ML052500192
| ML052500192 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 12/05/2005 |
| From: | Michelle Honcharik NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLG |
| To: | Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| Honcharik M, NRR/DLPM, 301-415-1774 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC7064 | |
| Download: ML052500192 (10) | |
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December 5, 2005 Mr. Randall K. Edington Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District P. O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT RE: DELETION OF TEMPORARY NOTES FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NO. MC7064)
Dear Mr. Edington:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 213 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-46 for the Cooper Nuclear Station. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated May 25, 2005.
The amendment deletes from the TSs temporary footnotes that have expired and are no longer in effect.
A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next biweekly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA Michelle C. Honcharik, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 213 to DPR-46
- 2. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: See next page
July 2005 Cooper Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. William J. Fehrman President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Mr. Michael T. Boyce Nuclear Assett Manager Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Mr. John C. McClure Vice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P. O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Mr. Paul V. Fleming Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P. O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Ms. Cheryl K. Rogers, Program Manager Nebraska Health & Human Services System Division of Public Health Assurance Consumer Services Section 301 Centennial Mall, South P. O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Mr. Mike Wells, Deputy Director Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65101 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 218 Brownville, NE 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P. O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Mr. Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Mr. Scott Clardy, Director Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 Jerry C. Roberts, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321
Mr. Randall K. Edington Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District P. O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT RE: DELETION OF TEMPORARY NOTES FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NO. MC7064)
Dear Mr. Edington:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 213 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-46 for the Cooper Nuclear Station. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated May 25, 2005.
The amendment deletes from the TSs temporary footnotes that have expired and are no longer in effect.
A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next biweekly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA Michelle C. Honcharik, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 213 to DPR-46
- 2. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-298 COOPER NUCLEAR STATION AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 213 License No. DPR-46 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment by Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee) dated May 25, 2005, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations 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 Commission's regulations; D.
The issuance of this license 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 Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
2.
Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment and Paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. DPR-46 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2)
Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No., are hereby incorporated in the license. The Nebraska Public Power District shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
3.
The license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days from the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA David Terao, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: December 5, 2005
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 213 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 DOCKET NO. 50-298 Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the enclosed revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
REMOVE INSERT 3.3-36 3.3-36 3.3-65 3.3-65 3.3-68 3.3-68 3.5-6 3.5-6 3.5-10 3.5-10 3.6-2 3.6-2 3.6-40 3.6-40 3.8-3 3.8-3 3.8-13 3.8-13 3.8-18 3.8-18
SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 213 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT COOPER NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET NO. 50-298
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By application dated May 25, 2005 (Agencywide Documents and Access Management System Accession No. ML051520424), Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee), requested changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) for Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS). The proposed changes would delete from the CNS TSs temporary footnotes that have expired and are no longer in effect. The temporary footnotes were added by CNS Amendment No. 205, dated July 14, 2004, and Amendment No. 207, dated October 15, 2004.
2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION
The CNS TSs were revised by Amendment Nos. 205 and 207 to insert footnotes into various individual TSs. Amendment 205 inserted footnotes extending various surveillance requirements (SRs) to support the extension of CNS Cycle 22. Amendment 207 added footnotes to TSs related to the storage of diesel fuel oil to support operability of a diesel generator during tank cleaning and coating maintenance activities. Both sets of footnotes were temporary and expired upon startup from the last refueling outage. The proposed removal of the footnotes is intended to restore the TS requirements to include only the permanent requirements and avoid confusion regarding the affected surveillances or diesel fuel oil tanks.
3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION
3.1 Temporary Footnote for One-Time Extension of Surveillance Requirements The proposed change would delete a temporary footnote from the following 11 SRs:
SR 3.3.5.1.5, SR 3.3.8.1.2, SR 3.3.8.1.3, SR 3.3.8.2.1, SR 3.3.8.2.2, SR 3.5.1.9, SR 3.5.2.5, SR 3.6.1.1.2, SR 3.6.4.3.2, SR 3.6.4.3.4, and SR 3.8.4.7. The temporary footnote states that the next required performance of the surveillances may be delayed until the current cycle refueling outage, but no later than February 2, 2005, and that the temporary footnote expires upon startup from that refueling outage.
The delay of these SRs was needed to allow CNS to continue operation in operating Cycle 22 until the scheduled refueling outage. The temporary footnote specified a date by when the surveillance would be performed and contained a provision stating that the temporary footnote expired upon startup from the refueling outage. The NRC approved the addition of the temporary footnotes in CNS Amendment No. 205. CNS restarted from the Cycle 22 refueling outage on February 18, 2005. At that time the temporary footnotes expired. The NRC staff concludes that deletion of the above mentioned temporary footnotes are administrative in nature and, therefore, is acceptable.
3.2 Temporary Footnote for One-Time Extension of Diesel Generator Allowed Outage Time The proposed change would delete temporary footnotes from TS 3.8.1, Condition B, Required Action B.4 and TS 3.8.3. CNS TSs required that an inoperable diesel generator be returned to operable status within seven days. Because of a concern with corrosion on the interior surfaces of the permanent diesel fuel oil storage tanks, CNS developed a plan to drain the tanks, clean the interior surfaces, and coat the interior surfaces with a corrosion-inhibiting material. This required that the fuel oil be transferred to temporary tanks, resulting in a diesel generator being inoperable. To allow this work to be performed as soon as possible with CNS operating, a temporary footnote was added to TS 3.8.1, Condition B, Required Action B.4 to allow a 14-day period to return the diesel generator to operable status, but only if it was inoperable solely due to its alignment to a temporary tank. CNS TS also required that the fuel oil be stored in permanent tanks. Thus, a temporary footnote was added to TS 3.8.3 to allow the use of temporary tanks during cleaning and coating of the permanent tanks. Both notes stated that it expired upon completion of the cleaning and coating maintenance activities but no later than November 30, 2004. The NRC approved the addition of both temporary footnotes in CNS Amendment No. 207. The cleaning and coating of both tanks was completed in early November 2004. At that time the temporary footnotes expired. The NRC staff concludes that deletion of the above mentioned temporary footnotes are administrative in nature and, therefore, is acceptable.
4.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Nebraska State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official had no comments.
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendment changes a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20 and changes surveillance requirements. The NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding published July 5, 2005 (70 FR 38721). Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.
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 amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: D. Duvigneaud Date:
December 5, 2005