ML20248B560

Application for Amends to Licenses NPF-35 & NPF-52,modifying SR 4.4.3.3 for Pressurizer Heaters to Change Existing Requirement to Be Consistent W/Plant Design & W/Ts Requirement as Delineated in Improved TSs

ML20248B560
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/22/1998
From:	Gordon Peterson DUKE POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
Shared Package
ML20248B565	List: ML20248B560 ML20248B574
References
TAC-MA1923, TAC-MA1924, NUDOCS 9806010334
Download: ML20248B560 (4)

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& L.) Catawba NudearStation n* an-p c.,, 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745 Gary R.1%seroon (803) 831-4251 orria Mce1%sident - (803) 831-3426 FAX May 22, 1998 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document' Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Duke Energy Corporation Cat swba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket Numbers 50-413 and 50-414 Proposed. Technical Specifications Amendment Technical Specification 3/4.4.3, Pressurizer TAC Numbers MA1923 and MA1924 Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, Duke Energy Corporation is requesting-an exigent amendment to the Catawba Nuclear Station Facility Operating License and Technical Specifications (TS). This amendment applies to the TS requirements for the pressurizer. Specifically, the proposed amendment modifies Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.4.3.3 for the pressurizer heators to change the existing requirement to be consistent with the plant design and with the TS requirement as delineated in the Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) for Catawba. The Catawba ITS amendment was submitted to the NRC on May 27, 1997 and is presently j undergoing NRC review. Necessary changes to the Catawba ITS I submittal resulting from this amendment request will be submitted under separate correspondence.

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The contents of this amendment request package are as follows: i Attachments la and 1b provide a marked copy of the affected current TS 1; ages for Catawba Units 1 and 2, respectively, showing the proposed changes. Attachments 2a and 2b are reprinted pages of the affected current.TS pages.

Attachment 3'provides a description of the proposed changes and' technical justification.

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page S May 22, 1998 Pursuant:to 10 CFR 50.92, Attachment 4 documents the determination that the amendment contains No Significant

. Hazards Considerations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22 (c) (9) , Attachment 5 provides the basis for the categorical exclusion from performing an Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement.

Implementation of this amendment to the Catawba Facility Operating. License and TS will impact the Catawba Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR). Necessary changes to the UFSAR will be made in accordance'with 10 CFR 50.71(e).

Duke is requesting NRC approval of this amendment request on an exigent basis. pursuant to the request for enforcement l discretion granted by the NRC on May 22, 1998 concerning l this issue. This exigent request is necessary because Catawba has determined that the requirements of SR 4.4.3.3 are not being met in their entirety. This' determination was made as a result of the conduct of a review of TS SRs to ensure literal compliance. This exigent request is being made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a) (6) (vi) .

In accordance with Duke administrative procedures and the Quality Assurance Program Topical Report, this proposed

. amendment has been previously reviewed and approved by the l

Catawba Plant Operations Review Committee and the Duke Corporate Nuclear Safety Review Board.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91, a copy of this proposed amendment is being sent to t' .e appropriate State of South Carolina official.

Inquiries on this matter should be directed to L.J. Rudy at-(803) 831-3084.

Very truly yours, l

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' Gary ,. Peterson LJR/s Attachments

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 May 22, 1998 Gary.R. Peterson, being duly sworn, states that he is Site Vice' President of Duke Energy Corporation; that he is authorized on the part of said corporation to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this amendment to the l . Catawba Nuclear. Station Facility Operating Licenses Numbers '

( NPF-35 and NPF-52 and Technical Specifications; and that all statements and matters set forth herein are true and correct to.the best of his knowledge.

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l L.A. Reyes

! U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regional Administrator, Region II Atlanta Federal Center ~

61'Forsyth St., SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303 D.J. Roberts Senior Resident Inspector (CNS)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catawba Nuclear Station P.S. Tam NRC Senior Project Manager (CNS)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-14H25 Ussrington, D.C. 20555-0001 M. Batavia, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29207 i

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