ML20094R302

Safety Evaluation Accepting Amend 174 to License DPR-46

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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO.174 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT COOPER NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET NO. 50-298

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated June 14, 1993, as s:soplemented by letter dated April 12, 1994, Nebraska Public Power District (the 'I Pensee) submitted a request for changes to the Cooper Nuclear Station, Technical Specifications (TSs). The requested changes would revise the TSs to include wording consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20, and delete the TSs governing miscellaneous radioactive material sealed sources. The April 12, 1994, letter provided clarifying information that did not change the initial proposed no significant hazards consideration detennination or expand the scope of the original Federal Register Notice.

2.0 EVALUATION The licensee has revised the TSs to include wording that is consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Aaainst Radiation, and will retain the same overall level of effluent control required to meet the design objectives of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50.

The proposed TS changes and evaluations follow:

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Technical Specification 1.0.Z.C DEFINITIONS The licensee has proposed to change the definition of Member of the Public to conform to the wording in 10 CFR 20.1003.

The change implements the revised 10 CFR Part 20 definition and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification 3.21.B.I.a (TS page 216x)

The licensee has proposed to replace the reference "20.106" with "20.1302".

The change inco.porates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 section number and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification Table 4.21.B.1 (TS page 216z)

The licensee has proposed to replace the term "MPC value" with " values."

Also, to replace the reference " Table 11" with " Table 2."

The changes incorporate the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 references and are acceptable.

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Technical Specification Table 4.21.C.1 (TS page 216a8)

The licensee has proposed to replace the term "MPC value" with " values."

The licensee has also proposed to change the reference " Table 11" with

" Table 2."

The changes incorporate the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 references and are acceptable.

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BASES sections 3.21.B.1 and 4.21.B.3 (TS page 216a21)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to "10 CFR Part 20.1302" in all locations where 10 CFR Part 20.106 is referenced. The licensee has also proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106(e)" to "10 CFR Part 20.1301 and 20.1302(b)(2)(i)."

The changes incorporate the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 references and are acceptable.

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BASES sections 3.21.B.1 and 4.21.B.1 (TS page 216a22)

The licensee has proposed to change t'ne reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to I

• 10 CFR Part 20.1302(b)(2)(1)."

The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 reference and is acceptable.

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BASES sections 3.21.B.2 and 4.21.B.2 (TS page 216a22) r The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to j

"10 CFR Part 20.1301."

The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 reference and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification 3.21.C.1 and 4.21.C.1 (TS page 216a26)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to "10 CFR Part 20.1302(b)(2)(1)."

The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 reference and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification 6.3.A (TS page 226)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference " paragraph 20.203(c)(2)" to " paragraph 20.1601."

The chenge incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 referei.te and is acceptable.

10. Technical Specification 6.3.A (TS page 226)

The licensee,"has proposed to replace the phrase " dose rate is greater...

than 1000 mrem in one hour (ose equivalent in excess of 100 mrem but less 1000 mres/hr with " deep The licensee has also proposed to change l

the term " dose greater than" with the term " deep dose equivalent in l

excess of."

The changes are consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20 and are acceptable.

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Technical Specification 6.3.A (TS page 226)

I The licensee has proposed to change the footnote to read " Measurement made at 12 inches from source of radiation." The previous distance was 18 inches.

10 CFR 20.1601(a)(1) specifies a measurement distance of 30 cm. While a measurement distance of 12 inches is marginally greater than 30 cm, the difference is negligible when considering the degree of accuracy commonly available when performing dose rate measurements in the field. Continued use of inches versus conversion to centimeters maintains consistency with the remainder of the TSs and is acceptable.

The change is consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20 and is acceptable.

12. Technical Specification 6.5.1.C (TS page 231)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference in footnote 1 from "20.407" to "20.2206."

The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 section number and is acceptable.

13. Technical Specifications 3.8, 4.8, 6.4.3, and 6.5.1.C.3 j

i The licensee has proposed to delete TSs (Section 3/4.8, associated Bases section, and applicable administrative controls) governing miscellaneous i

radioactive material sealed sources. The provisions of the TSs will be relocated to the Cooper Nuclear Station procedere 9.5.2.

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i These TSs specify limitations on fixed contamination for sources requiring leak testing, and state that sealed sources containing radioactive material shall be free of a specified removable contamination. The TSs require that if the removable contamination exceeds limitations, the sealed source shall be withdrawn from service, decontaminated and repaired, or disposed of.

The limitations expressed in these TSs do not impact reactor operation, do not identify a parameter which is an initial condition assumption for a design basis accident or transient, do not identify a significant abnormal degradation of the reactor coolant pressure boundary and do not 4

provide any mitigation of a design basis event.

j The licensee has based the proposed changes on guidance provided in NUREG-1433, " Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4", which does not contain any TSs addressing the testing of radioactive sealed sources. The licensee has committed to control the testing and records retention requirements for the sealed sources in i

accordance with their station procedure 9.5.2, " Radioactive Source Control and Accountability."

