ML20199J692
| ML20199J692 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 11/21/1997 |
| From: | Cotton K NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | James Knubel POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
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| NUDOCS 9711280201 | |
| Download: ML20199J692 (3) | |
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m Mr. James Knubel November 21,-1997 Chief Nuclear Officer Power Authority of.the State of Nes York 123 Main-Street White Plains, NY 10601
SUBJECT:
LETTER'TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI) ON IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS) FORMAT
Dear Mr.-Knubel:
On October 29, 1997, the NRC sent a letter to NEI on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS convorsion licens e amendment. We have. enclosed a copy of the-NEI letter for your information and consideration in your efforts to convert to-the. improved STS.
If you have any questions, please call me at (301) 415-1438.
Sincerely.
Original Signed by:
Karen R. Cotton Karen R. Cotton, Acting Project Manager Project Directorate I-l Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor. Regulation Docket No. 50-333
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November 21.-1997 Mr. James Knubel-Chief Nuclear Officer Power Authority of the State of New York 123 Main Street White Plains, NY 10601
SUBJECT:
LETTER TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI) ON IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS) FORMAT
Dear Mr. Knubel:
On October 29, 1997, the NRC sent a-letter to NEI on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS conversion license amendment. We have enclosed a copy of the NEI letter for your information and consideration in your efforts to convert to the improved STS.
If you have any questions, please call me at (301) 415-1438.
Sincerely,
/4%L h Karen R. Cotton, Acting Project Manager Project Directorate I-l Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-333
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of New York 123 Main. Street-123 Main Street White Plain:, NY 10601 White Plains, NY 10601
-Ms. Charlene D. Faison Mr. Gerard Goering Director-Nuclear Licensing 28112 Bayview Drive Power Authority of the State Red Wing, MN 55066
.of New York 123 Main Street Mr.-James Gagliardo
. White Plains, NY 10601' Safety Review Committee 708 Castlewood Avenue Supervisor-Arlington, TX 76012 Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Mr. Arthur Zaremba, Licensing Oswego,-NY 13126 Manager James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear-Mr.. Eugene W. Zeltmann Power Plant President-and Chief' Operating P.O.. Box 41 __ 13093 Officer Lycoming, NY Power Authority _of:the State
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Mr. James Davis Nudear Energy institute-1775 Eye Street, N.W.
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Dear Mr. Davis:
On October 24,1997, the staff issued a license amendment for the H.B. Robinson 2 conversion
- to the improved Standard Technical Specifications (STS). This a the 12th conversion to the improved STS, which will result in 16 units ope sting with these technical specifications. The Robinson conversion is unique in that it served.s 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
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addition, the Robinson conversl>n amendment included a new license condition to ensure that surveillance schedules are not perturbed by the conversion to the improved STS. -This amendment also contains a licensee condition to enforce licensee commitments to relocate l
4tems removed from the technical specifications to the appropriate licensee-controlled documents. This latter license condition is similar to one that is now being used by the staff for other relocations.
A key feature of the revised SE !s a series of tables containing summary descriptions and i
categories of the changes '.o the technical specificatiorst as a result of the conversion, it is our expectation that licensees will prrvide these tables to the staff late in the review process as the I
j staff starts to write the SE. No change in the format of the initial submittalis being requested.
However, licensees should be aware of this expectation so that they can ensure that their data bases and word processing can easily generate these tables from existing submittal 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 tG06.
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