ML20039B843

Exemption Granting Extension of Completion Date of Emergency Lighting Installation from 811117 to 1204

ML20039B843
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	12/07/1981
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	GEORGIA POWER CO.
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ML20039B844	List: ML20039B843
References
TAC-47143, NUDOCS 8112240004
Download: ML20039B843 (2)

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,~ 590.01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0f1 MISSION In the Matter of

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GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, ET AL

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Docket No. 50-321

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(Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,

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Unit No. 1)

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EXEMPTION I.

The Georgia Power Company (the licensee) and three other co-owners are the holders of Facility Operating License No. DPR-57 which authorizes operation of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 (Hatch 1 or the facility). The license provides, among other things, that Hatch 1 is subject to all rules, regulations and Orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) now or hereafter in effect.

The facility is a boiling water reactor located at the licensee's site in Appling County, Georgia.

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Section 50.48(c)(2) of 10 CFR Part 50 requires that certain features of the Hatch 1 fire protection program, specifically, those that involve installa-tion of modifications, shall be implemented b9 Nov6inber 17,1981. One sucn

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feature is the installation of emergency lighting units in all areas needed

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for operation of safe shutdown equipment.

By letter dated November 12, 1981, the licensee requested an exemption from the 50.48 schedular requirement, delaying the installation of these lighting units from November 17, 1981, to December 4,1981. The delay is necessitated by a redesign to ensure seismic integrity of the mounting brackets and subsequent material procurement problems. The licensee stated that a 9112240004 811207 PDR ADOCK 05000321 F

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. 7590-01 significant amount of emergency lighting is currently installed in Hatch 1, providing adequate illumination for operation of safe shut-down equipment, albeit not yet in compliance with seismic, design criteria for the mounting brackets. Additionally, hand-held emergency lighting is available to plant personnel.

As the licensee will have the system operational in a relatively short period of time, has a "non-seismic" system currently operable, and has backap hand-held emergency lighting available, we conclude that the licensee's request for an extension of the complation date required by 10 CFR 50.48(c)(2) should be granted.

III.

Accordingly, the Commission h:s determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or l

property or the common defense and security, is otherwise in the public interest, and is hereby granted.

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l The Commission has determined that the grantino of this exemption will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 l

CFR 51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statenent or negative declaration and l

environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.

This exemption is effective upon issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMt11SSION k4rr2dV/A f.~-

Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 7th day of December 1981.

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