Based on the above, the changes are acceptable.

3.0 STATE CONSULTATION

1 In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Nebraska State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official had no comment.

4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION

The amendment changes a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20 and changes surveillance requirements. The NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amoants, and no significant change 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 pro-posed finding that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration and there has been no public comment on such finding (58 FR 46237).

Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR Section 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 amendment.

5.0 CONCLUSION

The Commission has concluded, based on 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

. activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

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November 28, 1995 Mr. Guy R. Horn i,'

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COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - AMENDMENT NO.174 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 (TAC NO. M86983) 4

Dear Mr. Horn:

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l The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No.174to Facility Operating License No. DPR-46 for the Cooper Nuclear Station. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application

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dated June 14, 1993, as supplemented by letter dated April 12, 1994.

The amendment revises the TSs to include wording consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20, and to remove TSs governing miscellaneous radioactive material i

. sealed sources.

A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next biweekly f_ederal Reaister notice.

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Original Si ned By JamesR. Hall,SeniorProjectManager Project Directorate IV-1 i

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COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - AMENDNENT NO.174 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 (TAC NO. M86983)

Dear Mr. Horn:

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The Comission has issued the enclosed Amendment No.174 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-46 for the Cooper Nuclear Station. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application j

dated June 14, 1993, as supplemented by letter dated April 12, 1994.

i The amendment revises the TSs to include wording consistent with the revised l

10 CFR Part 20, and to remove TSs governing miscellaneous radioactive material sealed sources.

A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next biweekly Federal Reaister notice.

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J s R. Hall, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV j

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No.174 to l

License No. DPR-46 i'

2. Safety Evaluation i

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Nebraska Public Power Company Cooper Nuclear Station cc:

l Mr. John R McPhail, General Counsel Lincoln Electric System j

Nebraska Public Power District ATTN: Mr. Ron Stoddard P. O. Box 499 lith & 0 Streets Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Lincoln, NE 68508 Nebraska Public Power District Midwest Power ATTN: Mr. John Mueller, Site Manager ATTN: Richard J. Singer, Manager-Nuclear P. O. Box 98 907 Walnut Street Brownville, NE 68321 P. O. Box 657 i

Des Moines, IA 50303 Randolph Wood, Director

.i Nebraska Department of Environmental Nebraska Public Power District 4

Control ATTN: Mr. Robert C. Godley, Nuclear P. O. Box 98922 Licensing & Safety Manager Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 P. O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 l

Mr. Larry Bohlken, Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street i

Auburn, NE 68305 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission P. O. Box 218 Brownville, NE 68321 l

Regional Administrator, Region IV j

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NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-298 COOPER NUCLEAR STATION AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No.174 4

i License No. DPR-46 1.

The Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has found that:

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The application for amendment by Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee) dated June 14, 1993, as supplemented by letter dated April 12,1994, complies with the standards and requirements of the i

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.

The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commissilon; C.

There is reasonable assurance:

(1) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Comission's regulations; D.

The issuance of this license amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.

The ilssuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Comission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

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Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifi-cations as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment and Paragraph 2.C.(2) of Facility Operating License No. DPR-46 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No.174, are hereby incorporated in the license.

The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

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The license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.

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ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO.174 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 DOCKET h0. 50-298 Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the enclosed pages. The revised pages are identified by Amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the area of change.

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i SURVEILIANCE LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION REQUIREMENTS 3.5 CORE AND CONTAINMENT COOLING SYSTEMS 4.5 114 - 131 1

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Core Spray and LPCI Systems A

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MFCI System C

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Minimum low Pressure Cooling System Diesel Cenerator Availability F.

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3.6 FRIMARY SYSTEM BOUNDARY 4.6 132 - 158 A.

Thermal and Pressurization Limitations A

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Coolant chemistry B

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Coolant Leakage C

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Safety and Relief Valves D

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Jet Pumps E

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Recirculation Pump Flow Mismatch F

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Inservice Inspection C

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Shock Suppressors (Snubbers)

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Primary Containment A

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Standby Cas Treatment System B

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Secondary Containment C

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Primary Containment Isolation Valves D

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Auxiliary Electrical Equipment A

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Core Monitoring B

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Spent Fuel Pool Water 14 vel C

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Time Limitation D

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Spent Fuel Cask Handling E

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6.2 Review and Audit 220 f-6.2.1.A Station Operations Review Committee (SORC) 220 l

A.1 Membership 220 A.2 Meeting Frequency 220 A.3 Quorum 220 A.4 Responsibilities 220 A.5 Authority 221 A.6 Records 221 A.7 Procedures 221 l

