittal of Westinghouse Reload Safety Evaluation,Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant,Unit 1 Cycle 6 ML20203G2371986-07-28028 July 1986 Interim SER Re Dcrdr Summary Rept & Preimplementation Audit on 860211 & 12.Requirements of Suppl 1 to NUREG-0737 Generally Satisfied.Several Items Remain to Be Completed ML20206H4931986-06-19019 June 1986 Safety Evaluation on Generic Ltr 83-28,Item 4.2.3 & 4.2.4, Preventive Maint Program for Reactor Trip Breakers/Life Testing. Licensee Position Unacceptable ML20205N1151986-04-22022 April 1986 Interim Rept Re Review of Util Response to Generic Ltr 85-12 on Reactor Coolant Pump Trip Criteria.Addl Info Required ML20202C5721986-04-0303 April 1986 Sser Accepting Util 860304 Response to Generic Ltr 83-28, Item 4.3, Seismic Qualification of Shunt Trip Components ML20214E3631986-03-17017 March 1986 Safety Evaluation Supporting Amend 2 to CPPR-105 ML20154N7451986-03-10010 March 1986 Safety Evaluation Supporting Util 850819 Request to Withdraw Original Commitment to Provide Steam Leakage Collection Sys Around Certain Steam Valves 1999-04-09
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MONTHYEARL-99-154, Monthly Operating Repts for Sept 199 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1999-09-30030 September 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Sept 199 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with L-99-139, LER 99-S01-00:on 990813,uncompensated Loss of Ability to Detect within Single Intrusion Security Detection Zone Occurred.Caused by Procedure non-compliance.Involved Personnel Received Counseling Re Event.With1999-09-0202 September 1999 LER 99-S01-00:on 990813,uncompensated Loss of Ability to Detect within Single Intrusion Security Detection Zone Occurred.Caused by Procedure non-compliance.Involved Personnel Received Counseling Re Event.With L-99-140, Monthly Operating Repts for Aug 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1999-08-31031 August 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Aug 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with L-99-126, Monthly Operating Repts for Jul 1999 for Beaver Valley Power Station,Units 1 & 2.With1999-07-31031 July 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Jul 1999 for Beaver Valley Power Station,Units 1 & 2.With L-99-107, Monthly Operating Repts for June 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1999-06-30030 June 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for June 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20209D9531999-06-27027 June 1999 Inservice Insp Ninety-Day Rept Bvps,Unit 2 Outage 7,Year 1999 L-99-096, Monthly Operating Repts for May 1999 for BVPS Units 1 & 2. with1999-05-31031 May 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for May 1999 for BVPS Units 1 & 2. with L-99-078, Special Rept:On 990326,seismic Monitoring Instruments Were Declared Inoperable.Caused by Resolution of Potential TS Compliance Issue & Work Scheduling Issue.Instrumentation Was Returned to Svc Following Calibr & Declared Operable1999-05-0303 May 1999 Special Rept:On 990326,seismic Monitoring Instruments Were Declared Inoperable.Caused by Resolution of Potential TS Compliance Issue & Work Scheduling Issue.Instrumentation Was Returned to Svc Following Calibr & Declared Operable L-99-079, Monthly Operating Repts for Apr 1999 for Beaver Valley Power Station,Units 1 & 2.With1999-04-30030 April 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Apr 1999 for Beaver Valley Power Station,Units 1 & 2.With ML20205L0401999-04-0909 April 1999 SER Accepting Util Relief Requests for Inservice Insp Second 10-year Interval for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 L-99-054, Special Rept:On 990320,meteorological Tower Wind Speed Sensors Were Declared Inoperable.Caused by Calibration Completed by Vendor Did Not Adequately Cover Full Operating Range of Sensors.Removed Sensors & Sent