ML13330A066
| ML13330A066 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 06/10/1980 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Dietch R Southern California Edison Co |
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| NUDOCS 8007010137 | |
| Download: ML13330A066 (5) | |
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Docket DCrutchfield JUN 1 0 NRC.PDR HSmith Local PDR OELD Docket No. 50-206 NRR Reading OI&E (3)
TERA WRussell NSIC HDenton ECase Mr. R. Dietch DMuller Vice President Dross Nuclear Engineering and Operations RMattson Southern California Edison Company MGroff (NRR-3947) 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue DNottingham (NRR-3947)
Post Office Box 800 TWambach Rosemead, California 91770 DEisenhut GLainas
Dear Mr. Dietch:
RE: SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATION STATION, UNIT NO. 1 I am enclosing for your information a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 9, 1980 (45 FR 30614), which becomes effective July 22, 1980. This regulation amends Section 50.71 of 10 CFR Part 50 by adding a new paragraph (e), which requires periodic updating of Final Safety Analysis Reports.
Note that the licensees participating in the Systematic Evaluation Program are not required to comply with the provisions of this rule until you are notified by a letter from us that the Systematic Evaluation Program has been completed for your facility(ies).
Sincerely, Dennis M. Crutchfield, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #5 Division of Licensing
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Charles R. Kocher, Assistant General Counsel Division Southern California Edison Company Office of Radiation Program Post Office Box 800 (AW-459)
Rosemead, California 91770 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency David R. Pigott Crystal Mall #2 SSamiuel B. Casey Arlington, Virginia 20460 Chickering & Gregory Three Embarcadero Center U. S. Environmental Protection Twenty-Third Floor Agency San Francisco, California 94111 Region IX Office ATTN:
EIS COORDINATOR Jack E. Thomas 215 Freemont Street Harry B. Stoehr San Francisco, California 94111 San Diego Gas & Electric Company P. 0. Box 1831 San Diego, California 92112 Resident Inspector U.o U. S. NRC P. 0. Box AA Oceanside, California 92054 Mission Viejo Branch Library C24851 Chrisanta Drive Mission Viejo, California 92676 Mayor City ofSSan Clemente San Clemente, California 92672 C
ha i nna n Board of Supervisors County of San Diego San Diego, California 92101 California Department of Health ATTN: Chief, Environmental Radiation Control Unit Radiological Health Section 714 P Street, Room 498 Sacramento, California 95814
30614 Eederal Register @ol. 45. No. 92 / Friday, May 9, 1980 /*
les and Regulations NUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIO On which the NRC staff is making a November E 197 the Nuclear systematic safety evaluation of eleven Regulatory Commission published in the (11) nuclear power facilitieslicensed for Federal Register (41 FR 49123) a notice operation before 1972. The purpose of of proposed rule making inviting written this systematic evaluation program suggestions or comments on the (SEP) is to determine and document the proposed rule by December 23. 196. A degree to which the eleven (11) facilities notice of correction and extension of meet current licensing requirements for comment period was published in the new plants. Of the five (5) plants Federal Register on December 27.1976 licensed prior to January 1. 1963 that are p41 FR 5a204) in which the comment still licensed to operate. thiee (3) are period was extended to January 2n 19d.
included in the SEP. The remaining two The notices concerned proposed (2) plants.' which presently are shut aoendments to 10 CR Part 0 down, will be subject to the provisions "icensing of Production and Utilization of the rule as long as their licenses Facilities," to require each applicant for, authorize operation.
or holder of. a power reactor opera The licensees participating in the SEP license which would be or was issued probably will be requested to supply a after January 1, 1963 to submit considerable amount of information periodically to the Commission revised during the program. Requiring them in pages for its Final Safety Analysis additio, to update their FSARs could Report (FSAR). These revised pages to the would indicate changes made in Reporse ex ci burepso facility or the procedures for its cou thertin dupeiratt ofreo rts operation and any analyses affected by theorman enertedwduringthe NUCLEAR REGULATORY these changes. Thirty-one persons progamd thelmannr in whicpl it sA COMMISSION submitted comments regarding the calate dcl rnclusion of thecom Fr 45-daproposed amendments. The comnenters thest aon lianl of laowsifor groups rw (th4e vene 3tin the(
being subjected by the NRC to a Periodic Updating of Final Safety gnile with ommentselen pposedn to systematic evaluation program will not M artoys Reportshth rulean.
