ML18040A810

Forwards Application for Proposed Amends 85 & 40 to Licenses NPF-14 & NPF-22,respectively,revising Tech Specs for Administrative Purposes.Fee Paid

ML18040A810
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	08/05/1986
From:	KEISER H W PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	ADENSAM E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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DISTRIBUTIONCODE:AOOIDCOPIEBRECEIVED:LTR5CLTITLE:ORSubmitta1:CeneraIDistributionREQULYINFORMATIONDISTRIBUTISYSTEN(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:8608110179DOC.DATE:86/08/05NOTARIZED:YESDOCKETNFACIL:50-387SusquehannaSteamElectricStationiUnitiiPennsglva0500038750-388SusquehannaSteamElectricStatloniUnlt2iPennsglva05000388AUTH.NANEAUTHORAFFILIATIONKEISERiH.N.PennsylvaniaPower5LightCo.RECIP.NANERECIPIENTAFFILIATIONADENSANiE.BNRProspectDirectorate3

SUBJECT:

ForwardsapplicationPolPloposedAmends85Cc40toLicensesNPF-14~cNPF-22'espectively>revisingTechSpecsfor~~badministrativepurposes.Feepaid.~~~bIZE:2lQ)NOTES:icyNNSS/FCAF/PN.LPDR2cgsTranscripts.icgNNSS/FCAF/PN.LPDR2cgsTranscripts.0500038705000388RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAt'lEBNREBBNRFOBBNRPD3PD01BNRPSBCOPIESLTTRENCL111551RECIPlENTIDCODE/MANEBNREICSBBNRPD3LACAMPAQNONEBNRRSBCOPIESLTTRENCL2201111INTERNALACRSELD/HDS409046h01ADN/LFNBNRR/GRASRQNi0101EXTERNAL:EC8cQBRUSKE>8NRCPDR021111LPDRNSIC03052211NOTES:33~C~~i66TOTALNUNBEROFCOPIESREGUlRED:LTTR32ENCL28

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PennsylvaniaPower8LightCompanyTwoNorthNinthStreet~Allentown,PA18101~215i770.5151HaroldW.KeiserVicePresident-NuclearOperations215/770-7502AUG05]986.DirectorofNuclearReactorRegulationAttention:Ms.E.Adensam,ProjectDirectorBWRProjectDirectorateNo.3DivisionofBWRLicensingU.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionWashington,D.C.20555SUSQUEHANNASTEAMELECTRICSTATIONPROPOSEDAMENDMENTS85TOLICENSENO.NPF-14AND40toLICENSENO.NPF-22PLA-2698FILER41-2DocketNos.50-38750-388

DearMs.Adensam:

ThepurposeofthisletteristoproposechangesofanadministrativenaturetotheSusquehannaSESUnit1andUnit2TechnicalSpecifications.Themarked-upchangesand,NoSignificantHazardsConsiderationsareprovidedasattachmentstothisletter.AnyquestionsonthismaterialshouldbedirectedtoMr.R.Sgarroat(215)770-7855.Pursuantto10CFR170,'heappropriatefeeisenclosed.'erytrulyyours,H.W.KeiserVicePresident-NuclearOperationsAttachmentscc:M.J.CampagnoneL.R.PliscoUSNRCUSNRCT.M.Gerusky,DirectorBureauofRadiationProtectionPADept.ofEnvironmentalResourcesP.O.Box2063Harrisburg,PA17120](<08608110179860805~PDR*DOCK05000387PPDR k~,~'tAil0)k~IkkAkI,IAjtg NOSIGNIFICANTHAZARDSCONSIDERATIONSThema)orityofthechangesdescribedbelowareobviouslyadministrativeinnatureandthereforedonot:4(1)involveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated,(2)(3)createthepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluated,nor1involveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.Wherefurtherclarificationisrequired,ithasbeenprovided.UNITONEoIndex:Variouschangesbaseduponthechangesproposedhereinaswellasareviewofthecurrentdocumentinitsentirety.op.1-1:AverageBundleExposureandAveragePlanarExposurehavebeengroupedunder"AverageExposure"sothatbothhavereferencenumbers.op.3/40-1:Forconsistency,ACTIONshouldbeinallcapitalletters;itisadefinedterm.0p.3/40-2:Typographicalerror;"Specifications"ismisspelled.Ip.3/42-1:TheasteriskwasinadvertentlyomittedwhenareferencetoFigure3.2.1-3wasdroppedinAmendment57.TheasteriskwaspresentwhentheAmendmentgoverningsingleloopoperation(//56)wasissued.ooldp.3/42-2:Deleteblankpage.ooldp.3/42-3:Renumberpageduetodeletion.ooldp.3/42-4:Renumberpageduetodeletion.ooldp.3/42-5:Renumberpageduetodeletion.ooldp.3/42>>6:A4.0.4exemptionisnecessarytoperformthesubjectsurveillances.SuchexemptionswereprovidedfortheaffectedPowerDistributionLimitspecificationsviaAmendment29;thisexemption,forMCPR,wasinadvertentlydroppedwhentheMCPRspecificationwasalteredinsupportoftheCycle2reload(Amendment45).(gooldp.3/42-7:Deleteblankpage.ooldp.3/42-8:Renumberpageduetodeletions.ooldp.3/42-9:Renumberpageduetodeletions.ooldp.3/42-10:Renumberpageduetodeletions.ooldp.3/42-10a:Renumberpageduetodeletions.;-1

