ML14091A879

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (Pvngs), Units 1, 2, and 3 - Technical Specification (TS) Bases Revision 59 and Technical Requirements Manual (Trm) Revision 59

ML14091A879
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Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/21/2014
From:	Weber T N Arizona Public Service Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 Mail Station 7636March 21, 2014 Tel (623) 393-5774ATTN: Document Control DeskU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)Units 1, 2, and 3Docket Nos. STN 50-528/529/530 Technical Specification (TS) Bases Revision 59 andTechnical Requirements Manual (TRM) Revision 59Pursuant to PVNGS TS 5.5.14, Technical Specifications Bases Control Program,Arizona Public Service Company (APS) is submitting TS Bases Revision

59. Inaddition, APS is submitting TRM Revision

59. TS Bases Revision 59 wasimplemented on March 19, 2014 and TRM Revision 59 was implemented onSeptember 25, 2013. Electronic files of the revised TS Bases and TRM are providedas Enclosure

1. The summary of changes for each document is provided inEnclosure 2.No commitments are being made to the NRC by this letter. Should you needfurther information regarding this submittal, please contact David H. Kelsey,Licensing Section Leader, at (623) 393-5730.

Sincerely, Thomas N. WeberDepartment Leader, Regulatory AffairsTNW/DHK/hsc Enclosure 1: Optical Storage Media (OSM) Electronic Files of PVNGS TS BasesRevision 59 and TRM Revision 59Enclosure 2: PVNGS Technical Specification Bases Revision 59 and TRMRevision 59 Summary of Changescc: M. L. Dapas NRC Region IV Regional Administrator (enclosures)

J. K. Rankin NRC NRR Project Manager for PVNGS (enclosures)

M. A. Brown NRC Senior Resident Inspector for PVNGS (w/o enclosures)

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• San Onofre 0 South Texas e Wolf Creek ENCLOSURE 2PVNGSTechnical Specification Bases Revision 59andTRM Revision 59Summary of Changes ENCLOSURE 2PVNGS Technical Specification Bases Revision 59 and TRM Revision 59Technical Specification Bases Revision 59 includes the following changes:LDCRs 09-B007 and 13-B004 reflect changes to the TS Bases Section 3.4.17,RCS Specific

Activity, to conform to NRC approved License Amendment 192,dated November 25, 2013. The amendment revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) related to reactor coolant system (RCS) activity limits by replacing thecurrent TS limits on primary coolant gross specific activity with limits on primarycoolant noble gas activity.

The noble gas activity reflects a new DOSEEQUIVALENT XE-133 definition that replaces the past E-Bar averagedisintegration energy definition in TS Section 1.1, Definitions.

The changes areconsistent with NRC-approved Industry/Technical Specifications Task Force(TSTF) Standard Technical Specification change traveler, TSTF-490, Revision 0,Deletion of E-Bar Definition and Revision to RCS Specific Activity Technical Specifications, with deviations.

• LDCR 13-B003 clarified the Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) descriptions for TS Bases Sections 3.7.7, Essential Cooling Water (EW) System, 3.7.8,Essential Spray Pond System (ESPS), and 3.7.10, Essential Chilled Water (EC)System. Specifically, the following clarifying language was added:"Disassembly, removal of insulation, and other configuration changes tothe isolated portions of an OPERABLE system must be explicitly evaluated for operability impact prior to executing any configuration changes of theOPERABLE system."This clarifying information was added as a result of condition report disposition request (CRDR) 4450413.

In addition, a typographical error in the description ofAction F.1, of TS Bases Section 3.7.2, Main Steam Isolation Valves (MSIVs),identified in CRDR 4474603, is corrected in this LDCR. Specifically, the word"inoperable" was incorrectly typed as "operable" in TS Bases, Revision

40. Thiscorrection is consistent with LDCR 06-B023, dated November 7, 2006.Technical Requirements Manual (TRM) Revision 59 includes the following changes:* LDCR 12-R007 added 3 credited incore instrument strings (locations J-07, R-09and D-14) to implement the new analysis of record for Inadvertent Loading of aFuel Assembly.

In addition, changes included requiring at least one operabledetector string in all 4x4 arrays of fuel assemblies that contain 16 fuelassemblies.

New TLCO Conditions B, C and D were added to address actions tobe taken for inoperable detectors prior to 30 percent power and after initialpower ascension above 30 percent power. Conforming changes were also madeto the TRM Bases for this specification.

• LDCR 13-R003 revised various TRM surveillance requirement (SR) frequencies toreflect 18-month staggered test frequencies, consistent with Surveillance TestRisk-Informed Documented Evaluations (STRIDEs)

PVN-I-0007, Revision 1 andPVN-O-0015, Revision

0. Specifically, TRM SRs 3.3.108.3, 3.3.108.4, 3.4.201.1, 3.5.200.4.2, 3.8.102.1 and 3.9.104.3 test frequencies are changed to 18-months on a staggered test basis.1