ML19312C508
| ML19312C508 | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1978 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7912160068 | |
| Download: ML19312C508 (3) | |
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's,.....o SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 55 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. DPR-38 AMENDMENT N0. 55 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. DPR-47 AMENDMENT NO. 52 TO FACILITY LICENSE N0. OPR-55 DUKE POWER COMPANY OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NOS. 1, 2 AND 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270 AND 50-287 Introduction By letter dated October 31, 1977, Duke Power Company (the licensee) requested changes to the Technical Specifications incorporated in the Oconee Nuclear Station operating licenses which would delete the requirement for Annual Reports.
By letter dated December 2,1977, the licensee requested a change to provide written confirmation for prompt reportable occurences.
We are also taking this opportunity to remove the sections of the Technical Specifications pertaining to the Respiratory Protection Program.
Discussion / Evaluation 1.
Reporting Requirements Regulatory Guide 1.16, " Reporting of Operating Information - Ap;;endix A Technical Specifications", is the basis for reporting requirements found in Technical Specifications today. When these Technical Specifi-
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cations were issued we requested that licensees use the formats in the guide for the Licensee Event Report (LER) and Monthly Operating Report.
In scoe cases licensees' use of these formats was required by a reference to Regulatory Guide 1.16 in the Technical Specifications.
After two years of experience with the reporting requirements identified in this guide we reviewed the scope of information licensees are required to submit in the LER, Annual Operating Report, Monthly Operating Report and Startup Report.
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, Based on our review of LER's we developed a modified format for the LER to make this document more useful for evaluation purposes.
By letters sent in July and August 1977, we informed licensees of the new LER format and requested that they use it.
For those licensees who reference Regulatory Guide 1.16 in their Technical Specifications we also requested that they propose a change.which would replace this reference with appropriate words from the guide and which would delete mandatory use of the reporting forms contained in the guide.
From our review of all licensee reports we determined that much of the information found in the Annual Operating Report either is addressed in the LER's or Monthly Operating Reports, which are submitted in a more timely manner, or could be included in these reports with only a slight augmentation of the information already supplied.
Therefore we concluded that the Annual Operating Report could be deleted as a Technical Specification requirement if certain adc!tional information were provided in the Monthly Operating Reports. As a result we sent letters during September 1977 to licensees informing then that a revised and improved format for Monthly Operating Reports was available and requested that they use it.
For those licensees with the Technical Specification reference to Regulatory Guide 1.16 the change deleting this reference, discussed above, would be necessary.
In addition, licensees were informed that if they agreed to use the revised format they should submit a change request to delete the requirement for an Annual Operating Report except that occupational exposure data must still be submitted.
The licensee has proposed to delete all but one specified item in the Annual Operating Report. The report which tabulates occupational exposure on an annual basis is needed and therefore, the requirement to submit this information has been retained.
The wording has been changed to reflect that used in Standard Technical Specifications.
We have determined that the failed fuel examination informction does not need to be supplied routinely by licensees because this type of historical data can be obtained in a compiled form from fuel vendors when needed.
The information concerning forced reductions in power and outages will be supplied in the revised Monthly Operating Reports and the narrative summary of operating experience will be provided in a monthly basis in the Monthly Operating Report rather than annually.
The licensee has committed to use the revised Monthly Operating Report format beginning with its report for January 1978 as requested.
We have concluded that all needed information will be provided and deletion of the Annual Operating Report is acceptable.
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- This change to Section 6.6.2.la makes the Oconee Technical Specifications consistent with the reporting requirements for other facilities and brings them into conformance with NRC intentions in this regard.
This change is administrative in nature.
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Respiratory Protection Program The deletion of the current respiratory protection requirements from the Technical Specifications would eliminate conflict between the Technical Specifications and 10 CFR 520.103 as revised November 29, 1976.
This agrees with the revocation provision in Section 6.7.1.a.g of the current Technical Jpecifications which states that Section 6.7 will be superceded upon adoption of the proposed change to 10 CFR 520.103.
In the future, as specified in the regulations, allowance may be made for the use of respiratory protective equipment only if its use is as stipulated in Regulatory Guide 8.15, Acceptable Programs for Respiratory Protection.
Based on the above, we find this change acceptable.
Environmental Consideration We have determined that this amendment does not authorize a change in effluent types or total amounts nor an increase in power level and will not result in any significant environmental impact.
Having made this determination, we have further concluded that the amendment involves an action which is insignificant from the standpoint of environmental impact, and pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) that an environmental impact statement, or negative declaration and, environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection wi:h the issuance of this amendrent.
Conclusion We have concluded, based on the considerations uiscussed above, that:
(1) because the amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of accidents previously considered and does not involve a significant decrease in a safety margin, the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration, (2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (3) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
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