LR-N04-0113, Risk-Informed Technical Specifications Pilot Plant Request for Fee Waiver

Risk-Informed Technical Specifications Pilot Plant Request for Fee Waiver

ML040850543
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	03/17/2004
From:	John Carlin Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 MAR 1 7 2004 0 EG UcP NuclearLLC LR-N04-01 13 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 RISK-INFORMED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PILOT PLANT REQUEST FOR FEE WAIVER HOPE CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION UNIT I FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 The purpose of this letter is to request the NRC Staff to consider Hope Creek to become a pilot plant for the risk-informed Technical Specifications (RITS) for "Flexible Allowable Outage Times (AOT)", RITS Initiative 4b and "Extending Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) 3.0.3 for Selected Systems", RITS Initiative 6.

In this effort we will work with the BWR Owners Group and NEI to assure that our efforts are compatible with the approaches'already underway by the other Owners Groups.

We request that NRC reviews of our submittals, including any required reviews of our Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) Model necessary to support our application, be granted a fee waiver pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 170.1 1, specifically:

1. The request is to assist in developing a NRC regulatory guide (to provide/endorse the risk management process) in accordance with 10 CFR 170.11 (a)(1)(ii).

2. The request is to support NRC generic regulatory improvements (risk management technical specifications), in accordance with 10 CFR 170.1 1(a)(1)(iii).

Provided a fee waiver is granted, we expect to provide a draft of the proposed Technical Specifications and Bases during the second quarter of 2005 and the upgraded PRA during the last quarter of 2005. The full License Amendment request would be submitted by the end of the last quarter of 2005.

95-2168 REV. 7/99

_ Document Control Desk LR-NO4-0113 MAR 1 7 2004 Please inform us of your decision on our request for fee waiver as soon as practical so we may begin the preparation of our PRA upgrades and development of our licensing application.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mr. John Nagle at (856) 339-3171.

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Document Control Desk LR-N401 LR-N04-01 13 MAR 1 7 2004 C: Mr. H. Miller, Administrator- Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. John Boska, Licensing Project Manager - Hope Creek Mail Stop 8B2 Washington, DC 20555-001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Theodore Tjader, Technical Specification Branch (DIPM/IROB)

Mail Stop 12H2 Washington, DC 20555-001 Richard A. Hill BWROG RITS Program Manager GE Nuclear 175 Curtner Ave.

San Jose, CA 95125 USNRC Senior Resident Inspector - Hope Creek (X24)

Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering PO Box 415 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Mr. Biff Bradley Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N. W.

Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708