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| | issue date = 08/26/2016 | | | issue date = 08/26/2016 |
| | title = Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Request for an Extension to Enforcement Guidance Memorandum 12-001 (CAC Nos. MF8173 and MF8174) | | | title = Request for an Extension to Enforcement Guidance Memorandum 12-001 |
| | author name = Broaddus D A | | | author name = Broaddus D |
| | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLI-2 | | | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLI-2 |
| | addressee name = Sena P P | | | addressee name = Sena P |
| | addressee affiliation = PSEG Nuclear, LLC | | | addressee affiliation = PSEG Nuclear, LLC |
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| {{#Wiki_filter:EA-2016-181 Mr. Peter P. Sena, Ill President PSEG Nuclear LLC -N09 P.O. Box 236 August 26, 2016 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 | | {{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 26, 2016 EA-2016-181 Mr. Peter P. Sena, Ill President PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 |
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| SUBJECT: SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE MEMORANDUM 12-001 (CAC NOS. MF8173 AND MF8174) | | ==SUBJECT:== |
| | SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 - |
| | REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE MEMORANDUM 12-001 (CAC NOS. MF8173 AND MF8174) |
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| ==Dear Mr. Sena:== | | ==Dear Mr. Sena:== |
| By letter dated July 27, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System {ADAMS) Accession No. ML 16209A013}, as supplemented by letter dated August 18, 2016 {ADAMS Accession No. ML 16231A044), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG, the licensee) requested an extension of the enforcement discretion authorized in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 12-001, "Dispositioning Noncompliance with Administrative Controls Technical Specifications Programmatic Requirements that Extend Test Frequencies and Allow Performance of Missed Tests," dated February 24, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 11258A243), for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Salem). In EGM 12-001, the NRG stated that it will exercise enforcement discretion to allow application of surveillance requirements (SRs) applicability provisions to technical specification (TS} administrative controls programs as written into plant-specific TS programs with the exceptions described in the February 24, 2012, letter. EGM 12-001 states that the NRG will consider extending the 4-month submittal period on a case-by-case basis, with adequate justification from the licensee. EGM 12-001 provides guidance on how to disposition licensee noncompliance with Section 5.0, "Administrative Controls," TS 5.5., "Program and Manuals," testing requirements that make available SR 3.0.2 or SR 3.0.3, or both. In EGM 12-001, the NRG staff determined that enforcement discretion is appropriate for this issue, because the restructuring of TS chapters during the development of improved standard technical specifications resulted in unintended consequences when Section 3.0, "Surveillance Requirement Applicability," provisions were made applicable to Section 5.0 TSs. In EGM 12-001, the NRG stated that in order to continue to receive enforcement desecration, affected licensees shall submit a license amendment request (LAR) that is accepted by the NRG staff for review within 4 months after the issuance of the notice of availability (NOA) applicable to a licensee's reactor type. The NOA for Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-545, "TS lnservice Testing Program Removal & Clarify SR Usage Rule Application to Section 5.5 Testing" (ADAMS Accession No. ML 15181 A045), which addresses a reactor type applicable to Salem, was issued on March 28, 2016.
