ML20056H653

Notice of Denial of Amends to Licenses NPF-68 & NPF-81

ML20056H653
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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 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY. FT AL.  !

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). }

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  !

I 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 P

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Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docket 3 and Services Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, i 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555 by the above date.

l l 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. l For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application i for amendments dated September 17, 1992, and (2) the Commission's letter to 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 l 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