Offsite1999-04-0505 April 1999 Special Rept:On 990320,meteorological Tower Wind Speed Sensors Were Declared Inoperable.Caused by Calibration Completed by Vendor Did Not Adequately Cover Full Operating Range of Sensors.Removed Sensors & Sent Offsite L-99-058, Monthly Operating Repts for Mar 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1999-03-31031 March 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Mar 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20196K7981999-03-25025 March 1999 Rev 4 to COLR, for Cycle 8 L-99-038, Monthly Operating Repts for Feb 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1999-02-28028 February 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Feb 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20203E1181999-02-10010 February 1999 SER Accepting Proposed Revs to Plant,Units 1 & 2 Quality Assurance Program Description L-99-019, Special Rept:On 990120,meteorological Tower Wind Speed Sensors Declared Inoperable.Caused by Processor Card for Sensor Locked Up & Needed to Be Reset.Heater That Fit Around Shaft of Sensor Replaced1999-02-0505 February 1999 Special Rept:On 990120,meteorological Tower Wind Speed Sensors Declared Inoperable.Caused by Processor Card for Sensor Locked Up & Needed to Be Reset.Heater That Fit Around Shaft of Sensor Replaced ML20196F7011999-01-31031 January 1999 BVPS Unit 2 Heatup & Cooldown Limit Curves During Normal Operation at 15 EFPY Using Code Case N-626 ML20203D4811999-01-31031 January 1999 Monthly Operating Repts for Jan 1999 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2, in Accordance with NRC GL 97-02.With ML20207E6631999-01-28028 January 1999 Rev 0 to EMECH-0713-1, Operational Assessment of SG Tubing at Beaver Valley Unit 1,Cycle 13 ML20210G7041999-01-22022 January 1999 BVPS Unit 1 Facility Changes,Tests & Experiments for 980123-990122 ML20207E5861998-12-31031 December 1998 Annual Rept 1998 for Toledo Edison ML20207E5601998-12-31031 December 1998 Annual Rept 1998 for Pennpower ML20198B9021998-12-31031 December 1998 BVPS Unit 1 Simulator Four Yr Certification Rept for 1995-1998 ML20207E5901998-12-31031 December 1998 Dqe 1998 Annual Rept to Shareholders ML20199C9971998-12-31031 December 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Dec 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20207E5521998-12-31031 December 1998 Annual Rept 1998 for Ohio Edison ML20207E5761998-12-31031 December 1998 Annual Rept 1998 for Illuminating Co ML20204J6751998-12-31031 December 1998 1998 Annual Rept for Dbnps,Unit 1,PNPP,Unit 1 & BVPS Units 1 & 2 ML20199F5341998-12-29029 December 1998 Safety Evaluation Granting Relief Requests 1-TYP-3-B3.140-1, 1-TYP-3-B5.70-1,1-TYP-3-RH-E-1-1,1-TYP-3-B-G-1, 1-TYP-3-APP-I-1,1-TYP-3-UT-1,1-TYP-3-N-509,1-TYP-3-N-521, 1-TYP-3-N-524,1-TYP-3-B3.120-1 & 1-TYP-3-C6.10-1 ML20198K8551998-12-21021 December 1998 SER Granting Relief Request PRR-5 for Third 10-year Inservice Testing for Beaver Valley Power Station,Unit 1 ML20198A1631998-12-0909 December 1998 SER Approving Implementation Program to Resolve USI A-46 at Facility That Has Adequately Addressed Purpose of 10CFR50.54(f) Request L-98-229, Monthly Operating Repts for Nov 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1998-11-30030 November 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Nov 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20195J3131998-11-12012 November 1998 Safety Evaluation Granting First & Second 10-yr Interval Inservice Insp Request for Relief L-98-210, Monthly Operating Repts for Oct 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1998-10-31031 October 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Oct 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20206G0291998-10-31031 October 1998 BVPS Unit 2 Facility Changes,Tests & Experiments for Period 971101-981031 ML20154R9121998-10-20020 October 1998 Safety Evaluation Accepting Proposed Changes to QA Program Description