6.2.1.B NPPD Safety Review and Audit Board (SRAB) 222 l

3.1 Membership 222 i

B.2 Meeting Frequency 222 1

3.3 Quorum 222 B.4 Review 222 B.5 Authority 223 l

5.6 Records 223 l

B.7 Audits 223 I

l 6.3 Procedures and Programs 225 6.3.1 Introduction 225 6.3.2 Procedures 225 6.3.3 Maintenance and Test Procedures 225 6.3.4 Radiation Control Procedures 225

.A Bigh Radiation Areas 226 6.3.5 Temporary Changes 227 6.3.6 Exercise of Procedures 227 6.3.7 Programs 227

.A Systems Integrity Monitoring Program 227

.B Iodine Monitoring Program 227

.C Post-Accident Sampling System (PASS) 227 6.4 Record Retention 228 6.4.1 5 year retention 228 6.4.2 Life retention 228 I

6.5 Station Reporting Requirements 230 6.5.1 Routine Reports 230

.A Introduction 230

.B Startup Report 230

.C Annual Reports 230

.D Monthly Operating Report 231

.E Annual Radiological Environmental Report 231

.F Semiannual Radioactive Material Release Report 2 32

.C Core Operating Limits Report 232 Amendment No. 6,174

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4 W.A polidification - SOLIDIFICATION shall be the conversion of radioactive wastes from liquid systems to a solid which is as uniformally distributed as reasonably achievable with definite volume and shape, bounded by a stable i

surface of distinct outline on all sides (free-standing).

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spiral Reload - Pertains to the spiral reloading of the core with fuel, at least 50% of which has previously accumulated a minimum' exposure of i

1000 MWD /T.

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Burveillance Freauency - Surveillance requirements shall be applicable during 3

l the operational conditions associated with individual 140's unless otherwise stated in an individual Surveillance Requirement.

l Each surveillance Requirement shall be performed within the specified surveillance interval with a maximum allowable extension not to exceed 25% of l

the specified surveillance interval.

Performance of a Surveillance Requirement within the specified time interval shall constitute compliance with operability requirements for an 140 unless otherwise required by the specification.

The Surveillance Frequency establishes the limit for which the specified time interval for Surveillance Requirements may be extended.

It permits an allowable extension of the normal surveillance interval to facilitate j

surveillance schedule and consideration of plant operating conditions that may not be suitable for conducting the surveillance; e.g.,

transient conditions or other ongoing surveillance or maintenance activities. It also provides flexibility to accommodate the length of a fuel cycle for surveillance that are performed at each refueling outage and are specified with an 18 month surveillance interval.

It is not intended that this provision be used repeatedly as a convenience to extend surveillance intervals beyond that specified for surveillances that are not performed during refueling outages.

The limitation of this definition is based on engineering dudgement and the recognition that the most probable result of any particu:,ar surveillance being performed is the verification of conformance with the Surveillance Requirements. This provision is sufficient to ensure that the reliability ensured through surveillance activities is not significantly degraded beyond that obtained from the specified surveillance e

interval.

1 The surveillance interval is the calendar time 2.

Surveillance Interval between surveillance tests, checks, calibrations and examinations to be performed upon an instrument or component when it is required to be operable.

These tests may be waived when the instrument, component or system is not j

required to be operable, but the instrument, component or system shall be tested prior to being declared operable or as practicable following its return to service.

Z.A Ventine - Venting is the controlled process of discharging air or gas from a l'

confinement to establish temperature, pressure, humidity, concentration or other operating condition, in such a manner that replacement air or gas is nct provided or required during venting.

Vent, used in system names, does j

not imply a venting process.

2.5 Offsite - Offsite means outside of the exclusion area as defined in 10CMR Part 100.3.

TheexclusionareaboundaryaroundCooperNuclearStationisl defined in Figure 1.1 and may also be referred to as the Site Boundary.

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i 2.C Member of the Public - A Member of the Public is a person in a controlled or unrestricted area who does not receive an occupational dose.

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Lieuld Effluents Apolicability: At all times.

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Concentration Specification:

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Radioactive liquid wastes shall be sampled and analyzed according to 1.

Concentration Table 4.21.B.1.

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The concentration of radioac-b.

The analytical results shall be used tive material in water with methods in the ODAM to verify l

OFFSITE (Figure 1.1) due to that the average concentration be-radioactive liquid affluent yond the SITE BOUNDARY does not l shall not exceed the concen-exceed specification 3.21.B.1.a.

tration specified in 10 CFIL when Sr-89, Sr-90 and Fe-55 concen-l Fart 20.1302 for trations are averaged over no more radionuclides other than than 3 months and other radionuclide dissolved or entrained noble concentrations are averaged over no gases.

For dissolved or more than 31 days.

entrained noble gases, the concentration shall not exceed 2 x 10" pCi/ml total

activity, b.

