ML20210T202

Forwards Draft SE Accepting Licensee Proposed Conversion of Plant,Units 1 & 2 Current TSs to Its.Its Based on Listed Documents

ML20210T202
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Site:	Farley
Issue date:	08/06/1999
From:	Padovan L NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Dennis Morey SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.
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TAC-MA1364, TAC-MA1365, NUDOCS 9908190032
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l Mr. D. N. Morey Vice President - Farley Project Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, RE: DRAFT SAFETY l EVALUATION FOR PROPOSED CONVERSION TO IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NOS. MA1364 and MA1365)

Dear Mr. Morey:

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Enclosure 1 is our draft Safety Evaluation (SE) for your proposed conversion of the Joseph M.

I Farley Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2, current Technical Specifications (CTS) to the improved Technical Specifications (ITS). The ITS are based on the following documents:

The CTS.

NUREG-1431, " Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants," Revision 1, dated April 1995.

Guidance provided in the Commission's " Final Policy Statement on Technical Specifications improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors," published on July 22,1993 (SB FR 39132).

i Enclosure 2 includes tables that summarize CTS changes. We based our tables on our review of your application dated March 12,1998. We based our SE on our review of your application dated March 12,1998, as supplemented by your letters dated as follows:

l April 24,1998 August 20,1998 l

- November 20,1998 l -

February 20,1999

- April 30,1999

- May 28,1999

- June 30,1999 July 27,1999 We also discussed plant-specific issues, including design features, requirements, and operating i practices with you during a series of conference calls and meetings that concluded on April 20,1999. Section 3.G of our draft SE addresses beyond-scope issues. p 37n003 g l' l

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Mr. D. N. Morey l We are giving you the enclosed draft SE for your review to verify its accuracy and to prepare the  ;

certified Farley Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2, ITS that you will submit to us for issuance in the I conversion amendment. We gave an electronic copy of our draft SE and the tables to your staff.

We are still resolving issues related to Limiting Conditions for Operation in Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.8, and are still completing our SE input for ITS 5.5.7. Please send us your comments in writing within 20 days of receipt of this letter and send us the certified ITS and ITS Bases within 30 days of receipt of this letter. We willincorporate changes, as appropriate, in our final SE before issuing the ITS amendment after we have reviewed your comments. Our conclusions in the enclosed draft SE are not valid until we issue our final SE. j Also, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please submit a license condition for an Appendix C to the Farley, Units 1 and 2, licenses. The license condition needs to commit Southern Nuclear l Operating Company to transfer CTS requirements, as described in your letters and our enclosed draft SE, into licensee-controlled documents. Additionally, please submit a similar license condition for (1) each commitment to complete a future action on the ITS that you have included in your above letters and (2) the schedule for performing new and revised ITS surveillances related to implementing the iTS. Enclosure 3 contains acceptable examples of license conditions. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely, LNk"kadoN"nhrkdct Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate 11 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 i

Enclosures:

1. Draft Safety Evaluation

2. CTS Discussion of Change Tables

3. Acceptable License Conditions cc w/o Encl. 2: See next page l

DISTRIBUTION: OGC PD 11-1 R/F Docket File SBlack PSkinner, Ril i PUBLIC ACRS HBerkow l

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\PDii-1\Farley\lTS SE-Combined.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without enclosures "E" = Copy with enclosures "N" = No copy ,O OFFICE PDil-1/PM E_ PDil-1/LA 6 RTSB C hB/B1 PDil-1/SC NAME MPadovan CHawes CM CSchulten OYh Beckner REmch DATE 8/ 0 /99 8/ b /99 8/ h /99 \ 8/ (j /99 8/ h /99 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY j

I Mr. D. N. Morey We are giving you the enclosed draft SE for your review to verify its accuracy and to prepare the o certified Farley Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2, ITS that you will submit to us for issuance in the conversion amendment. We gave an electronic copy of our draft SE and the tables to your staff.

We are still resolving issues related to Limiting Conditions for Operation in Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.8, and are still completing our SE input for ITS 5.5.7. Please send us your comments in l writing within 20 days of receipt of this letter and send us the certified ITS and ITS Bases within l 30 days of receipt of this letter. We will incorporate changes, as appropriate, in our final SE l

_ before issuing the ITS amendment after we have reviewed your comments. Our conclusions in l - the enclosed draft SE are not valid until we issue our final SE. j l 1 l

' Also, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please submit a license condition for an Appendix C to the Farley, Units 1 and 2, licenses. The license condition needs to commit Southern Nuclear Operating Company to transfer CTS requirements, as described in your letters and our enclosed draft SE, into licensee-controlled documents. Additionally, please submit a similar license condition for (1) each commitment to complete a future action on the ITS that you have included

in your above letters and (2) the schedule for performing new and revised ITS surveillances i l related to implementing the ITS. Enclosure 3 contains acceptable examples of license l l conditions.- Please contact me if you have any questions. l i

l Sincerely,

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L. Mark Padovan, Project Manager, Section 1 i Project Directorate ll  !

Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 l

Enclosures:

1. . Draft Safety Evaluation j

! 2. CTS Discussion of Change Tables i l

3. Acceptable License Conditions l l l cc w/ encl: See next page i

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:

Mr. L. M. Stinson Rebecca V. Badham General Manager - SAER Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 P. O. Box 470 Ashford, Alabama 36312 Ashford, Alabama 36312 Mr. Mark Ajiuni, Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 1095 Mr. M. Stanford Blanton Balch and Bingham Law Firm Post Office Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Mr. J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health 434 Monroe Street Montgomery. Alabama 36130-1701 l Chairman Houston County Commission l Post Office Box 6406 Dothan, Alabama 36302 l

Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

, 7388 N. State Highway 95 l Colunibia, Alabama 36319