ML20043H730
| ML20043H730 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 06/15/1990 |
| From: | Tim Reed Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9006260371 | |
| Download: ML20043H730 (8) | |
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7590-01 UNITEli STATES NUCLEAk REGULAT0r.Y COMMiss!0h GEORGIA Pr.htk COMPANY. E'i g DCLKET h05. LO-a?4 AND $0-425 hOTICE OF 001:51 DERAT 10H OF IS5bl.h0E Of AMENDPENTS TO l
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The L'.L. huclear Regulatory Cora>15ston (the Cerrroist. ion) is considering issuance of aror,anents to f ec111ty Orcreting License Nos. KII-6H anc hif 8),
issueo to Georgin Power tonipany, et. al (the licensee), f or operation of the Vogtle Liectric Ger.s. rating Pitnt (VEGP), l'nlts 1 ano 2, located it. Burke Cot.nty, Georgio.
On May 23,1990, the licensee entered the 72 hour8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> action Vateinent associtted with Technical Specification (15) 3.8.1 af tcr the Unit 1 *B" energency oictel generator (EDG) f611rd the applicable Surveillance Requ1rtr.erits(SRs). Troubitshooting ant' (4ditional LEG testing it.dicated that the erst likel) Lause for the f ailure was the high Jt.thet water teh,peratut e i
(HJWT) switches, lhese switches were new and had been recently installed ard calibr6ted per the revised celit, ration procedure (incorporatir,r lessons iearned frorr Vyle Lab tests).
The licer.see lef t the 72 hour8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> action stateint.r,t of Liutttd Conditici, f or Operation 3.8.1 on l'ay 25,1990, after havis,y i
retratelled the originai ha:T switches into the 10 EDG anc successfully perf orrairip the required surveillance testing. HowcVer, given recent optratir.g ext.rriente, par ticularly. the Merch 20, 1990 event, 6hd the ditficulties experienced with HOWT tript, ti.t licensee thought it procent in terers of enhar.c(d plant St.f tty to bypt:;s the HJW1 trip for all eraergency starts.
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n The licensee prompt 13 notifiec tre Commist.ivn of its it.tention to install a neoci1 notion to mancelly bypass the HJWT trips and the r.ted for a T$ char.ge te154.8.1.1.Ih(6)(c). The licensee then subseqLently subriitted a T$ chcrge j
request it on expec1tious manner.
The Consnission's staff concurred uth the j
l licensee's ettessment anc providec' a Temporary Wa)ver of Corip11arce on 14y 25, i
1 1950, froni 1L 4.0.1.1.2h(6)(c) until such titre thct the TS anendments cculc Le i
procesud. Sciure issuance of the proposed license amencNents, the Comissior, w1il have made fir.cings ret,uired by the /.tomic Energy Act of 19FA, as an.enctc (the Acti and the Cos:a.ission's regulatter.s.
l lhe Commissict has n.aw e proposed ceterar.inatice that the Pty 25, 1990 1
i an.endment request invoives no sigrificant h61ards consideration,.
L't.cer the Coreission's regulations in 10 bir 50.92, this reans that operation of the facility ir. accoroante with the proposed amendrents would i.ct (1) in cive a sirrificant ir.ctcese in the prcbability or consequences of an accident t
previously evalbeted; or (2) create the Ecssibility of a new or different kiro 4
of acticer.t f rom are accident previously ev61uated; or (3) involve a u gnificant reduction in 6 niargin of safety.
Ttt licensee h4.s determined that the 15 change reouest involvcs no sigrificant hazarct consideration as defined in 10 CFP 50.92.
In support of this conclusich the licensee provided the following:
In order to accomodate [ sic] the current design, the Techrical Specifications require verificatien that all automatic ditst;l gener6 tor trips are 6uternaticall) bypassed upon loss of voltage on the emergency Los concurrr.rt wit t t Saf ety Iryection Actuhtien sigt.61, except for engine overspeed,-
1 genereter ditterer.tial, lov lbt.e oli pressure and high Jacket w6ter temperoture. The proposed Technical Spccification change will note that the jacket water tcmperature trip s.ay be bypassed.
The high jacket water temperature trip is designed tc protect the diesel gercretor f roin a loss of crigine coolinp. For such t.n event, the safety fur.ction woulo br J
provicec by the diesel for the oil,er train, pering ali accident, the acvertage of ti.t automatic trip is stN11 relatin te the increaseo relictility bcbieved by reducin9 the pcssibility cf a spurious, trip.
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(1.]TMschangewillrotincretsetheprobcL111tyofanaccident pruicusly evelvated beceuse it ooes not _ affect ari) of the desic,r.
basis ever.ts that beve been previcusly evaluated in the FSAR. The i
antlyses of accicent consequences do nu take credit for the att11ty tc restart a diesel following a diesel generator trip.- Therefore, this chenge will net 6ftect the previously evcibated consequences.
