ML20049H398
| ML20049H398 | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 02/11/1982 |
| From: | Tedesco R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP) |
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| TASK-AS, TASK-BN-82-13 BN--82-13, BN-82-13, NUDOCS 8203020737 | |
| Download: ML20049H398 (5) | |
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OI&E(3) and 50-(70, o7v LB#4 Reading EAdensam MDuncan RBirkel MEMORANDUM FOR: The Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board for McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 FROM:
Robert L. Tedesco, Assistant Director for Licensing Division of Licensing
SUBJECT:
BOARD NOTIFICATION - LICENSE AMENDMENT ON ADEQUACY OF HYDROGEN CONTROL SYSTEMS (Board Notification No. 82-13 )
Enclosed for your information is a copy of license Amendment No.13 issued to Duke Power Company for McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit No.1.
Robert L. Tedesco, As:1stant Director for Licensing Division of Licensing
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Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-270 MEMORANDUM FOR: The Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board for McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 FROM:
Robert L. Tedesco, Assistant Director for Licensing Division of Licensing
SUBJECT:
BOARD NOTIFICATION - LICENSE AMENDMENT ON ADEQUACY OF HYDR 0 GEN CONTROL ' SYSTEMS (Board Notification No. 82-13 )
Enclosed for your information is a copy of license Amendment No.13 issued to Duke Power Company for McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit No.1.
h-TMJ Robert L. Tedesco, Assistant Director for Licensing Division of Licensing Enclos ure:
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50-370 Dr. Robert C. Axtmann Atomic Safety and Licensing Mr. Myer Bender Dr. Max W. Carbon Appeal Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Mr. Jesse C. Ebersole Board Panel Mr. Harold Etherington Docketing and Service Section Dr. William Kerr Dr. Harold W. Lewis Dr. John M. Barry Dr. J. Carson Mark Shelley Blum, Esq.
Mr. William M. Mathis Dr. John H. Buck Dr. Dade W. Moeller Diane B. Cohn, Esq.
Dr. Richard F. Cole Dr. David Okrent Christine N. Kohl, Esq.
Dr. Milton S. Plesset Mr. Jeremiah J. Ray Robert M. Lazo Esq.
Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Dr. Paul G. Shewmon J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
Dr. Chester P. Siess Mr. David A. Ward William Larry Porter, Esq.
Jesse L. Riley Mr. Alan S. Rosenthal Mr. David E. Smi th e
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McGuire Mr. William 0. Parker, Jr.
Vice President - Steam Production Duke Power Company P.O. Box 2178 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 cc:
Mr. W. L. Porter Shelley Blum, Esq.
Mr. A. Carr 1716 Scales Street Duke Power Coapany Raleigh, North Carolina 27608 P.O. Box 2178 422 South Church Street Mr. Paul Bemis Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. R. S. Howard
'P.O. Box 216 Power Systems Division Cornelius, North Carolina 28013 Westinghouse Electric Corp.
P.O. Box 355 James P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II Mr. E. J. Keith 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3100 EDS Nuclear Incorporated Atlanta, Georgia 30303 220 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104 Mr. J. E. Houghtaling NUS Corporation 2536 Countryside Boulevard Clearwater, Florida 33515 Mr. Jesse L. Riley, President The Carolina Environmental Study Group 854 Henley Place Charlotte, North Carolina 28207 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
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Locket No. 50-369 fir. William O. Parker, Jr.
Vice President Steam Production Duke Power Company P.O. Box 2178 422 South Church Street Charlotte, llorth Carolina 28242
Dear Mr. Parker:
Subject:
Issuance of Amendment No.13 to Facility Operating License NPF !*cGuire fluclear Station, Unit 1 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued Amendment No.13 to Facility Operating License NPF-9 for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located in Mecklenburg County, !! orth Carolina.
This i.-unde.ent changes the date by whicn the Commission must confirm the adequacy of the hydrogen control system from January 31, 1982, to prior to startup following the first refueling outage.
A copy of the related safety evaluation report supporting Amendment No.13 to Facil-ity Operating License HPF-9 is enclosed. Also enclosed is a copy of a related notice which has been forwarded to the Of fice of the Federal Register for publica-tion.
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McGuire Mr. William O. Parker, Jr.
Vice President - Steam Production Duke Power Company P.O. Box 2178 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 cc: Mr. W. L. Porter Mr. A. Carr Attorney General Duke Power Company Department of Justice P.O. Box 2178 Justice Building 422 South Church Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Office of Intergovernmental Relations Mr. R. S. Howard 116 Uest Jones Street Poiter Syste.as Division Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 Westinghouse Electric Corp.
P.O. Box 355 County Manager of Mecklenburg County Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1530 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Mr. E. J. K ei th EDS Nuclear Incorporated Mr. Bruce Blanchard 220 Montgonery Street Environmental Projects Review San Francisco, California 94104 Department of the Interior Room 4256 Mr. J. E. Houghtaling 18th and C Street, N.W.
NUS Corporation Washington, D. C.
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Clearwater, Florida 33515 EIS Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mr. Jesse L. Riley, President Region IV Office The Carolina Environmental Study Group 345 Courtland Street, N.E.
854 Henley Place Atlant, Georgia 30308 Charlotte, North Carolina 28207 Chairman, North Carolina J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
Utilities Commission DeBevoise & Liberman 430 North Salisbury Street 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Dobbs Building Washington, D. C.
20036 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. David E. Smith Dr. John M. Barry City of Charlotte Department of Environmental Health Legal Department Mecklenburg County 600 E. Trade Street 1200 Blythe Boulevard City Hall Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 Mr. Paul Bemis ShcIley Blum, Esq.
