ML20059E177

Application for Amend to License DPR-79,consisting of Tech Spec Change Request 90-11 Re Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test.Exemption Request Also Encl

ML20059E177
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/31/1990
From:	Wallace E TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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ML20059E178	List: ML20059E177 ML20059E179
References
TAC-73090, TAC-73091, NUDOCS 9009100075
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'TVA-SQN-TS-90-11 10 CFR 50.90  !

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U.S.; Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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'In'the Matter of ) . Docket No. 50-328.

Tennessee Valley Authority )

SEQUOYAH . NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN) UNIT 2 - 10 CFR 50, APPENDIX J, EXEMPTION REQUEST:

AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION'(TS) CHANCE 90-11 .l

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= 1. TVA letter to NRC dated May 5, 1989, "Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

-(SQN) Unit 1 - 10 CFR 50, Appendix J Exemption Request and '4 Technical Specification Change (TS) 89-14" 2.- NRC letter to TVA dated September 29, 1989, " Third .

"I Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test (TAC 73090/73091) .

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'(TS 89-11:and 89-14) - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant,. Unit =1" j

1 In'accordance with 10 CFR 50.90, we are enclosing a requested amendment to' License. DPR-79 to chango .the TSs =of SQN Unit 2=.. The proposed change would allow the third-Type.A test-(containment integrated' leak rate test (CILRT}) . s and the 10-year.in-service inspection (ISI)-to be uncoupled and performed in a separate refueling ~ outages. The proposed-changes involve containment systems ^ l SectionV4.6'.1'.2.a'and bases Section 3/4 6.1.2, " Containment Leakage."

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. . -R In conjunction with:the proposed TS change, TVA is'. requesting an exemption. H from the: requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix J.Section III.D.1.(a), for SQN Jnit.2. ThisLexemption. in combination with the proposed TS change, would' allow the; third Type A test and the 10-year ISI'(required by 10 CFR 50.55a) to

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'be uncoupled and^ performed.in~ separate refueling outages.

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'The proposedJTS change is identified in Enclosure'1. The' justification'for- 0 the-proposed TS change is provided in Enclosure 2. A proposed determination' of.no.significant hazards consideration performed pursuant to 10 CFR 50.92 is-iprovided in Enclosure 3. Enclosure 4 contains the 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, exemptionirequest. An environmental assessment has been performed pursuant to '

-10 CFR:51.30 and~is provided with the 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, exemption request.

The subjest change is identical to TVA's previous TS Change 89-14 for SQN ,

. Unit l'(Reference 1) that was approved by NRC (Reference 2). TVA requests i

that NRC respond to this request by December 1, 1991, to enable TVA to schedulen Unit'2 test and outage work activities.

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' Sworn to and subscribed h fore me ljp ~ this . M~ day of Am r.,' 1990

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T American Nuclear Insurers Attention: Librarian ,

The Exchange, Suite 245

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Ms. g S. ' O. ~. Black, Deputy Director j Project Directorate II-4

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.. 1 Mr. Michael H. Mobley, Director (w/o Enclosures) - l' Division of Radiological Health 'q T.E.R.R.A. Building <

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NRC Resident Inspector

' Sequoyah Nuclear Plant j 2600 Igou' Ferry Road Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 l

E -Mr. B. A. Wilson, Project Chief '

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Ccorgia 30323 1

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