ML17037C410

Letter Transmitting Application for Amendment to Operating License and Proposed Changes to Facility Operating License Concerning Sample Collection and Analysis Site Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program

ML17037C410
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	10/26/1977
From:	Eric Thomas LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
To:	Case E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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tech specs proposed change concerning tables 3.2

& 5.3 of the Environmental Tech Specs, set forth in Appendix B, be amended...Notorized 10/25/77...

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@ADMITTED TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR October 26, 1977 Mr. Edson G. Case Acting Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8 '~uS~EC Washington, D.C. 20555

~g@77 > 1 Re: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, p~~~ a Unit No. 1 Docket No. 50-'220

Dear Mr. Case:

As counsel for Niagara Mohawk, I enclose the following:

(1) Three (3) originals and nineteen (19) copies of an Application for Amendment to Operating License; and (2), Forty (40) copies each of two (2) documents entitled Attachments A and B whi:ch 'set, forth the'equested change in the Technical Specifications along with its technical basis.

Very truly yours, LeBOEUF, LAMB,'EIBY 6 MacRAE By Eug e B. Thomas, Jr.

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NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION ) Docket No. 50-220 (Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station )

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APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO OPERATING LICENSE Pursuant to Section 50.90 of the regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Niagara Mohawk Power Cor-poration, holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-63, hereby requests that Tables 3.2 and 5.3 of the Environmental Technical Specifications, set forth in Appendix B to that License be amended. These proposed changes have been re-viewed by the Site Operations Review Committee and Safety Review and Audit Board.

The proposed Environmental A

Technical Specification changes are set forth in Attachment A to this application.

Supporting Information, which demonstrates that the proposed changes do not involve a significant environmental impact consideration, is set forth in Attachment B. The proposed changes would not. authorize any change in the types or any increase in the amounts of effluents or any change in the authorized power level of the facility.

WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that Appendix B to Facility Operating License No. DPR-63 be amended in the form attached hereto as Attachment A.

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION By P8--

Donald P. Disc Vice President - Engineering Subscribed and sworn to before me this Am~ day of October, 1977.

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ATTACHMENT A Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation License No. DPR-63 Docket No. 50-220 Pro osed Chan es to Facilit 0 eratin License Attached are revisions to Pages 77 and 86 of Appendix B to Facility Operating License DPR-63.

These pages have been retyped in their entirety.

The marginal markings indicate the specific changes to the text.

Table 3.2 Cont'd)

SAMPLE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS SITE RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM B. -LAND PROGRAM MEDIA ANALYSIS ~FRE UENCY . NO. OF LOCATIONS LOCATIONS

1. Air Particulates GB W At least 10 9 onsite 6 offsite GSA H Comp.(6)

2. Soil GSA, Sr Every 3 years 9 onsite 6 offsite

3. TLD Gamma Dose Qtr. 20 14 onsite 6 offsite

4. Radiation Monitors Gamma Dose 10 9 onsite 1 offsite

5. Airborne - I GSA W At least 10 9 onsite 6 offsite

6. Milk I H 4(7) (8) g0 GSA, Sr M Comp.

7. Human Food Crops GSA I A (8)

8. Meat, Poultry, Eggs GSA Edible Portions SA (8)

Notes: (Continued)

(6) Onsite samples counted as two composites; offsite samples counted as two composites; any .high gross beta count samples counted separately (not included in composite).

(7) Frequency applied only during grazing season.

(8) Samples to be collected from farms within a 10-mile radius having the highest potential concentrations of radionuclides.

Abbreviations:

H Comp. Month)y composite of weekly or bi-weekly samples BW - Bi-weekly (alternate wks.)

GB Gross beta analysis W - Weekly Qtr.- Quarterly GeLi Gamma spectral analysis on a GeLi system (quantitative) M SA - Semiannually GSA Gamma spectral analysis on a NaI system (quantitative)

0 Table 5.3 Continued Vice President-Engineering Site 0 erations Review Committee Safet Review and Audit Board Vice President-Electric 0 erations Investigate all reported violations Review violations of environmental of environmental technical specifications and 'echnical specifications. Where the submit an analysis to the Vice investigation indicates, prepare President-Engineering and the Vice and forward a report covering their President-Electric Operations.

evaluation and recommendation to prevent recurrence, to the General Superintendent Nuclear Generation, and the Chairman of the Safety Review and Audit Board.

AUTHORITY Advisory to the General Superintendent The Board shall report to and advise

- Nuclear Generation. the Vice President-Engineering and the Vice President-Electric Operations in all matters relating to environmental impact.

Hake tentative determinations as to whether or not proposals submitted to the committee involve a change in the station's environmental impact. This determination subject to review by the Safety Review and Audit Board.

ATTACHMENT B Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation License No. DPR-63 Docket No. 50-220 Su ortin Information Following is information for each of the proposed Environ-mental Technical Specifications changes:

Table 3.2 The change of footnote 6 described in Attachment A will

'rovide for more meaningful comparison between onsite and offsite composite analysis. The current Environmental Technical Speci-fications are not conducive to this type of comparison. By

..separating these composites into four groups, comparison between onsite and corresponding offsite stations can be made by sector and correlated to current meteorological conditions. Additionally, using gross beta activity to flag possible high counts will provide checks on a weekly basis instead of monthly, and will also prevent the need to recount each particulate filter in the event that a high count was obtained.

Table 5.3 Paragraph 6.5.1.8 Records of Appendix A to the Facility Operating License No. DPR-63, specifies that the Site Operations Review Committee shall maintain written minutes of each meeting.

Since environmental matters are reviewed along with other agenda items, it is not practical to maintain separate minutes for environmental matters. The same information would be available in general minutes as would be available in separate minutes.

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