ML20057E915
| ML20057E915 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1993 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9310130369 | |
| Download: ML20057E915 (2) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 68 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-68 AND AMENDMENT NO. 47 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-81 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY. ET AL.
V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET N05. 50-424 AND 50-425
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated July 2,1993, Georgia Power Company, et al. (the licensee) proposed license amendments to change the Technical Specifications (TS) for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Units 1 and 2.
The proposed changes would modify Action a of TS 3.11.1.4, Liquid Holdup Tanks.
Currently, Action a. references a " Semiannual Radioactive Release Report."
This would be renamed " Annual Radioactive Release Report." This change decreases the frequency for submitting reports on events which lead to exceeding radioactive material limits for the liquid holdup tanks from a semiannual to an annual basis.
2.0 EVALUATION As noticed in the Federal Reoister on August 31, 1992 (57 FR 39353), the NRC has amended 10 CFR 50.36a, " Technical Specifications on Effluents from Nuclear Power Reactors," to reduce the required frequency of reporting the quantity of each principal radionuclide released to unrestricted areas in liquid and gaseous effluents from every 6 months to every 12 months.
The amended regulation is intended to reduce the sdministrative burden to licensees.
The proposed changes to TS 3.11.1.4 are consistent with those previously approved by the NRC in which the frequency of submittal of the Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Report was changed to an annual basis in accordance with the recent revision of 10 CFR 50.36a. These changes were approved by Amendment 61 (Unit 1) and Amendment 40 (Unit 2) on March 31, 1993.
The changes presently proposed to TS 3.11.1.4 should have been requested as part of the previous amendments request but were inadvertently omitted during the preparation of that request.
The NRC staff finds that the proposed amendments for Vogtle with respect te reporting releases in liquid and gaseous effluents on an annual (rather than semiannual) basis are consistent with the revised regulation, have no adverse safety implication, and are, therefore, acceptable.
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3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Georgia State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no comments.
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendments change requirements with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The NRC staff has determined that the amendments involve no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding (58 FR 46235 dated September 1, 1993).
Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
5.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be i'.imical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor:
J. Starefos i
Date: October 1, 1993
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