ML19350C171
| ML19350C171 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 03/18/1981 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
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| NUDOCS 8103310432 | |
| Download: ML19350C171 (3) | |
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O.J3 7590-01 UtiITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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NEBRASKA PUBLIC PO'n'ER DISTRICT
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Docket tio. 50-298
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(CooperNuclearPower Station)
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MODIFICATION OF JANUARY 9,1981 ORDER REQUIRING AN AUTOMATIC AIR HEADER DUMP SYSTEM I
The Nebraska Public Power District (licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. D?R 15 (license) wnich authorizes the operation of the Cooper Nuclear Power Station at steady state reactor poner levels not in excess of 2351 recawatts thermal (rated pcwer).
The facility consists of a boiling water reactor located at the licensee's site in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
II On January 9,1981 the Commission issued an Order. ::difying the li-cense, effective immediately, re:;uiring an operable auto atic system to initiate contrcl red insertion at low pressure in the control air header.
The Order, published in the Federal Reaister en January 20, 1981 (46 FR 9285) recuired the automatic aii header dump system to be operable by April 9,1981 or the facility be placed in cold shutdown within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
The licensee by letters dated February 17 and 23,1981 agreed that the ordered modification would provide an additional margin of safety in P00R BRIGINAL
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the operation of its facility and stated that it had already initiated activity to provide an engineered design exceeding the requirements of the January 9, 1981 Order.
The licensee has scheduled installation of the r.odifications durino'.the Spring 1981 refueling outage which is scheduled for
'pril 25,1981.
The licen:ee, therefore, requested an extension of the ordered implementation date to April 26, 1981 to coincide with the scheduled refueling outage.
The recuested extension of time is consistent with the intent of the January 9,1981 Order to prcvide the required additicr.a1 nargin of safety
> 1 thin a shcrt time period.
Operation cf the facility Lp to April 25,19El will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety.
III Accordingly, pursuant to the at:nic Energy A:t :f 1954, as a. ended, including Sections 103 and 151i, and the Carmissicn's ru'.es and regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED that the April 9,1981 completion date required in the January 9,198i " Order for ;;odifica icn of License" be extended to April 25,1951.
The Order of January 9,1931 except as mcdified herein remains in effect in accordance with its terms.
IV Any cerson whose interest may be affected by this Order 4
cay request a heiring within 20 days of the date of publication of this Order in the Feder'al Reaister.
Any request for a hearing will not stay the effec-
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tive'date of this Order. Any request for a hearing shall be addressed to the t
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7590-01 Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulatien, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555 and shall set fortn with particularity the nature of the requester's interest and the manner in whicn such interest may be affected by this Order. A copy of the request should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Cenission,
'Jashington, D. C.
20555.
V If a hearing is held cencerning this Order, the issue to be consicered at the hearing shall be:
Whether the completion date for the automatic air header dum: system required by the January 9,1981 Order for Mcdificatior, cf License, be extended to April 25, 1981.
Operation of the facility on terms consistent with tnis Order is :ot stayed by the pendency of any ::receedings en the Order.
FOR TiiE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO:";ISSION Y.s
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enhut,D}irector Darrell G. El Divisien of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulatien i
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