ML20083K858

Application for Amend to Licenses DPR-44 & DPR-56,consisting of Change Request 93-16 Re Conversion of Current PBAPS TS to Improved TS

ML20083K858
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Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	05/09/1995
From:	Hunger G PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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Docket Nos. 50-277, 50-278 License Nos. DPR44 '

DPR-56.

t U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk

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Subject:

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Supplement 6 to TSCR @16 Conversion to improved Technical Specifications References- (1) Letter from G. A. Hunger, J' r. (PECO Energy) to USNRC dated

. September 29,1994

Dear Sir:

in Reference (1), PECO Energy Company submitted Technical Specifications Change Request (TSCR) @16, requesting changes to Appendices A and B of the Facility Operating Licenses for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS), Units 2 and 3. This TSCR proposed an overall -

conversion of the current PBAPS Technical Specifications (TS) to the improved Technical Specifications (ITS), as contained in NUREG 1433, " Standard Technical Specifications, General s Electric Plants, BWR/4." r Enclosed is'our response to additional questions regarding ITS Section 5.0.

If you have any questions, please contact us. +

Very truly yours, u .

G. A. Hunger, Jr.,

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'cc: T. T. Martin, Administrator, Region I, USNRC W. L Schmidt, USNRC Senior Resident inspector, PBAPS R. R. Janati, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 60  !

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W. H.-Smith,'III, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:.

That he is Vice President of;PECO Energy Company; the Applicant herein; that'he has read the. attached' response to questions regarding Technical Specifications Change Request (TSCR 93-16, SupplemJnt 6) for Changes to the Peach Bottom Facility' Operating Licenses DPR-44 and DPR-56, and knows the contents.

thereof; and that the statements and matters set forth'therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

Vice President

.s Subscribed and sworn to before me this Cfhb day of $ 1995.

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Deviations from NUREG-1433

'NRC Question 1:

,J Which ANSI /ANS Standardris Peach Bottom' committed to-with regard to' license

requirements-for the Senior

. Manager-operations? Please: identify the location of t' the commitment.

PECO Energy; Response to.NRC Question 1: 7 The ANSI /ANS Standard-thatLPeach Botton Atomic Power

.d : Station (PBAPS) is committed to.with' regard to;the-

^ license ~ requirements for the Senior Manager-operations is ANSI N18.1-1971. This commitment is located in p Section 13.2.3.1 of the PBAPS UFSAR.

NRC Question 2:

Specification.5.5.4.f reads, " Limitations on the functional capability and use of the liquid and gaseous effluent treatment systems shall be_specifiedLin thel ODCM." NUREG-1433 contains~a'much~ greater level of ,

detail concerning these limitations.

DOC P g reads, "The change to Section.5.5.4.f_(old 5.4.2.4.f) specifies'that limitations on'the functional

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treatment systems shall be'specified-in the ODCM."

This is simply a restatement of 5.5.4.f and not a justification for the deviation-from NUREG-1433.

Please provide a discussion of why the' deviation'from-NUREG-1433 is justified.

PECO Energy Response to NRC Question 2:

The detall in'NUREG-1433 regarding the' limitations on the functional capability of the liquid and gaseous effluent treatment system was not incorporated into the PBAPS ITS since the limitations are not consistent with the current Technical Specifications (CTS) limitations on the use of these effluent treatment systems. NUREG-1433 Specification 5.7.2.7.g states', " Limitations on ,

the functional capability and use of.the liquid and-gaseous effluent treatment systems to ensure that appropriate portions of these systems are used to

<. reduce releases of radioactivity when the projected doses in_a period of 31 days would oxceed 2% of the guidelines for the annual dose or dose commitment, p i c ., _ . . - _ _ _ ______.__._______1__.

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RESPONSES TO NRC' COMMENTS:(5.0) conforming to;10 CFR 50, Appendix I." Doses from both-

- l liquid and gaseous affluent are required to_be; R projected by NUREG-1433 Specification 5.7.2.7.g.

However, CTS 3.8.C, Gaseous. Effluent,.does not require dcse contributions from gaseous radioactive effluent to be projected to ensure the'appropriateLportions of:the' systems are used to reduce releases.-

Upon further review, it has been decided to revise proposed specification 5.5.4.~f to more closely reflect the requirements of the CTS. The proposed wording is <

as follows:- l Limitations-on the functionalicapability and.use of the liquid affluent treatment systems to ensure that appropriate portions of these systems are-used to reduce releases of radioactivity.when projected doses averaged over.one month would _ _

exceed 0.12 area to the total' body or 0.4 mrem to any organ (combined total from the two. reactors at-the site).

Gaseous affluents shall be processed through'thei appropriate gaseous effluent treatment systems.as described in the ODCM prior to' release. ,

NRC Question 3: ,

4-Specification 5.5.6 is not in conformance with Generic Change BWOG-09, C.17, Revision 2, to-NUREG-1433.

