ML20056H653
| ML20056H653 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/1993 |
| From: | Matthews D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9309100257 | |
| Download: ML20056H653 (2) | |
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l UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i
DOCKET NOS. 50-424 AND 50-425 j
i NOTICE OF DENIAL OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICfNSES i
I AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING t
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied a request by the Georgia Power Company, et al. (the licensee) for amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 issued to the licensee for' f
operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, located -in i
i Burke County, Georgia. A Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this-amendment request was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 12, 1992 (57 FR 53785).
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The proposed amendment request was to revise Technical Specification i
4.5.2.b to decrease the frequency for verifying that the emergency core i
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cooling system piping is full of water from.once.every 31 days to once every 6 months. The licensee stated that this change would reduce radiation exposure to personnel performing these surveillances.
The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request is premature based on experiences at Vogtle and other nuclear power plants, and-that the -
1 request cannot be granted.
The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the proposed change by letter dated August 26, 1993.
By October 4, 1993
, the licensee may demand a hearing with. respect to the denial described above..Any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a written' petition for leave to intervene.
A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of.the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9309100257 930826 PDR ADOCK 05000424 P
PDR i
S e Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docket and Services Branch, or may be 3
delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, i
2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555 by the above date.
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A copy of any petition should also be sent to the Office of the General l
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Mr. Arthur H. Domby, Troutman Sanders, NationsBank Plaza, Suite 5200, 600 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2210, attorney for the i
licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendments dated September 17, 1992, and (2) the Commission's letter to i
i the licensee dated August 26, 1993.
These documents are available for public inspection at the-Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the local public document room located at the Burke County Public Library, 412 Fourth Street, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830. A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Document Control Desk.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August,1993.
l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
's David B. Matthews, Director Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l