ML19030A906
| ML19030A906 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/09/1977 |
| From: | Librizzi F Public Service Electric & Gas Co |
| To: | Knighton G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML19030A906 (23) | |
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Place Newark, N.J. 07101 Phone 201/622-7000 August 9, 1977 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- u. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington. D. c.
20555 Attention:
Mr. G. Knighton, Chief Environmental Projects Branch #1 Gentlemen:
REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE DPR-70 UNIT NO. 1 SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-272 In accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, we hereby transmit copies of our revised request for amendment to Facility Operating License DPR-70 for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1.
This request for amendment consists of minor modification and clarification of your July 18, 1977 version of our proposed changes (April 6 and May 25, 1977) to the Environmental Technical Specifications (Appendix B) which pertain to the impingement and entrainment monitoring programs.
Attached, is a marked up copy identifying the changes that we made.
We also request that this amendment include changes relative to the pH of effluent releases which were proposed in our original April 6, 1977 submittal.
This submittal includes three (3) signed originals and forty (40) copies.
The Energy People Very truly yours,
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Frank P. Librizzi General Manager -
Electric Production 95-2001 300M 8-75
STATE OF NEW JERSEY SS. :
COUNTY OF ESSEX FREDERICK W. SCHNEIDER, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
I am a Vice President of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and as such I signed the request for change to FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-70.
The matters set forth in said change request are true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-272 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-70 NO. 1 UNIT SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION Public Service Electric and Gas Company hereby submits proposed changes to Facility Operating License No. DPR-70 for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1.
This change request relates to Appendix B of the Operating License, Environmental Technical Specifications, and pertains to fish impingement monitoring and entrainment monitoring.
P77 66 40 Respectfully submitted, PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY BY:.A4tJ~
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Frederick w. Schneider Vice President
Reporting levels shall be developed after one year of full power operation of Unit 2.
Post-operational data will be related to preoperatiortal norms from which report levels ~ill be established.
Bases All biological parameters sampled will provide background data for determining the environmental effects of station operation. Results of the operational studies will be compared with preoperational studies by statistical methods.
The various sampling locations were selected on the basis of their representative distribution throughout the region.
As the data from these sites are analyzed, it will be determined whether additional sites are needed or old sites can be eliminated.
The frequency of sampling has been established in much the same manner.
3.1.2.2 rrnpingement of Organisms Objective The principal objectives of the impingement study are to:
(1) determine the species composition and (2) quantify the numbers of finfishes and blue crabs which become impinged on the circulating and service water intake screens; as well as (3) quantify survival rates of finfishes and blue crabs impinged on the circulating water intake screens.
3.1-15
Spec if ication The impingement monitoring described in this specification shall be initiated prior to achieving corrnnercial operation at 100% electrical output.
Changes in sampling frequency may be proposed at any time but shall be submitted for review and approval by the NRC Staff prior to implementation.
Service Water Fishes and blue crab impinged on the service water intake screens shall be sampled for three, 24-hour periods per week.
The total weight of the 24-hour sample collected in the trash basket shall be determined. All fin-fishes shall be identified to lowest practical taxonomic level. The number of blue crabs and the number of each species of finfish shall be recorded.
If the total of fish and crab sample is greater than 100 lbs, random subsamples of no less than 100 lbs total shall be taken from that sample; otherwise the total sample shall be processed. Within each sample or subsample total weight of all specimens shall be used to determine the total weight by species for each 24-hour sample.
Within each sample or subsample, if more than 100 specimens per species are collected, at least 100 specimens per species will be used to compute the length and weight range per species for the 24-hour period.
Estimates or actual counts of the total number of each species impinged per 24-hour sampling period shall be determined.
3.1-16
Circulating Water - Continuous Screen Operation Finfishes and blue crabs impinged on the circulating water intake screens shall be sampled during three, 24-hour periods per week.
During continuous screen operation within each 24-hour period, sampling shall be conducted at approximately six-hour intervals. Each sample shall be taken by diverting a minimum of three minutes flow of screen wash water to the holding chamber. All finfishes and blue crab collected for each sample shall be identified to the lowest practical taxonomic level and the number of specimens recorded for each species. Condition shall be determined based on the following criteria:
Live:
Damaged:
Dead:
Swimming vigorously, no apparent orientation problems, behavior normal.
Struggling or swimming on side.
Indication of severe abrasion or laceration.
No vital life signs, no body or opercular movement, no response to gentle probing.
The following shall be reported by species: total number, catch weight, and percent survival. All organisms of a given species shall be used to compute the length and weight range.
If more than 100 specimens of a given species are collected, a random subsample of at least 100 organisms from that sample shall be used to compute the length and weight range per species for the sampling interval.
3.l-16a
Estimates of the total number of each species impinged per 24-hour sampling period shall be determined.
Circulating Water-Intermittent Screen 0peration Finfishes and blue crabs impinged on the circulating water intake screens shall be sampled during three, 24-hour periods i;:er week.
Within each 24-hour period, sampling shall be conducted at approximately six-hour intervals. If, during any portion of the six-hour interval immediately preceding sampling, all or some of the circulating water intake screens are operated intermittently (tripped by differential pressure across the screens) two samples shall be collected.
Each of the two samples shall be taken by diverting a minimum of three minutes flow of screen wash water to the holding chamber.
All finfishes and blue crabs collected for each sample shall be identified to the lowest practical taxonomic level and the number of specimens recorded for each species. Condition shall be determined.from the first sample based on the following criteria:
Live:
Damaged:
Dead:
Swimming vigorously, no apparent orientation problems, behavior normal.
Struggling or swimming on side.
Indication of severe abrasion or laceration.
No vital life signs, no body or opercular movement, no response to gentle probing.