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ooldp.3/42-10b:Renumberpageduetodeletions.op.3/43-5:Note(i)hasbeenrevisedtoincorporatetheasteriskratherthanrepeattheinformationprovidedinthefootnote.TheasteriskfootnotewasnotdeletedbecauseitisalreadybeingusedinNote(c).op.3/43-11:I.Theproposedchangedoesnotinvolveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated.Thischangecorrectsatypographicalerror;thedesignhasalwayscontainedonechannelpertripsystem.Secondarycontainmentisisolatedbytwocommon,divisionallyredundanttripsystems;therearetwodivisionallyseparateradiationmonitorsservicingthesingleRailroadAccessShaftExhaustDuct.Therefore,secondarycontainmentisolationonhighradiationinthisductisafullyredundantsafetyfunction.OperationwithoneRailroadAccessShaftExhaustDuctRadiationtripchannelpertripsystemisfullyconsistentwiththerequirementsforsecondarycontainmentisolationcapabilityfollowingaLOCAorfuelhandlingaccident.II.Theproposedchangedoesnotcreatethepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluated;seeIabove.III.Theproposedchangedoesnotinvolveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety;seeIabove.op.3/43-17:Fortripfunctionl.e,atypographicalerrorhasbeencorrected;thissetpointwasapprovedbyNRCinAmendment58.ForTripFunctions2.c,d,ande,thefootnoteisbeingdeletedsincenochangesweredeterminednecessaryasaresultofthestartuptestprogram,andthereforethefootnotenolongerhasanypurpose.Alsofor2.e,atypointhesetpointunitshasbeencorrected.For3.a,atypothatoccurredinAmendment58hasbeencorrected.op.3/43-18:Seediscussionabovepertainingtofootnote.op.3/43-19:Seediscussionabovepertainingtofootnote.op.3/43-20:Seediscussionabovepertainingtofootnote.0p.3/43-98:Theword"Continued"hasbeendeletedsincethisTableconsistsofonlyonepage.p.3/44-1c:TheappropriateMAPLHGRFigurereferenceshavebeenprovidedinordertocorrectadministrativeerrorsinprocessing.Thecurrentreferencesreflecttheoriginal(Aprilll,1985)SingleLoopOperation (SLO)amendmentsubmittaltoNRCwithouttakingintoaccounttheaffectsofthesubsequentCycle3reloadsubmittal(January16,1986).PriortotheApril11thsubmittal,threeFiguresexistedintheUnit1TechSpecs:Figure3.2.1-1:GE1.83%enriched,Figure3.2.1-2:GE2.33%enriched,andFigure3.2.1-3:Exxon2.72%enriched.WhentheSLOamendmentwasproposed,theseFigureswerenotrevised,buttheGE2.33%enrichedFigurewasusedfortheExxonlimitduringSLO.Therefore,itwasestablishedthatonlytheGEcurveswouldbeusedinsupportofSLO.TheCycle3reloadproposalwassubmittedpriortoSLObeingapproved.ThatsubmittallefttheTechSpecswithtwoMAPLHGRFigures:Figure3.2.1-1:GE2.33%enriched,andFigure3.2.1-2:Exxon-all8x8fuel.Thisiswheretheappropriatechangesweremissed.TheTechSpecsshouldhavecontinuedtoreferencetheGEcurve,Figure3.2.1-1,forSLO.Inpartc.oftheLCO,theFigurereferencehasbeencorrectedduetoatypographicalerror-itshouldbe3/4.1.1.1-1.op.3/45-1:Thisspecialtestexceptionwasrenumberedduetothedeletionofthecurrent3.10.5.p.3/46-10:Thischangeiswhollyadministrativeinnature;notechnicalchangeshaveoccurred.Thisfootnotewasoriginallyproposedtoclarifytherequirementsof4.6.1.7andendedupconfusingthemduetoitsdualmeaning.Itwasaddedtoensurethatwheretwoelevationswerelisted(asind;anasteriskexistsoncbecausepriortoAmendment34,twoelevationsexisted),bothwouldnotcontributetotheminimum3valuesrequired.Thisisbecausethosethreearesupposedtoberepresentativeof3ofthe4differentareasbeingusedfortheaveragetemperaturecalculation.Iftwohadbeenusedinthesamearea,itwouldskewtheaveragetowardthetemperature'inthatarea.Unfortunatelyamoreconservativeinterpretationleadsonetobelievethatcandd~toetherareaffectedbythefootnoteandtherefore,themeasurementscanonlyincludeonefroma,onefromb,andonefromcanddtogether.Inordertorectifytheseproblems,asingleareahasbeenassociatedwitheachoftheelevationcategoriesandthefootnotehasbeendropped.Accordingly,"elevations"hasbeenreplacedwith"areas"inthetextof4.6.1.7.Theareaslistedareconsistentwiththosecurrentlylistedintheassociatedprocedure.op.3/46-13:ThisrequirementwasinadvertentlydroppedbyNRCwhenAmendment36wasissued.Itisbeingreinstatedinitspreviousform.

