ML022040250
| ML022040250 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 07/17/2002 |
| From: | Chandu Patel NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2 |
| To: | Gordon Peterson Duke Energy Corp |
| References | |
| TAC MB3726, TAC MB3727 | |
| Download: ML022040250 (11) | |
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July 17, 2002 Mr. G. R. Peterson Site Vice President Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745-9635
SUBJECT:
CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 RE: ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS (TAC NOS. MB3726 AND MB3727)
Dear Mr. Peterson:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 200 to Facility Operating License NPF-35 and Amendment No.193 to Facility Operating License NPF-52 for the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications (TS) in response to your application dated December 20, 2001.
The amendments revise TS 5.5.14 to eliminate the use of the term unreviewed safety question, and replace the word involve with the word require as it applies to changes made to the updated Final Safety Analysis Report and the TS Bases.
A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's biweekly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Chandu P. Patel, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 200 to NPF-35
- 2. Amendment No. 193 to NPF-52
- 3. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: See next page
July 17, 2002 Mr. G. R. Peterson Site Vice President Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745-9635
SUBJECT:
CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 RE: ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS (TAC NOS. MB3726 AND MB3727)
Dear Mr. Peterson:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 200 to Facility Operating License NPF-35 and Amendment No. 193 to Facility Operating License NPF-52 for the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications (TS) in response to your application dated December 20, 2001.
The amendments revise TS 5.5.14 to eliminate the use of the term unreviewed safety question, and replace the word involve with the word require as it applies to changes made to the updated Final Safety Analysis Report and the TS Bases.
A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's biweekly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Chandu P. Patel, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 DISTRIBUTION:
PUBLIC ACRS
Enclosures:
PDII-1 R/F GHill (4)
- 2. Amendment No.193 to NPF-52 WBeckner TMarsh
- 3. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: See next page Amendment:
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Catawba Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. Gary Gilbert Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Legal Department (PB05E)
Duke Energy Corporation 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Anne Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 1427 Meadowwood Boulevard P. O. Box 29513 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 County Manager of York County York County Courthouse York, South Carolina 29745 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency 121 Village Drive Greer, South Carolina 29651 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice P. O. Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Elaine Wathen, Lead REP Planner Division of Emergency Management 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1335 North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation P. O. Box 27306 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4830 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 Virgil R. Autry, Director Division of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 Mr. C. Jeffrey Thomas Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Saluda River Electric P. O. Box 929 Laurens, South Carolina 29360 Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV VP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
Catawba Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. T. Richard Puryear Owners Group (NCEMC)
Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 Richard M. Fry, Director Division of Radiation Protection North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION SALUDA RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
DOCKET NO. 50-413 CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 200 License No. NPF-35
- 1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A. The application for amendment to the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (the facility)
Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 filed by the Duke Energy Corporation, acting for itself, North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation and Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc. (licensees), dated December 20, 2001, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
- 2. Accordingly, the license is hereby amended by page changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 200, which are attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into this license. Duke Energy Corporation shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
- 3. This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
John A. Nakoski, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Technical Specification Changes Date of Issuance: July 17, 2002
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY NO. 1 PIEDMONT MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY DOCKET NO. 50-414 CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 2 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 193 License No. NPF-52
- 1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment to the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (the facility)
Facility Operating License No. NPF-52 filed by the Duke Energy Corporation, acting for itself, North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1 and Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (licensees), dated December 20, 2001, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
- 2. Accordingly, the license is hereby amended by page changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and Paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. NPF-52 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2)
Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 193, which are attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into this license. Duke Energy Corporation shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
- 3. This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
John A. Nakoski, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Technical Specification Changes Date of Issuance: July 17, 2002
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 200 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-35 DOCKET NO. 50-413 AND LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 193 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-52 DOCKET NO. 50-414 Replace the following page of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached revised page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Remove Insert 5.5-17 5.5-17
SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 200 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-35 AND AMENDMENT NO. 193 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-52 DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, ET AL.
CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-413 AND 50-414
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated December 20, 2001, Duke Energy Corporation, et al. (the licensee), submitted a request for changes to the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications (TS). The requested changes would eliminate the use of the term unreviewed safety question, and replace the word involve with the word require as it applies to changes made to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) and the TS Bases.
2.0 BACKGROUND
The requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.59 establish the conditions under which licensees may make changes to the facility or procedures and conduct test and experiments without prior approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
In 1999, the NRC revised its regulations (64 FR 191, dated October 4, 1999) controlling changes, tests and experiments performed by nuclear power plant licensees. The rule change clarified the specific types of changes, tests, and experiments conducted at a facility that require evaluation, and revised the criteria that licensees must use to determine when NRC approval is needed before such changes, tests, and experiments can be implemented. The final rule also added definitions for terms that have been subject to differing interpretations and reorganized the rule language for clarity. Under the revised 10 CFR 50.59, proposed changes, tests and experiments that satisfy the definitions and one or more of the criteria in the rule must be reviewed and approved by the NRC before implementation.
The TS Bases Control Program allows the licensee to make changes to the Bases in accordance with TS 5.5.14 without prior NRC approval, provided the change does not involve a change to the UFSAR or Bases involving an unreviewed safety question, as defined in 10 CFR 50.59. With the revisions to 10 CFR 50.59, the definition of unreviewed safety question was eliminated; therefore, the TS should be revised to be consistent with the revision to 10 CFR 50.59. A conforming change is made to TS 5.5.14 to replace the word involve, as used above, with the word require.
3.0 EVALUATION The proposed changes to TS 5.5.14 are required to reflect the revisions to 10 CFR 50.59, in that the definition of unreviewed safety question was eliminated. The revised TS 5.5.14, however, retains the requirement for prior NRC approval of changes to the UFSAR and TS Bases in those cases specified in the revised 10 CFR 50.59. The proposed change to TS 5.5.14 to replace the word involve, as used above, with the word require does not affect the requirements of TS 5.5.14. The TS should, therefore, be revised to be consistent with the revision to 10 CFR 50.59 and the proposed editorial change described herein.
4.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the South Carolina State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no comments.
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
These amendments relate to changes in recordkeeping, administrative procedures or requirements. Accordingly, these amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of these amendments.
6.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: C. Patel Date: July 17, 2002