ML19338G583
| ML19338G583 | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 10/20/1980 |
| From: | Cavanaugh W ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | Clark R, Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| 1-100-17, 2-100-15, NUDOCS 8010310286 | |
| Download: ML19338G583 (4) | |
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ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY POST OFFICE BOX 551 LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS 72203 (501) 371-4422 October 20, 1980 WILLIAM CAVANAUGH ll1 Vice President Generation & Construction 1-100-17 2-100-15 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ATTN: Mr. R. W. Reid, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #4 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ATTN: Mr. R. A. Clark i
Operating Reactor Branch #3 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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SUBJECT:
Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 & 2 Docket No. 50-313 and 50-368 License No. DPR-51 and NPF-6 Proposed Technical Specifications Change - Administrative Controls (File: 1511,1,2-1511.1)
Gentlemen:
This letter proposes changes to Arkansas Nuclear One - Units 1 & 2 (AN01 & 2) Technical Specifications Section 6.0, applicable to both units. These changes are requested for the reasons discussed below.
The proposed Technical Specification change has been included in the Standardized Technical Specification (NUREG-0103, Rev. 3 and NUREG-0202, Rev.1, dated July,1979 and August,1979, respectively) as an option available to licensees.
Similar changes to Technical Specifications have been granted by the NRC to other licensees.
The applicable ANO 1 & 2 Technical Specification pages are included with asterisk and vertical lines noting the proposed changes.
Pur-suant to the requirements of 10 CFR 170.22, we have determined our amendment request to require a Class III and Class I fee as it involves l
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. a single safety issue and a duplicate amendment for each unit. Accord-ingly, a check in the amount of $4,400 is remitted.
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William Cavanaugh III, being duly sworn, states that he is Vice President, Generation & Construction, for Arkansas Power & Light Company; that he is authorized on t'..a part of said Company to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this Supplementary Information; that he has reviewed or caused to have reviewed all of the statements contained in such infomation, and that all such statements made and matters set forth therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, informa-tion and belief.
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William Cavanaugh III SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN T0 before me, a Notary Public in and for the Ccunty and State above named, this d day of h f f 1980.
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BASIS FOR CHANGE t
The proposed addition to the Technical Specifications will not signif-ll icantly impact the public health and safety or personnel safety, nor will it adversely affect plant operation.
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method in which certain high radiation areas are controlled and will provide a more practicable method of access control of high radiation areas which are 1000 millirems per hour or less for Operations and Health Physics personnel.
Presently, all areas in which the dose rate is greater than 100 millirem per hour are controlled by appropriate posting and a locked entrance in accordance with 10 CFR 20. To insure compliance with 10 CFR 20, each entrance is inspected and verified locked a minimum of three times daily by Operations and/or Health Physics.
Thi: method of control may affect the overall safety of the plant by unduly restricting access to vital components located in areas in which the dose rates may vary from a radiation area to a high radiation area depending on the operating mode.
The proposed change will amend the existing practice by requiring con-spicious posting and barricading of areas in which the dose rate is greater than 100 millirem per hour but less than 1000 millirem per hour and by the implementation of stricter administrative controls. Admin-istrative controls will replace the requirement for locked doors in these areas and will provide a less' restrictive, but equally effective, method of access control for authorized personnel. Included in the administrative controls governing entry into all high radition areas are:
- 1. Authorization by RWP/SWP
- 2. Presence of appropriate radiation monitors, and
- 3. Accompaniment by a person trained in radiation protection procedures.
In the areas where the dose rate continually exceeds 1000 millirem per hour, presently usec methods to control high radiation areas will remain in effect.
It should also be noted that in those areas in which the dose rate is less than 1000 millirem per hour and the capability of locking the entrance presently exists, the locked entrance may be maintained.
Keys to all locked entrances to high radiation area doors and barricades will be adniinistratively controlled.
While the proposed change will reduce the requirement for locked entrances in certain areas, the overall cortrol of high radiation areas by Health Physics will not be degraded and the potential for personnel exposure will not increase.
Health Physics control of the areas will be enhanced by administrative controls, radiological protection practices (time, distance and shielding) and the direct control of keys to high radiation area doors.
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