ML13344A982

2012 Regulatory Commitment Change Summary Report

ML13344A982
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	12/09/2013
From:	Vinyard H T Exelon Generation Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RA 13-071
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10 CFR 50.4 RA13-071 December 9, 2013 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention:

Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-1 1 and NPF-1 8 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Subject:

2012 Regulatory Commitment Change Summary Report Enclosed is the Exelon Generation Company, LLC, (EGC), 2012 Regulatory Commitment Change Summary Report for LaSalle County Station. Revisions to docketed correspondence were processed using the Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) 99

-04, "Guidelines for Managing NRC Commitment Changes," Revision 0, dated July 1999.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Mr.

Guy V. Ford, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 415-2800.

Harold T. Vinyard Plant Manager LaSalle County Station Attachment cc:Regional Administrator, NRC Region III NRC Senior Resident Inspector - LaSalle County Station 2012 Reaulatorv Commitment Chancie Summary Report Commitment Change Tracking No.Date of Commitment Chan g e Original Document Original Commitment Changed Commitment Basis for Change 12-001 1/12/2012 Letter from J.B.

In ComEd's response to GL Delete commitment.

The commitment has been met Hosmer of 96-04, LaSalle committed to a and is no longer needed at ComEd to U.S.

Boraflex performance LaSalle. LaSalle has Nuclear monitoring plan that included successfully installed spent fuel Regulatory measuring and recording pool pool rack inserts in all Commission silica, coupon surveillance accessible locations in the Unit"ComEd testing, in-situ blackness 2 pool as of December 29, 2011 Response to testing or BADGER, and and is no longer crediting Generic Letter maintaining a RACKLIFE Boraflex, as documented in (GL) 96-04," computer model. The NRC regulatory correspondence dated components of the Boraflex letter RS-12-003, "Withdrawal of November 6, monitoring program are License Amendment Request 1996.captured by LaSalle in steps Regarding the Use of Neutron 4.6.1 and 4.6.2 of NF-AA-610, Absorbing Inserts in Unit 2 Revision 10.

Spent Fuel Pool Storage Racks and the Timeline for Implementation," dated January 6, 2012.12-002 8/21/2012 Letter from R.

In response to GL 96-05, Not all GL 96-05 MOV Program The JOG Class D MOVs have Krich to U.S.

LaSalle committed to Valves are within the scope of been installed at LaSalle since Nuclear implement the Joint Owners the Final JOG Program. This original construction. LaSalle is Regulatory Group (JOG) Program for was not known when the following the JOG Program Commission, Motor Operated Valve (MOV) original commitment was made.

requirements to develop and dated August Periodic Verification (PV) in At LaSalle, a small number of justify an alternative method to 24, 1998, "NRC accordance with MPR-1807 GL 96-05 MOV Program Valves address service related Generic Letter (interim) and MPR-2524-A, are not included in the in the degradation.

While this method 96-05 Periodic Revision 1 (final). This Final JOG Program Report is not reviewed and approved Verification of commitment was made in a (MPR-2524-A) such that JOG by the NRC, LaSalle has Design Basis letter from R. Krich to U.S.

MOV PV evaluations for service completed JOG Class D Capability of Nuclear Regulatory related degradation effects are evaluations in Accordance with Safety-Related Commission, dated August 24, not applicable. GL 96-05 MOVs ER-AA-302-1009 "Final JOG Motor Operated 1998, "NRC Generic Letter 96-that are not within the scope of MOV Periodic Verification Valves, 05 Periodic Verification of the JOG MOV PV Final report Program Implementation." For Additional Design Basis Capability of are referred to as JOG Class D the identified valves, the JOG Information." Safety-Related Motor MOVs. Therefore, LaSalle must Class D evaluation utilized the Operate d Valves, Additional apply alternative methods to acceptance criteria documented Page 1 of 3 2012 Reaulatorv Commitment Chancie Summary Report Information." address service related in BWROG-TP-09-033, degradation that were not Revision 1, dated December 22, included in the NRC approved 2009, "Generic Methodology for JOG MOV PV Program. This JOG MOV Periodic Verification commitment change concerns a (PV) Program-Category D MOV change in the reporting Evaluations," Section 8.3, requirements for the following Special Case Method 1 -

Class D valves:

Unbalanced Disk Glove Valves with High Velocity or Flashing1(2)E51-F076, Low Risk, Fluid Conditions.

Glove Valves1(2)HG002A/B, Low Risk, Glove Valves1(2)VQ032, Low Risk, Glove Valves1(2)VQ035, Low Risk, Glove Valves1(2)VQ068, Low Risk, Glove Valves These 12 Motor Operated Unbalanced Globe Valves are in steam, air, or Nitrogen systems with flow rates greater than 86 ft/sec.12-003 12/17/2012 B.5.b License In 2007, an amendment was LOA-SY-001 will be revised to It was not the intent of LOA-SY-Condition letter made to the LaSalle Unit 1 state that extra operators who 001 or the B.5.b mitigation from C. Crane and Unit 2 operating license to are not required for strategies to drop below the to the U.S.

add the Mitigation Strategy implementation of threat required minimum staffing in the Nuclear License Condition (reference:

procedures, and not needed to main control room by sending a Regulatory B.5.b License Condition letter meet required minimum staffing specific number of licensed Commission, from C. Crane to the U.S.

in the main control room, will be individuals to the designated dated August 9, Nuclear Regulatory sent to the designated dispersal dispersal location.

Compliance 2007.Commission, dated August 9, location.with B.5.b criteria is met by 2007). The Mitigation Strategy sending only those operators License Condition not required to be in the control implemented site actions for room to implement the threat compliance with NRC Bulleting procedure and meet minimum 2005-02, section B.5.b of control room staffing Page 2 of 3 2012 Regulatory Commitment Change Summary Report Commission Order EA-02-026, requirements. The B.5.b order and Radiological Protection does not require a minimum Mitigation Strategies required number or specific number of by Commission Order EA extra operators available to 137. Section 4.0 of the safety send to the designated evaluation for the amendment dispersal location.

states that the strategies are treated as commitments and the commitment tracking process from NEI 99-04 will be followed.Compliance with part B.2.a of section B.5.b required the facilities to provide dispersal areas for operations personnel to maximize the survivability of those personnel. Operators not required to be in the control room to implement threat procedures and meet required minimums are dispersed to safe locations. At the time of the implementation, LaSalle operator staffing could support sending one SRO and one NSO to the designated dispersal location and maintain required minimum staffing in the control room.

The Security Abnormal procedure, LOA-SY-001, contains implementing strategies, which include a step to dispatch one SRO and one NSO to the designated dispersal area upon receipt of a threat warning.

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