NRC Generic Letter 1982-16
| ML031080304 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/20/1982 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUREG-0737 GL-82-016, NUDOCS 8209210027 | |
| Download: ML031080304 (1) | |
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September 20, 1982 TO ALL PRESSURIZED POWER REACTOR LICENSEES
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: NUREG-0737 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (GENERIC LETTER NO. 82-16)
NUREG-0737 "Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements" identifies those items for which Technical Specifications are required. Technical Specifi- cations are required topprovide necessary assurance that facility operation is maintained within the limits determined acceptable following implementation at each facility. The scope and type of specification should include appro- priate actions if a limiting condition for operation cannot be met, and for installed equipment, relevant surveillance requirements.
A number of NUREG-0737 items which require Technical Specifications were scheduled for implementation by December 31, 1981. Each of those items is discussed in Enclosure 1. Included in the discussion is guidance on the scope of a'specification which the staff would find acceptable. Enclosure 2 are samples in Standard Technical Specification format with blanks or parentheses appearing where the information is plant specific. It includes appropriate pages as background information for facilities that do not have I
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Standard Technical Specifications. These samples are for your information 'f\i only. tC} ,)
1. i We solicited comments on proposed Technical Specifications from all pressurizdd water reactor owners groups and Atomic Industrial Forum. ApprQpriate comments have been incorporated. We-request that you review your facility's Technical Specifications to determine'if they are consistent with the guidance provided in Enclosure 1. For those items where you identify deviations or absence i of a specification, we requ6st that you submit an application for a license amendment. If some of the Items are not yet implemented at your facility, , i you should submit an amendment request at the time they are implemented.
Please respond within 90 days of receipt of this letter.
This request for information was approved by the Office of Management and Budget under clearance number 3150-0065 which expires May 31, 1983. Comments on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Sincerely, Original signed by Darrell G. Elsenhut
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Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director
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