ML20197B675
| ML20197B675 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1998 |
| From: | Kugler A NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9803110301 | |
| Download: ML20197B675 (4) | |
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Fbrch 5, 1998 LICENSEE:
Detroit Edison Company FACILITY:
Fermi 2 Nuclear Plant
SUBJECT:
TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF LICENSING SUBMITTALS FOR FERMI 2 On February 20,1998, I contacted members of the Fermi 2 Licensing staff to discuss issues related to the quality of licensing submittals. I had previously told the licensee which submittals I wanted to discuss (Enclosure 1). Participants in the call are listed in Enclosure 2.
After I presented the problems that existed in some recent submittals, the licensee explained steps that it has taken to ensure high quality submittals. The licensee entered the problems into its corrective action program for evaluation and action. A small team was formed for the evaluation. The six submittats from the licensee dated January 28,1998, received extra revi.ws by editors and technical personnel. The licensee has also developed a template intended to guide authors through the development of a submittal that supplies all of the necessary information in the correct format. It appears that the actions described should correct the problems that were encountered. The NRC will continue to assess the quality of submittals in the future.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Andrew J. Kugler, Project Manager Project Directorate Ill 1 Division of Reactor Projects Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50 341 l1
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John Flynn, Esquire Mr. Douglas R. Gipson Senior Attorney Senior Vice President Detroit Edison Company Nuclear Generation.
2000 Second Avenue Detroit Edison Company Detroit, Michigan 48226 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd P. O. Box 30630 CPH Mailroom Lansing, Michigan 4890g-8130 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident inspector's Office 6450 W. Dixie Highway Newport, Michigan 48166 Monroe County Emergency Management Division 963 South Raisinville Monroe, Michigan 48161 Regional Administrator, Region 111 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Norman K. Peterson Director, Nuclear Licensing Detroit Edison Company Fermi 2 280 TAC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Michigan 48166 August 1997
Problems Encountered in Fermi Licensina Submittals 1.
The power range neutron monitoring amendment was missing an affected technical specification page (NRC 97-0105). The missing page was 3/4 3 44a which contains control rod block setpoints. The contents of the section on that page for rod blocks associated with reactor coolant system recirculation flow were to be removed or relocated.
2.
The recirculation motor-generator set stops amendment (NRC 97-0037) contained a substantive word omission in the no significant hazards consideration discussion. The response to question 2 originally read, in part The proposed... change does result in any changes to the design...or operation of the plant...
3.
The original submittal for valve relief requests VR 63 & VR-64 (NRC 97-0001) did not conform with the guidance of NUREG 1482,' Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants," April 1995. No alternative testing was proposed short of the current exercise although the NUREG specifically stated that simply verifying that the valves function is not an acceptable attemative. A revised submittal was prepared after the NRC raised this issue.
4.
The original submittal for the Cycle 6 minimum critical power ratio (MCPR) amendment (NRC 96-0075) failed to provide adequate information to support the MCPR Safety Limit adjustment for single loop operation. Previous single loop adders for this same fuel were 0.01. In the Cycle 6 submittal this value was changed to 0.02. The staff requested and received additional information to explain this change.
ENCLOSURE 1
i TELEPHONE CONFERENCE ATTENDEES FOR FEBRUARY 20,1998, FERMI 2 CALL ON THE QUALITY OF LICENSING SUBMITTALS bl6ME AFFILIATION Andrew Kugler NRC/NRR/DRPWIPD31. Project Manager Rodney Johnson Detroit Edison, Supervisor, Licensing Hari Arora Detroit Edison, Licensing Engineer Steve Cashell Detroit Edison, Compliance Engineer ENCLOSURE 2