ML17059A991
| ML17059A991 | |
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| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/07/1995 |
| From: | Edison G NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NI GARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION S. 50- 20 AN 50-410 NOTICE OF CO 0
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CENSE PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION D RMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-63 and NPF-69 issued to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation for operation of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos.
1 and 2, respectively, located in Oswego
- County, New York.
The proposed amendments would change position titles and reassign responsibilities at the upper management level.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant Enclosure f
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reduction in a margin of safety.
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a),
the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:
The operation of Nine Hile Point Unit 1 [and Unit 2], in accordance with the proposed amendment[s], will not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequence of an accident previously evaluated.
None of the accidents previously evaluated are affected by the proposed corporate management position title changes or by the reassignment of responsibilities.
The revised organizational structure will not affect the design of systems, structures, or components; the operation of plant equipment or systems; nor maintenance, modification, or testing activities.
The revised management reporting structure and assignment of responsibilities does not involve accident precursors or initiators previously evaluated and does not create any new failure modes that would affect any previously evaluated accidents.
Therefore, operation in accordance with the proposed amendment[s] will not involve a significant'ncrease in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
The operation of Nine Hile Point Unit 1 [and Unit 2], in accordance with the proposed amendment[s], will not create'he possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
The revised organizational structure will not affect the design of
- systems, structures, or components; the operation of plant equipment or systems; nor maintenance, modification or testing activities.
The proposed position title changes and responsibility assignments do not create any new failure modes or conditions that would create a new or different kind of accident.
Therefore, operation in accordance with the proposed amendment[s] will not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any previously evaluated.
The operation of Nine Hile Point Unit 1 [and Unit 2], in accordance with the proposed amendment[s], will not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The proposed amendment[s]
define the lines of authority, responsibility, and communication necessary to ensure operation of the facility in a safe manner.
The present Executive Vice President - Nuclear will assume the responsibilities of Chief Nuclear Officer.
The present Vice President Nuclear Generation will assume the responsibilities of Vice President and General Hanager - Nuclear.
These assignments provide the highest level of management expertise and experience in the operation of Nine Hile Point Unit 1 [and Unit 2] and assure that adequate operational safety is maintained.
Therefore, the proposed organizational restructuring will not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
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As determined by the analysis, the proposed amendment[s]
involve no significant hazards consideration.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analyses
- and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied.
Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the proposed amendments involve no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public coaments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the expiration of the 30-day notice period.
- However, should circumstances change
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during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendments before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will consider all public and State comaents received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish in the FEDERAL REGISTER a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance.
The Coaeission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications
- Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
Written comaents may also be delivered to Room
- 6D22, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Haryland, from
7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.
Copies of written comaents received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L
- Street, NW., Washington, DC.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By December 18, 1995, the licensee
'may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a=
hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,'W.,
Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Reference and Documents Department, Penfield Library, State University of New York, Oswego, New York 13126.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request'nd/or petition; and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding.
The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(I) the nature of the petitioner's right under the"Act to be made party to the"proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect(s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.
Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to 15 days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
'ot later than 15 days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion.
Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a
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genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration.
The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief.
A petitioner who fails to file such a
supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendments and make them immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing.
Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendments.
If the final determination is that the amendment requests involve a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendments.
A request for a healing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comnission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Services
- Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NM., Washington, DC, by the above date.
Where
petitions are filed during the last 10 days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Mestern Union at l-(800) 248-5100 (in Hissouri 1-(800) 342-6700).
The Mestern Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number N1023 and the following message addressed to Ledyard B. Harsh:
petitioner's name and telephone
- number, date petition was mailed, plant name, and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General
- Counsel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mashington, DC 20555, and to Hark J. Metterhahn,
- Esquire, Minston and Strawn, 1400 L Street, NM, Washington, DC. 20005-3502, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2. 714(a) (1) (i)-(v) and 2. 714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the applications for amendments dated October 25, 1995, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the
Reference and Documents Department, Penfield Library, State University of New York, Oswego, New York 13126.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of November 1995.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Gordon E. Edison, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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November 7, 1995 Hr. B. Ralph Sylvia Executive Vice President, Nuclear Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station P.O.
Box 63
- Lycoming, NY 13093
SUBJECT:
NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NOS.
1 AND 2 PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT RESTRUCTURING OF UPPER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (TAC NOS.
M93953 AND H93954)
Dear Hr. Sylvia:
The Commission has requested the Office of the Federal Register to publish the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing."
This notice relates to your applications for amendments dated October 25, 1995, which would revise the Technical Specifications to reflect a restructuring of Niagara Mohawk's upper management organization.
Sincerely, Docket Nos.
50-220 and 50-410
Enclosure:
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