ML20024A016
| ML20024A016 | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 05/31/1983 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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(7590-01) i UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION, ET AL DOCKET NO. 50-302 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. OPR-72, issued to Florida Power Corporation, City of Alachda, City of Bushnell, City of Gainesville, City of Kissimmee, City of Leesburg, City of New Smyrna Beach and Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach, City of Ocala, Orlando Utilities Commission and City of Orlando, Sebring Utilities' Commission, Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., and the City of Tallahassee (the licensees), for operation of the Crystal River Unit No. 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (the facility) located in Citrus County, Florida.
The proposed amendment relates to the Cycle 5 reload, which has an increased cycle lifetime of 460 effective full power days (EFPD) instead of 350 EFPD in the previous cycle, and involves numerical changes to the regulating rod group insertion limit curves, the axial power shaping rod ifmit curves, the axial power imbalance envelope, and other related Technical Specification changes in accordance with the licensees' application for amendment dated March 31, 1983.
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2-Before issuance of the proposed license' amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation lof thejfacility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1}11nvolve a significant s
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident r5vio'ubl'yevaluated;
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accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a jignificant reduction in a T.
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of actions involving no significant hazards considerations relates to reload
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amendments involving no fuel assemblies significantly different from thosi'found.
N previously acceptable to the NRC for a previous core at theyacility in question. s This assumes that no significant changes _are made to the acNestance criteria a
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I cantly changed, and that NRC has previously found such methods acceptable.
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The proposed amendment would permit operati6n for, Cycle 5 with }uel that'is.not significantly different from that used in previoud cycles. Th'e echanical g -
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design of the fuel assemblies in Cycle 5 is unchanged from Cycle 4.
There are no significant changes in the nuclear design of Cycle 5.
The thermal-hydraulic design evaluation remains bounded by the Final Safety Analysis Report and the previous reloads and the thermal performance of the core during accidents and transients for the Cycle 5. reload remains within the bounds of previously accepted analyses. The additional cycle lifetime (460 EFPD vs 350 EFPD) is achieved by minor differences in fuel enrichment and compensated for by minor operational changes and by a larger quantity of burnable poison in the core. Therefore, the Commission proposes to detemine that the proposed amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 vays Wter the date of publication of this notice
., ill be considered in making any final determination.
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'normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
i Comments should be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
' Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attn:
Docketing and Service Branch.
, th licensees may file a request By July 7,1983 e
for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceedi,ng and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file
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a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appro-priate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by. the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party tu the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.
Any person who has l
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filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions w'hich are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scop,e of the amendr.ent under consideration.
A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with'eespect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determina-tion will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
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If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expir-ation of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shut.down of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided tnat its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will consider all public and State comments received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
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Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner i
promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to John F. Stolz:
petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to S. A. Brandimore, Florida Power Corporation, Vice President and General Counsel, P. O. Box 14042, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request. That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment which is available for public inspe'ction at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the Crystal River Public Library, 668 N. W. First Avenue, Crystal River, Florida.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 31stday of May 1983.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION r
f' J F. Stolz, Chief i
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