ML20199H654

Forwards NRC Sent to NEI on Plant Recent Improved STS Conversion License Amend

ML20199H654
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Site:	Monticello, Prairie Island
Issue date:	11/21/1997
From:	Hannon J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 9711260184
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Mr. Roger O. Anderson, Director Nuclear Energy Engineering

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LETTER TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEl) ON IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS) FORMAT

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Dear Mr. Anderson:

On October 29,1997, the NRC sent a letter to NEl on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS conversion license amendment. We have enclosed a copy of the NEl letter for your information and consideration in your efforts to convert to the improved STS.

If you have any questions, please call Tae Kim at 301415-1392 or Beth Wetzel at 301-415 1355.

t Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY John N. Hannon, Director Project Directorate lll 1 Division of Reactor Projects - lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-263,50-282,50 306 tinclosure: As stated cc w/ encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION w/ encl:

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Northern States Power Company Wright County Government Center 414 Nicollet Mall 10 NW Second Street Minneapolis, Minnesot6 55401 Buffalo, Minnesota 55313 J. E. Silberg, Esquire Adonis A. Nebiett Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Assistant Attorney General

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Suite 900 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 2127 Resident inspector's Office 2837 W. County Road 75 Plant Manager

- Monticello, Minnesota 55362 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Plant Managar Northern States Power " mpany Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 1717 Wakonade Drive East ATTN: Site Licensing Welch, Minnesota 55089 Northern States Po ver Company 2807 West County Road 75 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monticello, Minnesota 55362 9637 Resident inspector's Office 1719 Wekonade Drive East Robert Nelson, President Welch, Mirinesota 55089 9642 Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA)

Mr. Jeff Cole, Auditor / Treasurer 1051 South McKnight Road Goodhue County Courthouse St. Paul, Minnesota 55119 Box 408 Red Wing, Minnesota 55066 0408 Commissioner Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Site Licensing 520 Lafayette Road Prairie Island Nuclear Generating St. Paul, Minnesota 55119 Plant Nc,rthern States Power Company Regional Administrator, Region til 1717 Wakenade Drive East U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Welch, Minnesota 55089 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532 4351 Tribal Council Prairie Island Indian Community Commissioner of Health ATTN: Environmental Department Minnesota Department of Health 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road 717 Delaware Street, S. E.

Welch, M.nnesota 55089 Minneapolis, Minnesotn 55440 Kris Sanda, Commissioner Department of Public Service 121 Seventh Place East Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 2145

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- Mr. James Devis Nodder EnerTyinstitu6e 1775 Eye Street, N.W.

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Dear Mr. Devis:

1 On October 24,19g7, the staff issued a license emendment for the H.B. Robinson 2 conversion to the inproved Standard Technical Specifications (STS). This is the 12th conversion to the improved STS, which will result in 18 units operating with these technical specifloations. The Robinson conversion is unique in that it served as a pilot for the development by NRC of a new format for the safety evaluation (SE) which should result in staff resource savings and more timely reviews, while at the same time providing a clearer and more succinct product. In addition, the Robinson conversion amendment included a new license condition to ensure that surveillance schedules are not perturbed by the conversion to the improved STS. This amendmord also contains a licensee coadition to enforce licensee commitments to relocate

i llems removed from the technical specifications to the appropriate licensee-controlled documents. This latter Loense coMition is similar to one that is now being used by the staff for other relocations.

l A key feature of the revised SE is a series of tables containing summary descriptions and i

categories of the changes te th. lechnical specifications as a resuN of the conversion. M is our expectation that licensees will provide these tables to the staff late in the review process as the i

staff starts to wrHe the SE. No change in the format of the initial submittalls being requested.

However, licensees should be aware of this expectation so that they can e,'sure that their data

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l bases and word processing can easily Denerate these tables from existing wubmittal material at the appropriate point in time. We request that you make the availability of this amendment and revised SE format widely known throughout the industry and include a reference to it in your planned update to NEl 96-06.

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