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OFFSITE exceeding the limit, attend to the cause without delay and restore the concen-tration within the above lin-it.

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NOTES FOR TABLE 4.21.B.1 (1) h LID is the smallest concentration of the radioactive material in a sample that will be detected with 951 probability (51 probability of falsely concluding that a blank observation represents a "real" signal).

For a particular measurement system (which may include radiochemical separation):

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1 E is the counting efficiency (as counts per transformation),

V is the sample size (in units of mass or volume),

j 2.22 is the number of transformations per minute per picoeurie, Y is the fractional radiochemical yield (when applicable),

1 is the radioactive decay constant for the particular radionuclide, and at is the elapsed time between midpoint of sample collection and time of counting (for plant effluents, not environmental samples).

The value of s used in the calculation of the LID for a detection system shall u

be based on th4 actual observed variance of the background counting rate or of the counting rate of the blank samples (as appropriate) rather than on an unverified theoretically predicted variance.

In calculating the LIA for a i

radionuclide determined by gamma-ray spectrometry, the background shall include i

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j samples. Typical values of E, V, Y, and At shall be used in the calculation.

f (2) For certain radionuclides with low gamma yield or low energies, or for certain i

radionuclide mixtures, it may not be possible to measure radionuclides in concentra-2 tiona near the LLD. Under these circumstances, the LID may be i creased inversely proportionally to the magnitude of the gamma yield (i.e., 5 x 10~ p/I, where I is the photos abundance expressed as a decimal fraction), but in no case shall the LLD, as calculated in this manner for a specific radionuclide, be greater than 10% of the values specified in 10 c?1t 20, Appendix B, Table 2 Column 2.

(3) A composite sample is one in which the quantity of liquid sampled is proportional to the quantity of liquid waste discharged and in which the method of sampling employed results in a specimen which is representative of the liquids released, il.

(4) To be representative of the quantities and concentrations of radioactive materials in liquid affluents, daily grab samples shall be collected in proportion to the rate of flow of the effluent stream.

Prior to analyses, all samples taken for the composite shall be thoroughly mixed in order for the composite sample to be representative of the effluent release.

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be detected with 95E probability (51 probability of falsely concluding that a blank observation represents a "real" signal).

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counting (for plant effluents, not environmental samples).

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be based on th'4 actual observed variance of the background counting rate or of the counting rate of the blank samples (as appropriate) rather than on an unverified theoretically predicted variance.

In calculating the 123 for a radionuclide determined by gamma-ray spectrometry, the background shall include 4

the typical contributions of other radionuclides normally present in the samples. Typical values of E, V, Y, and At shall be used in the calculation.

(2) For certain radionuclides with low gamma yield or low energies, or for certain radionuclide mixtures, it may not be possible to measure radionuclides in concentra-tions near the 123. Under these circumstances, the LLD may be ncreased inversely proportional to the magnitude of the gamma yield (i.e.,1 x 10'j/I, where 1 is the i

i photon abundance expressed as a decimal fraction), but in no case shall the 122, as l

calculated in this manner for a specific radionuclide, be greater than 101 of the values specified in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B, Table 2, Column 1.

l (3) Analyses shall also be performed following an increase as indicated by the gaseous i

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3.21.A & 4.21.A INSTRUMENTATION 3.21.A.1 & 4.21.A.1 Liould Effluent Monitoring l

The radioactive liquid effluent instrumentation is provided to monitor and control, as i

applicable, the release of radioactive material in liquid effluents. The OPERABILITY and use of these instruments implements the requirements of 10 CPR Part 50, Appendix A, General i

2 Design Criteria 60, 63, and 64.

The alarm and/or trip setpoints for these instruments are 1 i

calculated in the manner described in the ODAN to assure that the alarm and/or trip will I occur before the limit specified in 10 CPR Part 20.1302 is exceeded. Control of the normal liquid discharge pathway is assured by station procedures governing locked discharge valves and valve line-up verification.

l 3.21.A.2 & 4.21.A.2 Caseous Effluent Monitoring The radioactive gaseous effluent instrumentation is provided to monitor and control, as applicable, the releases of radioactive meterials in gaseous affluents during actual or potential releases of gaseous effluents. The location of this instrumentation is indicated j

by a Figure in the ODAM, a simplified flow diagram showing gaseous effluent treatment and j

monitoring equipment. The alarm / trip setpoints for these instruments shall be calculated in accordance with methods in the ODAM, which have been reviewed by NRC, to ensure that the !

i alarm will occur prior to exceeding the limits of 10 CFR Part 20.

