ML17265A567

Forwards Application for Amend to License DPR-18,to Revise TSs Battery Cell Parameters Limit for Specific Gravity (SR 3.8.6.3 & SR 3.8.6.6).Supporting Tss,Encl

ML17265A567
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/01/1999
From:	Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	Vissing G NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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ACCESSION NBR:9903100120 DOC.DATE: 99/03/01 NOTARIZED: YES DOCKET FACIL:50-244 Robert Emmet Ginna Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Rochester G 05000244 AUTH'.hAME, '"

AUTHOR AFFILIATION MECREDY,R,C. Rochester Gas S Electric Corp.

RECIP . NM4E RECIPIENT AFFILIATION VISSING,G.E~.

SUBJECT:

Forwa ds application for amend to license DPR-18,to revise TSs battery cell parameters limit for specific gravity C (SR 3.8.6.3 &, SR 3.8.6.6).Supporting TSs,encl.

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O AND ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION ~ 89 EASTAVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y Idio-0001 AREA CODE 716 $ 8-2700 ROBERT C. MECREDY Vice President Nvetear Operations March 1, 1999 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Attn: Guy S. Vissing Project Directorate I-1 Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Battery Cell Parameters Change Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-244

Dear Mr. Vissing:

The enclosed License Amendment Request (LAR) proposes to revise the Ginna Station Improved Technical Specifications battery cell parameters limit for specific gravity (SR 3.8.6.3 and SR 3.8.6.6).

The LAR is being proposed since Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) has determined that the battery cell parameters limit for specific gravity that is currently contained within the referenced surveillances is not consistent with the guidance of NUREG-1431 Rev.1, Standard Technical Specifications for Westinghouse Plants. The minimum specific gravity value as recommended by NUREG-1431 is to be based on "the manufacturer recommended fully charged, nominal specific gravity". The values currently in the RG&E Improved Technical Specifications were based on the actual observed fully charged specific gravity of the batteries at the time of installation, not the manufacturers nominal value, and may not be sufficiently conservative, The immediate corrective actions performed by RG&E as the result of this discovery were to review previous surveillance results to verify operability and to place administrative controls within the Technical Requirements Manual to control the battery cell surveillances in accordance with the more conservative NUREG-1431 guidance.

RG&E requests that upon NRC approval, this LAR should be effective immediately and implemented within 30 days.

Ve ly yours, 9903iOOi20 99030i Robert C. Mecredy PDR ADGCK OS000244 '

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Attachments xc: Mr. Guy S. Vissing (Mail Stop 14B2)

Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 U.S. NRC Ginna Senior Resident Inspector Mr. F. William Valentino, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority Corporate Plaza West 286 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY 12203-6399