ML20211B723

Requests That Util Suppl Proposed Tech Spec Change Request Re Region 2 Spent Fuel Pool & Significant Hazards Consideration Based on Use of Methodology Not Previously Approved by NRC

ML20211B723
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	02/12/1987
From:	Hood D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
TAC-60845, TAC-60846, NUDOCS 8702190524
Download: ML20211B723 (2)

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Docket Nos.: 50-369 and 50-370-Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company y 8 IfB 422 South Church Street D Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 -

Subject:

Proposed Technical Specification Change Regarding Region 2 of the Spent Fuel Pool - McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Your letter of February 17, 1986, requested changes to the McGuire Technical Specifications (TSs) to allow spent fuel to be stored in Region 2 of the spent fuel pool if first qualified by analysis. .In subsequent discussions with Mr. J. B. Day of your company, I stated that your Technical Justifi-cation and Analysis of Significant Hazards Consideration are predicated upon the use of NRC approved methodology, but that the proposed TS change is not so constrained.

In response to this discussion with Mr. Day, your letter of February 5,1987 proposed to revise associated Bases 3/4.9.12 to state, in part, that "The surveillance requirements applicable to fuel storage in the spent fuel pool ensure that: (1) fuel stored in Region 2 meets the enrichment and burnup limits of-Table 3.9-1 or the K 0.95 acceptance criteria of an analysis using NRC approved methodology,.ff".. . We find that this change in the bases does not eliminate the concern conveyed to Mr. Day.

Accordingly, we request that you (1) supplement your Technical Justification and Analysis of Significant Hazards Consideration based on use of methodology not previously approved by the NRC, or that you (2) revise the proposed change to the TS to be conditioned upon use of NRC approved methodology.

Your reply is requested within 30 days of this letter. Contact me at (301) 492-8961 if you have any questions.

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Mr. A.V. Carr, Esq. Dr. John M. Barry Duke Power Company Department of Environmental Health P. O. Box 33189 Mecklerburg County 422 South Church Street 1200 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Charlotte, North Carolina 23203 County Manager of Mecklenburg County 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Chairman, North Carolina Utilities Comission Mr. Robert Gill Dobbs Building Duke Power Company 430 North Salisbury Street Nuclear Production Department Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 P. O. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief Radiation Protection Branch J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq. Division of Facility Services Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell Department of Human Resources and Reynolds 701 Barbour Drive 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-2008 Washington, D. C. 20036 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Route 4, Box 529 Hunterville, North Carolina 28078 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 L. L. Williams Area Manager, Mid-South Area ESSD Projects Westinghouse Electric Corporation . .

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