ML17053B122
| ML17053B122 | |
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| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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UNITEDSTATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, O. C. 20555 NIAGARA N3HAWK POWER CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-220 NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION UNIT NO. I AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 35 License No. DPR-63 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (the licensee) dated August 29, 1979, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
,(the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common
.defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and'.
The issuance of, this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
2.
Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Spec-ifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility License No. DPR-63 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Technical S ecifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendices A and B, as revised through Amendment No. 35, are hereby incorporated in the license.
The licensee shall.operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
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This license amendment is effective as of the date of its issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical Specifications Dated:
October 9, 1979 omas ppolito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch g3 Division of Operating Reactors
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 35 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-63 DOCKET NO. 50-220 Revise Appendix B by removing the following pages and replacing with revised pages.
Marginal lines indicate area of change.
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.TASLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Pace 1. G DEFINITIONS 1.1 Reactor Operating Conditions 1.2 Major Refueling Outage
- 1. 3 Operating Cycl e 1.4
'Equipment Status 1.5 Instrument Test Procedures 1.6 Circula ing Water Heat Treatments 1.7 Prior to Dilution 1.8 Ambient Lake Temperature 2
0 LIHITIHG COHBITIOHS FOR OPERATION 2.1 Thermal 1
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3 2.1,.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 Maximum hT Maximum Discharge Temperature
- Not Applicable Maximum BTU Per Hour - Not Applicable Rate of Change of Discharge Tempera.ure Heat Treatment of Circulating Water System 5
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7 2.2 Hydraulic - Not Applicable 2.3 Chemical 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.4 Radioactive Discharges Treatment of Main Condenser Cooling Water Corrosion Inhibitors Suspended and Dissolved Solids pH and Conductivi y 9
10 10 11 14 15 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 Speci fications '-,or Specifications for Monitoring Specifications for Specifica.ions for Monitoring Liquid Was e Effluen.s Liquid Waste Sampling and Gaseous Waste Eff1uents Gaseous Was.e Sampling and 17 18 24 29 Amendment No.
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2.4.5 Specifications for Solid Waste Handling and Disposal 3..0 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE 3.1 Nonradiol ogical Surveil 1 ance 3.1.1 Meteorological Monitoring 3.1.2-Biotic 3.2 Radiological nvironmental Monitoring 4.0 SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE AND STUDY ACTIVITIES 5.O ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 5.1 Responsibility 5.2 Organization 5.3 Review and Audit 5.4 Action to be Taken if a Limiting Condition for Operation is Exceeded 5.5 Procedures 5.6 Plant Reporting Requirements 5.6.1 Routine Reports 5.6.2 Nonroutine Reports 5.6.3 Changes in Environmental Technical Specifications 5..7 Records Retention 5.8 Special Requirements
6.0 REFERENCES
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2.3 2.3.1 Chemical Treatment of Main Condenser Cooling Water OBJECTIVE The purpose of this Specification is to protect the quality and purity of Lake Ontario waters.
SPECIFICATION A special 30 day study for the treatment of the main condenser cooling >>ater shall be limited to a total 'of 10 parts per million (ppm, by volume) of chemical cleaning agent and microbio dispersant.
All chemical cleaning agents and microbio dispersants shall by approved by the U. S. Envir-onmental Protection Agency and the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission prior to use.
MONITORING REOUIREMENT Prior to injecting chemical cleaning agents or microbio dispersants, the flow rate of the main condenser cooling water shall be determined.
A calculation shall then-be performed to determine the maximum amount of chemical and/or microbio dispersant which can be applied without exceeding the specification of 10 ppm.
All applications of dispersant chemicals shall be measured and recorded to verify compliance with this Specification.
BASES Addition of no more than 10 ppm of chemical cleaning agents or microbio dispersants will not adversely affect the water of Lake Ontario.
Therefore, adherence to this Specification shall ensure that lake water quality is not jeopardized by the injection of condenser cooling water cleaning chemicals.
The Monitoring Requirement will verify compliance with this Specification.
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4.0 SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE AND STUDY ACTIVITIES r
In consonance with Section 2.3.1, "Chemical - Treatment of Main Condenser Cooling Water,"
a special study may be conducted for a thirty day period.
Test results will be submitted to EPA Region II, NYSDEC, and NRC for subsequent evaluation.
The two products approved for test are Nalsperse 7348 and Nalco 7388 manufactured by the Nalco Chemical Company.
