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Amend 62 to License DPR-40,increasing Required Reactor Shutdown Margin During Cold Shutdown Conditions
ML20031E155
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Site: Fort Calhoun Omaha Public Power District icon.png
Issue date: 09/22/1981
From: Clark R
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-285 FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT NO. 1 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 62 License No. DPR-40

'. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

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The applichtica for ame1dment by the Omaha Public Power District (the licensee) dated March 2i, 1981, as sunolemented August 3,1981 complies with the standards and requirements of the A*,nmic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),. and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.

The facility will operate in conformity,with the appli-cation, the provisions of the Act, and th'e r61es and regulations of the Commission; C.

There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conduct d without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D.

The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.

The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

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Accordingly, Facility Operating License do. OPR-40 is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attacament to this license amendment, and paragraph 3.B. of Facility Operating License No. OPR-40 is hereby amended to

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Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendices A and B, as revised through Amendment No. 62, are hereby incorporated in the license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

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This license amendment is effective as of the date of its issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Rcbert A. Clark, Chief Operating,Rgactors Branch #3 Civision of L~ifensing Attachrent:

Changes to the Technical Speci fications Date of Issuance: Septepber 22, 1981 E

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a ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMEN 0 MENT NO. 62 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. OPR-40 DOCKET NO. 50-285 Revise Appendix "A" Technical Specifications as indicated below. Tne revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the area of change.

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j 2.0 L. 6 CCNDITICNS FOR OPIP.ATICN 2.10 Reactor Core (Continued) 2.10.2 Reactivity Centrol Systems and Core Physics ?araceters L1=its A:1:licability Applies to operatic of centrol element asse:blies and =ccitor-ing of selected core para =eters whenever the reactor is in ecid er hot shutdevn, hot standby, or power operatics conditicas.

Ob.i ective Te ensure (1) adequate shu.dev :srgin felleving a reacter trip, (2) the MTC is withis -he

-4 s of *he safety analysis, and (3) ecstrol ele =ent asse=bly operatic is withis the li=its of the setpoint and safety analysis.

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Shutdev Margin vith T

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Whenever the reacter is in het shutdevn, het standby or pcver operat,1c ecediticas, the shutdevr. =argin shall be 3.0% Ak/k. With the shutdev: =argi: <3.05 2/k, initiate and ccetinue bcratics until the required shutdev

.argin is achieved.

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Shuticv Margin with Te31g [21W

  • inenever,he reacter is is cc11 shutdev: ceniitic:s, the shuticv cargin s'-* * ' ' e > 3.G5 *%/h.

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..argin <3.05 ak/k, initiate and continue beratic- --*

i the required shutdc*.. =argin is achieved.

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Mede$ ster '"e=ceratu e Oceff'eient S e sederater temperature coefficient (EC) shall be:

Less positive :an +0.2 x 10 h 'o /Cv 3-

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uncertainties for pcVer levels at er above 30% cf l

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Less positive than +0.5 x 10- ao/c? including uncertainties for pcrer levels telev 80% of rated power.

More positive than -2.3 x 10 k 40/07 including c.

uncertainties at rated pover.

Vith the moderator ta=perature ccefficient ec fir _ed outside arff cae of,the above ' *~'ts, change reac*ivity ecstrel parsmeters to bring the extrapolated M"'C value within the above ' * 'ts within 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> er be is at least hot shutdeve within 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />.

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2.0 LICUG CCND"!CNS FCR OF'P.AZION 2.10 Reactor Core (Ces:1:uedj 2.10.2 Reactivity Control Systems and Cere ?tvsies ?arameters L1=its (Conti=ued) the shutdov: sargin requirement is based upon this l'-4 ting conditic: and is ec=sistent with FSAR safety analysis asst =;-

ticus. With T cid ".210 F, the reactivity trs sie::s resulting e

frem s=y postulated accident are misinal and a 3.05 ok/k l

shu:dev: =argi provides adequate prctectien.

Cc rci Ilement Assaic11es The specifica: ices of this sectic: ensure that (1) acceptable power distributic: ' * -' t s are saist ained, ( 2 ) the -* '

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shutdev =argin is maintained, and (3) the potential etreets of CIA =isalig==ents are limited Oc acceptable levels.-

The statements which permit '-'ted variatices from the basic require ents are accc panied by additic:a1 restrictions which ensure that the original design criteria are met.

The specificaticus applicable to cce er scre CIA's that are deter =ined to be untrippable or stuck, and to one or =cre

=isaligned CIA's that cannot be restored to within 12 inches of any other CIA in their group, require a prc=pt shu.dev: of the reactor since any of these ec:diticus =ay be indicative of &

possible loss of =echanical functic:a1 capability of the CIA syste= and in the event of any==t91D abt.e CIA, the 1 css of shutdev =argin.

?cr s-= _isalign=ents (<15 inches absciute) cf the CIA's,

there is 1) a s-=

iegradatics in the pe*4 facters relative to these assu=ed is generating *,CO's s.:d ~ DSS set;ci :s for DN33 and linear heat rate, 2) a s_all effect c the time de-pendent ic s tern ;cver distributions rels.tive to these used in generating ICC's and LSSS set; cists for ::;3R and linear heat rate, 3) a -'" effect ce the available shutdev: =argin, s=d h ) a s-a' effect c= the ejected CIA verth used in the safe:/

analysis. S erefore, the actics stateres assceiated vith the s=all =isalig=:ent of a CIA per=its a cae hcur time 12:er-tal during which atte=;;s ay be made to restere the CIA to vithis its alig= ment require ents prior to initiati g a reductics in Che cue hour time is sufficient to 1) identi.^/ causes sever.

.cf a sisaligned CIA, 2) take appropriate corrective actic: to i

realig the CIA's, and 3)

' *-4:e the effects of xe:ce re-distribution.

Over;cver margin is provided to protect the core in the event of a large misalig:sent (>16 inches) of a CIA. Ecvever, this sis-align =e=t veuld cause distortic: of the core power distributics.

"'he reactor protective s/stes vouli not detect the degradatics is radial peaking facters and since variaticus is other s/ste=s para-

=eters (e.g., pressure and cools =0 te=;erature) ay not be sufficie A:endre=t No.

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