op.3/46-31:Thewordinghasbeenchangedtobeconsistentwiththerestofthesurveillancerequirementsinthissection.Notechnicalchangetotherequirementhasoccurred.op.3/46-35:TheequalsignwasinadvertentlydroppedbyNRCwhenAmendment35wasissued.Itisbeingreinstated.op.3/46-38:ThisspecificationwasmisnumberedwhentheUnit1TechSpecswereoriginallyissued.Ithasbeenappropriatelycorrected.op.3/46-39:Seediscussionaboveforrenumbering.ThereferencetotheSpecialTestExceptionisbeingdroppedbecausetheexceptionisbeingdeleted.op.3/47-2:Typographicalerror;"a"shouldbe"at".op.3/47-4:Typographicalerror;footnote**wasdeletedinAmendment1totheUnit1TechSpecs.op.3/47-22:Typographicalerror;thecorrectdesignationsfortheHalonsystemsbeginwith"1U"not"10".op.3/48-8:Typographicalerror;theheadingshouldbe"UNIT1ANDUNIT2"p.3/48-9:Thefootnotehasbeenchangedtobeconsistentwithsimilarfootnotesinotherspecifications(e.g.3.6.5.1).WhatappeartobeadditionalrestrictionsmerelyenforceasanLCOwhatiscurrentlyrequiredbytheACTIONstatement.op.3/48-15:Seediscussionabove.op.3/48>>19:Typographicalerrors;theheadershouldbe"DISTRIBUTION-SHUTDOWN"andthereferenceto"continued"isbeingdeletedsincethisisthefirstpageofthespecification.op.3/48-33:Thereferenceto"plant"hasbeenchangedto"unit"sinceplantcanbeconstruedasbothunits.Unit2TechSpecsappropriatelycontrolthisequipmentforUnit2.op.3/49-1:Footnote!3isbeingdeletedsincethisdefinitionisalreadyprovidedinTable1.2.p.3/410-4:Areferencetothesingleloopoperationspecificationhasbeenadded,sinceafootnoteontheAPPLICABILITYofthatspecificationreferencesthisspecialtestexception.Theexceptionisprovidedintheeventthatnaturalcirculationtestingisnecessaryduringextendedsingleloooeration.PPop.3/410-5:ThisspecificationonlyappliesduringtheStartupTestProgram,andisthereforebeingdeleted.

