ML20034A898
| ML20034A898 | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 04/18/1990 |
| From: | Thadani M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9004250035 | |
| Download: ML20034A898 (8) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGUL ATORY COMMISSION PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY PUBllc SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY DELMARVA POWER'AND LIGHT COMPANY ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY' DOCKET NO. 50-278 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSilANCE OF AMEN 0 MENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HA7ARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OFPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the CommissiEn) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. OPR-56, issued-to Philadelphia Electric Company, PublicLService-Electric and Gas Company, Delmarva Power and Light Company, and Atlantic < City Electric Company '(thel licensees) for operation of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit,No. 3, located in York County, Pennsylvania.
TheproposedamendmentwouldreviseTechnicalSpecification(TS)Section 4.11.D.2 surveillance requirements for shock suppressors.(snubbers) on safety related systems. The amendment would allow a one time extension of about seven months for the performance of required visual inspections of-inaccessible snubbers, in October 1989 prior to returning Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 3 to power operation, 80% of the inaccessible snubbers were functionally tested and verified' operable and 100% of-the inaccessible snubbers were visually inspected. The next visual inspections on inaccessible snubbers are currently due to be performed by May 26,1990.
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The proposed amendment would permit'a delay in the performance of the required--
visual inspections to no later than December 31,- 1990 to allow inspections to
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be performed during a planned mid-cycle outage in the fourth quarter of 1990.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended -(the t
Act) and the Comission's regulations.
The Comission has _made a proposed de' termination that the request for l
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Comission's-regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means-that operation of the facility in' accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve aLsignificant t
reduction in a margin of safety.
With regard tn the proposed amendment, the licensee prov.ided a no significant hazards consideration analysis to support a no significant hazards consideration for this amendment as follows:
.(1) The proposed change does not involve a significant-increase in the probability or consequences of any accident previously evaluated.
This Technical Specification Change Request (TSCR) involves a-one-i time increase in the inspection interval for inaccessible mechanical and hydraulic shock suppressors (snubbers). -Lengthening the inspection interval has no effect on the probability of an accident since a snubber failure does not initiate an accident. The short-l duration of this one-time interval extension does not involve a i
significant increase in the consequences of an accident.
I (2) The proposed change does not create the possibility of a new or-l different kind of accident from any previously evaluated.
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p The change proposed by the TSCR 'does not involve any plant modifications or hardware changes.
Increasing the snubber visual inspection interval does not affect the function, installation,=
location or configuration of any snubbers nor does it~ affect the
-design or function of any piping or systems protected by snubbers.
Additionally, snubber inoperability does not introduce any new i
failure modes.to protected components or piping.
(3) The proposed change does not result in a significant reduction in the margin of safety.
Prior to startup for the current operating cycle, 80% of the.
inaccessible snubbers were functionally tested and verified operable and 100% of the inaccessible. snubbers were visually inspected and-confirmed to be free of discrepancies that could effect cperability..
-These measures were in excess of Technical Specification requirements, i
and were undertaken in order to provide greater. assurance thatcUnit 3 was-starting up with'an. operable enubber population..Because of the short duration of this one-time inspection interval extension and the results of the most recent visual inspection and functional testing, the proposed change does not-involve a significant.
reduction in the margin of safety.
The licensee has concluded that.the proposed. amendment meets the three' i
standards in 10 CFR 50.92(c), and therefore involves no significant hazards consideration. The NRC staff has made a preliminary review ~ of the licensee's
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no significant hazards consideration determination and agrees with the.
licensee's analysis.
Therefore, based on the above considerations, the Comission?has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant i
hazards consideration.
9 The Commission is seeking public comments-on:this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this s
notice will be considered in making any final determination. The C'ommission will. not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
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1 Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Reoulatory Publications Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications' Services, Office of--
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
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and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be' delivered to Room P-223, Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, from 7i30;a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
.I Copies of written-comments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document ~
j Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
The filing of-requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By May 24, 1990
, the licensee may file a-request for a hearing with respect to issuarce of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written t
petition for leave to intervene.
Request-for a hearing-and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules-of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is;available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the local Public Document Room located at Government Publications Sections, State Library of Pennsylvania,.(REGIONAL DEPOSIT 0M) Education Building, Walnut Street and Comenwealth Avenue, Box 1601, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or-an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission 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
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Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate 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
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i of the petitioner's right.under the Act to be made a party to 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 e
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 4
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Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference l-scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the
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petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter. Each contention must consist of a i
specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised'or controverted.
In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanationuof the bases of
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the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must also provide
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references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion.
Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant en a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration. The contention :ust be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. 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 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 e heering is requested, the Comission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the request for amendment involves no
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significant hazards consideration, the Comission 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 Comission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day riotice period.
However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result.
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for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that 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 Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Comission 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 Comission, U$5. Nuclear Regulatory Comission. Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, ?120 t 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 I
requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700).
The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the fol'owing message addressed to Walter R. Putler, Director, Project Directorate 1-2, Division of Reactor Projects 1/11:
(petitioner'snameand telephonenumber),(datepetitionwasmailed),(plantname),and(publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice). A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel V. S. Nuc1 ear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Conner and Wetterhahn,1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20006, attorney for the 'icensee.
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-B-l 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 Comission, the presiding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition end/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated April 12, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Puilding, 2120 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the local Public Document Room located at Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, (REGIONAL DEPOSITORY) Educatinn Building, Walnut Street and Comonwealth Avenue, Box 1601 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
i Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of April 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION b
Mohan C. Thadani, Acting Director Project Directorate 1-2 i
Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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