ML20126L855
| ML20126L855 | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 07/22/1985 |
| From: | Hood D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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I UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-369 AND 50-370 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License No. NPF-9 and Facility Operating License No. NPF-17, issued to Duke Power Company (the Ifcensee), for operation of the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
The proposed amendments would change Technical Specifications for McGuire Units 1 and 2 to allow operation at up to 100% rated power without the Upper Head Injection (UHI) Systems. The Specification for the gas pressure to be maintained within the ECCS cold leg injection accumulators would also be increased 155 psi.
By letter dated May 9, 1985, the licensee requested NRC approval of proposed changes associated with UHI systems deletion by cutting and capping of the penetrations at the upper head of the reactor vessel. The letter proposed amendments to delete Technical Specifications requiring UHI system maintenance, surveillance, and leakage verification and to modify Technical Specifications to reflect deletion of UHI related containment penetrations and associated conductor overcurrent protective devices, containment isolation valves, and system piping snubbers. The proposed Technical Specifications would also increase the operable range of the 85080500918507j2 ADOCK 050 39 1 PDR p
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nitrogen gas cover-pressure of the ECCS cold leg injection accumulators from 430 and 484 psig to 585 and 639 psig. The proposed Technical Specifications
. would be changed in a manner which would allow existing specification require-ments to remain in effect until implementation of plant modifications during refueling outages (currently scheduled during the first half of 1986) where-upon the revisions would become effective.
The UHI system performs no function during normal operation but serves to mitigate accidents after they occur. In support of the proposed amendments, the licensee will provide appropriate reanalyses of accidents presented in FSAR Chapters 6 and 15, including large and small break LOCAs,
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steamline breaks, and associated containment analyses. The reanalyses are intended to demonstrate that the change would not result in exceeding operating limits established by 10 CFR 50.46, or other Comission regulations.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
By August 26, 1985, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance.of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to I
intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety l
and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule an the request
,and/or petition and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 62.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following
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factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions
_4 shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washingt-on, D. C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Elinor G. Adensam: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C. 20555, and to Mr. Albert Carr, Duke Power Company, P.O. Box 33189, 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions
supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request. That determination will be based upon a balancing of the fact 0rs specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(11-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further detafis with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated May 9,1985, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. and at the Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC Station), North Carolina 28242.
d Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 22 day of July 1985.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Darl S. Hood, Acting Chief Licensing Branch No. 4 Division of Licensing i
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