ML20003H062
| ML20003H062 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 04/24/1981 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8105050042 | |
| Download: ML20003H062 (1) | |
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Office of the Secretary of the Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit No.1 and Unit No. 2
SUBJECT:
Tennessee Valley Authority Two signed enginals of the Federal Register Notice identfied below are enc!csed for your transmittal to tne Office of the Federal Register for publication. Additional conformed copies (
)of the Notce are enclosed for your use.
O Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit (s) and Operating Ucense(s).
0 Notice of Receipt of Partial Application fcr Construction Perm 4t(s) and Facility Ucensets): Time for Suomission of Views on Anttruct Matters.
O Notice of Availability of Applicant's Environmental Report.
O Neuce of Proposed issuance of Amendment to Fac:lity Operating Ucense.
O Notice of Receipt of Applicaton 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 Heanng.
O Notice of Availability of NRC DraftFinal Environmental Statement.
O Notice of Umited Work Authonzation.
O Notce 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).
E3 Other: Orders for Modification of License Concernino BWR Scran Dischargo System poforenced dnenmonte have hoon nrnvidad tn the pnp Office of Nuclear Reacter Regt;tation Enclosure.
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+A D April 8,1981 Docket Nos. 50-259 and 50-260 Mr. Hugh G. Parris Manager of Power Tennessee Valley Authority 500A Chestnut Street, Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401
Dear Mr. Parris:
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SUBJECT:
ORDERS FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE CONCERNING BWR SCRAM DISCHARGE SYSTEMS We have completed our review of your letter dated March 10, 1981, requesting an extension of the implementation dates required by our Orders for Modifi-cation of License for Browns Ferry Units No.1 and 7 dated January 9,1981.
The Orders required that the automatic air header dump system be installed by April 9,1981.
For Unit 1, you requested a one day extension to permit the air dump system to be installed during the refueling outage which is currently scheduled to start April 10, 1981. For Unit 2, you requested approximately an 8 day extension, since Unit 2 is currently scheduled to shutdown on April 17, 1981 to modify the Units 1 and 2 electrical systems.
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.)
This letter transmits Orders for Modification of License which modify the Orders issued January 9,1981 to change the required implementation dates for installation of the autoratic air header dump system at Srcwns Ferry Units No.1 and 2 to before startup following the outages currently scheduled to April 10, 1981 and April 17, 1981, respectively, but in no case shall l
operation continue beyond May 1,1981 without the automatic system installed.
A copy of the Orders is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely, s
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anom af Ippolito, Chief Operating Reacters Branch #2 Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
Orders cc w/ encl:
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Mr. Hugh G. Parris cc:
H. S. Sanger, Jr., Esquire U. S. Environnental Protection General Counsel Agency Tennessee Valley Authority Region IV Office 400 Commerce Avenue ATTN:
EIS COORDINATOR E 118 33C 345 Courtland Street Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Mr. Ron Rogers Mr. Robert F. Sullivan Tennessee Valley Authority U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 400 Chestnut Street, Tower II P. O. Box 1863 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. Charles R. Christopher Mr. John F. Cox Chairman, Limestone County Commission Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 188 W9-D 207C Athens, Alabama 35611 400 Commerce Avenue Knoxville, Tennes',ee 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 Montgomery, Alabama 36104 Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. H. N. Culver 249A HSD 400 Commerce Avenue Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Athens Public Library l
South and Forrest Athens, Alabama 35611 Director, Office of Urban & Federal Affairs 108 Parkway Towers 404 James Robertson Way Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Dire: tor, Criteria and Standards Division Office of Radiation Programs (ANR-460)
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C.
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-259
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(Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit )
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MODIFICATION OF JANUARY 9,1981 ORDER REOUIRING AN AUTOMATIC AIR HEADER DUMP SYSTEM I.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. OPR-33 which authorizes the operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit No.1, at steady state reactor power 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 Comission issued an Order modifying the license, effective imediately, requiring an operable autcmatic system to initiate control rod insertion at low pressure in the control air header.
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ihe Order, published in the _ Federal Reaister on January 28,1981 (46 FR 9299) required the automatic air 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 />.
By letter dated March 10, 1981, the licensee requested an extension of the April 9,1981, deadline to permit the air dump system to be installed during the refueling outage scheduled to begin April 10,1981.
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. The requested extension of time is consistent with the intent of the January 9,1981 Order ;s provide the required additional margin of safety within a chort 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 Erowns Ferry Unit No.1, this additional period of time is projected to be only one day according to the refueling schedule.
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 extended to "Before startup following the refueling outage currently scheduled to begin April 10, 1981, but in no case shall operation continue beyond May 1, 1981 without the automatic system installed." The Order of January 9,1981 except as modified herein remains in effect in accordance with its terms.
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Any person 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 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 and shall set forth with particularly l
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 I
. to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
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If a hearing is held concerning this Order, the issue to be considered 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 "before startup following the refueling outage currently scheduled to begin April 10, 1981, but in no case shall operation continue beyond May 1,1981 without the automatic system installed."
Operation of the facility on terms consistent with this Order is not stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMiiISSION LAS Darre 1 G.
isenhut, Director Division o Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
Effective Date:
Acril 8,1981 Bethesda, Maryland i
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