ML15245A133

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Informs That Effective Date for Implementation of EPA Std for LWR U Fuel Cycle Is 791201.Requests Compliance W/ Radiological Effluent Tech Spec Implementing LWR Provisions. Method for Implementation Requested by 791101
ML15245A133
Person / Time
Site: Millstone, Calvert Cliffs, Davis Besse, Oconee, Saint Lucie, Arkansas Nuclear, Crystal River, Maine Yankee, Rancho Seco, Fort Calhoun, Crane  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 09/17/1979
From: Gammill W
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO., BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO., FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO., FLORIDA POWER CORP., METROPOLITAN EDISON CO., NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO., OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, TOLEDO EDISON CO., YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
References
GL-79-41, TAC-8132, NUDOCS 7910250215
Download: ML15245A133 (2)


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p9REG~t UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 September 17, 1979 TO ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES Gentlemen:

The effective date for implementation of the EPA Uranium Fuel Cycle Standard, 40 CFR Part 190 for light-water reactors, is December 1, 1979. By agreement, NRC is responsible for the implementation of this standard for licensed power reactors. Compliance with Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications (RETS), NUREG-0472 (Rev. 2) for PWRs or NUREG-0473 (Rev. 2) for BWRs, implements the LWR provisions to meet 40 CFR Part 190. Due to the delays in receiving and processing these Technical Specifications as scheduled in the letter to you from B. Grimes, Assistant Director for Engineering and Projects, dated November 15, 1978, the Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications may not be in effect for your facility on December 1, 1979.

The lack of Technical Specifications which implement the provisions of 40 CFR Part 190 does not relieve you of the responsibility to conform to the EPA standard. Therefore, you should determine how you will demonstrate to the NRC conformance with the provisions of 40 CFR Part 190 until such time as the revised RETS are issued. A commitment to the provisions of Specification 3.11.4 of the RETS, Revision 2, as explained in Chapter 3.8 of NUREG-0133, "Preparation of Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications for.Nuclear Power Plants" is an acceptable method for demonstration of conformance. This commitment or an alternative method of demonstrating compliance with 40 CFR Part 190 should be submitted to NRC no later than November 1, 1979.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

Sincerely, William P. Gammill, Acting Assistant Director for Operating Reactor Projects Division of Operating Reactors

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Florida Power Corporation cc:

Mr. S. A. Brandimore Vice President and General Counsel P. 0. Box 14042 St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Division Suite 420, 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Crystal River Public Library Crystal River, Florida 32629 Mr. Jack Shreve Office of the Public Counsel Room 4, Holland Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304