ML19336A434
| ML19336A434 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/25/1980 |
| From: | Purple R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
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| ML19336A433 | List: |
| References | |
| IEB-79-01B, IEB-79-1B, NUDOCS 8010230116 | |
| Download: ML19336A434 (6) | |
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s UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the' Matter of PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON
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PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-344 (TrojanNuclearPlant)
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REVISED ORDER FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE I.
Portland General Ele.tric Company, et al. (licensee) is the holder of License No. NPF-1, which authorizes the operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant at steady state reactor power levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal (ratei power).
The facility consists of a Pressurized Water Reactor located at the licensee's site near Rainier, Oregon.
II.
On November 4,1977, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed with the Commission a " Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief."
The petition sought action in two areas:
fire protection for electrical cables, and environmental qualification of electrical components.
By
' Memorandum and Order dated April -13,1978 (7 NRC 400), the Commission denied certain aspects of the petition and, with respect to other aspects, ordered the NRC staff to take several related actions.
UCS filed a Petition for Reconsideration on May 2, 1978.
By. Memorandum and Order, dated May. 23, 1980, the Cormission reaffirmed its April 13, 1978 decision 8010230 l l (,
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. imposed a deadline that, "by'no later.than June 30,-1982 - all safety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants shall be qualified to the 00R Guidelines or NUREG-0588." The Commission requested the staff to,." keep the Commission and the public apprised of any further.
findings of incomplete environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, along with corrective actions taken or planned,"
and requested the staff to provide bi-monthly progress reports to the Commi ssion.
The Commission further directed the staff to add certain documentation requirements to each license after the specific requirements were approved
-by the Commission.
The Commission also pointed out that the various deadlines imposed in its Order, "do not excuse a licensee from the obligation to modify or replace inadequate equipment promptly."
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i The information developed during this proceeding emphasizes the importance f
of adequate documentation, the prompt completion of the review of environ-mental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, and the prompt completion of any plant modification needed to assure conformance
-with the DDR Guidelines or NUREG-0528.
A significant aspect of this review I
is the timely submittal of environnental qualification information by the operating plant licensees to enable the staf f to complete its review in accordance with the Commission,'s Order.
The_ staff has a progran presently underway to -reevaluate, using.the 00R Guidelines and NUREG-
-C588, the qualifications of safety-related electrical equipment exposed
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. to environments that may exist following postulated accidents.
These accidents are Loss of Coolant Accident and Main Steam Liiie Break inside containment, and High Energy Line Breaks inside and outside containment.
In this connection the licensee was requested by I&E Bulletin 79-01B dated January 14, 1980 to -provide a detailed review of the environ-E mental. qualification of Class 1E electrical equipment.
This review
'was to include all equipment required to function under postulated accident conditions, both inside and outside the primaryv, containment, and recognize all conditions specified in the bulletin.
Evidence of qualification together with methods and justification, was requested.
Clarification was provided by supplemental information, briefings, and in some cases, meetings _ with the licensee.
Timely conpletion of the staff 's review of environmental qualification of electrical equipment and' timely. completion of needed modifications by the licensee is required to provide continuing reasonable assurance of public health and safety.
Such conpletion is dependent on the prompt receipt of a complete response by the licensee to the staff!s requests for information.
However, the licensee:'s resoonse, to date, is incomplete.
Teerefere, I have concluded that the public health, safety, and interest require that a firm schedule for' the timely submission of all the infonnation previously recuested by the staff should be established b;. Order effective immediately.
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IV.
Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Facility Operating License No. NPF-1 is hereby amended to add the following provisions:
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"Information which fully and completely responds to the staff's request as specified in I&E Bulletin 79-01B, shall be submitted to the Director, Region V, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, by the licensee not later than November 1,1980."
An earlier response is encouraged to facilitate staff review and issuance of the safety evaluation report.
The licensee or any person whose interest rey be affected by this Order nay request a hearing within 20 days of the date of publication of this Revised Order in the Federal Register.
Any request for a hearing will not stay the effective date of this Order.
Any request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555.
A copy of the request should also be sent to the Executive
_egal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, and to J. W. Durham, Esq., Vice President and Corporate Counsel, l
ortland General Electric Company,121 S. W. Salmon Street, Portland,
^>regon 97204, attorney for the licensee.
- f a hearing is held concerning this Order, the issue to be considered at the hearing-shall be whether the license should be modified to require submission of information as set forth in Section IV. of the Order.