ML20238F531
| ML20238F531 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/31/1998 |
| From: | Beckner W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Jennifer Davis NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (FORMERLY NUCLEAR MGMT & |
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| NUDOCS 9809030431 | |
| Download: ML20238F531 (3) | |
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August 31, 1998 Mr. James Davis Nuclea.' Energy Institute 1776 Eye Street, N. W.
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Dear Mr. Davis:
In response to your letter dated August 6,1998, we plan to host a meeting for the technical specifications task force (TSTF) on September 24,1998, and we look forward to receiving your agenda ,
as soon as possible. This would allow the staff to facilitate a review of specified items as well as I personnel availability.-
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We appreciate your thoughts on the staff interface with the TSTF, and in that light we would like to explore with the TSTF, process improvements to achieve progress in a less resource-intensive manner on safety or significant operational issues rather than on style, format (TSTF-255), and preference issues.
In addition to process improvement, the following are issues upon which the NRC feels both the staff as well as industry should focus and give priority: i e Response time testing (TSTF-111, R.1).
e RPS and ESFAS instrumentation (industry's proposed re-submittal of TSTF-135) e Industry initiative on using condition monitoring to achieve superior instrument calibration as well as longer surveillance intervals to increase availability.
e Ice condensers.
e BWR Secondary containment doors (TSTF-018).
- SRs that require a licensee to enter LCO 3.0.3 to perform.
e Administrative Controls (TSTF-258)
The staff requests that the TSTF address progress on these issues at the start of the /[
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l Mr. Jimss Davis August 31, 1998 Please contact me at (301) 415-1161 or e-mail wdb@nrc. gov if you have any questions or need further information on these proposed changes.
Sincerely, Original Signed By William D. Beckner, Chief Technical Specifications Branch
. Associate Director for Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: N. Clarkson, BWOG D. Wuokko, BWOG B. Ford, BWROG J. Volkoff, CEOG D. Bushbaum, WOG D. Hoffman, EXCEL DISTRIBUTION: E-mail: WDBeckner Hard copy: TSB Staff File Center TSB Reading File PUBLIC i DOCUMENT NAME: 0 \DLJ\08278NEl LTH 'Isee previous concurrences)
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. .. l Mr. James D:vis August 31, 1998 Please contact me at (301) 415-1161 or e-mail wdb@nrc. gov if you have any questions or need further information on these proposed changes.
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William D. Beckner, Chief Technical Specifications Branch Associate Director for Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: N. Clarkson, BWOG D. Wuokko, BWOG B. Ford, BWROG J. Volkoff, CEOG D. Bushbaum, WOG D. Hoffman, EXCEL l
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