ML20064A547
| ML20064A547 | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 09/06/1990 |
| From: | De Agazio A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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j 7590-01 UNITED STATES NJCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION t
DUOVESHE LIGHT COMPANY. ET AL i
D_0CKET NO. 50-412 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE PROPOSED AND NO SIGNIFICANT NAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR NEARING t
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering i
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-73 issued to Duquesne Light Company (the licensee) for operation of the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 2, located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendment would modify the Appendix A Technical Specifications (TSs)relatingtoContainmentIsolationValves(CIVs).
Specifically, the proposed amendment would modify Table 3.6-1, Containment Penetrations, to specify a maximum stroke time of 60 seconds vice 10 seconds presently specified. The change would apply only to valves 2CHS-A0V200A, B, and C associated with Penetratior. No. 28.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
I The Commission has made a proposed determination that the request for
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amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
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Comission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the t
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facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a i
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
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previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The proposed change does not involve a significant hazards consideration because:
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If the proposed amendment is incorporated in the TSs, the maximum stroke times for the CIVs inside and outside containment in the affected containment i
penetration would be identical.
The maximum stroke times also would be consistent with the isolation time assumed in the Updated Final Safety EvaluationReport(UFSAR).
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
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A stroke time not in excess of 60 seconds for the inside CIVs satisfies the UFSAR criteria for containment isolation during a design basis accident.
The change to the maximum allowable stroke time would not reduce the reliability of the CIVs.
Therefore, the change does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident'previously evaluated.
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If the proposed change is incorporated into the TSs,'the affected penetration would still be isolated within the time assumed in the accident analyses.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in 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.
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The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any coments received within 30 days af ter the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Commission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing, Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulatory Publications Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office i
of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
1 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, Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland. from 7,an a,m, to 4:15 p.m.
Copies of written comments received may be examined at the NRC i
l Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By
, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issumce of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for i
leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 205:5 and at the Local Public Document Room located at B. F. Jones Memorial Library, 663 Franklin Avenue, Alfquippa, Pennsylvania
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If a request for a hearing or petition.for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and l
Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the-Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue e notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
i 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 Act to be made party to the proceeding; (2)thenatureandextentofthepetitioner'sproperty, financial,orother 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 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 fffteen (15)dayspriortothefirstprehearingconferencescheduledinthe 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 proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the i
petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are-sought to be litigated in the matter. Each contention must consist of a.
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l In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation 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 i
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proving the contention at the hearing.
The petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that'a i
genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
i Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment I
i under consideration.
The contention must be one which, if proven, would I
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 not be permitted to participate as a party.
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 heari.ng, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination i
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 no significant hazards consideration, the Commission rey issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
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l If a final determination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
i Normally, the Commissior will not issue the amendment until the i
expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances 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 Comission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final deteriaination is that the amendment involves i
no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State coments received. Should the Coanission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Comission 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 Conaission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Services Branch, i
or may.be delivered to the Comission'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 the Commission by a toll-free r
telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri1-(800)
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342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to John F. Stolz:
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'l (petitioner'snameandtelephonenumber),(datepetitionwasmailed),(plant name), and (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 l
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Gerald Charnoff, Esquire Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts &
Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions.
supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted baseduponabalancingofthefactorsspecifiedin10CFR2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) y and2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 21, 1990, which is available for public inspection 1
at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document' Room located at B. F. Jones Memortal Library, 663 Franklin Avenue. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of september,1990.
i FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPMISSION g?aut Albert W. D gazio, Sr. Pre et Manager Project Di ectorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation u---. - - - - - ----
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