ML17156A427
| ML17156A427 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 03/07/1988 |
| From: | Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8803140245 | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PENNSYLVANIA POWER 5 LIGHT COMPANY ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
DOCKET NO. 50-388 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-22 issued to Pennsylvania Power and Light Company and (the licensee) for operation of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendment would revise the Technical Specifications (TS)
Table 3.6.3-1 by replacing existing containment isolation valves with new isolation valves which will be installed as a result of modifications proposed for Residual Heat Removal (RHR) system.
The proposed RHR modifications are intended to reduce the potential nf waterhammer and consequent damage to the RHR system during the operation of the RHR system in Suppression Pool Cooling (SPC) mode of operation.
The proposed modification is needed because the SPC mode of RHR system operation is being utilized more frequently than anticipated at the time of plant licensing.
The increased use of the SPC mode of RHR system operation increases the likelihood of an event which could cause a
switchover of 'the RHR system from SPC mode to Low Pressure Coolant Injection (LPCI) mode of operation.
In the present plant configuration, the switchover can cause a waterhammer and damage to the piping and valves of safety systems.
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The proposed modification is intended to reduce the waterhammer potential and will consist of installation of a new section of piping from RHR system pump discharge header to the SPC system return line in each RHR loop to be used for normal SPC mode of operation.
The modified configuration is intended to assure that the LPCI mode piping remains filled and minimizes the potential of waterhammer.
As a result of the proposed modifications existing valves which are classified as containment isolation valves are being replaced by a new set of containment isolation valves.
The licensee proposed to change the Technical Specifications showing the revised containment isolation valves.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
By April 11, 1988 the licensees may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license 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 hearing and petition for leave to intervene.
Requests.for a hearing and petitions 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. 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 Comnission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/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 s2.714, 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 refer ence to the following factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a 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 fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition-must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (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, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consider ation.
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.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service
- Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document
- Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., by the above date.
Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner nt representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700).
The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Walter R. Butler:
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 General
- Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Jay Silberg, Esquire,
- Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
20037, 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 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request.
That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a subsequent notice for public comment of its intent to make a no significant hazards consideration finding in accordance with 10 CFR 55 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated December 23, 1987, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
- Room, 1717 H Street, NW., Washington, D.C.
- 20555, and at the Ousterhout Free Library, Reference Department, 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of March 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Walter R. Butler, Director Prospect Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation