ML20215M460

Forwards Revised Page 204A to Amend 49 to License DPR-35, Changing Tech Spec 3.10.B Re Reactor Core Monitoring During Fuel Handling Operations,Per Util 860828 Submittal

ML20215M460
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	10/16/1986
From:	Zwolinski J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Lydon J BOSTON EDISON CO.
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• .i*g- ) *,' I t NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION f WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 k ,[ October 16, 1986 Docket No. 50-293 Mr. James M. Lydon Chief Operating Officer Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199

SUBJECT:

SPIRAL UNLOADING BASES CHANGE Re: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station By letter dated August 28, 1986, you provided a new page 204A to be incorporated into the technical specifications for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Page 204A describes the bases for Technical Specification 3.10.8 which requires reactor core monitoring during fuel handling operations.

The only change noted on the page is the substitution of the phrase "During selected refueling outages" for the initial phrase of the footnote, which currently states:

"During the 1981 refueling outage, prior to initiating spiral unloading, the central control cell will be removed to facilitate inspection of Core Spray Spargers."

According to 10 CFR 50.36(a), changes in the bases are not considered technical specification changes which require NRC approval. However, the current footnote was added to page 204A when Amendment 49 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 was issued on October 2,1981. The staff's safety evaluation which supports that amendment concluded that the shutdawn margin of Pilgrim reactor will not be reduced by removal of the centrally controlled cell. That conclusion is not affected by your change in the footnote. We also agree that the change in the footnote is needed to be consistent with your current plans for inspection of the core spray spargers.

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d October 16, 1986 Mr. James M. Lydon -A copy of the revised bases page is enclosed. We do not possess a Boston Edison Contreilled Copy of the Pilgrim Technical Specifications in which to file the revise page, as you requested. However, it will be incorporated with the official NRC-issued Technical Specifications.

Sincerely, Orig,inal sia>2ed by:

John A. Zwolinski, Director BWR Project Directorate #1 Division of BWR Licensing

Enclosure:

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Mr. Alfred E. Pedersen, Station Manager Boston Edison Company RFD #1, Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Resident inspector's Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Pox 867 Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Chairman, Board of Selectmen 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Office of the Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Ouality Engineering One Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Office of the Attorney General 1 Ashburton Place 19th Floor ,

Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Mr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health 150 Tremont Street, 2nd Floor ,

Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Regional Administrator, Region 1 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Mr. James D. Keyes i Boston Edison Company 25 Braintree Hill Office Park Braintree, Massachusetts 02184

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