ML20202H954

Forwards SE Accepting Request That NRC Approve Changes to EALs Used in Classification of Emergency Conditions

ML20202H954
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/03/1999
From:	Alexion T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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ML20202H959	List: ML20202H954 ML20202H962
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TAC-MA1650, TAC-MA1651, NUDOCS 9902090013
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4-Mr. William T. Cottle February 3, 1999 President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company

- South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289  ;

Wadsworth, TX 77483 l

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF EMERGENCY ACTION LEVELS, SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (STP) (TAC NOS. MA1650 AND MA1651)

Dear Mr. Cottle:

By letter dated April 22,1998, STP Nuclear O ' perating Company requested Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval for a change to the Emergency Action Levels (EALs) used in classification of emergency conditions. This EAL change is part of the corrective actions made in response to the identification of an error in the steam generatorjust-in-narrow-range emergency operating procedure setpoint.

The NRC staff has completed its review of the proposed change as discussed in the enclosed Safety Evaluation. The staff concludes that the changes, as written, meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4) and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Thomas W. Alexion, Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1

^ Division of Reactor Projects lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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• • • • • February 3. 1999 Mr. William T. Cottle President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 -

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF EMERGENCY ACTION LEVELS, SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (STP) (TAC NOS. MA1650 AND MA1651)

Dear Mr. Cottle:

By letter dated April 22,1998, STP Nuclear Operating Company requested Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval for a change to the Emergency Action Levels (EALs) used in

- classification of emergency conditions. This EAL change is part of the corrective actions made in response to the identification of an error in the steam generatorjust-in-narrow-range emergency operating procedure setpoint.

The NRC staff has completed its review of the proposed change as discussed in the enclosed Safety Evaluation. The staff concludes that the changes, as written, meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4) and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.

Sincerely, l

• X @ hl\ . ' (f/V Thomas W. Alexion, Project anager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc w/ encl: See next page I

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STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Mr. Cornelius F. O'Keefe Jack R. Newman, Esq.

Senior Resident inspector - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1800 M Street, N.W.

P. O. Box 910 Washington, DC 20036-5869

. Bay City, TX 77414 Mr. T. H. Cloninger Vice President A. Ramirez/C. M. Canady Engineering & Technical Services City of Austin STP Nuclear Operating Company -

Electric Utility Department P. O. Box 289 721 Barton Springs Road Wadsworth,TX 77483 Austin,TX 78704 Office of the Govemor Mr. M. T. Hardt ATTN: John Howard, Director Mr. W. C. Gunst Environmental and Natural City Public Service Board Resources Policy P. O. Box 1771 P. O. Box 12428 San Antonio,TX 78296 Austin, TX 78711 Mr. G. E. Vaughn/C. A. Johnson Jon C. Wood Central Power and Light Company Matthews & Branscomb P. O. Box 289 One Alamo Center Mail Code: N5012 106 S. St. Mary's Street, Suite 700 Wadsworth,TX 74483 San Antonio, TX 78205-3692 INPO Arthur C. Tate, Director Records Center Division of Compliance & Inspection 700 Galleria Parkway Bureau of Radiation Control Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Regional Administrator, Region IV Austin,TX 78756 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Jim Calloway Arlington,TX 76011 Public Utility Commission of Texas Electric Industry Analysis D. G. Tees /R. L. Balcom P. O. Box 13326 Houston Lighting & Power Co. Austin, TX 78711-3326 P. O. Box 1700 Houston,TX 77251 Judge, Matagorda County Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414

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