ML20058D721
| ML20058D721 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 10/31/1990 |
| From: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | BOSTON EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20058D724 | List: |
| References | |
| GL-90-07, GL-90-7, NUDOCS 9011060245 | |
| Download: ML20058D721 (3) | |
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9 7590-01 Uti1TED STATES OF AMEPICA 11TLEAR REGULATORY C0f',ti!S$10N Ir. the matter of,
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BOSTON EDISON COMPT.NY Docket No. 50-293 (Pilgrim tiuclear Power Statier.)
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EXEMPTION 1.
The Boston Edison Company-(BEco) is the helder of Operating License No.
DPR-35 which authorizes the operation of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS). The license provides, among other things, that the licensees are subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
The facility is a boiling water reactor at the licensee's site located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 11.
By letter dated July 12, 1990 the licensee requested an exemption under 10CFR55.11from10CFR55.59(a)(1)inordertoextendthePilgrimNuclearPower Station annual requalification examination from March 1992 to May 1992 and the end of the 24 month requalification program cycle from March 1992 to May 1992.
Currently the annual requalification testing is required by March 1992 and the 24 month requalification program cycle ends in March 1992. The exemption was requested to align the Pilgrim Station with the new NRC national examination schedule. Generic Letter 90-07, " Operator Licensing. National Examination Schedule" provided an examination schedule for all licensees to equalize NRC examiners workload due to limited NRC resources. A November and May examination j
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This one-time exemption will result in a permanent adjustment to the 24 month requalification cycle and the requalification examination schedule.
III.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, "The Comission may, upon application by an interested person or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this part [10 CFR Part 55], as it determines are authorized by law, and will not endanger life or property and are otherwise in the public interest."
The proposed exemption would align the Pilgrim requalification cycle and the requalification examination schedule with the NRC national examination schedule. This exemption will not increase the risk of facility accidents, Thus, post-accident radiological release will not be greater than previously determined, nor does the proposed exemption otherwise affect the quantity of radiological plant effluents, nor result in any significant increase in
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occupational exposure.
Likewise, the exemption does not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant radiological or non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption.
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Accordingly, the Connission has detemined, pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, that an exemption as described in Section III is authorized by law, will not i
endanger life or property, and is otherwise in the public interest.
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3 Therefore, the Commission hereby grants the following exemption:
Bosten Edison Company is exempt from the requirements of 10 CFR 55.59(a) for a period of March 1992 to May 1992 with re:pect to the annual requelification examination and for a period of March 1992 to May 1992 with respect to the 24 month requalification program.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32 the Commission determined that the granting of this evemption will not have a significant eifect on the quality of the human-i environment (55FR38762).-
For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's request dated July 12, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and at the Plymouth Public Library,11 North Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 This exemption is effective upon issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION-even A.
g ir:ctor k Division of Reactor Proje 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland this yogday of (@, l Q f o.
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