ML060940515

Issuance of Safety Evaluation by the Technical Specification Branch for the Conversion to the Improved Technical Specifications

ML060940515
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	03/30/2006
From:	Boyce T NRC/NRR/ADRO/DIRS/ITSB
To:	Lash J FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Clark, Robert NRR/DIRS 301-415-2297
References
TAC MC6285, TAC MC6286
Download: ML060940515 (4)

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March 30, 2006 Mr. James H. Lash Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 ISSUANCE OF SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION BRANCH FOR THE CONVERSION TO THE IMPROVED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NOS. MC6285 AND MC6286)

Dear Mr. Lash:

By application dated February 25, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated November 11, 2005, First Energy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) requested a full conversion from the current Technical Specifications (CTS) to a set of Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) based on NUREG-1431, "Standard Technical Specifications - Westinghouse Plants,"

Revision 2, for the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station (BVPS). In addition, Technical Specification Task Force changes were also incorporated to make the resulting BVPS ITS more consistent with Revision 3 of NUREG-1431. The proposed amendment would also consolidate the BVPS-1 and 2 technical specifications into a single set of ITS applicable to both units.

This letter is to inform you that the Technical Specification Branch (TSB) in the Division of Inspection and Regional Support has completed its review of the items within the scope of the ITS conversion. This review is contained in a Safety Evaluation (SE) dated March 30, 2006, (ADAMS Accession No. ML060890360) and was provided to the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL) in support of the above licensing amendment. The SE input to DORL evaluated ITS changes only and is based on the draft BVPS ITS Revision 2.5 and the draft ITS Bases Revision 2.0. Beyond Scope Items and technical specification changes due to outstanding licensing amendment requests will be resolved by the technical branches in the final SE. DORL will issue the final SE and license amendment when these reviews are completed. Please contact Robert Clark of TSB should you have any comments on the SE input.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas H. Boyce, Chief Technical Specification Branch Division of Inspection & Regional Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 cc: see next page

ML060890360) and was provided to the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL) in support of the above licensing amendment. The SE input to DORL evaluated ITS changes only and is based on the draft BVPS ITS Revision 2.5 and the draft ITS Bases Revision 2.0. Beyond Scope Items and technical specification changes due to outstanding licensing amendment requests will be resolved by the technical branches in the final SE. DORL will issue the final SE and license amendment when these reviews are completed. Please contact Robert Clark of TSB should you have any comments on the SE input.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas H. Boyce, Chief Technical Specification Branch Division of Inspection & Regional Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 cc: see next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Gary R. Leidich Lew W. Myers President and Chief Nuclear Officer Executive Vice President, Special Projects FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 Beaver Valley Power Station 76 South Main Street Mail Stop A-BV-SGRP Akron, OH 44308 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Joseph J. Hagan Senior Vice Presdient of Operations Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-GO-14 Mail Stop A-BV-A 76 South Main Street P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Akron, OH 44308 Shippingport, PA 15077 Danny L. Pace Commissioner James R. Lewis Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering West Virginia Division of Labor FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 749-B, Building No. 6 Mail Stop A-GO-14 Capitol Complex 76 South Main Street Charleston, WV 25305 Akron, OH 44308 Director, Utilities Department Jeannie M. Rinckel Public Utilities Commission Vice President, Fleet Oversight 180 East Broad Street FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Akron, OH 44308 Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr.

David W. Jenkins, Attorney Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 FirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-18 Ohio EPA-DERR 76 South Main Street ATTN: Zack A. Clayton Akron, OH 44308 P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GHE-107 395 Ghent Road Akron, OH 44333

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (continued) cc:

Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077