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| P. Sena, Ill -2 -In its request for extension, PSEG stated that due to the level of activity associated with returning Salem, Unit No. 1, to service from extended outage, it is requesting an extension as provided for in EGM 12-001. The level of activity included replacement of reactor baffle to former bolts. In a letter dated July 5, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16187A330), the licensee informed the NRC of an unanalyzed condition due to degraded reactor baffle to former bolts and its planned corrective actions. The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in PSEG's letters dated July 27, 2016, and August 18, 2016, and has determined that PSEG has provided sufficient justification. The staff agrees that PSEG was involved in various safety-significant tasks that required extra attention. Some of these tasks included completion of required baffle to former bolt replacements, TS-required surveillance testing, and post-maintenance testing to assure operability of systems required for Salem, Unit No. 1, to return to service. Accordingly, provided that PSEG submits a LAR consistent with the model in TSTF-545 no later than September 28, 2016, PSEG will continue to remain eligible for enforcement discretion in accordance with EGM 12-001 at Salem until the NRC staff takes final action on the LAR. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the project manager, Ms. Carleen Parker, at (301) 415-1603 or Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Distribution via Listserv Douglas A Broaddus, Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation P. Sena, Ill -2 -In its request for extension, PSEG stated that due to the level of activity associated with returning Salem, Unit No. 1, to service from extended outage, it is requesting an extension as provided for in EGM 12-001. The level of activity included replacement of reactor baffle to former bolts. In a letter dated July 5, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16187A330), the licensee informed the NRC of an unanalyzed condition due to degraded reactor baffle to former bolts and its planned corrective actions. The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in PSEG's letters dated July 27, 2016, and August 18, 2016, and has determined that PSEG has provided sufficient justification. The staff agrees that PSEG was involved in various safety significant tasks that required extra attention. Some of these tasks included completion of required baffle to former bolt replacements, TS-required surveillance testing, and post-maintenance testing to assure operability of systems required for Salem, Unit No. 1, to return to service. Accordingly, provided that PSEG submits a LAR consistent with the model in TSTF-545 no later than September 28, 2016, PSEG will continue to remain eligible for enforcement discretion in accordance with EGM 12-001 at Salem until the NRC staff takes final action on the LAR. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the project manager, Ms. Carleen Parker, at (301) 415-1603 or Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION: PUBLIC LPL 1-2 R/F RidsACRS_MailCTR Resource RidsRgn1 MailCenter Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource RidsNrrLALRonewicz Resource RidsNrrPMSalem Resource RidsNrrDssStsb Resource RidsOeMailCenter Resource BFretz, OE ADAMS A ccess1on N ML16235A471 o.: OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPLl-2/PM NAME MMarshall DATE 08/25/16 OFFICE NRR/DSS/STSB/BC NAME AKlein DATE 08/25/16
| | By letter dated July 27, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System |
| | {ADAMS) Accession No. ML16209A013}, as supplemented by letter dated August 18, 2016 |
| | {ADAMS Accession No. ML16231A044), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG, the licensee) requested an extension of the enforcement discretion authorized in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 12-001, "Dispositioning Noncompliance with Administrative Controls Technical Specifications Programmatic Requirements that Extend Test Frequencies and Allow Performance of Missed Tests," dated February 24, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11258A243), for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Salem). In EGM 12-001, the NRG stated that it will exercise enforcement discretion to allow application of surveillance requirements (SRs) applicability provisions to technical specification (TS} administrative controls programs as written into plant-specific TS programs with the exceptions described in the February 24, 2012, letter. |
| | EGM 12-001 states that the NRG will consider extending the 4-month submittal period on a case-by-case basis, with adequate justification from the licensee. |
| | EGM 12-001 provides guidance on how to disposition licensee noncompliance with Section 5.0, "Administrative Controls," TS 5.5., "Program and Manuals," testing requirements that make available SR 3.0.2 or SR 3.0.3, or both. In EGM 12-001, the NRG staff determined that enforcement discretion is appropriate for this issue, because the restructuring of TS chapters during the development of improved standard technical specifications resulted in unintended consequences when Section 3.0, "Surveillance Requirement Applicability," provisions were made applicable to Section 5.0 TSs. |
| | In EGM 12-001, the NRG stated that in order to continue to receive enforcement desecration, affected licensees shall submit a license amendment request (LAR) that is accepted by the NRG staff for review within 4 months after the issuance of the notice of availability (NOA) applicable to a licensee's reactor type. The NOA for Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-545, "TS lnservice Testing Program Removal & Clarify SR Usage Rule Application to Section 5.5 Testing" (ADAMS Accession No. ML15181A045), which addresses a reactor type applicable to Salem, was issued on March 28, 2016. |
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| Sincerely,/RA/ Justin C. Poole for Douglas A. Broaddus, Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation *b 1y e-mail NRR/DORL/LPLl-2/PM N RR/DORL/LPLl-2/LA CParker LRonewicz 08/25/16 08/24/16 OE/EB/BC(A) NRR/DORL/LPLl-2/BC RFretz DBroaddus (JPoole for) 08/26/16 08/26/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY}} | | P. Sena, Ill In its request for extension, PSEG stated that due to the level of activity associated with returning Salem, Unit No. 1, to service from extended outage, it is requesting an extension as provided for in EGM 12-001. The level of activity included replacement of reactor baffle to former bolts. In a letter dated July 5, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16187A330), the licensee informed the NRC of an unanalyzed condition due to degraded reactor baffle to former bolts and its planned corrective actions. |
