ML19332C307
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/1989 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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i UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-423
'NOTICF. OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO
-FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 and issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, et al (the licensee), for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3, located at the licensee's site in New London County, Connecticut.
The-proposed amendrent would niodify the Technical Specifications as
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i (1) TS 4.2.2.2.2 would be changed to revise the Fxy fonnula for three-1 cop operation.
(2) TS 3/4.7.1.5 would require 'that. main steam isolation valves (MSIVs).
be OPERABLE in Mode 4.
In addition, the action statement and
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surveillance requirements would be revised to reflect an MSIV
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closure time of-120 seconds.for Mode 4 Two related, proposed, changes to the TS are:
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_(a) Table 3.3-3, Engineered Safety Features Actuation System p
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1 solation (PhaseB)onHigh-3containmentpressureandformain steam isolation on manual initiation, automatic actuation
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logic,'and High-2 containment pressure.
(b) Table 4.3-2, ESFAS Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements, would be revised to require surveillance in Mode 4 of containment i
spray actuation and Phase B containment isolation on High'-3 containment pressure and steam line isolation manual initiation, i
automatic actuatior logic, and High-2 containment pressure.
(3)' TS Tables 3.3-6, 3.3-10, 4.3-3, and-4.3-7 would be changed to eliminate the inconsistency between the tables, and represent the actual
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and42(fueldropmonitors).
Prior to issuance of the preposed license amendment, the Coninission will Ll have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Consnission's regulations.
By December.18,1989
, the licensee may file a recuest for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceed-ing and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for a hearing and a petit?on for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed-in accordance
-with the Comission's " Rules of Practice-for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document Room located at Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut, 06385, If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to m
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Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a l
notice of hearing or. an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set
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forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first pre-tearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
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addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of
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' the centention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intende to rely in j
l proving-the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must also provide references tc those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely-to establish those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the ap'plicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would.
entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate-fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
L A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, h
L Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be l
E delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., by the-above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner
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I promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message I
addressed to John F. Stolz: petitioner's name and telephone number; date l
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petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Gerald Garfield, Esquire Day, Be ry & Howard, Counselors at Law, City Place, Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3 4 M;orney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted based y on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and2.714(d).
If a request for a hearing is received, the Comission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public comment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideratior, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 20, 1989 supplemented October 16, 1989 which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut 06385.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of November 1989.
L OR THE NUCLEAR RE LATORY COMMISSION l
John F. Stolz, Direct r P/oject Directorate I-4 l
Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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