ML20033H054
| ML20033H054 | |
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| Site: | Vallecitos File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 04/06/1990 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9004180008 | |
| Download: ML20033H054 (2) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO.' DR-10 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4
ESADA VALLECITIOS EXPERIMENTAL SUPERHEAT REACTOR (EVESR)
DOCKET NO. 50-183
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated November 29, 1989, the licensee, General Electric Company (GE) requested an amendment to Facility License No. DR-10 for its EVESR. The amendment would modify a license condition to delete the requirement that the annual report be submitted 60 days after each annual inspection is complete and add the requirement that the average interval between annual reports shall be one year and may extend, on occasion, up to 15 months for a valid reason.
The EVESR license was amended on April 15, 1970, to-authorize possession but not operation of the reactor located at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Alameda County, California. The EVESR has been shutdown since. February 1, 1967. All fuel and other special nuclear material have been removed from the facility.
2.0 EVALUATION The licensee has requested that the annual report be decoupled from the requirement that it be submitted 60 days after the annual inspection is completed. The reason given is that it may at times prove difficult to submit a report within that time frame because of end-of-the-year holidays. The staff finds' that submittal of an annual report is sufficient to assure the health and safety of the public and that tying the submittal to 60 days after an inspection is not relevant to this finding. However, the average interval between reports should be one year on average with extension up to 15 months acceptable for valid reason. The licensee agreed to this requirement in a telephone conversation of January 3,1990, T. Michaels (NRC) tog.Cunningham(GE).
3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
This amendment involves a change to administrative requirements. Accordingly, forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10)gibility criteria for categorical exclusion setPursuantto this amendment meets the eli impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
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4.0 CONCLUSION
The Comission made a proposed determination that the amendment involves no significant bazards consideration which was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER (55 FR 4271) on February 7,1990.
No public coments were received.
The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by the aroposed manner, and (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance wit 1 the Comission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the comon defense and security or the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: Theodore S. Michaels Dated: April 6, 1990 1
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