ML15219A035
| ML15219A035 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point, Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 02/07/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Parker W DUKE POWER CO. |
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| Download: ML15219A035 (5) | |
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L k R REG 1 o
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20555 February 7,1980 Docket Nos.
50-270 and 50-287 Mr. William 0. Parker, Jr.
Vice President -
Steam Production Duke Power Company Post Office Box 2178 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242
Dear Mr. Parker:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Order Modifying the January 2, 1980 Show Cause Order for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3. Your January 15, 1980 response requested that the sequential shut down of the Oconee units be allowed, based on power reliability, such that at no time prior to May 31, 1980, will two or more units be out of service as a result of the Order.. We have determined that good cause has been shownto modify the Order to extend Unit 3 shutdown to March 15, 1980.
The modified Order.requires that Unit 2 be shutdown after Unit 1 reaches full power, Unit 3 be shutdown on or before March 15, 1980, and a dedicated qualified person be stationed in the control room to monitor certain valves.
The Order may be modified if additional power reliability information is provided and we conclude that severe reliability impacts extend beyond March 153 1980.
A copy of this Order is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely, Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Order Modifying January 2, 1980 Show Cause Order cc w/encl :
See next page 800:3100
Duke Power Company 2
February 7, 1980 cc w/enclosure(s):
Mr. William L. Porter Mr.
Robert B. Borsum Duke Power Company Babcock & Wilcox Post Office Box 2178 Nuclear Power Generation Division 422 South Church Street Suite 420, 7735 Old Georgetown Road Charlotte, North Carolina 2B242
- Bethesda, 5aryland 20014 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esquire ganager, LIS DeBevoise & Liberman NUS Corporation 700 Shoreham Building 2536 Countryside Boulevard 306 15th Street, N.W.
Clearwater, Florida 33515 Washington, D. C.
20005 Oconee Public Library 201 South Spring Street Walhalla, South.Carolina 29691 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Honorable James M. Phinney Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, South Carolina 29621 Director, Technical Assessment Division Office of Radiation Programs (AW-459)
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Crystal Mall #2 Arlington, Virginia 20460 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV Office ATTN:
EIS COORDINATOR 345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Mr. Francis Jape U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0. Box 7 Seneca, South Carolina 29678
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION in the Matter of DUKE POWER COMPANY Docket No. 50-270 (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3) )
50-287 ORDER MODIFYING JANUARY 2, 1980 SHOW CAUSE ORDER On January 2, 1980 Duke Power Company (the licensee) was issued an Order to Show Cause why it should not, by February 15, 1980, implement all "Category A" Lessons Learned requirements or shut down Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3 unless among other things, a shutdown would severely impact the power reliability of the Virginia-Carolina (VACAR) subregion of the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council.
The Order provided that it was temporarily effective pending further order.
.II The licensee answered the Order on January 15, 1980 requesting on the basis of power reliability that sequential shutdown of the Oconee units be allowed such that at no time prior to May 31, 1980 will two or more units be out of service as a result of the Order. A shutdown is necessary to meet the two outstandinc re quirements which pertain to direct indication of valve positions and containment isolation. The licensee has indicated that it could adopt compensatory measures consisting of a dedicated man to monitor valves in.the control room until the out standing requirements are met.
The Department of Energy has reviewed the power reliability for the VACAR area and concluded that there is a risk of severe system reliability impacts if two of the three Oconee units are shut down during the February 15, 1980 to March 15,
7590-01 1980 period.
If March is colder than expected, the potent al y severe reliability impacts may extend until the end of March.
III In view of the power reliability analysis conducted by DOE and the compensa tory measures which the licensee could take, I find good cause shown to modify the January 2, 1980 Order. Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the January 2, 1980 Order is modified as follows:
(a) Unit 2 shall be shut down for implementation of the Category A Lessons Learned requirements after Unit 1 reaches full power operation, but no later than March 15, 1980, (b) Unit 3 shall be shut down for implementation of the Category A Lessons Learned reluirements on or before March 15, 1980, (c)
Until Unit 3 is shut down the licensee shall provide a dedicated qualified person in the control room to monitor the PORV and safety valves, to close any valve that might be open in case a low reactor coolant system pressure signal is generated, and to notify control operator if any out-of-normal indications are noted, and (d) The requirement that Unit 3 be shut down by March 15, 1980, may be modified if additional power reliability information is provided and NRC concludes that severe reliability impacts extend past March 15, 1980.
90-01
-3 For the reasons given in the January 2, 1980, Order, I find that the public health, safety, and interest requires that this Modification Order be effective immediately.
IV The licensee may file a written answer to this Order under oath or affirmation within twenty (20) days of the date of the Order. The licensee or any other person whose interest may be affected by this Order may request a hearing within twenty (20) days of the date of the Order. Any request for a hearing will not stay the temporary effectiveness of this Order. Any request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor.
Regulation, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C., 20555. If a hearing is requested by a person whose interest may be affected by this Order, the Commission will issue an Order designating the time and place of any such hearing. In the event a hearing is requested, the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be:
whether the remaining "Category A" requirements and the compensatory measures should be implemented in accordance with the schedule prescribed by this Order.
Operatidn of the facility on terms consistent with this Order is not stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Harold R. Denton, Director Dated at Bethesda, Maryland Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation this 7th day of February. 1980