ML20029A250
| ML20029A250 | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1991 |
| From: | Boger B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. |
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| NUDOCS 9102050163 | |
| Download: ML20029A250 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HUCLEAR REGULt. TORY C0fNISSION In the matter of ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Docket No. 50-313 Arkanses Nuclear One, Unit 1 EXEMPTION 1.
Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) is the holder of facility Operating License No. DPR-51, which authorizes operation-of the Arkansas Nuclear-One,UnitNo.1(ANO-1). The license provides, among other things, that the' licensee is subject to all rules, regulations,.and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of a pressurized water reactor at the
-licensee's site located in Pope County, Arkansas.
Pursuantto10CFR55.59(a),"Eachlicenseeshalt-(1)Successfully complete a requalification program developed by the facility licensee that has been approved by the Connission.
This program shall be conducted for a continuous period not to exceed 24 months in duration.
(2)Passacompehensiverequalifi-cation written examination and an annual operating test." Also, pursuant to'10 CFR 55.59(c)(1), "The requalification program must be conducted for a continuous period not to exceed two years, and upon conclusion must be promptly followed, pursuar,t to_a continuous schedule, by successive.requalification programs."
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Cy letter dated November 2, 1990, the licensee requested an exemption unter 10 CFR 55.11 f rom the annual and biennial schedule requirements of 10 CFRf5.59(a)and(c). The licensee is requesting a three-month extension in 1991 to align the ANO-1 requalification program with the National Examination
$chedule. This one-time exemption will result in a permanent adjustment to the 24-month requalification cycle and the annual requalification examination schedule.
Generic Letter 89-03 established the National Examination Schedule and allotted examination months of February and August to ANO-1. The current ANO-1 requelification cycle ends in May 1991. The licensee stated that scheduling the exarninetions in February 1991 is causing hardships due to the compression of the training cycle which would be required, and due to the proximity of the ANO-1 and ANO-2 refueling outages. Also, the exemption is necessary to avoid operators' duplicative effort because of the misaligned schedules between the NEC and licensee administered requalification ex6minations.
Complience with the regulations would create the hardships discussed
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above. Granting the exemption would allow a one-time, three-month extension to the annual and biennial schedule requirements, and it would alleviate the hardships discussed above. Also, the licensee h6s concitted to continue to provide training to the operators during the months from May to August 1991.
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. o Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, *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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Accordingly, the Commission has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, tiat the exemption as described in Section Ill is authorized by law, will not t.ndanger life or property and is otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants Entergy Operations, Inc. an exemption from the requirments of 10 CFR 55.59(a) and (c) for the period of three-months.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, the Commission determined that the granting of this exemption will not result in any significant environmental impact (56 FR 3120).
For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's request dated November 2,1990, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.C. and at the Tomlinson Library, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas 72801.
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Bruce A. Boger, Director Division of Reactor Projects 111, IV, and V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 31st day of January 1991.
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