ML17228A354
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 10/27/1993 |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SAF Y
VALUAT ON BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR R ACTOR REGU AT 0 RELAT D TO AMENDM NT NOS 123 AND 61 TO FACI Y OP RAT G
N R-A F ORIDA POWER AND GHT COMPANY T AL.
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LUCIE PLA T UNIT NOS.
1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-335 AND 50-389 N
- 1. 0 INTRODUCTION By [[letter::L-92-329, Application for Amends to Licenses DPR-67 & NPF-16,utilizing Guidance of GL 89-01, Implementation of Programmatic Controls for RETS & NUREG-1301, ODCM Guidance:Srec for Pwrs|letter dated January 22, 1993]], Florida Power 8 Light Company (FPL, licensee) submitted a request to amend Facility Operating Licenses DPR-67 and NPF-16 for St.
Lucie Units 1 and 2, respectively.
The licensee developed these proposed license amendments using the guidance bf Generic Letter (GL) 89-01, "Implementation of Programmatic Controls for i
Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications" and NUREG 1301, "Offsite Dose Calculation Manual Guidance:
Standard Radiological Effluent Controls for Pressurized Water Reactors."
GL 89-01, dated January 31, 1989, stated that the NRC would approve a TS amendment to delete RETS from the Technical Specifications (TS) if the requirements would be relocated to the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCH) or Process Control Program (PCP).
Following the guidance of GL 89-01, the licensee proposed to relocate the procedural details of the Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications (RETS) to the ODCM or PCP as appropriate per the Administrative Controls section of the Technical Specifications (TS).
In addition, the licensee added new programmatic controls for radioactive effluent and radiological monitoring to the TS.
The licensee revised the ODCM in accordance with the proposed changes to the Administrative Controls section of the TS so it may be implemented immediately upon issuance of the amendments.
Wherever possible, the standard TS wording of NUREG 13'as used in the controls section of the ODCM.
There were, however several deviations from the standard wording of NUREG 1301 and those were marked and explained in a separate section of the FPL submittal.
Current St.
Lucie TS setpoints, limiting conditions of operations and surveillance requirements were not changed.
The TS bases of NUREG 1301 were used in the ODCM in lieu of St. Lucie TS bases.
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To relocate RETS to the ODCM or PCP, the licensee proposed the following changes:
Definition 1. 18, "Offsite Dose Calculation Hanual (ODCH)" has been revised to reflect the change in scope of the ODCH.
Definition 1.23, "Process Control Program (PCP)"
has been revised to reflect the change in scope of the PCP.
Table 3.3-6, "Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation" footnote ***is revised to reference the ODCM.
The existing footnote makes reference to TS 3.3.3. 10 which has been deleted by these proposed licensing amendments.
TS 3/4.3.3.9, "Instrumentation:
Radioactive Liquid Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation,"
Table 3.3-12, "Radioactive Liquid Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation,"
and Table 4.3-8, "Radioactive Liquid Monitoring Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements,"
have been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCH.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls sections as TS 6.8.4.f, Item 1.
TS 3/4.3.3. 10, "Instrumentation:
Radioactive Gaseous Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation,"
Table 3.3-13, "Radioactive Gaseous Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation,"
and Table 4.3-9, "Radioactive Gaseous Effluent Honitoring Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements,"
have been changed to delete all references to gaseous effluent monitoring requirements while retaining all requirements relative to explosive gas monitoring.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG-1301 Bases sections for the gaseous effluent monitors have been relocated to the ODCH.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Item 1.
The existing St.
Lucie TS requirements associated with the "Explosive Gas Monitoring Instrumentation" of Table 3.3-13 have been retained.
GL 89-01 supplied Enclosure 4 which provided model specifications for retaining existing reqtiirements for explosive gas monitoring instrumentation requirements: that applied on a plant-specific basis.
The model specifications do not apply to St. Lucie.
The St. Lucie Unit 2 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) Section 11.3 "Gaseous Waste System" describes the Gaseous Waste Hanagement System (GWHS).
Section 11.3. 1 m) of the system design bases describes the features to detect and preclude the formation of potentially explosive mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen.
Section 11.3.2 "System description" describes the gas analyzer package that is provided to continuously monitor the oxygen concentrations in various plant components where potentially explosive mixtures could develop.
The system design was reviewed as part of the original license review.
The NRC staff review and the acceptability of the design is documented in
section 11 of the St. Lucie Unit 2 Safety Evaluation Report Revision 0 and supplemented in section 11.5 of the Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.
The NRC review of the Unit 1 system is documented in the Safety Evaluation (dated August 18, 1983) and Technical Evaluation Report (EGG-PHYS-6241 dated April 26, 1983).
This review was performed in support of Amendment 59 which added the Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications (RETS) to the Unit 1
Technical Specifications.
