ML24248A172
| ML24248A172 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/06/2024 |
| From: | Turner Z NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL2-1 |
| To: | Coleman J Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML24248A172 (4) | |
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September 6, 2024
Jamie M. Coleman Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company 3535 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243
SUBJECT:
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - CORRECTION OF UNIT 1 AMENDMENT NO. 250 AND UNIT 2 AMENDMENT NO. 247 REGARDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.6.5, CONTAINMENT AIR TEMPERATURE, ACTIONS
Dear Jamie Coleman:
On August 28, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Amendment Nos. 250 and 247 (Agencywide Documents A ccess and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML24242A133) to Facility Operating Licenses NPF-2 and NPF-8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley), Units 1 and 2, respectively. The amendments revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.5, Containment Air Temperature, Actions upon exceeding the TS 3.6.5 Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) lim it of containment average air temperature 120 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and removed an expired LCO Note.
The NRC staff has confirmed that Amendment Nos. 250 and 247 for Farley, Units 1 and 2, contains a formatting error that inadvertently introduced a double line between TS 3.6.5 Actions A and B to separate the Actions instead of a single line on page 3.6.5-1.
The NRC staff found that the markup of TS 3.6.5 Actions in the licensees letter dated July 18, 2024 (ML24201A108), had the correct markup and determined that the error was introduced inadvertently when incorporating the markups in the licensees supplement dated August 28, 2024 (ML24240A081). The markups in this supplemental letter introduced a double line between TS 3.6.5 Actions A and B when Action B was extended to new page 3.6.5-2. The requested amendment was not proposing to change the single line with a double line, nor was such a change reviewed by the staff in the safety evaluation or addressed in the associated notice to the public, which was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2024, 89 FR 60930.
Section 2.1.6, Double and Single Line Format, of Writers Guide for Plant-Specific Improved Technical Specifications, TSTF-GG-05-01, June 2005 (ML060720511) describes the appropriate use of single versus double lines in the TSs., that states, in part:
Throughout the Technical Specifications, double and single lines are used to indicate text boundaries. Double lines are used to signify the beginning or end of subject matter on a level immediately subordinate to that material contained within double lines. In addition to their use for page continuation, lines are used as follows:
J. Coleman
[TS] CHAPTER/SECTION DETAIL DOUBLE LINES SINGLE LINES 3.1 - 3.9 (3.10) Indicate the beginning and Separate Conditions and end of each Specifications Surveillances within Actions, [Surveillance Actions tables and SRs Requirements (SR)], or tables respectively.
other table(s).
Based on the above, the formatting error is administrative in nature and can be addressed by replacing the current TS page 3.6.5-1, which replaces the double line between TS 3.6.5 Actions A and B with a single line version.
Therefore, consistent with NRC staff guidance dated January 16, 1997 (ML103260096), based on the NRCs policy established by SECY-96-238 and the corresponding Staff Requirements Memorandum, this error can be corrected by a letter to the licensee from the NRC staff.
Enclosed please find the corrected Farley, Units 1 and 2, TS 3.6.5 on page 3.6.5-1. The corrections do not change any of the conclusions in the NRC safety evaluation or no significant hazards consideration determination associated with Amendment Nos. 250 and 247 as published in the Federal Register.
If you have questions, you can contact me at 301-415-2258 or at Zachary.Turner@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Zachary M. Turner, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364
Enclosure:
As stated
cc: Listserv
Containment Air Temperature 3.6.5
3.6 CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
3.6.5 Containment Air Temperature
LCO 3.6.5 Containment average air temperature shall be 120°F.
APPLICABILITY: MODES 1, 2, 3, and 4.
ACTIONS CONDITION REQUIRED ACTION COMPLETION TIME
A.Containment average air A.1 Verify containment 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> temperature not within average air temperature limit. 122°F. AND
Once per 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> thereafter
AND
A.2 Verify refueling water 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> storage tank temperature 100°F. AND
Once per 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> thereafter AND
A.3 Restore containment ----------NOTE----------
average air temperature Not to exceed 7 days to within limit. cumulative in calendar year 7 days
Farley Units 1 and 2 3.6.5-1 Amendment No. 250 (Unit 1)
Amendment No. 247 (Unit 2)
OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/PM NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/LA NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/BC NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/PM NAME ZTurner KGoldstein MMarkley ZTurner DATE 09/04/2024 09/04/2024 09/06/2024 09/06/2024