ooldp.3/410-6:SpecificationandpagerenumberedduetodeletionofSpecification3.10.5.op.3/411-19:Typographicalerror;theword"one"shouldbeinsertedasshownonthemark-up.op.3/411-20:Typographicalerror;"OPERABLE"ismisspelled.op.B3/41-1:ThischangecorrectsthedefinitionofRprovided;itisconsistentwiththechangemadeinproposedamendment39toLicenseNo.NPF-22(seePLA-2661,datedJune19,1986).op.B3/41-4:TheadditionalinformationwassimplyextractedfrompageB3/41-5,whichisbeingdeleted.op.B3/41-5:Delete;seediscussionabove.0GeneratorEbldg.,havebeenop.5-4:Seediscussionabove.p.B3/410-1:Delete;theassociatedspecificationisbeingdeleted.p.5-2:AnewfigureisbeingprovidedtoreflectrealestatetransactionswhichhavechangedthePP6Lpropertyline.Otherphysicalchanges,suchastheadditionstotheTrainingCenterandthenewDieseladdedaswell.op.6-16:Typographicalerror;thecorrectwordis"residual".

UNITTWOoIndex:Variouschangesbaseduponthechangesproposedhereinaswellasareviewofthecurrentdocumentinitsentirety.op.3/40-1:Forconsistency,ACTIONshouldbeinallcapitalletters;itisadefinedterm.op.3/40-2:Typographicalerror;"Specifications"ismisspelled.op.3/41-6:ThedeletedportionofthisfootnoteisredundanttoinformationalreadyprovidedbyDefinition1.7,COREALTERATION.op.3/43-5:Note(i)hasbeenrevisedtoincorporatetheasteriskratherthanrepeattheinformationprovidedinthefootnote.TheasteriskfootnotewasnotdeletedbecauseitisalreadybeingusedinNote(c).op.3/43-11:I.Theproposedchangedoesnotinvolveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated.Thischangecorrectsatypographicalerror;t'edesignhasalwayscontainedonechannelpertripsystem.Secondarycontainmentisisolatedbytwocommon,divisionallyredundanttripsystems;therearetwodivisionallyseparateradiationmonitorsservicingthesingleRailroadAccessShaftExhaustDuct.Therefore,secondarycontainmentisolationonhighradiationinthisductisafullyredundantsafetyfunction.OperationwithoneRailroadAccessShaftExhaustDuctRadiationtripchannelpertripsystemisfullyconsistentwiththerequirementsforsecondarycontainmentisolationcapabilityfollowingaLOCAorfuelhandlingaccident.II.Theproposedchangedoesnotcreatethepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluated;seeIabove.III.Theproposedchangedoesnotinvolveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety;seeIabove.op.3/43-17:Thefootnoteisbeingdeletedsincenochangesweredeterminednecessaryasaresultofthestartuptestprogram,andthereforethefootnotenolongerhasanypurpose.op.3/43-18:Seediscussionabove.op.3/43-19:Seediscussionabove.op.3/43-20:Seediscussionabove.

