ML20073L535
| ML20073L535 | |
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| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 04/24/1991 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9105140008 | |
| Download: ML20073L535 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES E h(// h NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION d4 WASHINGT ON, D. C. 20555
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
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RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 68 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-38 ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
NATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 DOCKET NO. 50-382
1.0 INTRODUCTION
7 By application dated December 7,1990, Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) requested changes to the Technical Specifications (Appendix A) to Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3.
The proposed changes would incorporate programmatic controls for radiological effluents and radiological environmental monitoring in the Administrative Controls section of the Technical Specifications (TS) consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190,10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix 1 to 10 CFR Part 50. At the same time, the licensee proposed to transfer the procedural details of the Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications (RETS) from the 15 to the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (0DCM) or to the Process Control Program for solid radioactive wastes as appropriate. With these changes, the specifications related to RETS reporting requirements were simplified.
Finally, changes to the definitions of the ODCH and PCP were proposed consistent with these changes. Guidance on these proposed changes was provided to all power reactor licensees and applicants by Generic Letter 89-01 dated January 31, 1989.
2.0 EVALUATION The licensee's proposed changes to the TS are in accordance with the guidance provided in Generic Letter 89-01 and are addressed below.
(1) The licensee has proposed to incorporate programmatic controls for radioactive effluents and radiological environmental monitoring in Specification 6.8.4, " Procedures and Programs," of the TS as noted in the guidance provided in Generic Letter 89-01.
The programmatic controls ensure that programs are established, implemented, end maintained to ensure that operating procedures are provided to con-trol radioactive effluents consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix 1 to 10 CFR Part 50.
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m l (2) The licensee has confirmed that the detailed procedural requirements addressing Limiting Conditions for Operation, their applicability, remedial actions, associated surveillance requirements, or reporting requirements for the following specificLtions have been prepared to implement the relocation of these procedural details to the ODCM or PCP.
These changes to the ODCM and PCP have been prepared in accord-ante with the new Administrative Controls in the TS on changes to the ODCM and PCP so that they will be implemented in the ODCM or PCP when this amendment is issued.
SPECIFICATION TITLE 3/4.3.3.10 RADI0 ACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION 3/4.3.3.11 RADI0 ACTIVE GASEOUS EFFLUENT MO4ITORING INSTRUMENTATION 3/4.11.1.1 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: LIQUID EFFLUENTS CONCENTRATION 3/4.11.1.2 RADIDACTIVE EFFLUENTS: LIQUID EFFLUENTS DOSE 3/4.11.1.3 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: LIQUID RADWASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM 3/4.11.2.1 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: GASEOUS EFFLUENTS DOSE RATE 3/4.11.2.2 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: DOSE - NOBLE GASES 3/4.11.2.3 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: DOSE - 10 DINE-131, 10 DINE-133, TRITIUM, AND RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICULATE FORM 3/4.11.2.4 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: [GASE0USRADWASTETREATMENT) SYSTEM 3/4.11.3 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: SOLID RADI0 ACTIVE WASTES 3/4.11.4 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: TOTAL DOSE 3/4.12.1 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: MONITORING PROGRAM 3/4.12.2 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: LAND USE CENSUS 3/4.12.3 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: INTERLABORATORY COMPARIS0N PROGRAM 6.9.1.7 ANNUAL RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT 6.9.1.8 SEMIANNUAL RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENT RELEASE REPORT 6.15 MAJOR CHANGES TO LIQUID, GASE0US, AND SOLID RADWASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS
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These procedural details that have been removed from the TS are not required by the Commission's regulations to be included in the TS.
They have been prepared for incorporation in the ODCM or PCP upon issuance of this license amendment and may be subsequently changed by the licensee without prior NRC approval. Changes to the ODCM and PCP are documented and will be retained for the duration of the aperating license in accordance with Specification 6.10.3p.
(3) The licensee has proposed replacing the existing specifications in the Administrative Controls section of the TS for the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, Specification 6.9.1.7, for the Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Report, Specification 6.9.1.8, for the Process Control Program, Specification 6.13, for the Of fsite Dose Calculation Manual, and Specification 6.14, with the updated specifications that were provided in Generic Letter 89-01.
The following specifications that are included under the heading of Radio-active Effluents have been retained in the TS. This is in accordance with the guidance of Generic Letter 89-01.
SPECIFICATION TITLE 3/4.3.3.11 EXPLOSIVE GAS MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION (Retained existing requirements of this specification) 3/4.11.1.4 LIQUID HOLDUP TANKS 3/4.11.2.5 EXPLOSIVE GAS MIXTURE 3/4.11.2.6 GAS STORAGE TANKS On the basis of the above, the staff finds that the changes included in the proposed TS amendment request are consistent with the guidance provided in Generic Letter 89-01.
Because the control of radioactive effluents con-tinues to be limited in accordance with operating procedures that must satisfy the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix 1 to 10 CFR Part 50, the NRC staff concludes that there is no impact on plant safety as a consequence.
Accordingly, the staff finds the proposed changes acceptable.
3.0 CONTACT WITH STATE OFFICIAL In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Louisiana State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment.
The State official had no comment.
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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendment changes a requirement with respect to installation or use of d idtility Component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Port 20, changes in surveillance requirements, and changes in record-keeping, reporting, or edministrative procedures and program requirements.
The NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendment involves no significant h62ards consideration and there has been no public comment on such finding (56 FR 2548). Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9) and (10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.
5.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public Will not be endangered by operation in the proposed mbnner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
principal Contributors:
W. Wayne Meinke, PRPB/DREp Thomas G. Dunning, OTSB/00EA W. D. Reckley, PD4-1/DRPW Date:
April 24,1991
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