ML20012G671
| ML20012G671 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1993 |
| From: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 9303110299 | |
| Download: ML20012G671 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION AND
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Docket No. 50-219 JERSEY CENTRAL POWER 4 LIGHT
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(0yster Creek Nuclear Generating
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EXEMPTION I.
The GPU Nuclear Corporation and Jersey Central Power & Light Conpany (GPUN/the licensee) are the holders of Facility Operating License No. DPR-16, which authorizes operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (the facility), at steady state reactor core power levels not in excess of 1930 megawatts thermal. This facility is a boiling water reactor located in Ocean County, New Jersey.
The license provides, among other things, that Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station is subject to all rules, regulations, and i
orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) and (c)(1), each licensed operator is required to successfully complete a requalification program developed by the licensee that has been approved by the Commission. This program is to be conducted for a continuous period not to exceed 24 months in duration 9303110299 930308 PDR ADOCK 05000219 W
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By letter dated January 4, 1993, the licensee requested an exemption i
under 10 CFR 55.11 from the requirements of 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) and (c)(1). By l
letter dated January 20, 1993, GPUN provided additional information to the staff to support the exemption request. The schedular exemption requested will allow extending the current Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station requalification program duration from 24 to 32 months to allow the comprehensive written examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) to be conducted by the NRC during August 1993. The requested exemption would constitute a one-time extension of the requalification program duration for those licensed operators whose last comprehensive written examination was administered on March 5, 1991.
I The Code of Federal Regulations at 10 CFR 55.11 states that "The Commission may, upon application by an interested person, or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this part as it determines are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property and are otherwise in the public interest."
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The Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, the exemption to 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) and (c)(1) is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property and is otherwise in the public interest.
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$i E logistical scheduling of the licensee's operators and staff necessary to support the comprehensive written examination du;ing the 24 month requalification cycle would have a detrimental effect on the public interest due to potentially prolonging the current plant refueling outage and on-site acceptance testing of the newly certified plant referenced simulator. The extension of the current program duration to accommodate the administration of a written comprehensive examination in August 1993 will not have a negative impact on the overall process of upgrading operator knowledge. The affected licensed operators will continue to demonstrate and possess the required levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to safely operate the plant throughout the transitional period via continuation of the current program.
By conducting the NRC comprehensive written examination portion of the requalification examinations in August 1993, all of the affected licensed operators will have been examined within the 6-year term of their license.
Therefore, the Commission hereby grants GPUN an exemption on a one-time only basis from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) and (c)(1) to allow the current Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Statio" requalification program duration to be extended beyond 24 months not exceeding 30 months and expiring on September 30, 1993.
This extension would correspond with the NRC requalificatt9n examinations scheduled for August 1993.
Since the maximum extension period for individual licensed operators is from March 1993 to September 30, 1993, an extension of a maximum of 6 months beyond the 24 month program duration is all that is warranted.
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... Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the issuance of this Exemption will have no significant impact on the quality of the human environment (58 FR 12975).
This exemption is effective upon issuance. This exemption expires on September 30, 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original signed by Steven A. Varga, Director Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 8th day of March 1993.
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