These Safety Evaluations describe the FPL commitment to maintain a safe concentration of oxygen in the system since hydrogen is present in excess.
TS 3/4. 11. 1. 1, "Radioactive Effluents:
Liquid Effluents - Concentration,"
and Table 4. 11-1, "Radioactive Liquid Waste Sampling and Analysis Program,"
have been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCM.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Items 2 and 3.
TS 3/4. 11. 1.2, "Radioactive Effluents:
Dose,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCH.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Items 4 and 5.
TS 3/4. 11. 1.3, "Radioactive Effluents:
Liquid Waste Treatment,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCM. Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Item 6.
TS 3/4. 11.2. 1, "Radioactive Effluents:
Gaseous Effluents - Dose Rate,"
and Table 4. 11-2, "Radioactive Gaseous Waste Sampling and Analysis Program,"
have been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCM.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Items 3 and 7.
TS 3/4. 11.2.2, "Radioactive Effluents:
Dose - Noble Gases,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCM.
Programmatic controls have been added to the 'Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Items 5 and 8.
TS 3/4.11.2.3; "Radioactive Effluents:
Dose - Iodine-131, Iodine-133, Tritium, and Radionuclides in Particulate Form," has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCM. Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Items 5 and 9.
TS 3/4. 11.2.4, "Radioactive Effluents:
Gaseous Radwaste Treatment,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCH.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Item 6.
TS 3/4. 11.3, "Radioactive Effluents:
Solid Radioactive Waste,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the PCP.
TS 3/4. 11.4, "Radioactive Effluents:
Total Dose,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCH.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.f, Item 10.
TS 3/4.12. 1, "Radiological Environmental Monitoring:
Monitoring Program,"
Table 3. 12-1, "Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program," Table 3. 12-2, "Reporting Levels for Radioactivity Concentrations in Environmental Samples,"
and Table 4. 12-1, "Detection Capabilities for Environmental Sample Analysis,"
have been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the
- ODCH, Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative-.Controls section.
as TS 6.8.4.g, Item 1.
TS 3/4. 12.2, "Radiological Environmental Honitoring:
Land Use Census,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related:
NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCM.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section's TS 6.8.4.g, Item 2.
TS 3/4. 12.3, "Radiological Environmental Monitoring:
Interlaboratory Comparison Program,"
has been deleted.
The operational and surveillance requirements and the related NUREG 1301 Bases sections have been relocated to the ODCH.
Programmatic controls have been added to the Administrative Controls section as TS 6.8.4.g, Item 3.
TS 6.8, "Administrative Controls:
Procedures and Programs,"
has been amended to provide new programmatic controls for the ODCM.
The addition of Specifications 6.8.4.f, "Radioactive Effluent Controls Program" and 6.8.4.9, "Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program," provide for these programmatic controls.
TS 6.9. 1.7, "Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Report,"
has been changed to simplify the existing specification and relocate the existing reporting details to the ODCM or PCP as appropriate.
In addition, this report and all references to it have been changed to an annual report consistent with the most recent 10 CFR 50.36a rule change documented in the Federal
~Re ster dated 8/31/92 (58 FR 39353).
TS 6.9.1.8, "Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report,"
has been changed to simplify the existing specification and relocate the existing reporting details to the ODCH.
TS 6.10, "Record Retention,"
has been changed to incorporate requirements for keeping records of changes made to the ODCH and PCP.
has been changed to simplify the requirements of this specification.
TS 6. 14, "Offsite Dose Calculation Hanual,"
has been changed to simplify the requirements of this specification.
TS 6.15, "Ha)or Changes to Radioactive Liquid, Gaseous and Solid Waste Treatment Systems,"
has been deleted.
The procedural details have been relocated to the ODCH or PCP as appropriate.
3.0 QS.SKL98 The staff has reviewed the proposed changes and found that, with the exceptions discussed below, the proposed changes follow the guidance of GL 89-Ol.
Because the control of radioactive effluent continues to be limited in accordance with operating procedures that must satisfy the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, the NRC staff concludes that this change is administrative in nature and therefore has no impact on plant safety.
In addition, the staff has reviewed all 40 deviations from the guidance of GL 89-01 and determined that none deviate from the substance, meaning or intent of the GL 89-01 but result from differences in the language and expressions used in the present St. Lucie TS from those used in NUREG-1301.
4.0 On the basis of the above evaluation, the staff finds the proposed changes acceptable.
5.0 STATE CONSULTAT 0 Based upon the written notice of the proposed amendments, the Florida State official had no cotments.
6.0 ENV 0
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C These amendments change a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20.
The NRC staff has determined that the amendments involve no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure.
The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration and there has been no public comment on such finding (58 FR 16225).
Accordingly, these amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusions set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9) and (10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of these amendments.
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'J US~ON The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed
- above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assur ance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed
- manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission s regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributors: J. Norris and S. Klementowicz Date: October 27, 1993