ML17191B408
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| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 07/27/1999 |
| From: | Zwolinski J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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I 7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of COMMONWEAL TH EDISON COMPANY
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Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457 (Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2)
EXEMPTION I.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) is*the holder of Fac:;i_lity
. Operating u'cense Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 for the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2. The
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licenses provide, among other things, that the licensee is subject to all rules, regulations, and.
orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
Braidwood Station consists of two pressurized water reactors located in Will County, Illinois.
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.. Titl~ 10 of the Cod~ o~ Federal Regulations_p O ~FR}, _$ectip[I 50.71, '"Ma.i_r:ite.nance of records, making of reports," par~graph (e)(4) states, in part, that "Subsequent revisions [to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months after each refueling outage provided the interval between successive updates [to the UFSAR] does not exc.eed 24 months." Byron, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood, Units 1 and 2, share a common FSAR. Therefore, this rule requires the licensee to update the same document annually or within 6 months after each unit's refueling outage.
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-. Section 50.12{a)\\of-~H>-eFR; Nsp*ecific exemptions," states that:
ENCLOSURE 1
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J The Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its-own initiative, grant exemptions from the
- requirements of the regulations of this part, which are - (1)
Authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security. -(2) The Commission will not consider granting an exemption unles15 special circumstances are present.
Section 50.12(a)(2)(ii) of 1 O CFR_ states that special circumstances are present when
"[a]pplication of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule." The licensee has proposed updating the Byron/Braidwood UFSAR no later than 24 months from the date of the previous UFSAR revision submittal. The underlying purpose of the rule was to relieve licensees of the burden of filing annual UFSAR revisions while assuring that such revisions are made at least every 24 months. The Commission_reduced the burden, in part, by permitting a licensee to submit its UFSAR revisions 6 months. after refueling outages for its facility, but did not provide in the rule for multiple unit facilities sharing a common UFSAR.
Rather, the Commission stated that "[w]ith respect to... multiple facilities sharing a common
~UFSAH, *1icensees will have-maximum flexib_ility for scheduling updates on a case-o*y-case basis" (57 FR 39355 (1992)).
- As noted In the NR_C staff's Safety Evalua_tion, the licensee's proposed schedule for the Braid_woop/Byron UFSAR updates will ensure that the UFSAR will be maintained current for all units within 24 months of the last revision.* The proposed schedule satisfies the maximum 24-month interval between UFSAR revisions specified by 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4). The requirement to revise the UFSAR annually or within 6 months.after refueling outages for each unit, therefore, is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that special circumstances are present as defined in 1 O CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). The Commission has further determined that, pursuant to 1 O CFR 50.12, the
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.. *'. exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety and is consistent with the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest.
The Commission hereby grants the licensee an exemption from the requirement of 10 CFR 50.71 (e)(4) to submit updates to the Braidwood/Byron UFSAR annually or within 6 months of each 4nit's refueling outage. The licensee will be required to subl'l'.lit updates to the Braidwood/Byron UFSAR within 24 months of the pre~ious UFSAR revision submittal.
Pursuant to 1 o CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that granting of this exemption will have no significant effect on the quality of the humari environment (64 FR 39177).
This exemption is effective upon issuance, Dated at.!=30.ckvill~; Maryland, _
this27th dayof July 1999 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION J~~w~ki~C~
Division of Licensing Project Managemen.t Office of Nucle~r Reactor Regulation
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- 7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULA TORY COMMISSION In the Matter of COMMONWEAL TH EDISON COMPANY Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455 (Byron Station, Units 1 and 2)
EXEMPTION I.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating Ucense No~. NPF~37 and NPF-66 for the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2. The licenses provide, among other things, that the licensee is subject to all. rules, regulations, and orders of.*
the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
. *Byron Station consists of two pressurized water reactors located in Ogle COL~nty, Illinois..
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Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 O CFR), Section 50.71, "Maintenance of reco'rds, making of *reports, para.graph. (e}(4) *states, in part, that "[s]ubsequent revisions [to the
- Updated Final Safety Analysis Rep.ort (UFSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months after each refueling outage provided the interval between successive updates [to the UFSAR] does not.
exceed 24 months." :Byron, Units 1 and 2, and the Braidwood station, Units 1 *and 2, share a common FSAR. Therefore, this rule requires the licensee to update the same document annually or within. 6 m.onths after each unit's refueling outage. -
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Section 50.12(a) of 10 CFR, "Specific exemptions," states:
The Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the ENCLOSURE.2
"... *. requirements of the regulations of this part, which are - (1)
Authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security. (2) The Commission will not consider granting an exemption unless special circumstances are present.
Section 50.12(a)(2)(ii) of 1 O CFR states that special circumstances are present when
"[a]pplication of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not.necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule." The licensee has proposed updating the Braidwood/Byron UFSAR no later than 24 calendar months from the date of the previous UFSAR revision submittal. The unoerlying purpose of the rule..
was to relieve licensees of the burden of filing annual UFSAR revisions while assuring that such
- revisions are made at least every 24 months. The Commission reduced the burden, in part, by permitting a licensee to submit its UFSARrevisions 6 months after refueling outages fpr its facility, but did not provide in the rule for multiple unit facilities sharing a common-UFSAR.
