ML20003H054
| ML20003H054 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 04/24/1981 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8105050021 | |
| Download: ML20003H054 (1) | |
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SUBJECT:
Tennessee Valley Authority Two signed onginals of the Federal Register Notice identified below are enclosed for your transmittal to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Additional conformed copies (
)of the Notice are enclosed for your use.
O Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit (s) and Operating Ucense(s).
O Notice of Receipt of Partial Application for Construction Permit (s) and Fac:lity Ucense(s): Time for Submission of Views on Antitrust Matters.
O Notice of Availability of Applicant's Environmental Report.
O Notice of Proposed issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating Ucense.
O Notice of Receipt of Application for Facility Ucense(s); Notice of Availability of Applicant's Environmental Report; and Notice of Consideration of issuance of Facility Ucense(s) and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing.
O Notice of Availability of NRC OraftFinal Environmental Statement.
O Notice of Umited Work Authonzation.
O Notice of Availability of Safety Evaluation Report.
O Notice of Issuance of Construction Permit (s).
O Notice of issuance of Facility Operating Ucense(s) or Amendment (s).
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Orders for Modification of License Concernina BWR Scram Discharge Systems Referenced decompnu hava hoon n,nvidoA en the eno Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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MODIFICATION OF JANUARY 9, 1981 ORDER REQUIRING AN AUTOMA.'?C AIR HEADER DUMP SYSTEM I.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-68 which authorizes the operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 3, at steady state reactor pcwer levels not in excess of 3293 megawatts thermal (rated power). The facility consists of a boiling water reactor located at the licensee's site in Limestone County, Alabama.
II.
On January 9,1981 the Commission issued an Order modifying the license, effective immediately, requiring an operable automatic system to initiate control rod insertion at low pressure in the control air header.
The Order, published in the Federal Register on January 28,1981 (46 FR 9299) required the automatic air header dump system to be operable by
- pril 9, 1981 or the facility be placed in cold shutdown with 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
By letter dated April 9,1981, the licensee requested an extension of the April 9,1981, deadline to May 1,1981 because of problems discovered during testing of the pressure switches in the new system.
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. 7590-01 The requested extension of time is consistent with the intent of the January 9,1981 Order to provide the required additional margin of safety within a short time period. Operation of the facility for a short additional period of time will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety.
For Browns Ferry Unit No. 3, this additional period of time is projected to be 23 days.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including Sections 103 and 1611, and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED that the April 9,1981 completion date required in the January 9,1981 " Order for Modification of License" be extenled to May 1, 1981. The Order of January 9,1981 except as modi-fied herein rema'ns in effect in accordance with its tenns.
IV.
Any perso: whose interest may be affected by this. Order may request a hearing within 20 days of the date of publication of this Order in the Federal Reoister. 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 Co=nission, ',lashington, D. C.
20555 and shall set forth with particularity the nature of the requestor's interest and the manner in which such interest may be affected by this Order. A copy of the request should also be sent
- 7590-01 to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555.
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If a hearing is held concerning this Order, the issue to be censidered at the hearing shall be:
Whether the completion date for the automatic air header dump system required by the January 9,1981 Order for Modification of License, be extended to May 1, 1981.
Operation of the facility on terms consistent with this Order is not stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
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April 10,1981 Docket No. 50-296 Mr. Hugh G. Parris Manager of Power Tennessee Valley Authority 500A Chestnut Street, Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401
Dear Mr. Parris:
SUBJECT:
ORCERS FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE CONCERNING BWR SCRAM DISCHARGE SYSTEMS We have completed our review of your letter dated April 9,1981, requesting '
an extension of the implementation date required by our Order for Modifi-cation of License for Browns Ferry Unit No. 3 dated January 9,1981. The Order required that the automatic air header dump system be installed by April 9,1981. For Unit 3, you requested a 23 day extension to May 1,1981 because of problems that developed with the pressure switches in the new system that you installed in response to the Order of January 9,1981.
Small extensions of the implementation date have been found to be acceptable for good cause. (Reference Supplement 1 to Generic SER dated January 23, 1981.)
l This letter transmits an Order for Modification of License which modifies the Order issued January 9,1981 to change the recuired implementation date for installation of the automatic air header dump system at Browns Ferry Unit No. 3 to May 1,1981.
l A copy of the Order is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely, I
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A, Thomas'K. Ippolito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch f2 Division of Licensing t
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a Mr. Hugh G. Parris cc:
H. S. Sanger, Jr., Esquire U. S. Environmental Protection General Counsel Agency Tennessee Valley Authority Region IV Office 400 Comerce Avenue ATTN: EIS COORDINATOR E llB 33C 345 Courtland Street Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Mr. Ron Rogers Mr. Robert F. Sullivan Tennessee Valley Authority.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 400 Chestnut Street, Tower II P. O. Box 1863 Chattanooge, Tennessee 37401 Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. Charles R. Christopher Mr. John F. Cox Chairman, Limestone County Comission Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 188 W9-D 207C Athens, Alabama 35611 400 Codrnerce Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Ira L. Myers, M.D.
State Health Officer Mr. Herbert Abercrombie State Department of Public Health Tennessee Valley Authority State Office Building P. O. Box 2000 Montgcmery, Alabama 36104 Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. H. N. Culver 249A HSD 400 Comerce Avenue Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Athens Public Library South and Forrest Athens, Alabama 35611 Director, Office of Urban & Federal Affairs
-108 Parkway Towers 404 James Robertson Way Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Director, Criteria and Standards Division Office of Radiation Programs (ANR-460)
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C.
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