[2.]T$t revision tt the Technical Spec 111Lttion will nct create the pnstibility of a rew or different k1nc of accident from any eccicert trtvlously evtluated._ ho new modes of operatier, are being th&csed on the plar.t trio the diesel peneratcr s will cottinue to perforn their functict as desigrtc.'
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[5.' The revir,for. coes not result in a significant reduction in the s.argin of satety provided for events it.volving e loss of electrical power.
The Ireposed revision will allow the irnplernentatior of a modification which n intended to improve the reliability of the c1esel generators by niinirizing the tossibility (f spurious trips.
The Conciission's staff bes reviewec the licenset's no significant hanres consideration ceterraination analysis anc 69 tees with -its cor.clusion. Therefort, the stb 1f proposes to detern.1 it that the application f or amendmerts does not intc1ve a sigt:iiicant hartres consideretton.
The Comniissien is seeking public coric.ents on this proposed determination.
Any comments receivec 6ithin fifteen (15) days after the date of publicetion of this notice will be ccrsidered in taaking any final _deternination. The i
Comission will ret normally make a finti determination unless it receives a rcquest for e hearing.
kritten corrents may bt subir.ittec by r. ail to the Regulatcry Publicatior.s Eranch, Division of Freecora of Inf oraction and_ Publications Services. Office of Adminir tion, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cormission, Washington, DC 20555, arid -
shet.1d cite tbt tutlication date and page number of ~this FEDEFAL REGISTER nottcc. Written coments may also tse delistreo to Roon; P-223, Phillips Luiloing, 7920 Norfolk AvenSe, Bethesda, Maryland, f rore 7:30 a.m. to 4: 15 p.m.
Copies of written comenta receivec n.ay be exarr.ined at the llF.C Public Docunent
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i Ruoi;, the Gelnen Euiloir.g. 2120 L Street, hW., Washington, DC. The filit.9 of requests for hearink end petiticrs for lease to intervene is discusse0 below.
6y July 23, 1990,
, the licensee roay file a request for a hearing t
with respect u issuance of the arnendi..erits to tho sut. ject fecility operating J
licenser aria any perscr. whose interest may be tiifected by this proceeding and t.he wishes to participato es a party ir: the protecoing must file a writter, rt e,uest fer betring anc e retition for leave to tr.tervene.
Requests ter i, hearing er.d retitior t for leave to intervene shall be filec in accordar.ce with th Corir..ission's " Rules of tractice for Domestic Licensing Proceedinct" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Iriterested persons shoulo consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is tit 11able et the Commission's Pubiic Document Focc., the Gelnen 0u1101n9, 212C L Street, h"5., Washir. sten, DC 205ts and at the Lccal Public Document Ru.v. located Ot the Burke County Library 412 Feur th Street, UQriesboro, Cecrgia 30E30.
If a request for a hetring or petition for lease to interv(re is filed by the abuse date, tht Com.issiori or en Atomir Sciety anc Liter. sing Boaro, designated by the Corrission or by the Chairt.v.r. of the Awr.ir Sefety anc Licensing bobrd Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the designated Aton.ie Safety and Licensir.t Board will issue a notice of hetring or en appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, e petition for lease to intervere shall ttt f orth witt, particultrity the inte; rest of tbc fetitioner in the proceeding, er.c how that intt rost raay be af f ected by the r esults of' the proceedir.9 The petition shou 1( specifically explain the reasors tty intervention should Le permittee with particular reference to the f ollowing futors:
(1)thenature f
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of the petitioner's right us.oer the Act tn be ti.ede a p6 tty to the proceeding; I
(O tht r.ature and extent of the retitiorer's property, financiel, or other inttrest in tht proceedint; 6r.d (3) the. pcsF.ible eff(ct of any order which int; be entered in the pioreeding on the pet 1 tit rer's inte.itst. The petition shoulo '
alsu-ioti.tify the srtcific aspect (r) of the subject niatter of the preceeding as to which petit aner wishu to intervene. Any person who has ficeo a petitic.n fcr leave tc intervene or who has bur. admittec es a party n6y amend the i
retition without requesting leave ct the Board t.r to fif teen (15) days trior to the first piehe6rir.g conference schedulto in the proceeding, but si.ch an I
amenceo petit 4cn inust set 161) the specificity requirements described el.ove.
hot later than fif teen (15) ceys prior to tt< first prehet. ring conference i
scheduled in the proceeding, a petitict.tr shall filt a supplement to the p(til.1on to it.tervene which must incitdt a list of the contentions which 6re sought to it litigated in the matter.
