ML20080K981
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| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 08/17/1983 |
| From: | Caruso R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML20080K981 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY MIDDLE SOUTH ENERGY, INC.
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION DOCKET NO. 50-416 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
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issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-13, issued to Mississippi Power & Light Company, Middle South Energy, Inc., and South Mississippi Electric Power Association (tne licensees), for operation of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
The amendment would establish later submittal dates to meet license conditions in accordance with the licensees' application for amendment dated May 31, 1983. The proposed changes to license conditions are as follows:
(1) submit an evaluation report on reactor i.nternals prototype vibration tests no later than 6 months after start of full power operation, (2) submit the initial inservice inspections program by April 1,1984 and (3) submit a report on inplace communications systems testing by August 1,1984.
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.
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The Comission 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 of different kind of accident from any hcident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The changes proposed for the amendment simply accommodate schedular delays encountered during the low power testing period at this facility. The proposed changes do not affect reactor operations or accident analyses and have no radiological consequences and, therefore, clearly involve no significant hazards consideration.
In Supplement No. 4 to the Safety Evaluation Report
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(SSER #4) for Grand Gulf, Units 1 and 2, issued on May 31, 1983,. the staff supported an extension of the reporting dates for the above listed license conditions on the basis that plant operability was required to perform the tests and inspections and that the plant had experienced prolonged delay in achieving operabil i ty.
Since the licensees' letter and SSER #4 were issued prior to the expiration date in the effective license condition, we consider this matter to have been handled in a timely manner. The staff proposes to determine that the changes involved in this license amendment involve no significant hazards considerations on the basis that the changes do not affect reactor operations or accident analyses and have no radiological consequences, and therefore, clearly do 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 the margin of safety.
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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. Tne Commission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Comments should be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C. 20555, ATTN: Docketing and Service Branch.
By September 26, 1983, the licensees 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 inteivene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be file'd in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for
-Domestic Liceasing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a 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 L
petition should specifically explain the reasons why-intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
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Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference 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, and the bases for each contention set.forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with res7ect to at least one contention will not be permitted to partic'ipate as a party.
Those pennitted 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.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of ho significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
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If the final determination is that the amendment requests involve 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.
If the final determination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the 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 in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will consider all public and state comments received.
Should the Commis's' ion take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after 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, ATTN: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) l l
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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 the Executive Legal Director, U. 3. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C. 20555, and to Troy B. Co1ner, Jr., Esquire, Conner and Wetterhahn,1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20006, attorney for the licensees.
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 designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request. That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
_s For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., and at the Hinds Jr. College, George M. McLendon Library, Raymond, Mississippi 39154.
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Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 17th day of August 1983.
FOR THE. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[buca R. Caruso, Acting Chief Licensing Branch No. 2 Division of Licensing 1
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