ML20012E322
| ML20012E322 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Humboldt Bay |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1990 |
| From: | Bangart R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9004030229 | |
| Download: ML20012E322 (7) | |
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DM/TR NOTICE MAR 2 31933 OSSI C 2 WW MEMORANDUM TOR:
NRR Sho11y Coordinator TROH:
Richard L. Bangart, Director Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Deconnissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION IN BI WEEKLY FR NOTICE-NOTICE OF CONSIDEPATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FCR A HEARING (DocketNo.50133)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Docket No. 50-133, Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3, Eureka, California.
Date of Amendnent Request: January 18, 1990 (Reference LAR 90-01)
Description of_ Amendment Request: The proposed amendments would revise the Technical Specifications (TS) for the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 to incorporate organization changes into Section VII, " Administrative Controls."
The proposed TS changes would:
(1)deletetheorganizationalchartsforthe Offsite and Plant Staff Organizations and repl:ce them with text imposing the essential administrative requirements for these organizations; (2) charge the title of one member of the Plant Staff Review Cornittee (PSRC); (3) change the person which the General Office Nuclear Plant Review and Audit Committec (GONPRAC) must report to and advise; and (4) revise the membership of the GONPRAC. The specific TS changes proposed are as follows:
f (1) Figures VII-1 and VII-2, the organizational charts for the *0ffsite Organization" and the " Plant Staff Organization" would be deleted as would references to them.
Section VII.B. " Organization,* would be amended by adding 3Fn3 l
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iy the following text containing the essential administrative requirements for e
these organizations.
Insert to be Added to Section VII.B. " Organization:"
"Onsite and offsite organizations shall be established for plant operation and corporate managenent, respectively. The onsite and offsite organizations I
shall include the positions for activities affecting the safety of the nuclear l
power plant.
responsibility, and communication shall be Lines of authorityfined for the highest managenent 1tvels through a.
established and de t
internediate levels to and including all operating organization positions.
These relationships shall be documented and updated, as appropriate, in the form of organization charts, functional descriptions of departmental responsibilities and relationships, and i
job descriptions for key personnel positions, or in equivalent forms r
of documentation.
These requirenents shall be documented in the l
Vice President, Nuclear Power Generation Department Procedures.
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The Plant Manager shall be responsible for overall unit safe operation and shall have control over those onsite activities necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant.
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The Vice President, Nuclear Power Generation shall have corporate responsibilities for overall plant nuclear safety and shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in operating, maintaining, and providing technical support to the p1*':t to ensure nuclear safety, d.
The individuals who train the operating staff and those who carry out health physics and quality assurance functions may report to the appropriate onsite manager; however, they shall have sufficient organizational freedom to ensure their independence from operating i
pressures."
(2) TS Vll.C.2.d and VII.D.1.b would be revised to change the title of the " Senior Chemical and Radiological Engineer" to " Senior Radiation Protection Engineer" on the plant staff and the Plant Staff Review Committee, l
respectively.
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p DM/FR NOTICE g (3) TS VII.D.2.a. " General Office Nuclear Plant Review and Audit Consnittee (GDNPRAC)", would be revised to require the CONPRAC to report to and I
advise the Vice President Nuclear Power Generation rather than the President.
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(4) TS Y!!.D.2.b, " General Cffice Nuclear Plant Review and Audit Consnittee Coinposition," would be revised to change the Cliairman from Vice President, Nuclear Power Generation, to Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessnwnt and Regulatory Affairs; change the Vice Chairman from Assistant to the Vice i
President, Nuclear Power Generation, to Manager, Nuclear Operations Support; delete the Director, Nuclear Administration and Support Services, as a GONPRAC sr*mber and add the Plant Manager, Diablo Canyon Power Plant as a GONPRAC member.
The deletion of the organization charts is consistent with Generic Letter h
88-06, issued by NRC on March 22, 1988.
Similar TS changes were authorized for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, by license f
amendments issued July 25, 1988; Diablo Caryon 1 and 2 are also PG8E facilities.
The revisions to the membership and reporting relationship of the 00NPRAC were previously authortred for Diablo Canyon 1 and 2 by license I
amendments issued December 4, 1989. Authorization of the same revisions to
..the GONPRAC for Humboldt Bay Unit 3 is necessary for consistency since the j
GONPRAC provides the same offsite organization oversight function for both Diablo Canyon 1 and 2 and Humboldt Bay Unit 3.
The licensee states that these E'
changes are consistent with PG&E Nuclear Power Generation organizational 7
changes made to consolidate and strengthen activities related to independent technical assessments of plant safety.
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a Basis for Proposed no Sign _if1, cant Harards Consideration Determination:
The Commission has provided standards for determining whether a no significant hazardsconsiderationexistsasstatedin10CFR50.92(c).
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amendment to an operating license involves no significant harards g
' consideration if operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed C
amendment will not:
(1) involve a significant increase in the probability or
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consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of
. safety.
l The licensee, in its submittals of January 18, 1990, evaluated the proposed changes against the significant hazards criteria of 10 CFR 50.92 and L.
against the Commission guidance concerning application of this standard.
Based on the evaluation given below, the licensee has concluded that the proposed changes do not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The licensee's evaluation is as follows:
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Does the change involve a significant increase in the probability or
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consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
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The proposed changes are edministrative in nature and do not affect the prebtbility or consequences of any accident identified in the SAFSTOR Decon,missioning Plan or the function of the Plant Staff Review consnittee, m
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,y DM/rR HOTICE Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significent increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, b.
Does the change create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
The proposed changes are administrative in nature and do not affect cny plant systems, plant operations, or the type of accidents that might occur at Humboldt Day.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
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Does the change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
The proposed changes are administrative in nature and do not affect margin of safety.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
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The NRC Staff has reviewed the proposed changes and the licensee's no l
significant hazards consideration determination and finds them acceptable.
Therefore, the staff proposes to detennine that these changes do not involve significant hazards consideration.
local Public Docunent Room Locat_ ion:
Eureka.Hunholdt Country Library, 421 1 street (County Court House), Eureka, California 95501.
Attorney for Licensee:
Richard T. Locke, Esq., Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O. Box 7441, San Francisco, California 94210.
NRC Division Director:
Richard L. Bangart Richard L. Bangart, Director Division of Low-Level Waste Hanagement t
and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety l
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l o $o The proposed changes are 4 Dinistrative in nature and do not affect any plant systems, plant operations, cr the type of accidents that might occur at Humboldt Bay.
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Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant reduction in a snargin of safety.
The NRC Staff has reviewed the proposed changes and the licensee's no significant hazards consideration determination and finds them acceptable.
Therefore, the Staff proposes to deterinine that these changes do not involve significant hazards consideration.
Local Public Document Room Location: Eureka.Humboldt Country Library, 421 1 Street (County Court House), Eureta, 04lifornia 95501.
Attorneynfor Licensee: Richard F. Locle, Esq., Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O. Box 7441, San Francisco, California 94210.
NRC Division Director:
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