ML20043D073
| ML20043D073 | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 05/30/1990 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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DOCKET NO. 50-219 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-16, issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation (GPU, the licensee), for operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station located in Ocean County, New Jersey.
The amendment would revise the Technical Specifications as follows:
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~ Technical Specification Table 4.1.1 Item 15, would be revised to extend the High Radiation on Air Ejector Off-Gas instrument channel calibration and test from each refueling outage to once per 24 months.
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Technical Specification Tablo 4.1.1 Items 28.a and 28.b would be revised to extend the 4.16 KV Emergency Bus Undervoltage (Loss of Voltage and Degraded Voltage) instrument channel calibrations from once per 18 months to once per 24 months, 3.
Technical Specificaticn Table 4.1.1 Legend would also be revised to include the designation:
1/24 mo. = Once every 24 months.
4 Technical Specification Section 4.2.E.3 would be revised to extend the Standby Liquid Control System Functional Test from each refueling outage to once every 24 months.
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Technical Specification Section 4.5.E would be revised to extend the Type "B" and "C" Local Leak Rate Tests (LLRT) from each refueling outage to an interval not to exceed 24 months.
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Technical Specification Section 4.5.J 4.b would be revised to extend the Reactor Building to Suppression Chamber Vacuum Breakers test and instrument calibration from each refueling outage to once every 24 months.
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Technical Specification Section 4.5.J.J.b (1), (2), and (3) would be y
revised to extend the Suppression Chamber-Drywell Vacuum Breakers test, position indication and alarms calibration and test, and inspections from Refueling Outage tests to Once Every 24 Months.
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Technical Specification Section 4.5.J.5.b (4) would be clarified to specify that the Drywell to Suppression Chamber leak rate test shall be performed each refueling outage (interval not to exceed 20 months), as presently required.
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Technical Specification 4.5.Q.1.a would be revised to extend the subsequent visual inspection period from 18 months to 24 months when
,1 zero inoperable snubbers are detected per inspection period. Tech-4 nical Specification Section 4.5.Q.1.c would be revised to extend the functional test of 10% of each type of snubber in the plant from each refueling cycle to every 24 months. Technical Specification Section 4.5 Q.l.f would be revised to extend the review of instal-lation and maintenance records from 18 months to 24 months.
- 10. Technical Specification Section 4.7.A.2 would be revised to extend the emergency. diesel generator automatic and functional test from each refueling outage to_ once every 24 months. Technical Specification Section 4.7 A.3 is revised to extend the diesel generator inspection from once per 18 months to once per 24 months.
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- 11. Technical Specification Section 6.15, Subsection (2) is revised to extend performance of system leak tests for the Core Spray, Containment Spray, Reactor Water Cleanup, Isolation Condenser, and
,E Shutdown Cooling Systems from refueling cycle intervals to a frequency of once every 24 months, p
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will l
L have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the ol' Act) and the Comission's regulations.
By July 5, 1990
, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating. license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceed-ing.and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for b: ave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission'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 l
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If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission 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 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 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 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 pre-hearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fif teen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to
O' be litigated in the matter. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of 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 references to those specific sources and documants 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 on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must 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.
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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.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Services Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800)342-6700). The I
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- Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to John F. Stolz: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should F
also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. ' Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 200 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, attorney for the licensee.
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 presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and2.714(d).
If 'a. request for a hearing is received, the Comission's-staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated May 4, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Ocean County
. Library, Reference Department,101 Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey 08753.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of May 1990.
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