ML20106F628
| ML20106F628 | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 02/01/1985 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8502140033 | |
| Download: ML20106F628 (3) | |
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wAsHtNGTON, D. C. 20555 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE-OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING ANENDMENT NO. 63 AND N0. 47 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. NPF-4 AND NPF-7 VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNITS NO. 1 AND N0. 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-338 AND 50-339 INTRODUCTION By letter dated March 16, 1984 as revised November 21, 1984 the Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee) requested an amendment in the fom of changes to the Technical Specifications (TS) to Facility Operating Licenses No. NPF-4 and No. NPF-7 for the North Anna Power Station, Units No. I and No. 2 (NA-182),respectively.
The amendment request would revise the present NA-1&2 TS to be in conformance with the new Licensee Event Report System as stipulated in Section 50.73 to 10 CFR Part 50 and the immediate notification reouirements for operating nuclear power reactors as provideo in Section 50.72 to 10 CFR Part 50. The new rules became effective January 1,1984 DISCUSSION The Commission's amended regulations clarify criteria and require early reports only in those matters of value.to the exercise of the Commission's responsibilities.
The amended regulations also provide more useful reporting regerding the safety of operating nuclear power plants.
In addition, the Licensee Event Report system establishes a single set of requirements that apply to all operating nuclear power plants.
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The' licensee's proposed changes to the NA-182 TS were prepared with the guidance of-NRC Generic Letter No. 84-43, which requested all licensees to revise their TSs to conform with 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73.
The following changes have been made to the NA-182 TS to be in conformance with the new rules discussed above.
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Throughout the TS, the tem REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE has been revised.to state REPORTABLE EVENT.
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The definition of REPORTABLE EVENT'is specified to read, "A REPORTABLE EVENT shall'be any of those conditions specified in Section 50.73 to 10 CFR Part 50."
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TS 6.9.1.7, 6.9.1.8, and 6.9.1.9 have been deleted (REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE, PROMPT NOTIFICATION WITH WRITTEN. FOLLOWUP,.and THIRTY DAY WRITTEN REPORT) 4.
~The references to TS 6.9.1.7, 6.9.1.8 and 6.9.1.9-(Item 3 above),
.throughout the NA-182 TS have been deleted.
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Reference to Section 50.73 to 10 CFR Part 50 has been'in'serted in the NA-1&2 TS.where. applicable.
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1TS 6.9.1.10, ' 6.9.1.11 and 6'.9.1.12 have' been renumbered 6.9.1.7, 6.9.1.8,
. and 6.9.1.9 because the original. T.S. 6.9.1.7, 6.9.1.8 and 6.9.1.9 have been deleted.
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The NA-182 TS have been revised to reference.TS~6.9.1.10, 6.9.1.11 and 6.9.1.12 as 6.9.1.7, 6.9.1.8, and 6.9.1.9, respectively.
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The.pageinumbers on.Index Page XX for NA-1 and Index Page XVII for NA-2
.h' ave been revised to reflect'the~ deletion of TS 6.9.1.7, 6.9.1.8,'and 6.9.1.9 in Section 6.
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TS 6.5.1'.6a has been revised to have the Station Nuclear Safety and Operating Committee (SNSOC) review all procedures required in TS 6.8.1, 6.8.2 and 6.8.3.
- 10. TS 6.5.1.6f has been revised to have SNSOC review all Reportable-Events I
and Special Reports.
- 11. TS 6.10.1.C has been revised to retain all Reportable Events and Special-Reports for at least five (5) years.
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- 12. TS 6.5.2.7d has been revised to have the Safety Evaluation'-and Control Staff (SEC) review all Violations, Reportable Events and Special-Reports.
t EVALUATION The proposed changes to the TS, as noted above, are in' respons'e to the Connission's new rules specified in -10 CFR 50.72 and 73; and are, therefore,.
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These' amendments relate to changes in.recordkeeping,' reporting or administrative
. procedures or requirements. Accordingly,. these amendments meet ~ the eligibility --
criteria for categorical exclusion set forth_ in 10 CFR.51.22(c)(10). : Pursuant '
to 51.22(b),' no environinental, impact statement or environmental assessment.
need be prepared in. connection with the~ issuance of these amendments.
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CONCLUSION We have concluded,' based on the considerations discussed above, that (1) there
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- is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and the issuance of the amendments will.not be. inimical to common defense and security or to i
the health and safety of the public.
~ Date: February 1,1985 Principal Contributor:
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