ML20024D983
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 07/13/1983 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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Ic UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY T
JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY n
L3 GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION i
0 DOCKET NO. 50-289 ll NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING 1
t The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering i
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-50, issued to q
Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power and Light Company, 1
Pennsylvania Electric Company, and GPU Nuclear Corporation (the licensees),
1 for operation of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No.1 (the
,i facility) located in Dauphiri County, Pennsylvania.
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In accordance with the licensees' application for amendment dated June 8,1981,
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the amendment would modify the Technical Specifications applicable to operability
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requirements and inservice surveillance of safety-related hydraulic snubbers 3
(shock suppressors). The changes would clarify the wording of certain of the t
i 'iD specification provisions, and add requirements for 1) certain engineering
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'd evaluations in the event a snubber is found to be inoperable, 2) snubber operability when the plant is in cold shutdown or refueling, 3) visual 3
inspection acceptance criteria, 4) functional testing and acceptance criteria, i
t and 5) record keeping.
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i, Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will
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have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
l The Commission has made a proposed detemination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's i
regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, titis means that operation of the fac111ty in l
accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant I
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; i
or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any i
accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
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The Commission has provided guidance concerning the application of these standards by providing certain examples, published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on April 6, 1983 (48 FR 14870). This proposed license amendment incorporates changes clarifications and improvements in surveillance and controls required of all licensees by the NRC in accordance with recent operating experience to ensure snubber operability. The proposed amendment is similar to example (ii) of amendments not likely to involve significant hazards considerations.
It contains additional limitations, restrictions or controls, and surveillance requirements not presently i
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in the Technical Specifications.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice j
will be considered in making any final detennination. The Commission will not nonna11y make a final detennination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Comments should be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
l Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attn: Docketing and Service Branch.
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, the if censees may file a request 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 proceeding i
and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written
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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 y
of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
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4 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
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q Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and tre Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 52.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, I
and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be lJ (1) the nature
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of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding;
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(2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other 4
interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which
't 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 9
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filed a petition for leave to intarvene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition with~out requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen 1
I (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described g
above.
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Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference j
scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought i
to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within
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the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proc'eeding, 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 4
the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
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If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determina-l 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 1
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 shutdown of the facility, the Commission nay issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that.the amendment involves s
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,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 heering after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to I
take this action will occur very infrequently.
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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
.t delivered to tne Ccamission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., by >;he above date. Where petitions are filed during the -
i last ten (10) d3ys of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner 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 Pegulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge,1800 M Street, N.W.,
%' Washington, D.C.
20036, attorney for the licensees.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, i-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 or, the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantia! sr, tong of good cause for the 4
granting of a late petition and/or re::gli,.
ist determination will be based l-upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and i,
2.714(d).
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For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment which is available for public inspection at the Commission's
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Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, Education Building, Commonwealth and Walnut Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 13thday of July 1983.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Jo F. Stolz, Chief Op rating Reactors nch #4 vision of Licensing I
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