ML19336A588
| ML19336A588 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1980 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| Download: ML19336A588 (6) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Jersey Central
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Power and Light Company
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating
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Docket No. 50-219 Station
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REVISED ORDER FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE 1.
Jersey Central Power & Light Company (the licensee) is the holder of the Provisional Operating License No. OPR-16, which authorizes the operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station at steady-state reactor power levels not in excess of 1930 megawatts thermal (rated power).
The facility consists of a boiling water reactor located at the licensee's site in Ocean County, New Jersey.
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On Novemoer 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 Oroer dated April 13,1978 (7 NRC 400), the Commission denied certain aspects of the petition and, with respect to other aspects, ordered tne RRC staf f to take seve'ral related actions.
UCS filed a Petition for Reconsideration on May 2,1978. By Memorandum and Order, dated May 23, 1980, the Commission reaffirmed its Aprii 13, 1978 deci sion 8010300 154 l
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With respect to environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, the Commission determined that the provisions of the two staff documents - the Division of Operating Reactors " Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class IE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors" (00R Guidelines) and NUREG-0588, " Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment," December 1979 " form the requirements which licensees and applicants must meet in order to satisfy those aspects of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A General Design Criterion (GDC-4), which relate to envi-ronmental qualification of safety-related eit:trical equipment." The Commission directed, for replacement parts in operating plants, "unless there are sound reasons to the contrary, the 1974 standard in NUREG-0588 will apply." The Commission also directed the staff to complete its 1
review of the information sought from licensees ey Bulletin 79-01B and to complete its review of environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants, including the publication of Safety Evaluation Reports, by February 1,1981.
The Commission 1 Bulletin 79-01B was not sent to licensees for plants under review as part of the staff's Systematic Evaluation Program.
The information sought by Bulletin 79-01B was requested from these licensees ey a series of letters and meetings during the months of FeDruary and March, 1980.
. imposed a deadline that, "by no later than June 30, 1982 all safety-electrical equipment in all operating plants shall be qualified related to the 00R Guidelines or NUREG-0588." The Comission requested the staff to, " keep the Comission 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 Comi ssion.
The Commission further directed the staff to add certain documentation requirements to each license af ter the specific requirements were approved by the Comission. The Comission 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."
111.
The inf ormation developed during this proceeding emphasizes the importance of adequate documentation, the prompt completion of the review of environ-mental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, and the pronpt coupletion of any plant modification needed to assure conformance with the DCR Guidelines or NUREG-0588. A significant aspect of this review is the timely submittal of enviro.nmental qualification information by the operating plant licensees to enable the staff to complete its review in accordance with tne Comission's Order. The staff has a program presently underway to reevaluate, using the 00R Guidelines and NUREG-0588, the qualifications of safety-related electrical equipment exposed
. to environments that may exist following postulated accidents. These accidentt are Loss of Coolant Accident and Main Steam Line Break inside containment, and High Energy Line Breaks inside and outside containment.
In this connection the licensee was requested by our letter of March 6, 1980, as modified by our letter of March 28, 1980, to providti information on emergency procedures and safety related systems.
The licensee was requested to defirie and provide the basis for the hostile environment, inside and outside containment. This hostile environment would then be used, by the licensee, in the determination of unqualified equipment. A conplete package, including justificati.on for methods used, was requested.
Clarification was provided by supplemental information, briefings, and in some cases, meetings with the licensee. Timely completion of the staff's review of environmental qualification of electrical equipment and timely congletion of needed modifications by the licensee is required to provide continuing reasonable assurance of public health and safety.
Such completion is dependent on the prompt receipt of a complete response by the licensee to the staff's requests for information.
However, the licensee's response, to date, is inconplete.
Therefore, I have concluded that'the public health, safety, and interest require that a firm schedule for the timely submission of all the information previously requested by the staff should be established by Order ef fective inanediately.
1 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 Provisional Operating License No. OPR-16 is hereby amended to add the following provisions:
"Information which fully and completely responds to the staff's request as specified in NRC's letters dated March 6,1980, and March 28, 1980, shall be submitted to the Director, Division of Licensing by the licensee not later than November 1,1980."
An earlier response is encouraged to f acilitate staff review and issuance of the safety evaluation report. The iicensee or any person whose interest may be affected by this Order may request a hearing within 20 days of the date of publication of this Revised Order in the Federal Register. Any request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, Washington, D. C. 20555. A copy of the request should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, and to G. F. Trowbridge, Esqui re, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 1800 M Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
20036, attorney for the licensee.
If 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.
_o-Operating of the f acility on terms consistent with this Order is not This Order stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
revises, in its entirety, the Order issued August 29, 1980 (45 FR 60075, September 11, 1980).
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Y lkJ
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Darrell G. gisenndt, Director Division of Licensing Effective Date:
Septernber 19, 1980 Bethesda, Maryland
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