ML20091M793
| ML20091M793 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/24/1995 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9508300300 | |
| Download: ML20091M793 (2) | |
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j NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 30eeMo01 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NOS 174 AND 155 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-70 AND DPR-75 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY DELMARVA POWER AND LIGHT C0tiPR E ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION. UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET N05, 50-272 AND 50-311
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated December 23, 1994, the Public Service Electric & Gas Company (the licensee) submitted a request for changes to the Sales Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Technical Specifications (TS). The requested changes would revise the surveillance requirement to perform a visual inspection of containment areas affected by containment entry when containment integrity is established. The changes are consistent with Item 7.5 of Generic Letter (GL) 93-05, "Line-Item Technical Specifications Improvements to Reduce Surveillance Requirements for Testing During Power Operation."
2.0 EVALUATION The current Technical Specification 4.5.2.c.2 requires that containment areas affected by entry be visually inspected at the completion of each entry when containment integrity is established.
Item 7.5 of GL 93-05 recomands that visual inspection of the containment be performed once daily if the containment has been entered that day, and during the final entry to ensure that there is no loose debris that would clog the sump. This recommendation reduces the exposure to personnel performing the inspection when multiple entries are required into containment. The licensee maintains a record of containment areas visited and, in the event of multiple containment entries, this record would facilitate visual inspection during the final entry.
The licensee has reviewed the Salem 1 and Salem 2 operating experience for the past two years and there is no indication of any problems involving loose debris left inside containment when containment integrity is established.
J The proposed changes are consistent with GL 93-05 and are compatible with plant operating experience. The staff concludes that these changes do not adversely affect plant safety and will result in a net benefit to the safe operation of the facility, and, therefore, are acceptabic.
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3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the New Jersey State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no connents.
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendments change surveillance requirements. The NRC staff has determined that the amendments involve no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant changt 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 amendments involve no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding (60 FR 6308). Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
5.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based en 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 manner, (2) such j
activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, i
and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor:
L. Olshan Date: August 24, 1995
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