ML062720099
| ML062720099 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 10/10/2006 |
| From: | Colburn T G NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-1 |
| To: | Lash J H FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
| Colburn T G, NRR/DORL, 415-1402 | |
| References | |
| GL-03-001, TAC MB9772, TAC MB9773 | |
| Download: ML062720099 (5) | |
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October 10, 2006Mr. James H. LashSite Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
SUBJECT:
NRC RECEIPT OF BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2,(BVPS-1 AND 2) RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER (GL) 2003-01 "CONTROL ROOM HABITABILITY" (TAC NOS. MB9772 AND MB9773)
Dear Mr. Lash:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledges the receipt of your responses to GL 2003-01 "Control Room Habitability," dated December 5, 2003 (Agencywide DocumentsAccess and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML033430285), and March 22, 2004 (ADAMS Accession No. ML040850103). This letter provides a status of your response and describes any additional information that may be necessary to consider your response to GL 2003-01 complete.GL 2003-01 requested that you confirm that your control room meets your design bases (e.g.,Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Appendix A, "General DesignCriteria [GDC]," 1, 3, 4, 5, and 19, draft GDC, or principal design criteria), with special attentionto: (1) determination of the most limiting unfiltered and/or filtered inleakage into the control room and comparison to values used in your design bases for meeting control room operator dose limits from accidents (GL Item 1a); (2) determination that the most limiting unfiltered inleakage is incorporated into your hazardous chemical assessments (GL Item 1b); and, (3) determination that reactor control capability is maintained in the control room or at the alternateshutdown location in the event of smoke (GL Item 1b). The GL further requested information on any compensatory measures in use to demonstrate control room habitability, and plans toretire them (GL Item 2).You reported the results of ASTM E741 tracer gas tests for the BVPS-1 and 2 Control Room.You determined that the tested value for inleakage into the Control Room Envelope (CRE), was 5.41 scfm, which was less than the value of 10 cfm assumed in the design-basis radiological analyses for Control Room Habitability (CRH). You indicated that unfiltered inleakage is not specifically incorporated into the hazardouschemical assessment because toxic gases are not considered to be a threat based on hazard screening performed on chemicals stored onsite or transported near the BVPS. You also indicated that reactor control capability is maintained from either the control room or thealternate shutdown panel in the event of smoke.
J. Lash-2-The information you provided also supported the fact that there are no compensatory measuresin place to demonstrate control room habitability.The GL further requested that you assess your Technical Specifications (TSs) to determine ifthey verify the integrity of the CRE, including ongoing verification of the inleakage assumed in the design basis analysis for control room habitability, and in light of the demonstratedinadequacy of a delta () P measurement to alone provide such verification (GL Item 1.c). Aspermitted by the GL, in your December 5, 2003, response, you provided a schedule for revising the surveillance requirement in the TS to reference an acceptable surveillance methodology. Inyour March 22, 2004, letter, you revised your commitment date for submitting the revisedsurveillance TS from "within 180 days of the submittal date of this response to Generic Letter2003-01" to "within 180 days of NRC approval of TSTF-448."Your commitment to submit a LAR based on TSTF-448, following our formal review andapproval, is acceptable for purposes of closing out your response to GL 2003-01. The NRC staff will monitor submission of the LAR and interact with you as necessary during theamendment process.If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me.Sincerely,/RA/Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 cc: See next page J. Lash-2-The information you provided also supported the fact that there are no compensatory measuresin place to demonstrate control room habitability.The GL further requested that you assess your Technical Specifications (TSs) to determine ifthey verify the integrity of the CRE, including ongoing verification of the inleakage assumed in the design basis analysis for control room habitability, and in light of the demonstratedinadequacy of a delta () P measurement to alone provide such verification (GL Item 1.c). Aspermitted by the GL, in your December 5, 2003, response, you provided a schedule for revising the surveillance requirement in the TS to reference an acceptable surveillance methodology. Inyour March 22, 2004, letter, you revised your commitment date for submitting the revisedsurveillance TS from "within 180 days of the submittal date of this response to Generic Letter2003-01" to "within 180 days of NRC approval of TSTF-448."Your commitment to submit a LAR based on TSTF-448, following our formal review andapproval, is acceptable for purposes of closing out your response to GL 2003-01. The NRC staff will monitor submission of the LAR and interact with you as necessary during theamendment process.If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me.Sincerely,/RA/Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION
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Gary R. LeidichPresident and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308Joseph J. HaganSenior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308Danny L. PaceSenior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308Jeannie M. RinckelVice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308David W. Jenkins, AttorneyFirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-18 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308Manager, Fleet LicensingFirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GHE-107 395 Ghent Road Akron, OH 44333James H. LashSite Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077Lew W. MyersExecutive Vice President, Special Projects FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SGRP P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077Manager, Site Regulatory ComplianceFirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077Commissioner James R. LewisWest Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305Director, Utilities DepartmentPublic Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr.
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364Ohio EPA-DERRATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (continued) cc:
Dr. Judith JohnsrudEnvironmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803DirectorBureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406Resident InspectorU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077