ML19263B217
| ML19263B217 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  (DPR-64-A-020, DPR-64-A-20) |
| Issue date: | 01/02/1979 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7901150025 | |
| Download: ML19263B217 (6) | |
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WASHINGTON D. C. 20555
- j POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK DOCKET NO. 50-286 INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT N0. 3 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 20 License No. DPR-64 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Connission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and the Power Authority of the State of New York (the licensees) dated April 20, 1977, as revised December 30, 1977 ccmolies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amendea (the Act), and the Comnission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in confamity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Coccission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
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. 2.
Accordingly, the license is amended by changes te the Techniui Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.J-(2) of Facility Operating License No. OPR-64 is hereby amended to read as follows:
B.
Technical Soecifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendices A and B, as revised through Amendment No. 20, are hereby incorporated in the license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
3.
This license amendment is effective as of the date of its issuance.
FORTHENUC[EARREGULATORYCOMMISSICN
'./ tdd?td2D A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Operating Reactors
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: January 2, 1979
A-~aCH"I TO LICE"SE AMENDMENT N05 20 44. AND 20 TO THE TECHi;ICAL SPECIFICATIONS FACILITY OPERATING LICE.'iSE "05. DPR-5, DPR-26 AND DPR-54 00CXET NOS. 50-3, 50-247, 50-236 ReDiace the folicwing pages of the Appendix 3 Environnental Technical S:eci#ications with the enclosed pages. The revised rages are identified by amendment numbers in the lower right corner.
Since these ec.9nical 5:ecifications are presently comnon to all three Indian Point
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Jr.';s, the amendment number acclicable to each unit is listed on each ra;e.
Vertical lines in :.5e right margin indicate the area of cnange ass: cia:ec. tith :nis anendrent action.
Remove Reclace 4.1-16 4.1-16 4.1-13 4.1-13 4.1-19 4.1-19
4.0 ENVilt0NMENTAh SUltVEILLANCE AND SPECI Al, STUDIES 4.1.2a(3) Specification (Continued)
A.
Impingement Monitoring Pror. ram (coniluned) l (11) All flub will be collected from each traveling acreen washing at Indian Point on a daily basis.
Total numbero and weights of white perch, stripeil leaus and Atlantic tomcod (during the spawning season) will be recorded for each unit daily.
Sub-namples will be taken of all other specien to catablish a nouibern-weight relationship. An entimate of total numbers ohn11 be derived by recording total weight by npecies and converting to total numbers using the numbers-weight relationship.
Flahes will be collected from each screen individually and an estimate made of the percentage (on a weight basis) of the total collected by screen.
For those species nelected for subsampling a representative range of sizes shall be sampled.
'llie fixed screena shall be war.hed at least once per day.
The traveling screens shall be run at the time the fixed acreens, are rained and back-wanhed.
The estimateu number and species of finh wanhed off the fixed screena which do not :?ter the forebay shall be entImated.
(111)
(a) The site wide limit s for collected fish shall he those specified in the State of New York 401 Certificate as amended. The actlons regnIred In the event those 1imits are exceeded sha11 he those specified in the State of New York 401 Certificate as amended.
Inasmuch as these limits and actions are subject to further amendment by t he State of New York, the 11 ensee shall notif y the NitC on the Prompt schedule of receipt of all amendments of t he 401 tart ificate opplicable to thin facility.
(iv) The causeo of fluh impingement shall be evaluated. Including the magnitude of the approech and intake velocity. During the first 180 days afLer lueuance of license for operation of Unit No.
3, the water velocity prof 11e across the outer (traveling) ocreens, as was required for Unite llo s. I and 2, shall be determined. Velocity determinations shall be made at full flow and reduced flow and shall include measurements from at least two intake forebays.
4.1-16 Amendment No. 20, un I t i Amendment No. 44, Un i t 2 Amendment No. 20, Un i t 3
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE AND SPECIAL STUp!ES lteport ing Hesluirementn (Continued)
(b) The 11ccusee shall submit to the Region i Office of luspection and Enforcement and a copy to the Dhector of Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation by the IOth working day of the following month,
.i monthly report tabulating the daily records of fish collection at the Indian Point l'ac il i t y.
The report shall include the daily number, species breakdown, and total weights, and describe any correct.1ve action taken to comply with Specification (111) to keep the fish loss within the limits of the specification.