op.3/43-53:Typographicalerror;footnote*~*shouldread"...eightorfewerllop.3/43-71:Typographicalerror;thisfootnotewaserroneouslyattributedtoamonitorwhichdoesnotmonitorsecondarycontainment.ThisfootnotedoesnotexistforthismonitorintheUnit1TechSpecs.op.3/43-72:Typographicalerror;theredundantwordinginACTION81isbeingdeleted.op.3/43-78:CorrectstobeconsistentwithUnit,1TechSpecsforthiscommonzone.ThisresolvesanNRCinspectoropenitem.op.3/43-79:ForZone0-27B,theminimumvalueisrevisedtobeconsistentwithourphilosophythatatleasthalfofthedetectorsinagivenZonemustbeOPERABLE.ThisisconsistentwithUnit1.ForZone0-27C,thenumbersarecorrectedforconsistencywithUnit1basedontheassociateddesigndrawing.ThesechangesresolveanNRCinspectoropenitem.op.3/44-1c:Inpartc.oftheLCO,theFigurereferencehasbeencorrectedduetoatypographicalerror-itshouldbe3/4.1.1.1-1.op.3/44-3:Typographicalerror-thecorrectSpecificationis3.4.1.1.1.op.3/45-1:Thisspecialtestexceptionwasrenumberedduetothedeletionofthecurrent3.10.5.op.3/46-10:Thischangeiswhollyadministrativeinnature;notechnicalchangeshaveoccurred.Thisfootnotewasoriginallyproposedtoclarifytherequirementsof4.6.1.7andendedupconfusingthemduetoitsdualmeaning.Itwasaddedtoensurethatwheretwoelevationswerelisted(asincandd)thattheybothwouldnotcontributetotheminimum3valuesrequired.Thisisbecausethosethreearesupposedtoberepresentativeof3ofthe4differentareasbeingusedfortheaveragetemperaturecalculation.Iftwohadbeenusedinthesamearea,itwouldskewtheaveragetowardthetemperatureinthatarea.Unfortunatelyamoreconservativeinterpretationleadsonetobelievethatcandd~toetherareaffectedbythefootnoteandtherefore,themeasurementscanonlyincludeonefroma,onefromb,andonefromcanddtogether.Inordertorectifytheseproblems,asingleareahasbeenassociatedwitheachoftheelevationcategoriesandthefootnotehasbeendropped.Accordingly,"elevations"hasbeenreplacedwith"areas"inthetextof4.6.1.7.Theareaslistedareconsistentwiththosecurrentlylistedintheassociatedprocedure.p.3/46-31:Typographicalerror;footnote**shouldread,"...orZoneIIandZoneIIIwhenp.3/46-41:ThereferencetotheSpecialTestExceptionisbeingdroppedbecausetheexceptionisbeingdeleted.op.3/47-2:Typographicalerror;"a"shouldbe"at".

op.3/48-10:Thefootnotehasbeenchangedtobeconsistentwithsimilarfootnotesinotherspecifications(e.g.3.6.5.1).WhatappeartobeadditionalrestrictionstherebyenforceasanLCOwhatiscurrentlyrequiredbytheACTIONstatement.op.3/48-16:Seediscussionabove.op.3/48-35:Thereferenceto"plant"hasbeenchangedto"unit"sinceplantcanbeconstruedasboth'units.Unit1TechSpecsappropriatelycontrolthisequipmentforUnit1.op.3/49-1:Footnotef/isbeingdeletedsincethisdefinitionisalreadyprovidedinTable1.2.Iop.3/410-4:Areferencetothesingleloopoperationspecificationhasbeenadded,sinceafootnoteontheAPPLICABILITYofthatspecificationreferencesthisspecialtestexception.Theexceptionisprovidedintheeventthatnaturalcirculationtestingisnecessaryduringextendedsingleloopoperation.op.3/410-5:ThisspecificationonlyappliesduringtheStartupTestProgram,andisthereforebeingdeleted.ooldp.3/410-6:SpecificationandpagerenumberedduetodeletionofSpecification3.10.5.op.3/411-20:Typographicalerror;"OPERABLE"ismisspelled.op.B3/410-1:Delete;theassociatedspecificationisbeingdeleted.op.5-2:AnewfigureisbeingprovidedtoreflectrealestatetransactionswhichhavechangedthePPGLpropertyline.Otherphysicalchanges,suchastheadditiontotheTrainingCenterandthenewDieselGenerator"E"bldg.,havebeenaddedaswell.op.5-4:Seediscussionabove.op.6-4:Typographicalerror;thenotedreferencetoUnit1shouldbeUnit2.CONCLUSIONSBasedontheabovedescriptionstheproposedchangesareeditorialinnatureandthereforehavenoadverseimpactonthesafeoperationofSusquehannaUnits1and2.rrs/mse202550c