ML20065G834
| ML20065G834 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 10/12/1990 |
| From: | Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9010230238 | |
| Download: ML20065G834 (9) | |
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i 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COM41SSION 1
GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY I
DOCKET NO. 50-458
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NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO i
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 modify Technical Specification (TS) Table 3.8.4.1-1, " Primary Containment Penetration Conductor Overcurrent Protection Devices," Sections C.1 and C.4 to reflect the removal of a load from Section C.1 and the addition of a load to Section C.4.
The increased load addition is a result of the installation of a larger Reactor Water Cleanup (RWCU) precoat pump motor.
The larger pump motor will improve precoating of the RWCU filter and will improve RWCU system performance.
The pump is not l
safety-related, but is located in containment; therefore, th'e power supply containment penetration must be protected against loss of containment integrity.
This necessitates the change to Table 3.8.4.1.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as i
amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
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l The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request 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 an accident 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 licensee provided an analysis that addressed the above three standards in the amendment application.
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No significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated results from the proposed change because the equipment involved in this request resides in the non-safety related, low pressure portion of the RWCU system and is located outside of the reactor coolant pressure boundary.
The precoat pump is only operated when each of the.domineralizer/ filter trains are isolated and-to De regenerated.
The equipment involved in this request is not involved in any analyzed accident nor called upon to mitigate the consequences of any event.
The conduit, cable and equipment associated with this modification are being. installed in accordance with all applicable seismic and electrical. separation criteria.
As such, adequate electrical protection in conformance i
with the Technical Specification Bases and USAR Section 8.3.1.1.4.3 is provided for all containment penetrations used.
Operation or failure of the equipment installed by this modification has no impact on any safety related system.
Because this proposed change
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penetration overcurrent protection is provided as described in the USAR, this proposed change cannot increase the probability or
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The proposed change would not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident than from any previously evaluated because a single failure cf the equipment installed by this modification would at worst cause a loss of power to motor control center (MCC) 1NHS-MCC2E.
Loss of this non-safety related MCC is assumed by the USAR during design basis accident conditions and is therefore as previously analyzed.
No other new, credible failure modes can be i
l identified.
The circuit protection design is similar to the remaining circuits identified in Section C.4 already listed on Technical Specification Table 3.8.4.1-1.
Additionally, this proposed change does not introduce any new plant operating modes.
Therefore, this proposed change cannot create the possibility of a new or different
-i kind of accident from any previously evaluated.
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The proposed change would not involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety because overcurrent protection is provided such that no single failure will cause excessive current in the penetration conductors.- This ensures that the overcurrent protection is in i
Additionally, the circuit protection design is similar to the remaining circuits identified in Section C.4 already listed on Technical-Specification Table 3.8.4.1-1.
The RWCU system performs no. safety related function and no safety related systems, other than the containment penetrations, art'affected by this 3
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Further, the proposed change does not result in any new plant operating modes.
Therefore, the proposed change does not result in any 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.
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 make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulatory Publica-l tions Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services.
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.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 Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m.
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, D.C.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
i By November 19, 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 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.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for a
5-t leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comm 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.
20555 and at the local public document room located at the Government Documents Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Louisiana 70803.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene 1
is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Lice Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic a
and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the q
Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or-an approp_riate order.
As required by 10 CFR 92.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall
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set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, j
and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding.
The petition should specifically explain the reasons why interventionLshould be i
permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the nature I
of the petitioner's right under the.Act to be made a party to the proceedin 4
(2) the nature and extent of 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 identify the specific' aspect (s) of the subject matter of the J
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 l
(15)dayspriortothefirstprehearingconferencescheduledintheprobeeding i
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but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements describe 4
above.
Not later than. fifteen (15) days prior to'the first prehearing conference
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scheduled in the proceeding, 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.
Each contention must consist of a specific
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statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
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 proving the contention at the hearing. ~The' petitioner must also provide j
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 1information 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'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 not be permitted'to partici,
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pate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene'become parties to the proceeding, subject' 3
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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7-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 amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment'and make it effective, notwithstanding the' request for a hearing.
Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
3 If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held'would take place i
before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the t
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' Commission may issue the license amendment before.the expiration of the i
30-day notice-period, provided that its final determination:is that tne amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
The final-determination will consider all public and State comments received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a 'otice of issuance and n
provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance.1LThe ' 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 i
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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.
i 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-i by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1 (800)~325-6000 (in Missouri 1 (800) 342-6700).
The Wes'.ern Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message. addressed to i
James C. Linville:
petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of'this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
A copy of the petition should also be sent to che Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Mark Wetterhahn, Esq., Bishop, Cook, Purcell and:
i Reynolds, 1401 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20005, attorney for the licensee.
o 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 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 applications for amendment dated October 12, 1990, which is available for.public' inspection i
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'1 Louisiana State University. Baton Rou9e, Louisiana 70803.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of October 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY Co MISSION ggn 4'
Georg
. Dick,.Jr.y Acting Director Project Directorate IV-2:
Division of Reactor Projects-- III i
IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation I
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