ML20086L936
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| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1984 |
| From: | Knighton G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| TAC-53463, NUDOCS 8402150412 | |
| Download: ML20086L936 (7) | |
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7590-01 UNITEDSTATESNUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISS10k SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, ET AL DOCKET N05. 50-361 AND 50-367 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND PROPOSED NO STGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comnission) is considering issuance of anendments to Facility Ocerating Licenses No. NPF-10 and NPF-15, issued to Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, the City of Riverside, California and the City of Anaheim, California (the licensees), for operation of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3, located in San Diego County, Californir.
In accordance with the licensees' request of January 3,1984, the amendments would change the Technical Specification limit on operation of the 8-inch contain-ment purge system from 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> per 365 days to 3000 hours0.0347 days <br />0.833 hours <br />0.00496 weeks <br />0.00114 months <br /> per 365 days.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comnission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed determination-that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Comnission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendments would not (1) involve a significant increase in the dhK05000361 12 84o130 P
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j 7590-01 1 probability or consequences of an accider,t 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 Comission has provided guidance concerning the application of these standards by providing certain examples (48 FR 14870) of amendments that are f
f considered not likely to involve significant hazards considerations. One of the examples (vi) relates to a change which either may result in some increase to the probability or consequences of a previously-analyzed accident or may reduce in some way a safety margin but where the results of the change are clearly within all acceptable criteria with respect to the system or component specified in the Standard Review Plan.
Although the proposed action increases the time during which purging is allowed, it does not increase the probability of an accident. However, the consequences of an accident, should one occur during purging, might be greater than when the purge valves are closed. Never-theless, the purge system meets staff criteria for closure time in the event of an accident, which assures that any release under those conditions would be still within acceptable lindts.
Accordingly, the Commission proposes to deter-mine that this change does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments 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 Commission l
will not nomally make a final detemination unless it receives a request for l
a hearing.
Coments should be addressed to the Secretary of the Comission, U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, ATTN: Docketing and Services Branch.
7590-01 By March 5,1984, the licensees may file 3 request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses and any person whose interest may be affected by this pro-ceeding 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 leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's
" Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing 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 Connission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on th'e 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 92.714, 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 peti-tion should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted 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
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~4-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 proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to interevene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition with-out requesting leave af the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the peti-tion 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 amendments under consideration. 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 participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the oppor-tunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the oppor-tunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
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,-E-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 requests involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendments and make them effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendments.
If the final determination is that the amendments involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendments.
Normally, the Commi::f on will not issue the amendments 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, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facilities, the Commission may issue the license amendments before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State connents received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance.
The Comnission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
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A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: 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) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner y
promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following messaae addressed to George W. Knighton:
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. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
0 20555, and to Charles R. Kocher, Esq., Southern California Edison Company, 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P. O. Box 800, Rosemead, California 91770 and Orrick, i
Herrington & Sutcliffe, Attention: David R. Pigott, Esq., 600 Montgomery Street, 1
San Francisco, California 94111, 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 I
absent a detemination by the Comission, 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 detennination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
7590-01 For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated January 3,1984, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
and at the San Clemente Library, 242 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, California.
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Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 30th day of January,1984.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
W George W. Knighton, Chief Licensing Branch No. 3 Division of Licensing 4
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