ML20059B970
| ML20059B970 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 08/27/1990 |
| From: | Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9008300195 | |
| Download: ML20059B970 (8) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-458 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, issued to Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU) (the licensee), for operation of the River Bend Station, Unit 1 located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification 3/4.7.1.2,
" Ultimate Heat Sink," to increase the allowable ultimate heat sink temperature from 82'F to 88'F.
The proposed change would allow GSU '$ use the ultimate heat sink to cool plant equipment when it is necessary to remove the normal service water system from service for required maintenance and when normal service water temperature nears its design limit of 95'F and adequate temperature differentials are unobtainable.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have'made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission h6s made a proposed determination that the request for amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of l
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The licensee provided an analysis that addressed the above three standards in the amendment application, 1.
The proposed change would not increase the probability or consequences of a previously evaluated accident because calculations performed by GSU have demonstrated that the I
ultimate heat sink will be capable of providing sufficient cooling for 30 days to permit safe shutdown of the unit and to maintain it in a safe shutdown condition, and, in the event of an accident, to limit the affects of that accident safely and to maintain it in a safe shutdown condition to l
meet the design requirements of the system and to conform with Regulatory Guide 1.27.
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The proposed change would not create the possibility of a l
new or different Lind of accident from any previously evaluated because the proposed change would only revise an operating limit on the maximum standby cooling tower basin temperature.
The proposed change would not change any operation, action or plant decision needed to maintain the unit in a cold shutdown condition.
Engineering calculations have demonstrated that this increase in ultimate heat sink basin initial temperature
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does not have an adverse affect'on the safe operation of River Bend Station.
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The proposed change would not involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety because the margin of safoty is i
inherently designed into the requirement that the standby service water be delivered to the plant at a temperature not to exceed 95'F.
This amendment does not change this require-ment and therefore does not decrease the margin of safety.
Therefore, based on the above considerations, the Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
The Commission will not normally makt.
el determination unless it receives a request for n
a hearing.
t Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulatory Publica-tions Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services.
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington. 0.C.
20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be delivered to Room P-223, i
Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m.
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to 4:15 p.m.
Copies of written comments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, r
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The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below, i
By October 1,1990, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any perscr whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a t
written petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and ptitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the O C ssion's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.7.4 which is available at the Commission's Pubile Document Room, t
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the local public document room located at the Government Documents Depart-ment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge', Louisiana 70803.
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request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR $2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding.
The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the
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Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of j
the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
The petition should also i
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identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.
Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the prt,ceMng, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter.
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contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanstion of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The petitioner must also provide refer-ences to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends
.o rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within
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the scope of the amendment under consideration.
The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief.
A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will no6 be permitted to partici-pate as a party.
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Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
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If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the request for amendment involves ne significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue l
the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing.
Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the amendment involves a signi-ficant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
L Normally, the Commi.sion will not issue the amendment until the 1
l expiration of the 30-day notice period.
However, should circumstances I
change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of
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the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
The final i
determination will. consider all public and State comments received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing af ter issuance.
The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C., by the above date.
Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform l
.the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(600) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800) 342-6700).
The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the
' following message addressed to Christopher I. Grimes (petitioner's name j.
and telephone number), (date petition was mailed), (plant name), and I
(publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice).
A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cc.nmission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Mark Wetterhahn, Esq., Bishop, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds, 1401 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not m m
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, be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding
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officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request, should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application I
for amendment dated August 22, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555, and at the Government Documents Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of August 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Geor Dick, Acting Director Project Directorate IV-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III IV, V and Special Projects Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation I
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