ML20095B664

Forwards Amend Applications 153 & 137 to Licenses NPF-10 & NPF-15,respectively,consisting of Proposed Change Number 449,revising TS Section 4.3, Fuel Storage

ML20095B664
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	12/06/1995
From:	Rosenblum R SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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fG Southem Califomia Edison Company P O. BOX 128 SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA 92674 0128

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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:

Subject:

Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362 Amendment Application Nos. 153 and 137 Storing Nuclear Fuel San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 Enclosed are Amendment Application Numbers 153 and 137 to Facility Operating Licenses NPF-10 and NPF-15, respectively, for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3. These amendment applications consist of Proposed Change Number (PCN)-449. PCN-449 is a request to revise post PCN-299 .

(Technical Specification Improvement Program) Technical Specification (TS) l Section 4.3 " Fuel Storage" to allow fuel assemblies having a maximum U-235 enrichment of 4.8 weight percent (w/o) to be stored in both the spent fuel racks and the new fuel racks.

Additionally, TS Section 3.7.18 " Spent Fuel Assembly Storage," Figures 3.7.I8-1 " Unit 1 Fuel Minimum Burnup vs Initial Enrichment for Region II Racks," and 3.7.18-2 " Units 2 and 3 Fuel Minimum Burnup vs. Initial Enrichment for Region II Racks," are being revised and relabeled. A single value is being )rovic'ed as a burnup limit for unrestricted storage of Unit 1 spent fuel assem)liu in Region II rack locations. Another single value is being provided as a burnup limit for storage of Unit 1 spent fuel in the Region II peripheral rack locations. Therefore, the current Figure 3.7.18-1 is being replaced with a curve applicable to Units 2 and 3 fuel assemblies and relabeled appropriately.

Revisions to the Bases for TS Sections 3.7.17 and 3.7.18 are also provided for )

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These license amendment applications are estimated to realize a cost savings  !

in excess of $100,000 over the remaining life of the San Onofre Units. As such, this license amendment request is considered a Cost Beneficial Licensing Action (CBLA).

Approval of these Amendment applications is requested by August 31, 1996, to support fuel receipt scheduled to begin in September 1996. This request only allows storage of 4.8 w/o fuel in the new fuel racks and the spent fuel racks.

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t 'use of the 4.8 w/o enriched fuel for Cycle 9 operation following completion of the Cycle 9 core reload analysis. i.

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Southern California Edison requests these amendments be issued effective as of :

4 its date of issuance and be implemented within 30 days from the date of issuance. This will provide adequate time for the necessary procedure changes

and training on the new Technical Specifications.

If you need additional informatioa sii this Technical Specification change $

request, please let me know.

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Enclosure ,

cc: L. J. Callan, Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV K. E. Perkins, Jr., Director, Walnut Creek Field Office, NRC Region IV .

J. A. Sloan, NRC Senior Resident Inspector, San Onofre Units 1, 2 and 3 l M. B. Fields, NRC Project Manager, San Onofre Units 2 and 3 '

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