The process monitoring instrumentation includes provisions for monitoring the concentrations of potentially

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emplosive gas mixtures in the augmented offgas treatment system. The OPERABILITY and use of this instrumentation is consistent with the requirements of General Design Criteria 60, 63, 4

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and 64 of Appendix A to 10 CPR Part 50 I

In the event no flow rate measurement device is operable on a gaseous stream, alternative 24-hour estimates are adequate since the system design is constant flow and loss of flow is 1

j alarmed in the control room.

j 3.21.B & 4.21.8 LIOUID EFFLUENTS j

3.21.3.1 & 4.21.B.1 Concentration This specification is provided to ensure that the concentration of radioactive materials l

released in liquid waste effluents from the site to unrestricted areas will be less than the

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concentration levels specified in 10 CFR Part 20.1302. This limitation provides additional assurance that the levels of radioactive materials in bodies of water outside the site will not result in exposures within (1) the Section IV.A guides on technical specifications in j

Appendix I,10 CF2 Part 50, for an individual and (2) the limits of 10 CFR Part 20.1301 and l 20.1302(b)(2)(i) to the population. The concentration limit for noble gases is based upon 4

I the assumption char Xe-135 is the controlling radioisotope and its MFC in air (submersion) l was converted to an equivalent concentration in water using the methods described, in International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publication 2.

Since SERVICE WATER is not a normal or expected source of significant radioactive release, i

routine samplig, and monitoring for radioactivity is precautionary. An activity concentra-4 tion of 3 x 10 pCi/ml in SERVICE WATER effluent is diluted in the discharge canal to about !

l 1.51 of the 10 CPR 20 Appendix B Table 2 Column 2 concentration with only one circulating i

water pump operating. During normal Station operation the dilution would be even greater.

Sy monitoring SERVICE WATER effluent continuously for radioactivity and by confirmatory j

sempling weekly, reasonable assurance that its activity concentration can be kept to a small fraction of the 10 CFR Part 20.106 limit and within the Specification 3.21.B.2.a limit is provided.

1 By monitoring SERVICE WATER continuously and liquid radweste continuously during discharge !

I with the monitor set to alarm or trip before the limit specified in 10 CFR 20.1302 is l

exceeded, reasonable assurance of compliance with Specification 3.21.B.1.2 is provided.

Verification that radioactivity in liquid effluent averaged only a small fraction of the concentration limit is provided by calculations demonstrating compliance with Specifica-j tion 3.21.B.2.a.

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3.21 & 4.21 RASES (Cont'd) i 3.21.5 & 4.21.8 LIOUID EFFIEENTS (Cont'd) 3.21.B.1 & 4.21.B.1 Concentration (Cont'd)

Compliance with 10CFR Part 20.1302 implies that the concentration limit represented by l 10cm Part 20, Appendix B, Table 2 will be met within a suitable and reasonable averaging time for assessing compliance. That averaging time is dependent upon the resolving time of the measurements or estimates which are used to evaluate compliance. Assessment of compliance is done by sampling and analysis according to specification 4.21.B.1.2, by estimating or measuring the maximum release flow and the minimum dilution flow coincident during the period of release represented by the sample, and by computing the concentration as a fraction of the limit in the UNRESTRICTED area periodically on the basis of these l l

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3.21.B.2 & 4.21.B.2 Linuld Dose J

Specifications 3.21.B.2, 3.21.C.2 and 3.21.C.3 implement the requirements of 10 cm i

Part 50.36a and of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I, Section IV.

These specifications state LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION (LCO) to keep levels of radioactive materials in IRR l l

effluents as low as is reasonably achievable. Compliance with these specifications will also keep average releases of radioactive material in effluents at small percentages of the limits specified in 10 cm Part 20.1301. SurveillanceRequirementsprovideforthel measurement of releases and calculation of doses to verify compliance with the 3

Specifications. Action statements in these Specifications implement the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.36(c)(2) and 10 cm Part 50, Appendix I,Section IV.A in the event an 140 is not met.

Annual dose limitations stated in Specifications 3.21.B.2, 3.21.C.2, and j

3.21.C.3 are not strict limits as used elsewhere in the Technical Specifications (are not an immediate safety concern) but do obligate NPPD to take the applicable reporting action required in specifications 3.21.B.2.b, 3.21.C.2.b, or 3.21.C.3.b.

10 cm Part 50 contains two distinctly separate statements of requirements pertaining to

,L effluents from nuclear power reactr.rs. The first concerns a description of equipment to j

maintain control over radioactive materials in effluents, determination of design obj ectives, and means to be employed to keep radioactivity in effluents A1 ARA.

This requirement is stated in Part 50, Section 34a and Appendix I,Section II.

Appendix I,Section III stipulates that conformance with the guidance on design objectives be demonstrated by calculations (since demonstration is expected to be prospective).

