ML071720495
| ML071720495 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Humboldt Bay |
| Issue date: | 07/02/2007 |
| From: | John Hickman NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB |
| To: | NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB |
| Hickman, J B | |
| References | |
| TAC J00325 | |
| Download: ML071720495 (3) | |
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July 2, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: Biweekly Notice Coordinator FROM:
John B. Hickman, Project Manager
/RA/
Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION IN BIWEEKLY FR NOTICE - NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING (TAC NO. J00325)
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Docket No. 50-133, Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP), Unit 3 Humboldt County, California Date of amendment request: April 4, 2007 Description of amendment request: The licensee has proposed amending the existing license to allow the results of near-term surveys, performed on a portion of the plant site, to be included in the eventual Final Status Survey (FSS) for license termination.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:
(1)
Does the change involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change would allow survey results for a specific area within the licensed site area, performed prior to Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP) Unit 3 decommissioning and dismantlement activities, to be used in the overall licensed site area Final Status
2 Survey (FSS) for license termination. The FSS will be performed following completion of HBPP Unit 3 decommissioning and dismantlement activities. This proposed change would not change plant systems or accident analysis, and as such, would not affect initiators of analyzed events or assumed mitigation of accidents. Therefore, the proposed change does not increase the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
(2)
Does the change create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change does not involve a physical alteration to the plant or require existing equipment to be operated in a manner different from the present design.
Implementation of a cross contamination prevention and monitoring plan will be done in accordance with plant procedures and licensing bases documents. Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident evaluated.
(3)
Does the change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change has no effect on existing plant equipment, operating practices, or safety analysis assumptions. Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Jennifer K. Post, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 77 Beale Street, B30A, San Francisco, CA NRC Branch Chief: Bruce Watson
2 Survey (FSS) for license termination. The FSS will be performed following completion of HBPP Unit 3 decommissioning and dismantlement activities. This proposed change would not change plant systems or accident analysis, and as such, would not affect initiators of analyzed events or assumed mitigation of accidents. Therefore, the proposed change does not increase the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
(2)
Does the change create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change does not involve a physical alteration to the plant or require existing equipment to be operated in a manner different from the present design.
Implementation of a cross contamination prevention and monitoring plan will be done in accordance with plant procedures and licensing bases documents. Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident evaluated.
(3)
Does the change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change has no effect on existing plant equipment, operating practices, or safety analysis assumptions. Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Jennifer K. Post, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 77 Beale Street, B30A, San Francisco, CA NRC Branch Chief: Bruce Watson DISTRIBUTION:
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