ML20092J495
| ML20092J495 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 06/14/1984 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8406260467 | |
| Download: ML20092J495 (4) | |
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Enclosure UNITEbSTATESOFAMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COP 9tISSION In the Matter of BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC Docket Nos. 50-317 COMPANY and 50-318 (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nos. 1 and 2)
EXEMPTION I.
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 which authorize operation of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2.
These licenses provide, among other things, that they are subject to all rules, regulations and Orders of the Comission now or hereafter in effect.
The facility comprises two pressurized water reactors at the licensee's site located in Calvert County, Maryland.
II.
On February 22, 1983, the environmental qualification rule for electrical equipment important to safety for nuclear power plants,10 CFR 50.49, became effective. Subsection (g) of 50.49 requires that each holder of an operating license issued prior to February 22, 1983, shall by May 20,1983. identify the electrical equipment important to safety within the scope of the rule already qualified and submit a schedule for either the qualification or the replacement of remaining electrical equipment subject to the rule. This s-hedule must establish a goal of final environmental qualification of the electrical equip-ment by the end of the second refueling outage after March 31,1982, or by 8406260467 840614 i
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%rch 31,1985, whichever is earlier. The rule also provides that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation may grant extensions of this dead-line to a date no later than November 30, 1985, for specific pieces of equipment if requests are filed on a timely basis and demonstrate good cause for such an extension, such as procurement lead time, task complications, and installation problems.
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By letters dated May 14, 1984 and June 8,1984, the licensee requested an extensionofthedatesspecifiedin10CFR50.49(g). Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 began the second refueling outage on April 21, 1984, which will end on June 23, 1984.
In addition, the second refueling outage for Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 will begin after March 31, 1985; it is currently scheduled to begin during April 1985.
The equipment for which the licensee has requested extensions for the completion of environmental qualifications is described in the licensee's letters of May 14, 1984 and June 8, 1984. These items, identified following the beginning of the second refueling outage for Calvert Cliffs Unit 2, require no equipment modifications; the requested extension is for the purpose of completing the requisite documentation. The licensee's May 14, 1984 letter contains justifications for continued operation for this equipment. The letter concludes that there is a high degree of confidence that this equipment is environmentally qualified and that the requested extension is needed to complete the required documentation. We have reviewed the licensee's submittal 1
and find that the licensee's reasons are appropriate. Therefore, good cause for a schedular extension of the rule exists based upon the lead time necessary to complete certain environmental qualification records for Units 1 and 2.
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Accordingly, tne Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the Commission hereby approves the following exemption:
ExemptionisgrantedfromtheschedularrequirementofSection50.49(g) to extend the required date of final environmental qualification of electrical equipment identified in the licensee letter of May 14, 1984 and June 8, 1984, to the dates given below:
Schedule for Completion of Environmental Qualification Equipment Applicability Completion Date 1.
Hydrogen purge Unit 2 July 31, 1984 control valve motor 2.
Motor control center Units 1 and 2 April 30, 1985 3.
Hydrogen recombiner Units 1 and 2 April 30, 1985 power supply panel The Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will not result in any significant environmental impact and that, pursuant to 10 CFR
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51.5(d)(4), an environmental Jmpact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
Thi, cxemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 14th day of June,1984.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0leilSSION
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A Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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