ML20057E192
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| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/04/1993 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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1 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 166 TO FACILITY GPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-61~
CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY HADDAN NECK PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-213
1.0 INTRODUCTION
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By letter dated July 21, 1993, the Connecticut. Yankee Atomic Power Company (the licensee) submitted a request for changes to the Haddam Neck Plant' Technical Specifications'~(TS).- The amendment would modify the-Haddam Neck TS Tables 3.3-9 and 4.3-7. by deleting an obsolete footnote' and replacing it with a clarification as to when the steam generator blowdown radioactivity monitors 1
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2.0 EVALUATION JJ Tables 3.3-9 and' 4.3-7 each contain an entry for the steam generator blowdown line under the title " gross. radioactivity monitors providing automatic termination of release." These entries each reference"a footnote"which states:
" Automatic termination of blowdown requirement'will become effective l
upon completion of proposed modification to provide. automatic-termination."
The referenced modification has been completed. ' Plant Design Change Number -
1146, entitled " Implementation of Service Water Modifications on SW-TV-2356' A-
& B and Installation of Hi Radiation Trip of the Steam Generator Blowdown Trip Valves," installed control equ11 ment.to provide an: automatic ~ steam generator blowdown isolation function on' sigh steam generator blowdown line' radiation.
A summary of this plant design change and its 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation was transmitted to'the NRC by letter dated February 26, 1993,-via-the: annual report for the Haddam Neck Plant;and Millstone Unit Nos. 1, 2, and.3. The completion of this modification makes the footnote' obsolete. Based on'thet above, the staff concludes that the modification has~been completed and the removal of this footnote is an editorial; change and is acceptable,to the -
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=l The licensee proposes to replace the existing footnote with a new footnote to-TS Tables 3.3-9 and 4.3-7 which will state that the operability requirements-for the steam generator blowdown radioactivity monitors are not~ applicable 4
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' during Modes 5 or 6. ~ Currently TS 3.3.3.7: specifies that each of the.
radioactive liquid effluent monitoring instrumentation ~ channels delineated in:
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Table 3.3-9 must be operable in the quantity specified "at all times" andithatl the appropriate surveillance requirements of Table 4.3-7tshould be performed "j
4 for.all Modes. The' pressure in the' steam generator blowdown lines 1s-the head' of water. in the ~ steam generator, which is insufficient to cause flow or water through the blowdown monitors.: Because these lines are' in:a'no' flow '
- i condition, the steam ' generator blowdown radioactivity monitors provide'no:
=j meaningful radioactivity. indications during Modes 5' or 6.OThe'refore,1the.
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licensee proposes to add a footnote to Tables 3.3-9 and 4.3-7 which will' state:
1 that the operability requirements for the steam generator. blowdown-j
- radioactivity monitors are.not applicable during. Modes 5 or 6.; This.changei 1
accurately. reflects plant conditions during Modes 5 or. 6L and will(reduce 1the H
licensee burden by eliminating the requirement to enter.TS action statement-1 for a normal evolution in plant-operation.
Based on=the:above, the staff
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agrees that the steam generator blowdown radioactivity monitors need not bei 1
operable during Modes 5 or 6~ and'the.TS change isl acceptable..
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3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
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In accordance'with the Commission's regulations', the Connecticut ^ State.
official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment.. The State; j
official had no comments.
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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendment changes a requirement with~ respect:to ' installation or use of a:
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facility component located within the restricted area as defined. in 10.CFR i
Part 20. The NRC-staff has' determined that the' amendment involves no.
significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in:the types,
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of any effluents that may.be: released offsite,:and that there.is no >
a significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation
- exposure. The Commission has.previously issued a ~ proposed finding: that' the amendment involves no significant hazards-consideration, and there has been no-public comment on such finding (58 FR 46225).' ' Accordingly, the amendmenti meets the eligibility criteria for categoricalinxclusion~ set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmentalt impact statement.or environmental assessment need be. prepared in connection with the issuance:of the amendment.
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5.0 CONCLUSION
i The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations. discussed above, that: '(1) there is~ reasonable assurance that-the~ health and safetyJof the public will not'be endangered by operation in. the proposed manner, (2) such
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activities will be' conducted in. compliance with the Commission's regulations,
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Principal Contributor:. A. Wang x
Date:
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