in Chapter 17.2 of BVPS-2 Ufsar.Proposed Changes Would Modify QA Organization to Allow Warehouse QC Inspectors to Report to Manager of Nuclear Procurement Dept ML20154P7491998-10-19019 October 1998 SE Accepting Second ten-year Interval Inservice Insp Request for Relief RR-1-TYP-2-B5.40-1,Rev 0,for Plant, Unit 1 ML20198F7611998-10-0606 October 1998 Duquesne Light Co,Beaver Valley Power Station 1998 Emergency Preparedness Ingestion Zone Exercise, Conducted on 981006 ML20154C6711998-10-0101 October 1998 Safety Evaluation Concluding That Revised Model Identified in Dl Submittal Was Appropriate for Analysis of Installed Conduit Ampacity Limits.Determined That There Are No Outstanding Safety Concerns with Respect to Ampacity ML20154D5001998-09-30030 September 1998 Special Rept on Overview of BVPS-1 & BVPS-2 TS Compliance Issues & Corrective Action Taken L-98-197, Monthly Operating Repts for Sept 1998 for Beaver Valley Power Station,Units 1 & 2.With1998-09-30030 September 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Sept 1998 for Beaver Valley Power Station,Units 1 & 2.With ML20154E2171998-09-28028 September 1998 Follow-up Part 21 Rept Re Defect with 1200AC & 1200BC Recorders Built Under Westronics 10CFR50 App B Program. Westronics Has Notified Bvps,Ano & RBS & Is Currently Making Arrangements to Implement Design Mods L-98-188, Special Rept:During 1998,Unit 2 SG Eddy Current exam,26 Tubes Were Improperly Encoded in SG 2RCS-SG21C During Previous Outage.Use of Independent Databases to Track New Indications Being Implemented as Preventive Measure1998-09-21021 September 1998 Special Rept:During 1998,Unit 2 SG Eddy Current exam,26 Tubes Were Improperly Encoded in SG 2RCS-SG21C During Previous Outage.Use of Independent Databases to Track New Indications Being Implemented as Preventive Measure L-98-178, Monthly Operating Repts for Aug 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with1998-08-31031 August 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Aug 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2. with ML20155B5871998-08-28028 August 1998 Non-proprietary Rev 1 to 51-5001925-01, Risk Assessment for Installation of Electrosleeves at BVPS & Callaway Plant ML20236X2351998-08-0505 August 1998 Part 21 Rept Re Defect Associated W/Westronics 1200AC & 1200BC Recorders Built Under Westronics 10CFR50,App B Program.Beaver Valley,Arkansas Nuclear One & River Bend Station Notified.Design Mod Is Being Developed L-98-168, Monthly Operating Repts for July 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 21998-07-31031 July 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for July 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2 L-98-157, Special Rept:On 980423,inoperability of Seismic Monitoring Instrument Noted.Caused by Obsolescence of Instrument & Inability to Obtain Necessary Spare Parts.Design Change Is Being Pursued to Obtain Replacement Product1998-07-29029 July 1998 Special Rept:On 980423,inoperability of Seismic Monitoring Instrument Noted.Caused by Obsolescence of Instrument & Inability to Obtain Necessary Spare Parts.Design Change Is Being Pursued to Obtain Replacement Product L-98-139, Monthly Operating Repts for June 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 21998-06-30030 June 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for June 1998 for Bvps,Units 1 & 2 L-98-119, Monthly Operating Repts for Bvps,Units 1 & 21998-05-31031 May 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Bvps,Units 1 & 2 1999-09-30
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION PROPOSED REVISION TO THE RPV SURVEILLANCE CAPSULE WITHDRAWAL SCHEDULE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION. UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-412 DUOVESNE LIGHT COMPANY FACILITY OPERATiMG LICENSE NO. NPF-73
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated March 27, 1996, as supplemented by letters dated January 2.