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eC Regulation that. for their particular ofshpropoed rule makingty invtin writtenaben summAR' The Nuclear Regulatory
.sThe substantive areas of comment c
- cilt, th e o he Commission is amending its regulations becategorizedgeneray asfoows:.
to require each person licensed to aorificatio of Rule considerations just mentioned that part operate a nuclear power reactor to
- 2. Applicability of Rle of thproposed rulewhich limited the submit periodically to the Commission s& Content of applicability to facilities licensed after revised pages for its Final Safety
- 4. Scope of Rule January 1.963 has been deleted and the Analysis Report (FSAR). These revised
&. Tfiming of Submittsls rule will apply to all powermractors pages will indicate changes which have
& Relation of Rule to Other Rles and licensed to operate.
been made. to reflect information and Reports TheSW~A required to be updated by analyses submitted to the Commiussion
&LiCoseni of Ructo ndUiizto or prepared as a result of Commission ctas part of the application for the requiremento The amendment is being In response to the comments received operating license. it would not include made to provide an updated reference the Commi sion is modifying the rule to the subsequent supplements and document to be used in recurring safety (a) extend its applicability to all power amendments to the FSAR or the license analyses performed by the licensee, the reactors licensed to operate. (b) exclude that may have been submitted either in Commissionw and other interested applicants for operating licenses. (c) response to NRC questions or on the parties-clarify the wording of the rulea (dc applicant's or licensee's own initiative EFFEcTrvE DATE uly 2Z 1. 0 reduce its impact on power reactor following the original submittal These Jote.
ucl tor licensees by relaxing some of the time various supplements and amendments Commisionhs umttea d
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requirements and (e) require the initial must be appropriately incorporated into Commpsorn a fmote tuhs ruliew to thea revision to be a completeFSAR.
the original FSAR to create a single.
beoapproprer Gunerl oh eew aos my When the proposed rule was complete and integral docmenne The be apcrupriaterundhrytdevFederaltReports Act, as amended. 44 U.S.C.3512. The date on published for public comment its initial revision to be filed should contain which the reporting requirementtof this rule applicability was limited to those plants those pages from the originally becomes effective. unless advised to the licensed after January 1. 1963in order to submitted FSAR hat are still applicable contrary, accordingly. reflects inclusion of the exempt five (5) older facilities. The plus new replacement pages that 45-day period which that staltte allows for Commission believed that it would not appropriately incorporate the effects of such review (44 U.S.C 3.512(c)(2)).
be feasible for these licensees to supplements, amendments and other FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
implement the rule because there is no changes that have been made. This will
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Morton R. Fleishman. Office of integrated document comparable, to an result in a single complete document Standards Development. U.S. Nuclear FSAR for their facilities. Since Regulatory Commission. Washington.
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Federal Register / Vol. 45. No. 92 / Friday, May 9. 1980 / Rules and Regulations 30615 being filed, that can then serve as the be at least the same as originally of license amendments and technical baseline for future changes.
provided. Minor differences between specification changes are independent Commenters have asked about the actual and projected population figures of the FSAR updating process and once proper format to be used when making or other such changes in the site approved would not be subject 'o the FSAR submittal. Since the format of environment need nut be reported further consideration simply because the the FSAR is not covered by regulation, unless the conclusions of safety FSAR is updated. This. of course, does the rule does not specify a particular analyses relative to publichealth and not preclude the reevaluation of format. The NRC staff has provided safety are affected and the licensee has previous positions based on new guidance for the preparation of FSARs prepared new analyses as a result of Information or new considerations. The in Regulatory Guide 1.70, Revision 2.
NRC requiremes.
material submitted may be reviewed by "Standard Format and Content of Safety Cammenters have questioned the the NRC staff but will not be formally Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power relation of the proposed FSAR updatn approved. The new pages will be Plants." However, many FSARs were requirements to other reporting accepted as representing the licensee's developed prior to any specific guidance requirements such as the Annual position at the time of submittal and will on format. The format to be used for the Operating Report and I 50.59(b) be utilized in any subsequent reviews or FSAR revisions is the option of the reporting. It is not the Commission's NRC staff activities concerning that licensee. but the Commission expects intention to require submittal of facility.
that the format will probably be the duplicative reports. The Commission is After consideration of the comments same as the-format of the original FSAR.
eliminating the requirement for the that were received and other factors, the No analyses other than those already IAnnual Operating Report. Tis
- ij Commission has adopted the prepared or submitted pursuant to NRC reduce significantly the reporting burden amendment to Part So as set forth reguirements (either originally with the of licensees. There has been no below.
application. or as part of the operating requirement that 50.59(b) reporting be Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of license review process, or as required by part of the licensee's Annual Operating 1954. as amended. the Energy
§ 50.59 or other NRC requirement. or to Report. This information generally has Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended.
support license amendments) are been included in the Annual Operating and section 553 of title 5 of the United required to be performed by the licensee Report as a convenience, but it could StatesCode, the following amendment because of this rule. However, analyses have been submitted separately and the to 10 CFR Part 50 is published as a existing in the FSAR which are known licensee still would have complied with document subject to codification.
to be inaccurate or in error as a result of I ;0.59(b) which merely requires new analyses performed by the licensee reporting "annually or at such shorter PART 50-DMESTIC UCENSING OF pursuant to NRC requirements, would intervals as may be specified in the PRODUCTION AND UTILZATION have to be revised. Specialized studies license." Furthermore, the report FACILITIES provided in the FSAR. such as on required under I 50.59(b) is only "a brief volcanic hazards or quality assurance, description of such changes, tests, and should include the latest information new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
that has been developed in response to exrint.ncungasm ryoth thatrehasrbeents eveoe inalresonse, to fety evaluation of each." The J 5071 Maintenance of records, making of NRC 50.59(b) reporting may not be detailed*
rPort analyses not previously included in sufciently to be considered adequate to FSARJ which were required durn PSA) hic wrereqird uring fulfill the FSAR updating requirement.
