ML20126F579
| ML20126F579 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/1992 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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EAf1TY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NOS. 47 AND 36 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. NPF-76 AND NPF-80 HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY CITY OF AUSTIN.- TEXAS DOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT. UNITS 1 AND 2
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated June 26, 1991, Houston Lighting & Power Company, et.al.,
(the licensee) proposed to incorporate programmatic controls for radiological effluents and radiological environmenta? monitoring in the Admiaistrative Controls section of the Technical Specifications (TS) consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50 s6a, and Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50. At the same time, the licensee )roposed to transfer the procedural details of the Radiological Effluent Tecinical Specifict.tions-(RETS) from the TS to the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM) c" to the Process Control Program (PCP) for solid radioactive wastes as appropriate.
With these changes, the-specifications related.to RETS reporting requirements were simplif ted.
Finally, enanges i: the definitions of the ODCM and PCP were proposed esistent with these change;. Guidance o~n these prooosed changes was provided to all power reactor licensees and applicants by Generic Letter (GL) 89-01 dated January 31, 1989. By letter dated' June 24, 1992, the licensee submitted a revision to their request which retained-the definitions of an UNRESTRICTED AREA and VENTING in the TS. By letter Jated January 24, 1992, the licensee requested a 15-day im)1ementation period following the date of issuance of the license amendment, C1anges were made to the format of some-of the technical specifications submitted by HL&P. These changes were discussed between the NRC staff and HL&P.
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2.0 EVALVATION The licensee's proposed changes to the TS are in accordance with the guidance ptovided in Generic Letter 89-01 and are addressed below.
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The licensee has proposed to incorporate programatic controls for radioactive effluents and radiological environmental monitoring in Specification 6.8.4, ' Procedures and Programs," of the TS as noted in the guidance provided in GL 89-01. The programatic controls ensure that programs are established, implemented, and maintained to ensure that operating procedures are provided to control radioactive effluents consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix 1 to 10 CFR Part 50.
(2) The licensee has confirmed that the detailed procedural requirements addressing Limiting Conditions for Operation, their applicability, remedial actions, associated surveillance requirements, or reporting requirements for the following specifications have been prepared to implement the relocation of these procedural details to the ODCM or PCP, These changes to the ODCM and PCP have been prepared in accordance with the new Administrative Controls in the TS on changes to the ODCM and PCP so that they will be implemented in the ODCH or PCP when this amendment is issued.
SPECIFICATION lilLE 3/4.3.3.10 RADI0 ACTIVE LICUID EFFLUENT MONITORING INSIRUMENTATION 3/4.3.3.11 RADI0 ACTIVE GASEOUS EFFLUENT MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION 3/4.11.1.1 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: LIQUID EFFLUENTS CONCENTRATION 3/4.11.1.2 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: LIQUID E7FLUENTS DOSE 3/4.11.1.3 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: LIQUID EFFLUENTS LIQUID WASTE PROCESSINC SYSTEM 3/4.11.2.1 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: GASE0US EFFLUENTS DOSE RATE 3/4.11.2.2 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: GASE0US EFFLUENTS DOSE - N')BLE GASES 3/4.11.2.3 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: GASEOUS EFFLUENTS DOSE - IODINE-131, 10 DINE-133. TRITIUM, ANG RADIDACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICULATE FORM 3/4.11.2.4 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: GASEOUS EFFLUENTS GASEOUS WASTE PROCESSING SYSTEM 3/4.11.3 RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENTS: SOLID RADI0 ACTIVE WASTES 3/4.11.4 RADIDACTIVE EFFLUENTS: TOTAL DOSE 3/4.12.1 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: MONITORING PROGRAM 3/4.12.2 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING:
LAND USE CENSUS 3/4.12.3 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: INTERLABORATORY COMPARIS0N PROGRAM 6.9.1.3 ANNUAL RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT 6.9.1.4 SEMIANNUAL RADI0 ACTIVE EFFLUENT RELEASE REPORT 6.15 MAJOR CHANGES TO LIQUID, GASE0US, AND SOLID RADWASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS l
. These procedural details that have been removed from the '
-s not required by the Commission's regulations to-be included -1.
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LThey have been prepared for incorporation in the ODCH or PCP upon issuance of this license amendment and may be subsequently changed by the licensee without prior NRC approval.
Changes to the ODCH and PCP are documented and will be retained for the duration of the operating Itcense in accordance with Specification 6.10.3.o.
(3) The licensee has proposed replacing the existing specifications in the Administrative Controls section of the TS for the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, Specification 6.9.1.3; for the Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Report, Specification 6.9.1.4; for the Process Control Program, Specification 6.13; and for the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual, Specification 6.14; with the updated specifications that were provided in GL 89-01.
The following specifications that are included under the heading of Radioactive Effluents have been retained in the TS.
This is in accordance with the guidance of GL 89-01.
SPECIFICATION TITLE 3/4.3.3.11 EXPLOSIVE GAS MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION (Retained existing requirements of this specification) 3/4.11.1.4 LIQUID HOLDUP TANKS 3/4.11.2.5 EXPLOSIVE GAS MIXTURE 3/4.11.2.6 GAS STORAGE TAN:'.S On the basis of the above, the staff finds that the changes included in the proposed TS amendment request are consistent with the guidance provided in GL 89-01.
Because the control of radioactive effluents continues to be limited in accordance with operating procedures.that must satisfy the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50.36a, and:
Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50, the NRC-staff concludes that this change is administrative in nature and there is no impact on plant safety as a consequence. Accordingly, the staff finds the proposed changes aueptable.
3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
in ccordance with the Commissions's regulations, the Texas State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. _The State official had no comments.
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
These amendments involve changes in recordkeeping, reporting, or administrative procedures or program requirements. Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility critaria for categorical exclusion set forth-in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of these amendments.
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5.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable susurance 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 these amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributors:
W. Wayne Heinke, PRP8/DREP Thomas G. Dunning, OTSB/DOEA Scott Flanders, PDIV-2/DRPW Donna Skay, PDIV-2/DRPW Date:
December 21, 1992 l
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