The other is a requirement for developing LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION in technical l j

specifications. It is stated in 10 cm Part 50, Section 36a and Appendix I,Section IV.

i Both the intent of the Commission and the requirement are clearly stated in the opinion

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of the Commission;y relevant paragraphs from that document follow:

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Section 50.36a(b) of 10 cm Part 50 provides that licensees shall be guided by certain considerations in establishing and implementing operating procedures specified in technical specifications which take into account the need for operating flexibility and at the saae time ensure that the licensee will exert his best efforts to keep levels of radioactive materials in effluents as low as practicable.

The Appendix I that we adopt provides more specific guidance to licensees in this respect.

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3.21 & 4.21 RASES (Cont'd) i 3.21.C & 4.21.C CASEDUS EFFLUENT $

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3.21.C.1 & 4.21.C.1 Concentration Specification 3.21.C.1.a is included to assure that a measure of control is provided over the concentration of radionuclides in air leaving the exclusion area. Radioactive noble gases are monitored by instruments that provide a measure of release rate and cause 4

automatic alarm when t%e ni.ble gas concentration OFFSITE is expected to exceed the dose l rate specified in 3.'.1.C.1.a.

With prompt action-to reduce the radioactive noble gas i

concentration in of/.luent foliwing alarm initiation, it can be maintained at a small fraction of the annwl limit. TM specified release rate limits restrict the correspond-ing gamma and beta. lose rates above hackground to an individual at or beyond the exclusion area boundary to f, 500 aresVyear to the total body or to s; 3000 mrea/ year to the skin.

Radiciodines and radionuclides in particulate form are sampled with integrating samplers that permit assessment of the average release rate during each sample collection period.

By complying with Specifications 3.21.C.2 and 3.21.C.3 the average OFFSITE concentration will be maintained at a small fraction of the 10 CFR Part 20.1302(b)(2)(i) concentration I

limit.

i 3.21.C.2 & 4.21.C.2 Noble Cases Assessments of dose required by Specifications 4.21.C.2 and 4.21.C.3 to verify compliance with Appendix I,Section IV is based on measured radioactivity in gaseous effluent and on calculational methods stated in the ODAM.

Pathways of exposure and location of 1

individuals are selected such that the dose to a nearby resident is unlikely to be underestimated. Dose assessment methodology described in the ODAM for gaseous affluent i

will be consistent with the methodology in Regulatory cuides 1.109 and 1.111. Cumulative j

and projected assessments of dose made during a quarter are based on historical average, or reference (the same period of record used in the design objective Appendix I evaluation) atmospheric conditions.

Assessments made for the annual radiological environmental report will be based on quarterly and annual averages of atmospheric I

conditions during the period of release.

The bases for Specifications 3.21.C.2 and 4.21.C.2 are also discussed in the bases for j

Specifications 3.21.B.2 and 4.21.B.2.

i 3.21.C.3 & 4.21.C.3 leline and Particulates The bases for Specifications 3. 21. C. 3 and 4. 21. C. 3 are discussed in the bases for i

specifications 3.21.B.2 and 4.21.B.2.

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j' In lieu of the " control device" or " alarm signal" required by paragraph 20.1601 of 10 CFR Part 20, each high radiation area in which the

- deep dose equivalent in excess of 100 area but less than 1000 mrom in one j

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• shall be barricaded (barricade will impede physical movement across the entrance or access to the high radiation area; i.e., doors, yellow and i

j magenta rope, turnstile) and conspicuously posted as a high radiation area and entrance thereto shall be controlled by requiring issuance of a Special s

l Work Fermit (SWP)**.

Any individual or group of individuals permitted to enter such areas shall be provided with or accompanied by one or more of the j

following:

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A monitoring device which continuously indicates the radiation dose i

rate in the area.

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A monitoring device which continuously integrates the radiation dose in j

the area and alarms when a preset integrated dose is received. Entry into such areas with this monitoring device may be made after the dose j

rates in the area have been established and personnel have been made j

knowledgeable of them.

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A radiation protection qualified individual (i.e., qualified in radia-tion protection procedures), with a dose rate monitoring device, who is

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the area and shall perform periodic dose rate monitoring at the fra-t quency specified by Hesith Physics supervision.

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i In addition to the requirements of the above specification, areas accessible to personnel with dose rates such that a major portion of the body could receive in 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> a deep dose equivalent in excess of 1000 ares

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i provided with locked doors to prevent unauthorized entry. Doors shall remain locked except during periods of access by personnel under an approved SWP which shall specify the dose rates in the immediate work area. For individual high radiation areas accessible to personnel that are located within large areas, such as the containment, or areas where no enclosure exists for purposes of locking and no enclosure can be reasonably constructed around the individual areas, then that area shall be barricaded and conspicuously posted. Area radiation monitors that have been set to i

slarm if radiation levels increase, provide both a visual and an audible signal to alert personnel in the area of the increase.

These monitors may j

be used to meet specification 6.3.A.1 provided that the dose rates and alarms have been established by radiation protection personnel.

