ML041350046
| ML041350046 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/13/2004 |
| From: | Tjader T NRC/NRR/DIPM/IROB |
| To: | Bradley B Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Tjader T., NRC/IROB, 415-1187 | |
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RISK INFORMED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TASK FORCE (RITSTF)
RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION INITIATIVE STATUS INITIATIVE TITLE INITIATIVE STATUS NEXT ACTIONS/SCHEDULE/ TSTF NUMBER RESPONSIBILITY 1 Technical Specification
- NRC provided comments
- TSTF-423 was submitted to the NRC on 8/12/03. CEOG - TSTF-422 R0 Required Actions on TSTF-422 on 6/23/03.
Preferred End States TSTF and RITSTF
- TSTF reviewed and provided comments on the BWROG - TSTF-423 R0 provided responses on BWOG Topical Report.
11/10/03. BWOG - TSTF-431 R0
- BWOG Topical Report was submitted to NRC (Not created)
- TSTF-423 submitted to week of 1/23/04.
NRC on 8/12/03. WOG - TSTF-432 R0
- The NRC/RITSTF agreed to resolutions for all the NRC comments.
- TSTF-422 Implementation guidance document to be provided to the NRC in May 2004.
- TSTF-423 implementation guidance document be provided to the NRC in June 2004.
- TSTF-358, R6, has been
NEI RITSTF NEI Biff Bradley, 202 739-8083 WOG Jack Stringfellow, Southern Nuclear, 205 992-7037 CEOG Alan Hackerott, OPPD, 402 533-7276 Tony Pietrangelo, 202 739-8081 Jim Andrachek, Westinghouse, 412 374-5018 Gary Chung, SCE, 949 368-9431 EXCEL Don Hoffman, 301 984-4400 Jerry Andre, Westinghouse, 412 374-4723 Ray Schneider, CE, 860 731-6461 EPRI Frank Rahn, 650 855-2037 BWOG Paul Infanger, Progress Energy, 352-563-4796 BWROG Rick Hill, GE, 408 925-5388 John Gaertner, 704 547-6169 R. Schomaker, Framatome, 434 832-2917 Dusty Rhoads, Energy Northwest, 509 377-4298 Mike Kitlan, Duke, 980 373-8348 Don McCamy, TVA 256 729-4595 Page 1 of 9 5/10/2004
RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS INITIATIVE TITLE INITIATIVE STATUS NEXT ACTIONS/SCHEDULE/ TSTF NUMBER RESPONSIBILITY 3 Increase Flexibility in
- TSTF-359, R9, has been
- Initiative Complete. TSTF-359 R9 Mode Restraints LCO approved and published for 3.0.4 CLIIP adoption.
- The final Implementation Guidance, NEI-03-10, was issued on September 5, 2003.
4a Individual Risk
- Owners Groups (OGs) are
Informed Allowed pursuing generic Risk Outage Times (AOTs) Informed AOT extensions TSTF-409 R1 (CEOG) through OG-specific Topicals and license TSTF-417 R0 (WOG) amendments.
TSTF-430 R0 (BWOG)
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS 4b Risk Informed AOTs TSTF-424 and the Draft Risk
- RITSTF provided the Interim Report to NRC at TSTF-424 R0 With Configuration Management Guide were the 11/13/03 meeting.
Risk Management provided to the NRC on 1/21/03.
Program or NRC comments are expected in
- RITSTF provided the Matrix of the responses to Maintenance Rule May 2004. the NRC comments to NRC on 11/21/03.
Backstop Hope Creek, Fort Calhoun, and
- RITSTF/NRC met to discuss the responses and South Texas Project have documents 12/16/03.
volunteered to develop pilot submittals.
- RITSTF/NRC met 1/29/04 to discuss the TSTF 424 and associated risk guidance document.
- RITSTF provided draft responses to NRC comments at the 1/29/04 meeting.
- RITSTF will develop a White Paper to address the interface of the a.4 process to the Initiative 4b and Initiative 6 process to show the overlap and transition and provide to NRC in May 2004.
- NRC will provide comments on the RMGD Industry response to NRC comments in May 2004.
- RITSTF to provide document describing the interface between Initiative 4b and Initiative 6.
5a Relocate Surveillance
- Deterministic portion of
- TSTF reviewing candidate SRs to be relocated. None assigned Requirements Not Initiative 5 transferred to Related to Safety TSTF responsibility.
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS INITIATIVE TITLE INITIATIVE STATUS NEXT ACTIONS/SCHEDULE/ TSTF NUMBER RESPONSIBILITY 5b Relocate Surveillance
- RITSTF/BWROG/Pilot
- NRC provided a new concern regarding TSTF-425 R0 Test Intervals to Plant will be applying the Surveillance Test Intervals at 5/15/03 (Not created)
Licensee Control methodology and RITSTF/NRC meeting. NRC stated that OGC interfacing with the NRC was concerned that test intervals (Frequencies) on the issues in 2003. should remain in Technical Specifications under 10 CFR 50.36. It may be acceptable for the
- RITSTF to address NRC Technical Specifications to contain a methodology position that Surveillance rather than a fixed interval.
Test Intervals must be in the Technical Specifications
- RITSTF to address NRC position that Surveillance Test Intervals must be in the Technical Specifications and NEI to provide a White Paper to NRC.
- BWROG has identified two pilot plants and will develop a draft Traveler based on the application of the methodology. BWROG will attach the Guidance Document to the TSTF.
- RITSTF provided a draft Technical Guidance Document to the NRC at the 11/13/03 meeting.
- NRC attended several Limerick IDP meetings to observe process.
- Three documents will be submitted in 5/04 to 6/04:
- 1. Limerick Pilot as a License Amendment Request.