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Please revise Specification 5.5.6 to: conform to the generic change to the.NUREG (see attached.' excerpt from j the draft Revision 1 to NUREG-1433).

PECO Energy Response to NRC Question 3:

BWOG-09, C.17, Revision 2 was not-approved at the time j of the PBAPS submittal. Therefore, incorporation of i, the generic change in accordance with BWOG-09, C .17 , _

i Revision 2=has not been performed.' PBAPS Specification 5.5.6, Inservice Testing Program, will'be revised to reflect the requirements of Specification 5.5.7,_

Inservice Testing Program, of Revision 1 to NUREG-1433.

One plant-specific deviation from the Inservice Testing Program frequencies in Specification 5.5.7.b of -

Revision 1 to NUREG-1433 will be made-consistent with the PBAPS CTS. The deviation is to the Frequency of

" Biennially or every 2 years." In Revision 1 to NUREG-1433, _this Frequency is defined as "At least'once per 731 days." The PBAPS CTS 1.0 in the definition of l

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Surveillance Frequency specifies "24 months" ras being "AtEleast once per 732 days.": As such, the PBAPS'ITS j 4 . Specification 5.5.6 Frequency of'" Biennially or every 2 years":is proposed ~to be'specified as."At;1 east'once .

Lper 732' days."  !

NRC Question'4:

Specification 5.5.7.f reads,." Demonstrate for.the'MCREV

' System.that a laboratory test of;a sample of the charcoal'adsorber shows the halogen removal efficiency' ~

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'to be 2 99.5%." Please reconcile the difference- 1

%. between this-ITS requirement and your CTS amendment-request dated February 10, 1995, on this.same. subject. ,

PECO Energy Response'toLNRC Question 4:f Specification 5.5.7.f requires a sampleLof the charcoal

' filter to be analyzed once-per year to_ assure halogen. .

removal efficiency of at least 99.5%. 1311s requirement:

is being deleted by PBAPS Technical Specification Change Request 95-02 dated 2/10/95-from G.A. Hunger, Jr. _

(PECO Energy) to NRC. In Revision A to TSCR 93-16,,

4.ITS: Specification 5.5.7.f will be proposed to'be deleted to achieve consistency with the proposed'_ CTS- l

-requirements for ventilation filter testing.

NRC Question 5:

Please refer to the question on this program submitted with'the RAI on Section 3.8.

!' PECO EnergyLResponse to NRC' Question 5: ,

i The responses to the NRC questions on this program are provided in the PECO Energy responses to'the RAI on -

PBAPS.ITS Section 3.8.

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NRC Question.1:

-See' Question l'on Deviations from NUREG-1433 for' Chapter;5.0 PECO Energy Response to,NRC Question: 1: ,

The ANSI /ANS Standard that Peach Bottom Atomic Power-Station ~(PBAPS).is committed to with regard'tosthe license requirements <for the Senior Manager-Operations is ANSI N18.1-1971. This commitment la'locatediin Section 13.2.3.1 of the PBAPS UFSAR.'-

NRC Question 2:-

The CTS markup showed.the revision of Specification 6.13 as change L. 6 The markup did not appear to -

provide the new requirements which will be contained in  !

the ITS. Please provide the new requirements for thei CTS comparison document. i PECO EnergyfResponse to NRC Question 2:

The. CTS markup has been revised to show the new i

_ requirements-which will be contained'in the ITS. The-Unit 2 CTS markup is attached. The Unit _3 CTS' markup-is. identical.

NRC Question 3:

The CTS markup shows a change in SR 4.7.B.1.a from a pressure drop of 8 inches of water to 3.9 inches of-water. The change is designated as M . 'The DOC for M6 says "Not used." Please provide a DOb for this change.

PECO Energy Response to NRC Question 3:

DOC M6 for ITS 5.0 will be revised in Revision A to-TSCR 93-16 to reflect the information in the NSHC M 6 for ITS 5.0. A copy of the revised discussion of change is attached.

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NRC Question 4:

The CTS markup shows a change :in -SR 4.7.B.2.d to replace the phrase, " Testing of gasket seals.for-housing doors downstream of the HEPA filters:and .

charcoal adsorbers" with "ASME N510-1989, Section 6."

No change. number.isfidentified for this change.' Please

. identify.the appropriate change number if the DOC already; exists or provide a' DOC for this change.

PECO EnergyLResponse to NRC-Question 4:

ASME N510-1989, Section 6,-requiren'the performance of '

duct and housing leak and structural capability tests of the ventilation system. As a result, this requirement adequately addresses the. requirement of CTS SR 4.7.B.2.d. This' markup should have been annotated as A The markup will-be-revised to reflect this annoNa. tion.

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