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or continuous surveillance, direct or remote (such as use of closed circuit TV cameras), may be made by personnel gus11fied in radiation protection procedures to provide additional positive exposure control over the i

activities within the area.

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• Measurement made at 12 inches from source of radiation.

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• • Radiation protection personnel or personnel escorted by radiation protection personnel shall be exempt from the SWP issuance requirement during the performance of their assigned duties, provided they are otherwise i

following plant radiation protection procedures for entry into high radiation areas.

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64.2.G (cont'd) usage evaluation pfor the conditions defined in the design specifica-r the ASME Soiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III was performed 1

tion. The locations to be monitored shall be:

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The feedwater nozzles b.

The shall at or near the waterline c.

The flange studs 2.

Monitoring, Recording, Evaluating, and Reporting a.

Operational transients that occur during plant operations will, at least annually, be reviewed and compared to the transient condi-tions defined in the component stress report for the locations listed in 1 above, and used as a basis for the existing fatigue analysis.

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The number of transients which are comparable to or more severe than the transients evalueted in the stress report code fatigue usage calculations will be recorded in an operating log book. For those transients which are more severe, available data, such as the metal and fluid temperatures, pressures, flow rates, and other conditions will be recorded in the log book.

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The number of transient events that exceed the design specifica-tion quantity and the number of transient events with a severity greater than that included in the existing Code fatigue usage calculations shall be added. When this sua exceeds the predicated 1

number of design condition events by twenty-five, a fatigue usage evaluation of such events will be performed for the affected portion of the RCPB.

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Records of current individual plant staff members showing qualifications and the completion of training.

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Records for Environmental Qualification which are covered under the provi-sions of Specification 6.3.

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Records of the service lives of all hydraulic and mechanical snubbers noted i

in 3.6.H.1, including the date at which the service life commences and

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associated installation and maintenance records.

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See paragraph N-415.2, ASME Section III,1965 Edition.

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The Code rules permit exclusion of twenty-five (25) stress cycles from secondary stress and fatigue usage evaluation.

(See paragraphs N-412(t)(3) and N-417.10(f) of the Summer 1968 Addenda to ASME Section III,1968 Edition.)

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A tabulation on an annual basis of the number of station, utility and other personnel (including contractors) receiving exposures greater than 100 ares /yr and their associated man rem exposure j

according to work and job functiona, e.g., reactor operations and l l

surveillance, inservice inspection, routine maintenance, special i

maintenance (describe maintenance), waste processing, and refueling. The dose assignment to various duty functions may be j

estimates based on pocket dosimeter, 71D, or film badge measure-ments. Small exposures totaling less than 20% of the individual total dose need not be accounted for. In the aggregate, at least 80% of the total whole body dose received from external sources shall be assigned to specific major work functions.

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A summary description of facility changes, tests or experiments in accordance with the requirements of 10CFR50.59(b). This report may be submitted annually or along with the Updated Safety I

Analysis Report (UFSAR) updates as required by 10CFR50.71(e).

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Documentation of all challenges to relief valves or safety valves.

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Monthly Doeratina Reoort j

Routine reports of operating statistics, shutdown experience, and a narrative summary of operating experience relating to safe operation of the facility, shall be submitted on a monthly basis *to the individual l

designated in the current revision of Reg. Cuide 10.1 no later than the tenth of each month following the calendar month covered by the report.

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Annual Radiolorical Environmental Recorg j

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Routine radiological environmental reports covering the surveil-lance activities related to the Station operation during the previous calendar year shall be submitted to the NRC before May 1 of each year.

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The Annual Radiological Environmental Report shall include the following:

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A summary of doses to a MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OFFSITE due to

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Cooper Nuclear Station aqueous and airborne radioactive effluents, calculated in accordance with methods compatible with the ODAM.

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A summary of the results of the land use census required in i

specification 4.21.F.2.

2 This tabulation supplements the requirements of $20.2206 of 10CFR Part 20.

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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO.174 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-46 NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT COOPER NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET NO. 50-298

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1 By letter dated June 14, 1993, as supplemented by letter dated April 12, 1994, Nebraska Public Power District (the licensee) submitted a request for changes to the Cooper Nuclear Station, Technical Specifications (TSs). The requested changes would revise the TSs to include wording consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20, and delete the TSs governing miscellaneous radioactive material sealed sources. The April 12, 1994, letter provided clarifying information that did not change the initial proposed no significant hazards consideration determination or expand the scope of the original Federal Registar Notice.

2.0 EVALUATION The licensee has revised the TSs to include wording that is consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Aaainst Radiation, and will retain the same overall level of effluent control required to meet the design objectives of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50.