February 10, and February 13, 1997. Duquesne Light Company (the licensee) submitted for NRC review and approval o proposed change to the Beaver Valley Pcwer Station Unit No. 2 (BVPS-2), reactor vessel material surveillance arogram withdrawal schedule, a program required by Title 10 of the Code of rederal Peaulations Part 50, (10 CFR Part 50) Appendix H. In this request.
the licensee proposed to update their withdrawal schedule in BVPS-2, Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) Table 5.3-6, to reflect changes in the
)rojected vessei and capsule fluences due to the use of the state-of-the-art ENDF/B-VI cross section library.
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reaulations, Part 50, Appendix H, requires licensees to withdraw surveillance capsules periodically according to the capsule withdrawal schedule in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E185, " Standard Practice for Conducting Surveillance Tests for Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Vessels."Section III.B.1. of Appendix H further explains that "...the withdrawal schedule must meet the requirements of the edition of ASTM E185 that is current on the issue date of the ASME Code to which the reactor vessel was purchased. Later editions rray be used but including only those editions through 1982."
Additional guidance on the processing of changes to an existing withdrawal schedule has recently been published in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (USNRC) Commission Memorandum and Order, CLI-96-13, dated December 6,1996 in which the Commission reversed the decision of the Atomic Safety and Company Board (ASLB) in the matter of The Cleveland Electric Licensing's Illuminating 3roposed change to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant's withdrawal schedule. T1e Commission states that, " Contrary to the assumption made by the Licensing Board, we do not find that all such approvals [f.e. ,
withdrawal schedule changes, reviewer's note] are de facts license amendments," The Commission affirmed that, "Only those actions falling
'beyond the ambit of prescriptive authority granted under the license' 9704210170 970409 PDR P
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necessitate a license amendment," and that "the key consideration should be:
did the agency action " supplement" the existing operating authority prescribed in the license?" The staff understands these comments and the remainder of the Commission's Order indicates that changes to a facility's withdrawal schedule which do not conflict with the requirements in the facility's licensing basis (as established to meet the conditions of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix H) do not require a license amendment.
In its February 13, 1997 letter, the licensee noted that they had considered CU-96-13 and requested that the staff continue its r'eview based on the licensee's submittal referenced herein. The licensee therefore concluded that it was only required to request the staff's review and approval of this request and that no license amendment was necessary.
2.0 EVALUATION Tne staff has evaluated the licensee's submittal to verify two aspects of the proposed change. The staff first sought to confirm that they agreed with the licensee's technical basis for revising the withdrawal schedule. Next, the staff was required to determine if the licensee's conclusion that a license amendment was not required in this case to support the requested change was valid.
The basis for the changes to the withdrawal schedule proposed by the licensee was the result of updated fluence (E > 1.0 MeV) calculations performed by Westinghouse for the BVPS-2' reactor vessel and surveillance capsules. The staff-has recently examined the Westinghouse methodology in detail in conjunction with its review of the updated Palisades Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS) assessment in a letter dated December 20, 1996 to Consumers Power Company. In Reference 6 of that letter, the staff noted that validity of the modifications to the neutron group-fluxes as a result of the FERRET log-normal least-squares fitting routine had not yet been confirmed by the staff. In fact it is noted that, "A major concern with the application of the FERRET adjustment is that, while the adjustment does provide a best fit of the measured data, the dosimeter cross sections, measured reaction rates and calculated spectrum adjustments are made without any physical basis." The staff has not completed its review of the FERRET code and does not approve its use in calculating absolute fluence values at this time. Furthermore, for the purposes of this review, the staff has not stLrnoted to resolve other issues regarding the use of a measured fluence-to-calcubted fluence bias or
" weighing factor". Therefore, the determination telow by the staff regarding the acceptability of the fluence values for BVPS-2 g1en in WCAP-14484 for revising the Appendix H withdrawal schedule is not an approval of these values for other applications, i.e., PTS assessment or the def;nition of pressure-temperature limit curves.