- 2. The Methodology Document
- 3. TSTF 425.
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS 6a Modify LCO 3.0.3
- On hold.
- On hold for resolution of Initiative 6b and 6c to None assigned Actions and Timing 1 determine if Initiative 6a is required.
hour - 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 6b Provide Conditions in
- NRC drafting Safety
- CEOG provided revised version to address the TSTF-426 R0 the LCOs for Those Evaluation. RAIs to NRC in 7/03. (Not created)
Levels of Degradation Where No Condition
- NRC PSA Branch developed a draft SE and NRC Currently Exists to will finalize the SE based on the CE responses.
Preclude Entry Into LCO 3.0.3
- CEOG to provide a list of ISTS changes and justification to TSTF after NRC completes Safety Evaluation.
- TSTF reviewed CEOG Topical Report and recommended changes to support creation of a Traveler. CEOG developed a revision to the Topical to address NRC comments and the TSTF comments.
- This revised topical was submitted to NRC 10/3/03.
- The revised Topical is under NRC review and NRC plans to issue the draft SE.
- TSTF to develop Traveler based on NRC comments provided at April 29 meeting.
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS INITIATIVE TITLE INITIATIVE STATUS NEXT ACTIONS/SCHEDULE/ TSTF NUMBER RESPONSIBILITY 6c Provide Specific Times
- NRC drafting Safety
- CEOG provided revised version to address the TSTF-426 R0 in the LCO For Those Evaluation. RAIs to NRC in 7/03. (Not created)
Conditions That Require Entry Into
- NRC PSA Branch developed a draft SE and NRC LCO 3.0.3 Immediately will finalize the SE based on the CE responses.
- CEOG to provide a list of ISTS changes and justification to TSTF after NRC completes Safety Evaluation.
- TSTF reviewed CEOG Topical Report and recommended changes to support creation of a Traveler. CEOG developed a revision to the Topical to address NRC comments and the TSTF comments.
- This revised topical was submitted to NRC 10/3/03.
- The revised Topical is under NRC review and SE under development.
- TSTF to develop Traveler based on NRC comments provided at April 29 meeting.
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS INITIATIVE TITLE INITIATIVE STATUS NEXT ACTIONS/SCHEDULE/ TSTF NUMBER RESPONSIBILITY 7a Impact of Non
- NRC provided comments
- Draft Revision 4 of TSTF-372 created on 2/24/03. TSTF-372 R4 Technical Specification on TSTF-427 on 6/26/03. NRC reviewed and agreed it addressed their Design Features on comments. Draft being reviewed by TSTF, TSTF-427 R0 Operability
Requirements - Barriers submitted on 4/23/04.
- TSTF, Snubbers User Group (SNUG), and NRC met to discuss TSTF-372 on June 16. SNUG gathered information from their members and worked with the TSTF to draft a revision that addresses the NRC and Industry concerns.
Submitted Revision 3 on 11/17/03.
- TSTF-427 transmitted to NRC on 3/4/03.
- RITSTF/NRC discussed the RITSTF response at the 11/13/03 meeting.
- TSTF/RITSTF will delete the additions to the definition of OPERABILITY for TSTF 427 and 372 to address NRC concerns.
- TSTF/RITSTF will provide bounding analysis in the TSTF 372 for snubbers that affect both trains of a system.
- TSTF/RITSTF will provide a revision to TSTF 427 in 05/04 or 06/04 after completion of the implementation guidance document.
- TSTF-427 implementation guidance to be provided to the NRC in 06/04.
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS INITIATIVE TITLE INITIATIVE STATUS NEXT ACTIONS/SCHEDULE/ TSTF NUMBER RESPONSIBILITY 7b Impact of Non TS
- A White Paper on the
- RITSTF will develop a White Paper to outline the None assigned Design Features on process to address this scope process to address this scope of SSCs by 6/04.
Operability of SSCs is being developed.
Requirements - All
- RITSTF/TSTF will work with the NRC on a risk other SSCs not in informed revision of GL 91-18 and integrate the Technical Initiatives.
Specifications
- An Operability/GL 91-18 Workshop was held on 8/14/03 to discuss these issues.
- A draft revision of GL 91-18 will be available 3/04 with another GL 91-18 Workshop currently scheduled for 4/09/04
- RITSTF/TSTF will develop a TSTF and submit to NRC by 8/04.
8a Remove or Relocate
- A White Paper on the
- NEI 00-04 is being reviewed and will serve as the None assigned Systems LCOs That Do application of the 10 CFR basis for Criterion 4 application.
Not Meet the 4 50.36 criteria is being Criterion of 10 CFR developed.
- RITSTF will develop a White Paper to outline the 50.36 From Technical guidance and methodology based on NEI 00-04 Specifications for the application of the four criteria of 10 CFR 50.36 and a list of the systems identified for relocation. RITSTF working on the schedule -
current plans are third quarter 2004.
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RITSTF INITIATIVE STATUS 8b Modify 50.36 Rule to
- Requires Rulemaking
- RITSTF looking at coordinating Initiative 8b with Not applicable Permit Removal or longer term initiatives given the requirements for Relocation of Non Risk rulemaking.
Significant Systems out of Technical
- Approach favored by NEI and NRC is making Specifications Criterion 4 a two way door (e.g., if it doesnt meet Criterion 4, Specification can be relocated even if it meets Criteria 1, 2, or 3).
BWOG - Active in Initiatives 1, 4 and 7 CEOG - Active in Initiatives 1, 4, 5 and 6 BWROG - Active in Initiatives 1, 4, 5 and 8 WOG - Active in Initiatives 1, 4, and 5 Page 9 of 9 5/10/2004