ML20199E454
| ML20199E454 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/1997 |
| From: | Jacob Zimmerman NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Dennis Morey SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9711210209 | |
| Download: ML20199E454 (3) | |
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l November 13, 1997 1
I Mr. D. N. Morey Vice President, Farley Project Southem Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201
SUBJECT:
LETTER TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI) ON IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS) FORMAT
Dear Mr. Morey:
On October 29,1997, the NRC sent a letter to NEl on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS conversion license amendment. We have enclosed a copy of the NEl letter for your informatio n and consideration in your efforts to convert to the improved STS.
If you have any questions, please call me at 301-415-2426.
Sincarely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
Jacob 1. Zimmerman, Project Manager Project Directorate 11-2 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364
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'+,*****,[,e November 13, 1997 Mr. D. N. Morey Vice President, Farley Project Southem Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201
SUBJECT:
LETTER TO NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEl) ON IMPROVED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS) FORMAT
Dear Mr. Morey:
On October 29,1997, the NRC sent a letter to NEl on H.B. Robinson's recent improved STS conversion license amendment. We have enclosed a copy of the NEl letter for your informatio n and consideration in your efforts to convert to the improved STS.
If you have any questions, please call me at 301-415-2426.
Sincerely, T
Jacob 1.
merman, Project Manager Project Directorate 11-2 Division of Reactor Projects - t/11 Office ! Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/ encl: See next page i
4 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant oc:
Mr. R.' D. Hill,~ Jr.
GeneralManager -
Southem Nuclear Operating Company -
Post Office Box 470--
- Ashford, Alabama 36312 Mr. Mark Ajiuni, Licensing Manager
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 12g5 (Birmingham, Alabama 35201 1295 Mr. M.; Stanford Blanton Balch and Bingham Law Firm Post Office Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North:
Birmingham; Alabama 35201
. Mr. J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southem Nuclear Operating Company i
Post Office Box 12g5 Birmingham, Alabama 35201' State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health 434 Monroe Street Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1701 Chairman Houston County Commission Post Office Box 6406 Dothan, Alabama-36302 Regional Administrator, Region ll -
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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October 29, 1997 i
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Nuclear Energy Instnute 1775 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington; D.C. 20006 3708
Dear Mr. Dev.a:
On October 24,1997, the staff issued a license amendment for the H.B. Robinson 2 conversion to the improved Standard Technical Specifications (STS). This is the 12th conversion to the improved STS, which will result in 16 units operating with these technical specifications. The Robinson conversion is unique in that H served as a pilot for the development by NRC of a new format for the safety evaluation (SE) which should result in staff resource savings and more r'
timely reviews, while at the same time providing a clearer and more succinct product. In addition, the Robinson conversion amendment included a new license condition to ensure that '
surveillance schedules are not perturbed by the conversion to the improved STS. This amendment also contains a licensee condition to enforce licensee commitments to reloca'e items removed from the technical specifications to the appropriate licensee-controlled documents. This latter license condition is similar to one that is now being used by the staff for other relocations.
A key feature of the revised SE is a series of tables containing summary descriptions and F
categories of the changes to the technical specifications as a result of the conversion. It is our expectation that licensees will provide these tables to the staff late in the review process as the l
staff starts to write the SE. No change in the format of the initial submittalis being requested.
However, licensees should be aware of this expectation so that they can ensure that their data bases and word processing can easily generate these tables from existing submittal material at
- the appropriate point in time. We request that you make the availability of this amendment and revised SE format widely known throughout the industry and include a reference to it in your planned update to NEl 96-06, j
Sincerely, ys o. /s&
William D. Beckner, Chief Technical Specifications Branch Associate Director for Projects Ofi' ice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission I
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