3.l-16b
1-Survival by species shall be calculated from the first sample.
Screens shall be rotated and cleaned prior to collection of the second sample.
Number and catch weight by species shall be determined from the second sample and used to estimate total number and total weight by species impinged per 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />. All organisms of a given species collected in both samples shall be used to compute the length and weight range. If more than 100 specimens of a given species are collected in both samples at the circulating system, a random subsample of at least 100 organisms from both samples combined shall be used to compute the length and weight ranges per species for the sampling interval.
Reporting Requirement Monthly results from both the circulating water and service water studies shall be submitted to the NRC within 20 days after the end of the month.
Report of each sample period shall contain:
(1) date of sample, (2) sample collection location, (3) counting pool water temperature at the beginning of sampling, (4) mode of screen operation, either intermittent or continuous during the six-hour period preceding sampling (circulating water system sampling only), (5) the number of each species collected in collecting pool, (6) an estimate by species of the number and weight impinged per 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, (7) percent survival by species, (8) the minimum and max length in Srrm increments and minimum and maximum weight, and (9) number of pumps in operation at the time of sampling.
3.l-16c
A summary of the impingement study shall be included in the annual report. After one year of data collection, a report shall be submitted describing the program, results, and providing an interpretive analysis of environmental impacts.
Bases This survey and subsequent data analysis will aid in verification of the effectiveness of the intake design in minimizing impingement and maximizing the survival of those organisms Yhich do become impinged.
3.1.2.3 Entrainment of Plankton Organisms Objective The objective of the entrainment study is to estimate the number and percent survival of planktonic organisms \\ohich pass through the circulating water system.
Specifications In order to obtain estimates of numbers of organisms passing through the CWS, a sampling program shall be implemented during August 1977 and performed monthly thereafter, weather permitting.
The program shall consist of sampling planktonic organisms before and after passage through the CJ.VS during plant operation. Additional sampling shall also be performed, when _p:)ssible, during periods \\'hen ambient water is circulated through the system's components without the addition of heat. Mortalities due solely to mechanical damage and pressure may be assessed.
3.1-17
1-CWS intake samples will be collected with either a high capacity pt.nnp sampler or plankton nets. Samples will be integrated with depth from either just before the trash bars or just behind the traveling screens.
Discharge samples will be collected from a p:>rt located above the CWS discharge pipe, with a high capacity pump sampler.
Samples from the same water mass shall be obtained from the intake and discharge by coordinating their collection with CWS passage time. Whenever possible, entrainment sampling will be coordinated with the collection of river samples on the transect extending westward from the station.
All samples shall be collected monthly during one 24-hour period at approximately 4-hour intervals Lil'lless otherwise specified.
Physiochemical parameters to be monitored during sample collection will include water temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity and pH.
Changes in sampling frequency may be prop:>sed at any time but shall be submitted for review and approval by the NRC Staff prior to implementation.
Microzooplankton Studies Intake and discharge samples shall be collected with a high capacity pt.nnp sampler or as specified in Section 3.1.2.1.1.c.
3.1-18
Samples will be immediately stained upon collection. This will enable separation of live and dead zooplankton.
Dead and live organism counts and specimen identification to the lowest practical taxon shall be done in the laboratory.
Samples shall be collected, stained and maintained in a water bath in ambient river temperature.
These samples shall be periodically monitored over a 12-hour period to determine latent mortality.
Ichthyoplankton and Macrozooplankton Studies Ichthyoplankton shall be sampled at the intake and discharge semi-monthly to monthly, weather permitting. Samples shall be taken semi-monthly, June through August, and monthly, September through May.
Samples shall be collected as described above, over 24-hour periods at approximately 4-hour intervals. Replicate samples shall be collected with a high capacity pump sampler from an area behind the traveling screens or metered plankton nets fished at surface, mid-depth, and near bottom in front of the intake structure.
Samples of discharge water shall be taken through sampling ports.
Specimens collected shall be identified to the lowest :i;ossible taxononic level, and densities shall be calculated.
Immediate mortality shall be determined for intake and discharge samples based on the following criteria:
3.1-19
Live:
Stunned:
Dead:
Sllirrnning vigorously, no apparent orientation problems, behavior normal.
Swimming erratically, struggling and swirrnning on side, some twitching but motile.
No vital life signs, no body or opercular movement, no response to gentle probing.
Specimens determined to be alive or stunned shall be held separately for 12-to 24-hour :periods at ambient river temperature to determine latent mortality.
Reporting Requirement Summary of entrainment study data shall be included in the annual report.
After one year of data collection, a report shall be submitted describing the program, results and providing an interpretative analysis of environmental impacts.
Results reported shall contain information including but not limited to:
sampling date, number of replicates, gear used for collection at intake and discharge, s:pecies or taxon, life stage, percent survival on passage, volume filtered, and mean concentration at the intake per day for each species.
3.1-20
Bases This study and subsequent data analyses will aid in determining whether passage through the Circulating Water System will have a deleterious effect on planktonic organisms.
3.1.2.4 - References
- 1.
Lorenzen, C. J. 1967.
Determination of chlorophyll and filaeo-pigments spectrophotometric equations.
Limnol. and Oceanogr. 12:343-346.
- 2.
Deleted.
- 3. Strickland, J. D. H., and T. R. Parsons.
1968.
A practical handbook of seawater analysis. Bull. 167, Fish. Res. Bd. Canada..
311 p.
- 4.
American Public Health Association, et al. 1974 Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water.
American Public Health Association.
874 pp.
- 5.
Icanberry, J. w., and R. W. Richardson.
1973.
Quantitative sampling of live zooplankton with a filter-pump system.
Limnol. and Oceanogr.
18(2):333-335.
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