Rather, the Commission stated that "[w]ith respect to... multiple facilities s~arin_g a c;:ommon UFSAR, licensees will have maximum flexibility for scheduling updates on a case-by-case basis" (57 FR 39355 (1992))..
As noted In the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation, the.licensee's proposed schedule for the*
Braidwood/Byron UFSAR updates will ensure*that the UFSAR will be maintained current for both units within 24 rrionths of th~ last revision. The proposed schedule satisfies the maximum
.24~month interval between UFSAR revisions specified by 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4). The requirement to revise the i.JFSAR annually or within 6 months after refueling outages for each unit, therefore, is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose ()f the ~ule. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that special circumstances are present as defined in 10 CFR so:12(a)(2)(ii). The Commissior:i has further determined that, *pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
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exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety and is consistent with the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest.
The Commission hereby grants the licensee an exemption from the requirement of 10 CFR 50.71 (e)(4) to submit updates to the Braidwood/Byron UFSAR annually or within 6 months of each unit's refueling outage. The licensee will be required to submit updates to the Braidwood/Byron UFSAR within 24 months of the previous UFSAR revision submittal.
Pursuant to 1 O CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that grant!ng of this exemption will have no significant effect on the quality of the human envirc:>nment (64 FR 39177).
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland,
- thi.s 27th *day of *-J~ly
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John\\. Zwolinski! Dire~tor
- Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
- 1n the Matter of COMMONWEAL TH EDISON COMPANY (Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3)
Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 EXEMPTION I.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 for the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3. The licenses provide, arriong other things! that the licensee is subject to all rules,
- regulations, and orders of the Commission now. or hereafter in effect.
Dresden Nuclear Power s.tation consists of two boiling water reactors located*in Grundy' County, Illinois.
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Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.71, "Maintenance of records, making of reports," paragraph (e)(4) states, in part, that "[s]ubsequent revisions [to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months after each refueling outage provided the interval between successive updates '[to the UFSAR] does not exceed 24 months." Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, share a common FSAR.
Therefore, this rule requires the licensee to update the same document annually or within 6 months after each unit's refueling outage (approximately every 9 months).
Section 50.12(a) of 1 O CFR, "Specific exemptions," states:
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.,,*. The Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of the regulations of this part, which,are - (1)
Authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security. (2) The Commission will not consider granting an exemption unless special circumstances are present.
Section 50~ 12(a)(2)(ii) of _1 O CFR,states that special circumstances are present when.
"[a]pplication of the regulation in the particular Circumstance~ would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule." The licensee has proposed updating the unified Dresdel! UFSAR no later than 24 c;alendar months from the date of the previous UFS~R revision.. The underlying purpose of the rule was to relieve licensees of the burden of filing *annual UFSAR revisions while assuring that such revisions are made at least every 24 months,. The Commission reduced the burden, in part, by -
permitting a licensee to submit its. UFSAR revisions 6 monttis:after refueling outages for its _
facility, but did not provide in the rule for multiple unit facilities sharing a common UFSAR.
Rather, the Commission stated that "[w]ith respect to.. : multiple facilities sharing a common
- - *. ~ tiFSAR, licensees will have *maxim-urr1 flexit)ility fpr s*cheduli~g update'$ on a
- case~b-y-case basis" (57 FR 39355 (1992)).*
As noted In the NRG staff's Safety Evaiuation, the.licensee's. proposed schedule for the.
Dresden UFSAR updates willensure that the UFSAR will be maintained current for both units
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within 24 months of the last revision. The propqsed schedule satisfies the maximum 24-month interval between UFSAR revisions specified by 1 O CFR 50.71 (e)(4). The requirement to revise the UFSAR annually,or within 6 months after refueling outages for each unit, therefore, is not, necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that special circumstances are present as defined in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). The Commission has further determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the exemption is
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authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and *safety and is consistent with the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest.
- The Commission hereby grants the licer:isee an exemption from the requirement of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) to submit updates to the Dresden UFSAR annually or within 6'months of each unit's refueling outage. The lic~nsee will be required to submit updates to t_he Dresden
Pursu.ant to 1 o CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that granting of this
- _ ex~mption will have no significant effect o_n the quality of the human environment (64 FR* 39177).
This exemption is effective LJp6n iss.uance.
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this 27th day of J.uly 1999
~9HEiU~Rtl~ORY COMMISSION Joh~, A. Zwolin~ki, Director.
Division of Licensing ProjectManagement.
Office 9f Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of COMMONWEAL TH EDISON COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-37 4 (LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2)
EXEMPTION*
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Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2. The licenses provide, among* other things, that the licensee is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the Commissioo now or hereafter in effect.
LaSalle County Station consists of tWo*boiling. water reactors located in LaSalle Cou.nty, Illinois.