| | The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in PSEG's letters dated July 27, 2016, and August 18, 2016, and has determined that PSEG has provided sufficient justification. The staff agrees that PSEG was involved in various safety-significant tasks that required extra attention. Some of these tasks included completion of required baffle to former bolt replacements, TS-required surveillance testing, and post-maintenance testing to assure operability of systems required for Salem, Unit No. 1, to return to service. Accordingly, provided that PSEG submits a LAR consistent with the model in TSTF-545 no later than September 28, 2016, PSEG will continue to remain eligible for enforcement discretion in accordance with EGM 12-001 at Salem until the NRC staff takes final action on the LAR. |
| | If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the project manager, Ms. Carleen Parker, at (301) 415-1603 or Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. |
| | Douglas A Broaddus, Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Distribution via Listserv |
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| | ML16187A330), the licensee informed the NRC of an unanalyzed condition due to degraded reactor baffle to former bolts and its planned corrective actions. |
| | The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in PSEG's letters dated July 27, 2016, and August 18, 2016, and has determined that PSEG has provided sufficient justification. The staff agrees that PSEG was involved in various safety significant tasks that required extra attention. Some of these tasks included completion of required baffle to former bolt replacements, TS-required surveillance testing, and post-maintenance testing to assure operability of systems required for Salem, Unit No. 1, to return to service. Accordingly, provided that PSEG submits a LAR consistent with the model in TSTF-545 no later than September 28, 2016, PSEG will continue to remain eligible for enforcement discretion in accordance with EGM 12-001 at Salem until the NRC staff takes final action on the LAR. |
| | If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the project manager, Ms. Carleen Parker, at (301) 415-1603 or Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. |
| | Sincerely, |
| | /RA/ Justin C. Poole for Douglas A. Broaddus, Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION: |
| | PUBLIC LPL 1-2 R/F RidsACRS_MailCTR Resource RidsRgn1 MailCenter Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource RidsNrrLALRonewicz Resource RidsNrrPMSalem Resource RidsNrrDssStsb Resource RidsOeMailCenter Resource BFretz, OE ADAMS A ccess1on No.: ML16235A471 *b1y e-mail OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPLl-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPLl-2/PM N RR/DORL/LPLl-2/LA NAME MMarshall CParker LRonewicz DATE 08/25/16 08/25/16 08/24/16 OFFICE NRR/DSS/STSB/BC OE/EB/BC(A) NRR/DORL/LPLl-2/BC NAME AKlein RFretz DBroaddus (JPoole for) |
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CAC:MF8173, TS Inservice Testing (IST) Program Removal (Open) CAC:MF8174, TS Inservice Testing (IST) Program Removal (Open) |
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MONTHYEARTSTF-15-11, TSTF Comments on Draft Model Safety Evaluation of Traveler TSTF-545, TS Inservice Testing Program & Clarify SR Usage Rule Application to Section 5.5 Testing and Transmittal of TSTF-545, Revision 32015-10-21021 October 2015
TSTF Comments on Draft Model Safety Evaluation of Traveler TSTF-545, TS Inservice Testing Program & Clarify SR Usage Rule Application to Section 5.5 Testing and Transmittal of TSTF-545, Revision 3
Project stage: Draft Request
ML15181A0452016-03-18018 March 2016
Fr Notice of Availability Model SE for Traveler TSTF-545, Rev. 3, TS Inservice Testing Program Removal & Clarify SR Usage Rule Application to Section 5.5 Testing Using the CLIIP
Project stage: Other
05000272/LER-2016-0012016-07-0505 July 2016
Unanalyzed Condition due to Degraded Reactor Baffle to Former Bolts, LER 16-001-00 for Salem, Unit 1, Regarding Unanalyzed Condition due to Degraded Reactor Baffle to Former Bolts
Project stage: Request
LR-N16-0138, Extension for License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-545, Revision 32016-07-27027 July 2016
Extension for License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications to Adopt TSTF-545, Revision 3
Project stage: Request
ML16218A0052016-08-11011 August 2016
Request for Additional Information Concerning Request for an Extension to Enforcement Guidance Memorandum 12-001
Project stage: RAI
LR-N16-0153, Response to Request for Additional Information Concerning Request for an Extension to Enforcement Guidance Memorandum 12-0012016-08-18018 August 2016
Response to Request for Additional Information Concerning Request for an Extension to Enforcement Guidance Memorandum 12-001
Project stage: Response to RAI
ML16235A4712016-08-26026 August 2016
Request for an Extension to Enforcement Guidance Memorandum 12-001
Project stage: Other
2016-07-05
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 26, 2016 EA-2016-181 Mr. Peter P. Sena, Ill President PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -
REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE MEMORANDUM 12-001 (CAC NOS. MF8173 AND MF8174)
Dear Mr. Sena:
By letter dated July 27, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
{ADAMS) Accession No. ML16209A013}, as supplemented by letter dated August 18, 2016
{ADAMS Accession No. ML16231A044), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG, the licensee) requested an extension of the enforcement discretion authorized in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 12-001, "Dispositioning Noncompliance with Administrative Controls Technical Specifications Programmatic Requirements that Extend Test Frequencies and Allow Performance of Missed Tests," dated February 24, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11258A243), for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Salem). In EGM 12-001, the NRG stated that it will exercise enforcement discretion to allow application of surveillance requirements (SRs) applicability provisions to technical specification (TS} administrative controls programs as written into plant-specific TS programs with the exceptions described in the February 24, 2012, letter.
EGM 12-001 states that the NRG will consider extending the 4-month submittal period on a case-by-case basis, with adequate justification from the licensee.
EGM 12-001 provides guidance on how to disposition licensee noncompliance with Section 5.0, "Administrative Controls," TS 5.5., "Program and Manuals," testing requirements that make available SR 3.0.2 or SR 3.0.3, or both. In EGM 12-001, the NRG staff determined that enforcement discretion is appropriate for this issue, because the restructuring of TS chapters during the development of improved standard technical specifications resulted in unintended consequences when Section 3.0, "Surveillance Requirement Applicability," provisions were made applicable to Section 5.0 TSs.
In EGM 12-001, the NRG stated that in order to continue to receive enforcement desecration, affected licensees shall submit a license amendment request (LAR) that is accepted by the NRG staff for review within 4 months after the issuance of the notice of availability (NOA) applicable to a licensee's reactor type. The NOA for Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-545, "TS lnservice Testing Program Removal & Clarify SR Usage Rule Application to Section 5.5 Testing" (ADAMS Accession No. ML15181A045), which addresses a reactor type applicable to Salem, was issued on March 28, 2016.
P. Sena, Ill In its request for extension, PSEG stated that due to the level of activity associated with returning Salem, Unit No. 1, to service from extended outage, it is requesting an extension as provided for in EGM 12-001. The level of activity included replacement of reactor baffle to former bolts. In a letter dated July 5, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16187A330), the licensee informed the NRC of an unanalyzed condition due to degraded reactor baffle to former bolts and its planned corrective actions.
The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in PSEG's letters dated July 27, 2016, and August 18, 2016, and has determined that PSEG has provided sufficient justification. The staff agrees that PSEG was involved in various safety-significant tasks that required extra attention. Some of these tasks included completion of required baffle to former bolt replacements, TS-required surveillance testing, and post-maintenance testing to assure operability of systems required for Salem, Unit No. 1, to return to service. Accordingly, provided that PSEG submits a LAR consistent with the model in TSTF-545 no later than September 28, 2016, PSEG will continue to remain eligible for enforcement discretion in accordance with EGM 12-001 at Salem until the NRC staff takes final action on the LAR.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the project manager, Ms. Carleen Parker, at (301) 415-1603 or Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov.
Douglas A Broaddus, Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Distribution via Listserv
ML16187A330), the licensee informed the NRC of an unanalyzed condition due to degraded reactor baffle to former bolts and its planned corrective actions.
The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in PSEG's letters dated July 27, 2016, and August 18, 2016, and has determined that PSEG has provided sufficient justification. The staff agrees that PSEG was involved in various safety significant tasks that required extra attention. Some of these tasks included completion of required baffle to former bolt replacements, TS-required surveillance testing, and post-maintenance testing to assure operability of systems required for Salem, Unit No. 1, to return to service. Accordingly, provided that PSEG submits a LAR consistent with the model in TSTF-545 no later than September 28, 2016, PSEG will continue to remain eligible for enforcement discretion in accordance with EGM 12-001 at Salem until the NRC staff takes final action on the LAR.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the project manager, Ms. Carleen Parker, at (301) 415-1603 or Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/ Justin C. Poole for Douglas A. Broaddus, Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:
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