(c) Records of daily fish kills and reportable kills in Specifications (11) and (iii) shall be kept and sunnnarized -in monthly reports for inspection and submitted in accordance with (b) above.
(d) By the end of the 6th month after spring recapture for the first full year class following the beginning of consnercial operation of Unit No. 3, the licensee shall submit a report to the NIC describing the following:
(1) The ecological significance of the ef fects of fish impingement on population density, size, abundance, and diversity of tha fisheries of the river as a function of plant operating variables. The evaluation program shall include a review of the pcrameters investigated in Sections 4.1.2a(1) and (4) and consideration of fish impingement experience at Units Nos. 1, 2 and 3 for the first 12 months following the heginning of operation of Unit No. 3.
These shall include biological monitoring and population dynamics of selected fish movements and other ecological parameters. Environmental factors such as temperature, river flow, salinity and plant operational variables which influence the extent of fish impingement shall be evaluated.
(2) The effectiveness of the air bubblers at Unitu Nos. I and 2, reduced flow, and other operating procedures to reduce thesa impingement losses.
(3) The adequacy of this Specification 4.1.2a(3) and need for the implementation of any proposed design changes (e.g., conznon intake system).
(c)
If the total number of fish collected in any 52 consecutive weeks exceeds 5 million, the licensee shall submit a Prompt Report to the NRC and, based on NRC review of the follow-up report submitted by the licensee shall take such additional corrective action as the NFC may direct.
(f)
If the total number of fish collected in any one calendar month exceeds 1/2 million, the licensee shall submit an analysis in the next regular monthly report evaluating the cause of the high collections and specifying measures to be taken to minimize these collections. As part of this submittal the licensee shall provide an. assessment of t he signi f icance of t he number of fish collect ed for the previous 52 weeks.
4.1-18 Amendment No. 20 Unit 1 Amendment No.44 Unit 2 Amendment No. 20 unit 3
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL. SURVEll.I.ANCE AND SPECIAl STUDIES Bases Honitoring of impinged fish at the Indian Point Station will assure that the majority of fish killed will be identified and enumerated. The identification, counting and length-weight data obtained for all Impinged fish of importance will ausure documentation for expected fish losses resulting from normal three Unit operation.
[ References 4.1-12 and 4.1-13.)
The limits on fish impingement (Specification (iii)) are established subject to revision based on the Station's operating experience and on the licensee's continuing efforts to reduce impingement and to evaluate the ecological significance of the losses.
The impingement losses of striped bass, white perch and other fish of importance will be compared with values obtained from previous flah kills at the Station since the mid-1960s.
In addition, impingement data will aid in determining any ef fects of impingement on population levela, species abundance and diveralty of the !!udson River fishary.
Impingement of fish at maximum catablished rates in Specification (iii) for perioda up to arseral days should not be considered to imply adverse ef fects on the fishery; rather it abould be considered as indicative of a sufficient change from past experience to warrant corrective action to reduce the number impinged until further definitive information la available on the impact of impingement losses on the flahery. Results of intake flow reduction by the Station during the wintertime and operation of the air bubbler curtains shall be evaluated in terms of the'ir feasibility to reduce impingement. Studies of the flahery will indicate whether fish losses currently being experienced at the Station are compatible with maintaining the existing specien composition of the fishery and popula-tion numbers. Specific studies described in Section 4.1.2a(4) on the ecology of the existing fishery are continuing in order to evaluate (1) the significance of limits of impingement and (2) methods of further reducing the loss of fish at the plant.
Thus, these studies will permit a more definite asseas-ment of the biological algnificance of impingement losses at the intake screena.
Pending development of information from the General Ecological Survey (Section 4.1.2a(1)), and Special Studies (Section 4.1.2a(4)), this specification provides a mechanism for:
(1) limiting the number of fleh impinged at the Station, (2) providing the NRC's staff with r. means of being kept currently advised of the number of fish being collected at the intake screens, and (3) determining what further methods can be developed to reduce impingement.
The limita provided in Specification (iii) will aid in the development of operating procedures and corrective actions to be taken to minimize the Station's impact on the fishery resources.
4.1-19 Amendment No. 20, Unit 1 Amendment No. 44, Unit 2 Amendment No. 20, Unit 3