ML20083K370

Safety Evaluation Supporting Amend 38 to License DPR-51. Amend Does Not Involve Significant Health or Safety Issue

ML20083K370
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Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	01/11/1979
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MLETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR'RE. ACTOR REWLALIDM E

SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 38 TO FACILITY

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OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-51

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Introduction

'8 By letter dated August 16, 1978, s'upplemented by letter dated gW.

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December 6,1978, Arkansas Power and Light Company (the licensee M

or AP&L) proposed a license amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-51 which included proposed changes to the Technical Specifications for Arkansas Nuclear One Unit No.1 (ANO-1). The W:-

proposed changes provide in a generalized manner for special nuclear, f ',"

source and byproduct material. AP&L 'also included with their

, j.e letter a description of the proposed'Special Nuclear Material

J?t Program. This proposed program was. modified by letter dated 4.,

December 6, 1978.

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Evaluation

'The licensee has proposed to repl' ace specified descriptions of special nuclear, source, and byproduct material which appear in the license with a generalized description according to a format acceptable to We have reviewed the license language generically.and found that us.

it provides the. degree of specificity necessary.to assure that plant activities can be conducted without. endangering the health and safety of the public. The changes simplify the language ano therefore may

,3 avoid unnecessary license amendments in the future. The licensee

.y has proposed. Technical Specifications for leak testing and surveillance of sources, and has committed to a Final Safety Analysi's Report

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change containing information described in Regulatory Guide 1.70.3.

We have reviewed the material submitted by the licensee in support d[^

'of the, proposed license amendment and Technical Specification change.

We conclude that.this material satisfies Regulatory Guide 1.70.3 and

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provides reasonable assurance that the radioactive material will be

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stored and used in a manner to meet the applicable radiation protec-O ~

tion provisions of 10 CFR Parts 20, 30 and 70.

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k. hsve determined that the amendment does not authorize a chte.ge M'4 Tu i r. effluent types or total amounts nor an increase in power level and will not result in any sienificant environmental impact. Havine M'@

made this determination, we have further concluded that the amendmeilt Md involves an action which is insignificant from the standpoint of 94,,k envirennental impct and, pursuant to 10 CFR 651.5(d)(4), that an

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We have concluded, based on the considerations discussed above that:

(1)becausetheamendmentdoesnotinvolveasignificantincreasein P

f }2 the probability or consequen'ces 'of accidents previously considered and does not involve.a significent decrease in a safety margin, the ff 3 amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration, (2) jL 4 g there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (3) g,y

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such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's 9....f regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical 2U[d to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of

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,Dy; 7:.y Dated: January 11, 1979

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e-UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-313 ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 4

NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE b

The U'. S. Nuclear Regulatory Co-aissio the Commission) has

. issued Amendment No. 38 to Fac'ility Operacing License No. DPR-51, G.,f, ;

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which revised the license and its appended Technical Soecifications 4;,

for operation of the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit No.1 (the facility)

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located in Pope County, Arkansas. The amendment is effective as

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of its date of issuance.

The amendment changes the license and Technical Specifications

. relating to the receipt, possession, and use of byproduct, source and special nuclear material.

The application for the amendment complies with the standards E'

and' requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act).

and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made

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', appropriate findings. as required by the' Act and the Comniission's rules

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amendment.

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the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.

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The Comission has detemined that the issuance of this amendment s4 U

will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 5 51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement, or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be

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prepared in connection with issuance of this amendment, a.ss,Q a.7.gf For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated August 16, 1978, as supplemented

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2 December 6,1978,(2) Amendment No. 38 to License No. OPR-51, and (3) g 3cj the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of these items are

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available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document

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.i Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C., and at the Arkansas

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Q Polytechnic College, Russellville, Arkansas. A copy of items (2)

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20555, Attention: Director,

. Division of Operating Reactors.

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Lated at Bethesda, Maryland, this lithday of January 1979.

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