Each contention trust corsist of a sprcific stater.,ent of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
In addition, the petitioner shi.ll providt a brief explar.ation of the bases of the centention e.r.d a concist statement of the allegt-d facts or expert opinion whict support the contention ard on which the petitiortr intends to tely in 4
proving the contentien et the hearing.
The pt:titioner n.ut,t also provice l
references to those specific sources anc cocuments of which the petitiertr is aware arc on which the petitioner intends to rely to esteblish those f acts or expert opinior., Petitioner must provide sufficient infort..ation to shov, thdt a genuine oispute exists with the 4.pplicant on a mi.terial issue of law or f6ct.
Contentions sh6ll be lin.ited to matters withir. the scope of the anendments orr.e consiceretion.
The ccr.tentici. Inust be one wtich, if prover, would
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Those permittt.c to intervene become 06rties 10 the proceedis.g. subject to nrj liraitations in the order grantir.g leave to ir;tervene, ar.C have the cpportunity tc par ticipate fully in the conduct of the hearing, inclucing the opportut.ity to present esidence ar.c cross-exer.irie witnest,ts.
If the ar,cocnents are istued before the expirttion of 30 dc>s, the-Consissicr will malt a final deternination on the issue of no signific6nt heterds consiceratiori, ifatearingisrequestec,thefinelciterminutiirwill i
serve tc ottide when the betring 1b 'seld.
If the fint' ceterminotion is that the an.endiner.t request involves no sipr.ificer.t haz6tes considtr6 tion, the Corinission trey issue the er.endments er.c mall them elitctive, notwithstanding the request fcr a hearir.c. Any hearir.g tele wou'ic take place ef ter issuance of the ant.uments, if the final ctterminhtict is that the amendinent reouest involves a siprificant herords consideration, aby bearing hele wculo takt place before the issutt.ce of any sr::endirent.
Horn.olly, the Correissior, will not issue the amendi..ents until tbc e> rirat 4n of the 15.ccy notice period.
However, should circumstantes change curing the notice period, such that feilure to ett in a tinely way would result, for exer.ple, in deitting or shutcown of the f ccility, the, Cormiissicn may issue the license amcodnents before the expiraticr. cf the 15-dt.y notice perioc, proviceo it.ot its fir +1 determit.htion is that the amendir.ehts involve no
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The finti deterniination will consider t'.1 pallic and State coments roteived.
Should the Cong.ission takt this atticr., it will pt lish in the TEDERAL REGISTER a notice of issuente.
The Consission e>Hcts that the need to take this. actier, will occur very inf rect.f rtly.
i A receu,* ior a hearing or a petitici, for le6ve to intervene n.ust be filed with the Secretary of the Coranission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com:rissior.,
l.othington. DC ?0555, Atter. tion: Docketing and Services Brenth, or m6) be celiuru' to the Cormission's Public Document Hoom, the Gelman Bulloing, 217C L Street, M.'., Washington, DC, by the above dett.
Where petitions are filed i
during the inst ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested thtt the petitioner ponptly 50 inform the Cct.nissicn by e toll-frn telsphone ot11 to.
1 kestern brlor at 1-(80W 325-6000 (in Misseer) 1-(800)340-6700).
The Western br. ion oper6 tor should be then Datagrer identificetion Nunber 3737 anc the folloviry nessagt 6cdressed to D6vio S. Matthews:
petitioner's nar.it and i
telephone r.mc.ber; catt p tition wes ina11ed; picnt name; ard publicatien date 1
i ca.o page nurter of this flDERAL REGISTER notice.
A. copy of the petition should 6150 bt stnt to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. huclear Regulatory Corr.ission, Veshington, DC 20555, and to Kr. Arthur F. Domby, Troutman, Sencers, Loc.Lerran and Ashrere Canoler Buildirg, Suit 1400, 127 Peachtree Street, bl., Atlente, Georgia 30S03, attorney for the licensee.
Ner.tiraely illings of petitions for lecve to intervene, an.enced petitier t, suppler.ei.tal petitiers and/or requests for traring will not be entertained atent a et.tertain6ticn by the Cornission, the presidios tiiicer or the presidir.g Atomic Safety t.nu Licensins Board that the petitior erd /or request should be granted
.i besto Lpen a balarcing of the 16ctors specifieo in 10 LFI: 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) cne 2.11L(d).
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l For further details with respect to this action, see-the application for amendment dated May 25, 1990,.which is available for-public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room 'the Gelman Building, ~2120 L Street, NW.,
Washingto'n, DC-20555, and at the Local' Public Document Room, the Burke County
~ Library, 412 Fourth Street, Waynesboro, Georgia, 30043.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of -June, 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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J' Timothy A. Reed Acting Director-Project Directorate 11-3' Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation-i
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