IL Title~ro of the Code-of Federal Regulations (10.CFR), Section_50.71, "Maintenance of records, *making of reports," paragraph (e)(4) states, in part, that "[s]ubsequent revisions [to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months after. each refueling outage provided the interval between successive updates [to the UFSAR] does not exceed 24 months." The LaSalle station, Units 1 and 2, share a common FSAR.. Therefore, this rule requires the licensee to update the same document annually or within 6 months after each unit's refueling outage (approximately every 9 months).*
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Section 50.12(a) of10 CFR, "Specific exemptions," states:
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- The Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of the regulations of this part, which are - (1)
Authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security. (2) The Commission will not consider granting an exemption unless special circumstances are present.
Section 50.12(a)(2)(ii) of 1 O CFR states that special circumstances are present when
"[a)pplication of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule." The licensee has proposed updating the unified LaSalle UFSAR within 24 calendar months of the previous UFSAR revision. The underlying purpose of the rule was to relieve licensees of the burden of filing annual UFSAR revisions while assuring that such revisions are made at least every 24 months. The Commission reduced the burden, in part, by permitting a licensee to
_ submit its UFSAR revisions 6 months after refueling outages for its facility, but did not provide -
in the rule for multiple unit facilities sharing a common UFSAR. Rather, the Commission stated that "[w]ith respect to... multiple facilities sharing a common UFSAR, licensees will have maximum flexibility for scheduling updates on a case-by-case basis"- (57 FR-39355 (1992)).
As noted In the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation, the licensee's proposed schedule for the LaSalle UFSAR updates will ensure that the ~FSAR will be maintained current for both units within 24 moriths of the last revision. The proposed schedule satisfies the maximum 24-month interval between UFSAR revisions specified by 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4). The requirement to revise
-the UFSAR annually or within 6-months after refueling outages for each unit, therefore, is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that special circumstances are present as defined in 1 O CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). ~The Commission has further determined that, pursuant to 1 O CFR 50.12, the exemption is
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.. *i:*. authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety and is consistent with the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest.
The Commission hereby gran-ts the licensee an exemption from the requirement of 10 QFR 50.71(e)(4) to submit updates to the LaSalle UFSAR annually or within 6 months of each unit's refueling outage. The licensee will be required to submit updates to the LaSalle UFSAR within 24 months of the previous UFSAR revision submittal.
Pursuant to 1 O CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that granting* of this exemption will have no significant effect on the quality of the human environment (64 FR 39177).
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this. 27th day of July 1999 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION J~~~n~~
Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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In the Matter of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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7590-01-P COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265 (Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2)
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EXEMPTION I.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30 for Quad Citi~s Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2. The licenses provide, among other things, that the licensee is subject to all rules, regulations, and order~ of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station consists of two boiling water reactors located in Rock Island County, Illinois.
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Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.71, "Maintenance of records, making of reports," paragraph (e)(4) states, in part, that "[s]ubsequent revisions [to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months after each refueling outage provided the interval between successive updates [to the UFSAR] does -.not exceed 24 months." Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, share a common FSAR. Therefore, this rule requires the licensee to update the same document annually.or within 6 months after each unit's refueling outage (approximately every 9 months).
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Section-50.12(a) of 10 CFR, "Specific exemptions," states:
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. ~*. The Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own rnitiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of the regulations of this part, which are - (1)
Authorized py law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security. (2) The Commission will not consider granting an exemption unless special circumstances are present.
Section 50.12(a)(2)(ii) of 1 O CFR states that special circumstances are present when
"[a]pplication of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying*
purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule." The licensee has proposed updating t~e unified Quad Cities UFSAR no later than 24 calendar months from the date of the previous UFSAR revision submittal. The underlying purpose of the rule was to relieve licensees of the burden of filing annual UFSAR revisions while assuring that such revisions are made at least every 24 months. The Commission reduced the burden, in part, by permitting a licensee to submit its UFSAR revisions 6 months after refueling outages for its facility, but did not provide in the rule for multiple unit facilities sharing a common UFSAR
- Rather, the' Commission stated that "[w]ith respect to... multiple facilities sharing a com~o.n u.FSAR, licensees will have maximum flexibility for scheduling updates on a: case-by-case basis" (57 FR 39355 (1992)).
As noted In the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation, the licensee's proposed schedule for the Quad Cities UFSAR updates will ensure that the UFSAR will be maintained current for bot~
units within 24 months of the last revision. The proposed schedule satisfies the maximum 24-month interval between UFSAR revisions specified by 1 O CFR 50.71 (e)(4). The requirement to revise the UFSAR annually or within 6 months after refueling outages.tor each unit, therefore, is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that special circumstances are present as defined in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). The Commission has further determined that, pursuant to 1 O CFR 50.12, the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety and is consistent with the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the*public interest.
The Commission hereby 'grants the licensee an exemption from the requirement of
. 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) to submit updates to the Quad Cities UFSAR annually or within 6 months of
. each unit's refueling.outage. The licensee will be required to submi_t updates to the Quad Cities UFSAR within 24 months of the previous UFSAR revision submittal.
Pursuant to 1 Q CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that granting of this.
exemption will have no significant effect on the quality of the human environment (64 FR 3 9177).
- This exemption is effective upon issuance.
- FOR TQNr~EuY COMMISSION Joh Zwolinski, Director Div1s10 of Licensing Project Management
. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2-Yth-,day of.' *July-** 1999
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