Senior Resident Inspectcr - McGuire NPS 1716 Scales Street c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, North Carolina 27608 P. O. Box 216 Cornelius, North Carolina 28031 I
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DUKE POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-369 11CGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 AMEND'4ENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Anendment No.13 License No. NPF-9 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Com.ission (the Commission) has found that:
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The issuance of this anendnent to the l'cGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (the facility) Facility Operating License No. NPF-9 complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as auanded (the Act) and the Commission's regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as anended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Com-mission; C.
There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this cxndaent can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted -in compliance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; D.
The it.suance of this license amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Conmission's regulations and all applicable requirenents have been satisfied.
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Accordingly, the license is hereby amended as follows:
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Change paragraph 2.C.(11)h.(1) to read as follows:
j (1) Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, the Commission must confirm that an adequate hydrogen control system for the plant is installed and will perfonn its intended function in a manner that provides adequate safety margins.
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This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0:011SSION V
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE
.i 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT N0.13 TO LICENSE NPF-9 DUKE P0'.lER CO?.PANY i
INTRODUCTION By letter dated October 30, 1981, the licensee submitted.the results of their inves-tigations in which they state the licensing conditions (Ref: McGuire Nuclear Station Unit 1, Operating License NPF-9) for installation of an adequate hydrogen mitigation system by January 31, 1982 are satisfied. An additional license condition requires that for operation beyond January 31, 1982, the Commission must confirm that an ad quate hydrogen control system for the plant is installed and will perform its isended function in a minner that provides adaquate safety margins.
EVALUATION The licensee together with the Tennessee Valley Authority (Sequoyah) and American Electric Power Corp. (D. C. Cook) are continuing their cooperative efforts on Lydec9en control Juasures and the possible effects of hydrogen burn on safety functions. The participants in their R & D program have experienced delays in assimilating information from numerous sources outside of the respective utility organization. Conplete information is not expected until late December 1981 from the EPRI test prograc which includes igniter development, hydrogen combustion and mixing studies.
With respect to the survivability of equipment in the event of hydrogen burns, the licensee states that all essential equipment would survive hydrogen burning and could be depended on to operate when hydrogen burning ceased.
They consider their analysis to be based on conservative assumptions concerning geometry and heat trensfer coefficients, and submit that it considers all relevant for s of heat transfer in culti-din.ansional configuration. Modified CLASIX code results used in the analysis show less severe thernal environments than previously assumed which support their conclusion that safety equipment will survive hydrogen burns. The staff's evaluation of equipment survivability will be based on an assessment of the adequacy of the licensee's submittals.
Because additional licensee information did not become available until late December 1981, the staff now anticipates conpleting its evaluation on the adequacy of the information and the installed permanent hydrogen mitigation system by April 1982.
Relatedly, the Commission authorized deferral of the installation of the proposed
e permanent hydrogen mitigation system in Sequoyah Unit 2 until the first refueling (estimated March 1983) to avoid a lengthy forced outage. This was acceptable principally on the basis that the installed interim system is very similar to the proposed final system in that it has the same functional capability, equivalent coverage by location, and diesel generator backup power supply. No information has evolved which would cause the staff to rescind our approval of the mitigation system for interim use.
The delays in corpletion of the R & D program also adversely affect McGuire Unit il in that the staff will not be able to complete its review of the system until well beyond the date when the current license condition for McGuire Unit 1 calls f or NRC approval to be completed.
The installed McGuire system is comparable to that of Sequoyah with some improvenents.
t'e consider these delays administrative in nature. Since this change entails no significant hazards consideration we will modify License NPF-9 to reflect that the date for the Commission to confirm the adequacy of the system will be changed f rom January 31, 1982, to prior to the startup following the first refueling for Unit 1.
,L]jVIR0= ENTAL CONSIDERATION We have determined that the amendment does not authorize a change in effluent types or total amounts nor an increase in power level and will not result in any significant environmantal impact.
Having made this determination, we have further concluded that the amandr..ent involves an action which is insignificant from the standpoint of environmental impact and, pursuant to 10 CFR Section 51.5(d)(4), that an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
00*jCLUS10N h'e have concluded, based on the consideration discussed above, that: (1) because the amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or con-sequences of accioents previously considered and does not involve a significant decrease in a safety margin, the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration, (2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (3) such dctivities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and j
security or to the health and safety of the public.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0! HISS 10N DOCKET NO. 50-369 DUKE POWER C0!iPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMEND!iENT FACILITY CPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-9 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No.13 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-9, issued to Duke Power Company (lit ensce) for the McGuire Huclear Station, Unit 1 (the facility) located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. This amendment changes the date by which Une Cc,maission oust confirm the adequacy of the hydrogen control system from k nuary 31, 1982, to prior to startup following the first refueling outage.
The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
Issuance of this anendnent complies with the standards and requirements of the Atcaic Energy Act of 1954, as anended (the Act), and the Commission's regu-lations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Conmission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, which are set forth in the license cuendaent. Prior public notice of this amendment was not required since the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Comaission has determined that the issuance of this amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement, or negative declaration and environ-mental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of this amendment.
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f acility Operating License No. NPF-9 and (_) the Conmission's related Safety i
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,4 These items are available for public inspection at the Connission's Public.
s Documsnt Room,1717 li Street, N.W.,1-lashington, D. C., and. the Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC Station), North Carolina 28223..
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A copy of these items may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear l
Ecg;1atory Conaission, l!ashington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Director, Division of i
Licensing.
Dated at Bethesda, l'aryland, this 29 day of January 1982.
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