ML19308A714
| ML19308A714 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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O UttITED STATES OF Af4 ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0fI41SSION In the Matter of METROPOLITAN EulSON COMPANY, El &.
Docket No. 50-320 (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2)
ORDER FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE I.
Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power and Light Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company (the licensee) are the holders of Facility Operating License No. OPR-73, which had authorized operation of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (TMI-2) at power levels up to 2772 megawatts thermal. The f acility, which is located in Londonderry Township,
' Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is a pressurized water reactor used for the commercial generation of electricity.
II.
On October 16, 1979, the Commission issued a Memorandum and Order directing the licensee to operate an EPICOR-II filtration and ion exchange decon-tamination system to decontaminate intermediate-level radioactive waste water now held in tanks in the TMI-2 auxiliary building. The factual bases underlying this directive are set forth fully in the Memorandum and Order ano will not be restated herein.
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' aized that operation of EPICOR-II will add several gaseous effluent discharge paths to those'previously listed in the TMI-2 operating license. The Com-mission further observed that its regulations in 10 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix A General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants (GDC 64) require that the new discharge paths be monitored. Though the Comission deemed it not necessary as a legal matter to amend the TMI-2 operating license technical specifications to assure that monitoring will be conducted, it expressed I
the belief that the Comission's inspection and enforcement program would, be simplified if the requirements for discharge path monitoring and those provi-sions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of its Order are spelled out in the operating license that can be readily referenced by the licensee and Comission inspectors. The Comission instructed the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) to promptly issue an order for modification of the TMI-2 operating license to (a) add EPICOR-II discharge paths to those presently s
listed in the Technical Specifications as requiring monitoring under GDC 64, and (b) include the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of its Order, and to provide that, within 20 days of the date of its Order, a hearing may be requested.
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Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as a:nended, and the i
i Comission Memorandum and Order of October 16, 1979, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
Facility Operating License No. DPR-73 for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2, be amended, in the manner hereinaf ter provided, to include tne following conditions:
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..s (i) The technical specifications requiring monitoring under GDC 64 are hereby amended as reflected in the appendix hereto in crder to add EPICOR-II discharge paths.
(ii) The licensee shall promptly begin the pr6 cess of decontaminating the intermediate-level waste water from TMI-2 by operating EPICOR-II.
Prior to operation, the licensee shall consult the Director of NRR for approv.al of the final operating procedures and design and construction details.
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order to reduce the inherent risk from the contaminated water most expedi-tiously and prudently, the licensee should to the extent possible process all the water once through the ERICOR-II system.
(iii) The licensee shall maintain suitable tankage at TMI-1 that could be used to store waste water from TMI-2 at an appropriate state of readiness, should additional storage become necessary.
(iv) The licensee shall not ship spent resins offsite unless they have been solidified, and only then with the prior approval of the Director of NRR, provided however, that tne licensee may ship non-solidified but dewatered spent resins offsite if it determines, and the Director of NRR i
concurs, that such shipment is required to assure continued operation of EPICOR-II or otherwise required to protect public healtn and safety.
The licensee si,all expeditiously construct a facility for sciidification of the scent resins and shall use such facilities for resir. solidification upon receiving the Director of NRR's concurrence with tr.e design and operating crocedures.
IV.
The licensee or any person whose interest may be affected may, on or before November 5,1979, request a hearing on the proposed amendment pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 52.714 to be held prior to the adoption of the formal license amendment.
This amendment will become effective on the expiration of the period during which the licensee or other person may request a hearing, or in the event a hearing is requested, on the date specified in an order, made following the hearing.
In the event a hearing is requested, the issues to be considered at such hearing shall be whether the actions taken under this order (a) are necessary and sufficient to protect health and safety or to minimize danger to life
'and property, and (b) would significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
A request for a hearing by the licensee or another person must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Section, by the above date.
A copy of the request for a hearing should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission, Washington, DC 20555 and to Mr. George F. Trowbridge, Shaw, Pittma'n, Potts, and Trowbridge, 1500 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, attorney for the licensee.
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questions regarding the contents of this Order should be directed to the Chief Hearing Counsel, Office of the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
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For further details with respect to this action, see the Comission's Memo-randum and Order, dated October 16, 1979, and the documentary references cited therein. This information is available for inspection at the Commis-sion's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, NW., Washington, DC and at the Commission's local Public Document Room at the State Library of Pennsylvania, Government Publications Section, Education Building, Commonwealth and Walnut Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.17126.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION M
x Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Appendix Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 18th day of October, 1979.
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