ML20056B451
| ML20056B451 | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/21/1990 |
| From: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9008280304 | |
| Download: ML20056B451 (4) | |
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4 7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY Docket No. 50-322 (SHOREHAM NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1)
EXEMPTION I.
Long Island Lighting Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. NPF-82 which authorizes operation of the Shoreham s
Nuclear Power Station (SNPS). Thefacilityisabuilingwaterreactorlocated{
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at licensee's site in Suffolk County, New York.
it is currently defueled and the licensee, in its letter of January 12, 1990, committed not to place nuclear fuel back into the Shoreham reactor without' prior NRC approval.
By Confirmatory Order dated March 29, 1990, "the licensee is prohibited from placing any nuclear fuel into the Shoreham reactor vessel without prior approval from the NRC." This license provides, among other things, that it is subject to all rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
II.
Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 26, each nuclear power reactor licensee, shall L
implement a fitness for duty (FFD) program.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 26.2, the provisions of the fitness for duty program must apply to all persons granted unescorted access to protected areas, and to licensee, vendor, or contractor 9008200304 900821 DR ADOCK O g2 w..
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personnel required to physically report to a licensee's Technical Support Center (TSC) or Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) in accordance with licensee emergency plans and procedures. Pursuant to 10 CFR 26.24, the licensee shall implement a chemical testing program for those persons specified in 10 CFR 26.2. These requirements must be implemented by each licensee authorized to operate a nuclear power reactor no later than January 3, 1990.
III.
The licensee prior to this change was reouired to fully comply with 10 CFR,
Part 26.
By letter dated March 15, 1990, the licensee requested a limited scope exemption of its FFD program to only those persons who have unescorted access to the Reactor Building, Primary Containment and Secondary Containment, Main Control Room, Relay Room, Battery Room C and the Central Alarm Station or to any other area, wherever located, which contains equipment available to support and maintain the continued safe storage or handline,, of spent fuel.
The licensee states that with Shoreham in its present defueled condition the exemption to the FFD program to limit the scope to those persons who have unescorted access to any area that contains equipment necessary to support and maintain the continued safe storage or handling of spent fuel will not compromise the objectives of the FFD program nor will it endanger life or property.
The NRC may grant an exemption from the requirements of the regulations, which pursuant to 10 CFR 26.6 are authorized by law and will
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not endanger life or property or the comon defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest.
By letter dated March 15, 1990, the licensee contends that an exemption from the full reouirements of 10 CFR part 26 while in the prolonged defueled condition is justified by the folicwing:
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Shoreham has been defueled and all fuel has been placed in the spent fuel storage pool.
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Under the Settlement Agreement with the State of New York, LILCO is contractually prohibited from ever operating Shoreham.
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Design basis accidents for Shoreham in a defueled condition are all
,e associated with loss of water inventory in the spent fuel pool, fuel handling, '
or effluent releases.
4 Granting the exemption would have no impact on the comon defense and. security of the United States.
IV.
Conforming to the full scope of the 10 CFR Part 26 requirements will result in LILCO performing 300 chemical abuse tests, annually, that would not be required with a limited scope exemption.
The staff has reviewed the licensee's request for exemption and finds that requiring the licensee to comply with 10 CFR Part 26 fitness for duty program by having all persons with unescorted access to be tested when t.he plant is defueled would not enhance the protection of the environment and would result in an expenditure of licensee resources not required for gublic health and safety.
The staff also concludes that issuance of this exemption will have no i
significant effect on the safety of the public or the plant.
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The Commission has determined that the issuance of this exemption will have no significant impact on the environment (55 FR 33968
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l Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 26.6 the exemption is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property, is consistent with the common defense and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the Commission hereby approves the following exemption:
The licensee is exempt from the full scope requirements of the fitness for duty program imposed by 10 CFR Part 26 until such time that LILCO places nuclear fuel into the Shoreham reactor vessel, provided that the licensee include in the fitness for duty program all persons who have unescorted access to any area which contains equipment necessary to support and maintain the continued safe storage or handling of spent fuel.
e The exemption is effective upon issuance.
F0 THE NUCLEAR TORY COMMISSION
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l 4n h,ir@cor Division of Reactor Projec I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of August 1990.
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