The proposed TS changes and evaluations follow:

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Technical Specification 1.0.Z.C DEFINITIONS 1

The licensee has proposed to change the definition of Member of the l-Public to conform to the wording in 10 CFR 20.1003.

i The change implements the revised 10 CFR Part 20 definition and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification 3.21.B.I.a (TS page 216x)

The licensee has proposed to replace the reference "20.106" with

• 20.1302".

D e change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 section number and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification Table 4.21.B.1 (TS page 216z)

The licensee has proposed to replace the term "MPC value" with " values."

i Also, to replace the reference " Table II" with " Table 2."

The changes incorporate the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 references and are acceptable.

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Technical Specification Table 4.21.C.1 (TS page 216a8)

The licensee has proposed to replace the term "MPC value" with " values."

The licensee has also proposed to change the reference " Table 11" with

" Table 2."

The changes incorporate the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 i

references and are acceptable.

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BASES sections 3.21.B.1 and 4.21.B.1 (TS page 216a21)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to "10 CFR Part 20.1302" in all locations where 10 CFR Part 20.106 is referenced. The licensee has also proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106(e)" to "10 CFR Part 20.1301 and 20.1302(b)(2)(1)."

The changes incorporate the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 references and are acceptable.

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BASES sections 3.21.B.1 and 4.21.B.1 (TS page 216a22)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to i

"10 CFR Part 20.1302(b)(2)(1)."

i The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 l

reference and is acceptable.

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BASES sections 3.21.B.2 and 4.21.8.2 (TS page 216a22)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to "10 CFR Part 20.1301."

The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 1

reference and is acceptable.

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Technical Specification 3.21.C.1 and 4.21.C.1 (TS page 216a26)

I The licensee has proposed to change the reference "10 CFR Part 20.106" to "10 CFR Part 20.1302(b)(2)(1)."

f The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 reference and is acceptable.

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The licensee has proposed to change the reference " paragraph I

20.203(c)(2)" to " paragraph 20.1601."

i The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 i

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reference and is acceptable.

10. Tec5nical Specification 6.3.A (TS page 226) t j

The licensee has proposed to replace the phrase " dose rate is greater...

j 1000 mres/hr*" with " deep than 1000 area in one hour (ose equivalent in excess of 100 arem but less i

The licensee has also proposed to change i

i the term " dose greater than" with the term " deep dose equivalent in j

excess of."

The changes are consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20 and are j

acceptable.

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11. Technical Specification 6.3.A (TS page 226)

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The licensee has proposed to change the footnote to read " Measurement i

made at 12 inches from source of radiation." The previous distance was 18 inches.

10 CFR 20.1601(a)(1) specifies a measurement distance of 30 cm. While a measurement distance of 12 inches is marginally greater than 30 cm, the difference is negligible when considering the degree of accuracy commonly available when performing dose rate measurements in the field.

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use of inches versus conversion to centimeters maintains consistency with j.

the remainder of the TSs and is acceptable.

l The change is consistent with the revised 10 CFR Part 20 and is acceptable.

12. Technical Specification 6.5.1.C (TS page 231)

The licensee has proposed to change the reference in footnote 1 from "20.407" to "20.2206."

j The change incorporates the corresponding revised 10 CFR Part 20 section number and is acceptable.

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13. Technical Specifications 3.8, 4.8, 6.4.3, and 6.5.1.C.3 The licensee has proposed to delete TSs (Section 3/4.8, associated Bases section, and applicable administrative controls) governing miscellaneous radioactive material sealed sources. The provisions of the TSs will be i

relocated.to the Cooper Nuclear Station procedure 9.5.2.

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These TSs specify limitations on fixed contamination for sources receiring leak testing, and state that sealed sources containing racloactive material shall be free of a specified removable contamination. The TSs require that if the removable contamination exceeds limitations, the sealed source shall be withdrawn from service, decontaminated and repaired, or disposed of.

The limitations expressed in these TSs do not impact reactor operation, do not identify a parameter which is an initial condition assumption for a design basis accident or transient, do not identify a significant abnormal degradation of the reactor coolant pressure boundary and do not provide any mitigation of a design basis event.

The licensee has based the proposed changes on guidance provided in NUREG-1433, " Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4", which does not contain any TSs addressing the testing.of radioactive sealed sources. The licensee has committed to control the testing and records retention requirements for the sealed sources in accordance with their station procedure 9.5.2, " Radioactive Source Control and Accountability."

Based on the above, the changes are acceptable.

3.0 STATE CONSULTATION

In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Nebraska State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official had no comment.

4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION

The amendment changes a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20 and changes surveillance requirements. The NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no i

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significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released L

offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative i

occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously issued a pro-posed finding that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration l

and there has been no public comment on such finding (58 FR 46237).

Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical 1xclusion' set forth in 10 CFR Section 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR l

51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be j.

prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.

5.0 CONCLUSION

The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:

(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the

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. activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

Principal Contributor:

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