ML20072E512
| ML20072E512 | |
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| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 05/31/1983 |
| From: | Knighton G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0;iMISSI0tt SOUTHERI: CAllFORNIA EDISON C0r;PANY, ET AL DOCKET 140. 50-361 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUAHCE OF NIE!!DMENT TO FACILITY OPERATlHG LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGHIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETER})lNATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an anenonent to Facility Operating License No. NPF-10, issued to Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, the City of Riverside, California and the City of Anahein, California (the licensees), for operation of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2 located in San Diego County, California.
The amendment would grant temporary exceptions to the facility Technical Specifications (which presently require iirediate corrective action to return at least one reactor coolant loop to operation) to permit natural circulation tests to be perforr.ed during the startup _ test program with no reactor coolant loops in operation in accordance with the licensees' application for anencoent
. dated January 6,1983.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendnent, the Comission will-have nade findings required by the Atonic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
The Comission has nade a proposed determination that the anencreent request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Corcission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this neans that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendnent would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consecuences of an accident previcusly evaluated; or (2) create 830624O479 830610 OFFICE)
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7590-01 the possibility or a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a rargin of safety.
Tbc Comission's proposed detemination is based on its finding that the natural circulation tests will be conducted using operating procedures that provice compensatory reasures that maintain a corrensurate level of safety as the Technical Specifications that the proposed anendment would temporarily relax.
Such conpensatory neasures include temination of the test and restoration of at least one reactor coolant loop to operation in the event of abnomal systen paraneters.
The Comission is seeking public coments on this proposed determination.
Any coments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in naking any final detemination. The Cornission will not nomally nake a final detemination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Octrents should be addressed to the Secretary of the Ccanission, U. S.
Nuclear Reoulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, ATTt!: Docketing and Service Branch.
By (30 days after publication in FR), the licensees may file a.*equest for a hearing with respcct to issuance of the anendment to the subject facility operating license and any persons whose interest nay be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding nust file a written petitien for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's
" Rules of Practice for Dorestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.If a request for a bearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above cate, the Comission or an Atonic Safety and Licensing Ecard, designated by the lf.0.i..%190. 9T.h...t.b.0.. 0.b.0.1.tT.n..Qf...the..A n00.1C..Safc.t:t..end.. Licensing R oa ed..P.a nal...........................
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l 7590-01 3-will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary of the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appro-priate order.
As required by 10 CFR 52.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest nay be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be pernitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (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 natter 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 fif teen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirenents described above.
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- Not later than fif teen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplenent to.the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the natter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the OFFICE >
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7590-01 scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirenents with respect to at least one contention will not be pemitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene becone parties to the proceeding, sub. ject to any limittations 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.
j If a hearing is requested, the Commission will nake a final detemination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final detemina-tion will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the anendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and nake 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 significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before.the issuance of any anendment.
Nomally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expir-ation of the 30-day notice period. However, should circunstances 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 r.ay issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final detemination is that the anendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final detemination will consider i
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, all public and State connents received. Should the Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for oportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Comission expects that the need to. take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a bearing er a petition for leave to intervene nust be filed with' the Secretary of the Comission, U. 5. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Docunent Roon,1717 H Street, H.
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Washington, D. C.
by the abcVe date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner pronptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6060.(in Missouri (600) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagran Identification Humber 3737 and the following ressage addressed to George W. Knighton: ' petitioner's name and telephone nunber; date petition was railed; plant nane; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to. the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, and to Charlas R. Kocher, Esq., Southern California Edison Company, 2244 Walnut Grove Ave'.e.
. O. Box SCO, Rosenead, California 91770 and Orrick, Herrington a Sut.11 y J.n David R. Pigott, Esq., 600 Hontgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111, attorneys for the licensees.
Nontieely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, anended petitions, supplenental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a detemination by the Comission, the pres 16ng officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the ornce) sunname) eare >
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7590-01 petitioner has nado a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request. That detemination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
S For further details with respect to this action, see the application for anendment and the licensees' submittal of April 15, 1982, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Docurent Room, 1717 11 Street, N. W..-Washington, D. C., and at the San Clemente Library, 242 Avenida Del !!ar, San Clemente, California.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 31st day of Hay,1983.
FOR ThE HUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION George W. Knighton, Chief Licensing Branch Ho. 3 Division of Licensing
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a late petition and/or request. That determination will be based spon a
- balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-( -) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see e application for anendment which is available for public inspecti at the Coanission's Public Docuoent Roon,1717 H Street, N. W., Was ington, D. C., and at the San Clemente Library, 242 Avenida Del Mar, San C enente, California.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this day of May,1983.
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NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITYOPERATINGLICENSEANDPROPOSEDNOSIGNIFICANTHAZARDS/
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CONSIDERATION DETERitINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conraission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendrentxto Facility Operating License No. NPF-10, issued to N
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