The BVPS-2 vessel's withdrawal schedule is based on the 4-capsule withdrawal scheme given in ASTM E185-82 The first two capsules have already been withdrawn and, as such, the proposed schedule modifications only apply to the third and fourth capsules. These capsules are designated in the licensee's
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l request as capsule W and capsule X. respectively. Table 1 in E185-82 re uires that the third capsule be withdrawn at 15' Effective Full-Power Year (EFP ) or "at the time when the accumulated neutron fluence of the capsule corresponds to the approximate E0L fluence at the reactor vessel inner wall location.
whichever comes first." ;
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Likewise, the standard would require that the fourth capsule be withdrawn no later than E0L. but with the proviso that it accumulates a fluence "not less than once or greater than twice the Jeak E0L vessel fluence. The licensee's fluence evaluation
! wouldbe3.85x10',deterginedthattiepeakvesselinnerwallE0Lfluence '
n/cm (E > 1.0 MeV). Thelicenseehasdetermipe scheduling capsule W to be removed at 10 EFPY (fluence 2 n/cm )- 3.g x 10 ' d and ca)sule X to be removed at 13 EFPY (fluence - 5.77 x 10 n/cm ) would i 4
meet t1ese requirements. '
4 While the staff's concerns regarding the Westinghouse methods for determining the absolute fluence values have not yet been resolved, the staff concurs with the licensee's assessment in this submittal. The adjustments made by the ;
i application of the dosimetry information and the FERRET code to the values i determined from the forward neutron trans) ort calculation are applied to both the fluences at the capsules and at the R3V wall. These adjustments are in the form of a multiplicative bias or " weighing factor" based on the ratio of the measured-to-calculated fluence values. Since all fluences (and the flux i
_ values for projecting the accumulated fluence at some point in the future) are ,
subject to the same multiplicative " weighing factor" (0.94 in this case) their !
values relative to each other do not change. Therefore, while the absolute i
. value of the fluences would be higher if this " weighing factor" were not
i included, the EFPY value at which the two remaining surveillance capsules
- would reach the appropriate fractions of the RPV E0L fluence would not be expected to change. Based on these considerations and the a) plication of the l requirements of ASTM E185-82, the staff finds the technical 3 asis for the i
proposed revision to be acceptable.
The staff has also examined the issue of whether a license amendment is required to implement the changes requested by the licensee. BVPS-2 Technical Specification (TS) 4.4.9 notes that the program's withdrawal schedule will be !
conducted in accordance with Appendix H to 10 CFR Part 50 and the bases for !
this TS reference Table 5.3-6 of the BVPS-2 UFSAR. Although the withdrawal I schedule of the original licensing basis was based on the 1973 edition of ASTM l Standard E 185. licensees are permitted by 10 CFR Part 50. Appendix H.Section III.B.1.' to update their withdrawal schedules to comply with editions of the E 185 up to and including the 1982 edition. As noted previously, the current withdrawal schedule in UFSAR Table 5.3-6 is based on ASTM E185-82 and was ,
submitted by the licensee and approved by the staff with the analysis of the l first surveillance capsule in 1990. Therefore, the staff has determined that the current licensing basis for the BVPS-2 withdrawal schedule references ASTM E 185-82. that the changes pro)osed by the licensee are consistent with their ,
current licensing basis and, t1erefore, per CLI-96-13. do not require a license amendment.
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3.0 CONCLUSION
The staff has concluded that notwithstanding the reservations noted above i
regarding the absolute fluence values for the surveillance capsule and the l i RPV, a technical basis exists for the withdrawal schedule changes proposed by l the licensee. The staff has also concluded that the licensee need not submit 4
' a licensee amendment to request the staff's approval to implement these changes. Therefore, the staff concludes that the licensee may implement the changes to Table 5.3-6 of the BVPS-2 UFSAR as requested in the original
- submittal dated March 27, 1996, which is shown in Table 1 of this SE.
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TABLE 1 Recommended Surveillance Caosule Removal Schedule for the j Beaver Vallev Unit 2 Reactor Vessel i
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- U 343 3.27 1.24 6.01 x 10* I i V 107 3.67 5.98 2.64 x 10
- W 110 3.22 10 3.85 x 10 ' 1 !
X 287 3.67 13 5.77 x 10
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- Z 340 3.22 Standby -----------
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