ML20247M689

Amend 128 to License NPF-39,documenting NRC Staff Approval of Implementation of Plant Mod to Support Installation of Replacement Suction Strainers for ECCS at Plant,Unit 1

ML20247M689
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	05/14/1998
From:	Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-352 4 LIMERICK GENERATING STATION. UNIT 1 l AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE 1

Amendment No.128 License No. NPF-3g -l l

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1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

l A. The application for amendment by Philadelphia Electric Company (the licensee) 'l dated October 6,1997, as supplemented Fetruary 2 and May 13,1998, complies 1 with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 .

CFR ChapterI; B. The facility will operate in conformity witn the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment  :

can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii)  !

that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

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2. Accordingly, the license is amended to add paragraph 2.C.(16) to Facility Operating Ucense No. NPF-39 as follows:

(16) AdditionalConditions t The Additional Conditions contained in Appendix C, as revised through Amendment No.

128 are hereby incorporated Ir to this license. Philadelphia Electric Company shall operate the facility in accordance with the Additional Condnions.

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! 3. This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY i- COMMISSION T s L . J a .. C e r e J Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate 1-2 1 Division of Reactor Projects - t/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachment:

1. Pages 7 and 9 of Ucense* No. NPF-39

2. Page 1 of Appendix C Date of lasuance: May 14, 1998

• Pages 7 and 9 of the license and page 1 of Appendix C are attached, for convenience, for the composite license to reflect this change.

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7 (14) ftefuelina Floor Volume Connection to Standby Gas Treatment System (Section 6.2.3. SSER-2 and SSER-11 Prior to any roovement of irradia%d fuel within the refueling floor volume the licensee shall complete and test all modifications required to connect the refueling floor volume to standby gas treatment system. During the interim period, the !!cens6e shall not remove the reactor pressure vessel head prior to the NRC staff review and approval.

(15) Ememency Plannino Procedures Subiect to 44 CFR Par 1350 in the event the NRC finds that the lack of progress in completion of the procedures in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's final rule, 44 CFR Part 350, !s an indication that a major substantive problem ex!sts in achieving or ma'ntaining an adequate state of emergency properedness, the provisions of 10 CFR Section 50.54(s)(2) will apply.

l l' (16) Additional Conditions The Additional Conditions contained in Appendix C, as revised through Amendment No.128 are hereby incorporated into this licer.se.

Philadelphia Electric Company shall operate the facility !n accordance with the Additional Conditions.

I D. The facility requires exemptions from certain requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.

l These include (a) exemption from General Design Critoria (GDC) 61 of Appendix A, operation of that portion of the standby gas treatment system (SGTS) that serves the refueling area until the first refueling (Section 6.2.3 of SSER-2 and SSER 3) , (b) exemption from GDC 56 of Appendix A, the requirement for additional automatic containment isolation valves for the hydrogen recombiner lines and the requirement for automatic isolation of existing isolation valves in the Drywell Chilled Water (DCW) and the Reactor Enclosure Cooling Water (RECW) systems until prior to startup following the first refueling outage (Section 6.2.4.2 of the SER, SSER-1 and SSER-3), (c) exemption from GDC-1g of Aopendix A, as related to the requirement for redundant remote shutdown capability (Section 7.4.2.3 of SSER-3 and SSER-5),

(d) exemption from the requirement of Appendix J, the testing of containment mir locks at times when the containment integrity is not required (Section 6.2.6.1 of the SER and SSER-3), (e) exemption from the requirements of Appendix J, the l leak rate testing of the Main Steam isolation Valves (MSIVs) at the peak calculated containment pressure, Pa, and exemphon from the roouirements of Appendix J that the measured MSIV lesk rates be included in the summation for

l. the local leak rate test (Section 6.2.6 of SSER-3), (f) exemption from the l requirement of Appendix .1, the local leak rate testing of the Traveming incore Probe Shear Valves (Sochon 6.2.6 of the SER and SSER-3), (g) a one time I exemption from the recluiratoent of Appendix J to perform local leak Amendment No. 446: 128 l

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H. This license is effective es of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight .

on October 26,2024.

1 FOR THE NUCEAR REGUt.ATORY COMMISSION original signed by Darrell Eisenhut for i

Harold R. Denton, Director i Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  !

Attachments / Appendices:

1. Attachments 1-2

2. Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-1149)

3. Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan

4. Appendix C - Additional Conditions l

Date ofissuance: August 8,1985 i

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APPENDIX C ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OPERATING LICENSE NO, NPF-39 Philadelphia Electric Company shall comply with the following conditions on the schedules noted below:

Amendmsr:t Additional Conditions implementaSon Number Date 128 This amendment authorizes the licensees to incorporate 30 days from i in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) May 14, 1998 I

certain changes to the description of the facility.

implementation of this amendment is the incorporation of these changes as described in the licensee's application dated October 6,1997, as supplemented by letter dated i February 2,1998, and evaluated in the safety evaluation dated .

128 The suppression pool floor und the low pressure ECCS 1 (RHR and Cors Spray) suction strainers shall be visually l inspected for sludge accumulation and foreign material.

The visualinspection allows use of a remote camera in lieu of divers. The interval of these inspections shall be every other refueling outage. The inspection interval l

may be increased based on findings of two consecutive inspections. Should the licensee choose to increase the inspection interval, data supporting this increase shall be submitted to the NRC for review l

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