ML20057F535
| ML20057F535 | |
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| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 10/08/1993 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9310180142 | |
| Download: ML20057F535 (3) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 205S5-0001 s
OCT 81993 DOCKET:
70-1257 LICENSEE: Siemens Power Corporation (SPC)
Richland, Washington
SUBJECT:
SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT: APPLICATION DATED JUNE 18, 1993, CHANGE NAME OF PDTF BUILDING AND AUTHORIZE SEISMIC TESTING BACKGROUND By letter dated December 8,1992, SPC notified NRC of a change to the safety demonstration portion of the license to describe an expansion of the Product Development Test Facility (PDTF) building, formerly the Fuel Cooling Test Facility (FCTF). On June 18, 1993, SPC applied for an amendment to change the name of the building and to add seismic testing to the list of authorized activities in Table I-1.1 of the license.
DISCUSSION Expansion Description The Product Development Test Facility is located south of the U0 Building on 2
the Richland manufacturing plant site.
It houses hydraulic test loops that are used to determine heat transfer performance of nuclear fuel assemblies during spray and reflood cooling following a postulated loss-of-coolant accident. The building also contains material test apparatus, test bundle storage racks, computers, and video equipment.
The building was constructed in 1979 at half its designed size to accommodate the FCTF, the Portable Hydraulic Test Facility (PHTF), and the Seismic Test L
Facility. The seismic test facility tests fuel assemblies and components for postulated reactor plant site earthquake events. Since the initial building construction, additional test loops and equipment have been added, and the building needs to be expanded to its designed size to accommodate the additional equipment.
The building extension will be a 40' x 40' addition on the south end.
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extension will incorporate an environmentally-controlled computer room and office, new test bundle storage racks, an extension of the bridge crane, relocation of the PHTF loop, relocation of the rollup door, a new diesel compressor air supply, new electrical power feed panel, and an extension of the existing air and water supplies.
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Occasionally, assemblies of enriched uranium are tested in the PDTF loops.
l The building is limited to one enriched assembly at any one time, and l
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assemblies.
Other assemblies or rods contain only natural or depleted uranium oxide or steel (or other non-radioactive) pellets. The staff has determined that SPC's current criticality safety program is adequate to cover authorized activities in the expanded PDTF.
Radioloaical Safety Radiation work will be controlled within the radiation work procedure system.
m There will be no gaseous or particulate releases because all material will be in closed rods or assemblies. The staff has determined that the radiation work procedure system adequately covers activities in the expanded PDTF.
Environmental Impact The expansion will be constructed within the restricted area which is committed to industrial use. There will be no additional liquid or gaseous effluents, and no additional radioactive wastes will be generated.
SPC collected and analyzed soil samples prior to pouring the concrete foundation and pad for construction. The results of the soil sample analyses are gross a - 4 pCi/g and gross B - 18 pCi/g. These analytical results will be maintained in the decommissioning file.
Since these results are less than the concentration limit for onsite disposal of enriched uranium (0ption 1) in
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the Branch Technical Position on Discosal or Onsite Storaae of Thorium or Un nium Wastes From Past Operations (46 FR 52061-52063, October 23, 1981),
I staff has determined that it is acceptable for the PDTF expansion to be i
constructed over these soils.
j Fire Protection i
Fire-resistant materials will be used for construction. Two fixed-temperature rate-of-rise detectors will be installed in the expansion; these detectors are wired to alarm both locally at SPC and to the City of Richland Fire Department.
Dry chemical fire extinguishers will be available in the expanded facility. The staff has determined that these fire prevention and detection provisions are adequate for the expanded facility and that the response procedures described in the Emergency Plan (EMF-32, Parts I-IV, issued 5/10/93) remain adequate for the expanded facility.
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION j
Expansion of the PDTF and the addition of seismic testing to the aathorized activities constitute a change to process operations and equipment. These changes meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11). Accordingly, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is warranted for the proposed action.
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CONCLUSION Based on the discussion, the staff concludes that approval of the amendment will not adversely affect the protection provided for the health and safety of employees and the public or the environment. Therefore, approval of this r
application is recommended.
The Region V Principal Inspector has no objection to this proposed action.
Principal Contributors Mary Thoma Adams Michael Lamastra 9
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