[e) Each person licensed to operate a consideration of unreviewed safety Thedegree of detail required far nuclear power reactor pursuant to the questions,' technical specification changes, or other licensing questions, updating the FSAR will be generally provisions of I 50.
or 15022 shall may be incororated as apenso greater than a "brief description" and a update periodically, as provided in m
otherwisenaporatel sertes o
smary of the safety evaluation."
paragraphs (e)(3) and (e)(4) of this therws Saropitl.netdwti However, there is nothing that precludes section. the final safety analysis report the FSAR.
Program type material that is submitting the I 50.59(b) report along (PSAR) originally submitted as part of referenced by the FSAR., such as the with the FSAR update submittal and the application for the operating license.
Quality Assurance Program or the thus satisfy I 50.9(b) along with to assure that the information included Emergency Plan. should be referenced
§ 50.71(e). Parts of the FSAR submittal in the FSAR contains the latest material accurately. If such material has been may be referenced by the I 50.(b) developed. This submittal shall contain revised or amerided. the latest revision report.
all the changes necessary to reflect
-should be referenced. A description of Several commenters have raised legal information and analyses submitted to physical changes to the facility should questions concerning the proposed rule the Commission by the licensee or be included in the update after the including questions relative to the prepared by the licensee pursuant to changes have been approved for use and -Purpose of the rule, the implication Commission requirement since the are operable. The level of detail to be concerning re-reviews, the status of submission of the original FSAR or, as maintained in the updated FSAR should completed hearings. and prior license appropriate, the last updated FSAR. The
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The rule is only a reporting updated FSAR shall be revised to
'As defined in I 50.5(aXZ. 'A proposed change requirement to insure that an updated include the effects of: all changes made test, or experiment shall be deemed to involve an FSAR will be available. Submittal of in the facility or procedures as unreviewed safety question (i) if the probability of updated FSAR pages does not constitute described in the FSA.
all safety occurrence or the consequence of an accident or malfunctio of equipment important tosdfet a licensing action but'is only intended to evaluations performed by the licensee previouslyprovide information. It is not intended either in support of requested license may be increased: or (ii) if a possibility for an for the purpose of re-reviewing plants.
amendments or in support of accident or malfunction of a different type than any Matters which have been considered conclusions that changes did not involve evaluated previosly in the safety analysis report previously during hearings will not be an unreviewed safety question and all may be created: at (ii) if the margin of safety as defined in the bass for reconsidered as a result of the FSAR analyses of new safety issues performed is r submittals. Thus, for example, approvals by or on behalf of the licensee at
30616 Federal Register / Vol. 45. No. 92 / Friday. May 9. 1980 / Rules and Regulations Commission request. The updated (Sec. 161b.. Pub. Law a3-703. 88 Stat. N&a.
Sec.
information shall be appropriately 201. Pub. Law 93-438. 88 Stat 1242 (42 U.SC.
located within the FSAR.
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(1) Revisions containing updated Dated at Washington. D.C.. this 1st day of information shall be submitted on a May 1980.
replacement-page basis and shall be For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
accompanied by a list which identifies Samuel J. Chilk.
the currenj pages of theFSAR following Secretary of the Commission.
page replacement One signed original M
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-&o. naaj and 12 additional copies of the required ueM CODE 754"1-4 information shall be filed with the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Washington. D.C. 20555.
(2) The submittal shall include (i) a certification by a duly authorized officer of the licensee that either the information accurately presents changes made since the previous submittal, necessary to reflect information and analyses submitted to the Commission or prepared pursuant to Commission requirement or that no such changes were made; and (ii) an identification of changes made under the provisions of
§ 50.59 but not previously submitted to the Commission.
(3)(i) A revision of the original FSAR containing those original pages that are still applicabrle plus new replacement pages shall be filed within 24 months of either July 22, 1980. or the date of issuance of the operating license.
whichever is later, and shall bring the FSAR up to date as of a maximum of 6 months prior to the date of filing the revision.
(ii) Not less than 15 days before I 50.71(e) becomes effective. the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation shall notify by letter the licensees of those nuclear power plants initially subject to the NRCs systematic evaluation program that they need not comply with the provisions of this section while the program is being conducted at their plant-The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation will notify by letter the licensee of each nuclear power plant being evaluated.
when the systematic evaluation program has been completed. Within 24 months.
after receipt of this notification, the licensee shall file a complete FSAR which is up to date as of a maximum of 6 months prior to the date of filing the revision.
(4) Subsequent revisions shall be filed no less frequently than annually and shall reflect all changes up to a maximum of 6 months prior to the date of filing.
(5) Each replacement page shall include both a change indicator for the area changed. e.g., a bold line vertically drawn in the margin adjacent to the portion actually changed, and a page change identification (date of change or change number or both).