ML20040G237
| ML20040G237 | |
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| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 01/19/1982 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8202120030 | |
| Download: ML20040G237 (5) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-325 (Brunswick Steam Electric Plant,
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Unit No.1)
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MODIFICATION OF JANUARY 13, 1981 DRDER I.
The Carolina Power and Light Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. OPR-71 which authorizes the licensee to operate the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit No.1 (the facility) at power levels not in excess of 2436 megawatts thermal (rated power). The facility is a boiling water reactor located at the licensee's site in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
II.
On January 13, 1981 the Commission issued an Order modifying the license requiring:
(1) the licensee to promptly assess the suppression pool hydro-dynamic loads in accordance with NE00-21888 and NEDO-24583-1 and the Acceptance Criteria contained in Appendix A to NUREG-0661 and (2) design and install any plant modifications needed to assure that the facility conforms to the Acceptance Criteria contained in Appendix A to NUREG-0661. The Order, published in the Federal Register on January 28,1981 (46 FR 9306) required installa-tion of any plant modifications needed to provide compliance with the Acceptance Criteria in Appendix A to NUREG-0661 be completed not later than l
February 28, 1982, or, if the plant is shutdown on that date, before the resumption of power operation thereafter. On February 27, 1981, the licensee requested a hearing to contest the completion date specified in the Order.
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III.
The licensee's request for a hearing has been held in abeyance pending efforts to resolve the contested completion date by administrative means.
By letter dated March 9,1981, the licensee set forth various unforeseen-difficulties and delays that have been encountered primarily related to:
(1) delay in completion of plant-unique analyses; and (2) slippages in refueling outages that have necessitated revision of the Order date.
Most of the major modifications, which are those associated with the torus, vent system, internal structures and safety relief valve piping have been or will be completed by the existing Order date. These modifications comprise a significant portion of the total program effort. The remaining items to be completed are primarily associated
.with the torus attached piping modifications.
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The Commission believes that substantial improvenents have already been made in the margins of safety of the containment systens and expects improvements will continue to be made during the period until all the modifications required for compliance with this Order are completed.
The Commission further believes an acceptable balance has been achieved between completion of most of the major modifications, which provide significant improvement in the safety margin, and the granting of additional time for completion of the remaining modifications which fully restore the originally intended safety margin.
In consideration of the range of completion dates submitted by all of the affected licensees and an assessment of the nature of the remaining effort involved in the analysis, design and installation of the needed plant modifications, the Commission has concluded that the licensee's proposed completion schedule is both responsive and practicable.
The Commission has, therefore, determined to withdraw the completion date proposed in the January 13, 1981 Order and substitute the completion date set forth below. The exemption to General Design Criterion 50 of Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50 granted on January 13, 1981, continues in effect.
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IV.
Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including Sections 103 and 161i, and the Comission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2. and 50, IT IS ORDERED that the completion date proposed in Section V of the January 13,1981, " Order for Modification of License,"
is hereby withdrawn and the following completion date is substituted:
" Prior to the start of Cycle 5."
V.
The licensee may request a hearing on this Order within 30 days of the date of publication of this Order in the Federal Register. A request for hearing shall be submitted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555.
Copies of the request shall also be sent to the Secretary of the Comission and the Executive Legal Director at the same address.
If a hearing is requested by the licensee, the Comission will issue an order designating the time and place of any such hearing.
If a hearing is held, the issue to be considered at such a hearing shall be whether the licensee should be required to complete the design and inst'allation of plant modifications needed to assure that the facility conforms to the Acceptance Criteria contained in Appendix A to NUREG-0661 prior to the start of Cycle 5.
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This ' Order shall become effective upon expiration of the period within' which a hearing may be requested or, if-a hearing is requested, on the date specified -
in an order issued following further proceedings on this Order.
F R THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPHISSION re1.f.Esenhut, b
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irector Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 19th day of January 1982