An Environmental Impact Assessment will be written after the subject test has been concluded, evaluating the impact associated with the use of the aforementioned biocides to control condenser fouling.
This review and evaluation will determine the acceptability of use on a long term basis.
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5.6.3 Chan es in Environmental Technical S ecifications a.
A report shall be made to the NRC prior to implementation of a change in plant design, in plant operation, or in procedures described in Section 5;5 if the change would have a significant effect on the environment or involves an environmental matter or question not previously reviewed and evaluated by the NRC.
The report shall include a
description and evaluation of the change and a supporting benefit-cost analysis.
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Request for changes in environmental Technical Specifications shall be submitted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, for review and'authorization.
The request shall include an evaluation of the environmental impact of pe pro-posed change and a supporting benefit-cost analysis.~
In consonance with Section 2.3.1, "Chemical - Treatment of Main Condenser Cooling Water,"
a special study may be conducted for a thirty day period.
Test results will be submitted to EPA Region II, NYSDEC, and NRC for subsequent evaluation.
The two products approved for test are Nalsperse 7348 and Nalco 7388 manufactured by the Nalco Chemical Company.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION AGENCY REGION II 26 FEDERAL PLAZA NEW YORK, NEW YORK IOOOV
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Niagara Mohawk Power 'Corporation 300 Erie Boulevard West
- Syracuse, New York 13202 Re:
NPDES Permit No. NY0001015 Nine i~e Nuclear Station Unit. 1
Dear Mi. Toennies:
Reference is made to your July 27, 1979 letter to Mr. Richard A.
Baker concerning the control of fouling conditions on the cooling water side of the Nine Mile Point Unit 1 main surface condensers.
In the above-referenced letter, it was indicated that Niagara Mohawk has found it necessary to institute chemical treatment at Nine Mile Point Unit 1 to prevent fouling of the condenser tubes (see above)..
As a result, Niagara Mohawk has requested permissio".
to conduct a chemical treatment program which will test the effec-tiveness of two Nalco Chemical Company products, Nalsperse 7348 and Nalco 7388, a non-ionic dispersant and an aqueous polyacrylat.
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salt, respectively, in preventing fouling conditions.
It was indicated that these two substances will be added simultaneously for ten minutes every eight hours at a dosage of 2 ppm for each product.
Attached to the above-referenced letter was information on the two Nalco products, including toxicity information. lt was
'urther stated that the program would last for two weeks.
After (1) reviewing the information submitted by Niagara Mohawk,.
(2) reviewing additional information on the toxicity of Nalsperse 7348 provided to this writer by Nalco Chemical
- Company, and (3) based upon information obtained from New York State Electric and Gas Corporation's (NYSEGG) Nalsperse 7348. testing program at its Hickling Station (which began approximately two weeks ago),
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Region II has decided upon the following'course of act'on (The NYSDEC has been consulted on this matter and has indicated to this writer that it concurs with the course of action specified below.):
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Niagara Mohawk is hereby given approv-1 to commence the above-referenced chemical treatment program, effective August 13, 1979; this program should last for no e month; for the duration of the chemical treatment program, Condition 10(b)(1)(d) of the NPDES permit for Nine-Mile Point Unit 1 will be stayed; this condition prohibits the addition of any algicides to the Unit 1 cooling water system; 2.
Niagara Mohawk will, to the exten that it is possible, control the dosage of Nalsperse 7348 and Nalco 7388 at a maximum level of 2 ppm for each substance;
- however, under no circumstances shall Che dosage of each substance exceed a maximum level of 10 ppm; at least two grab samples of oil and grease in the effluent shall be taken during the chemical treatment pxogram; the sampling results shall be submitted to EPA Region II and the NYSREC;
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Niagara Mohawk w111 conduct a biological monitoring survey to determine the effects, if any, of Nalsper 'e 7348 and Nalco 7388 on Chose aquatic organisms present in the az, a of the discharge; the specific survey conducted will be agreed upon by Niagara
- Mohawk, the NYSDEC and EPA Region II; it will cor.uence as soon as possible and continue to the end of the chemical treatment testing program; the results of this survey shall be suomitted to EPA Region II and the NYSDEC, and shall be used to determine if Niagara Mohawk should be given permission to institute.tha chemical treatment program on a long-term basis, I t-.
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Sincerely yours, Golumbek c and Inorganic Wastes Section Joe Tox Water Facilities Branch If you have any questions concerning this matter, pleas'e do not.
.hesitate to communicate them to me (Tel. No, 212-264-2990).
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