JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RISK INFORMED MODIFICATION TO SELECTED REQUIRED ACTION END STATES FOR CEOG MEMBER PWRS " TAC NO.

have been received, and a new version was submitted on February 13, 2001, and was supplemented by letter dated July 3, 2001. CE NPSD-1186, Rev. 00 requests changes in the end state technical specification (TS) for numerous allowed outage time (AOT) requirements. Most of the requested TS changes are to permit an end state of hot shutdown (Mode 4) rather than cold shutdown (Mode 5) end state that is contained in the current TSs. The staff has found that CE NPSD-1186, Rev. 00, "Technical Justification for the Risk Informed Modification to Selected Required Action End States for CEOG Member PWRs, " dated February 13, 2001, as supplemented by letter dated July 3, 2001, is acceptable for referencing in licensing applications for Combustion Engineering designed pressurized water reactors to the extent specified and under the limitations delineated in the report and in the associated NRC safety evaluation (SE). The SE defines the basis for acceptance of the report. Licensees requesting a license amendment to revise their end states will need to include in their amendment requests plant-specific information addressing the stipulations identified in Section 6.0 of the SE. We do not intend to repeat our review of the matters described in the subject report, and found acceptable, when the report appears as a reference in license applications, except to ensure that the material presented applies to the specific plant involved. Our acceptance applies only to matters approved in the report. In accordance with procedures established in NUREG-0390, the NRC requests that the CEOG publish an accepted version, within 3 months of receipt of this letter. The accepted version shall incorporate (1) this letter and the enclosed SE between the title page and the abstract, and (2) an "-A " (designating "accepted") following the report identification symbol