ML20128P677
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| Site: | Mcguire, McGuire, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1983 |
| From: | Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| FOIA-84-794 TAC-52163, TAC-52164, NUDOCS 8506030608 | |
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9 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY DOCKET N05. 50-369 AND 50-37d NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND PROPOSED N0 SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATIONS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issu-ance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, issued to Duke Power Company (the licensee), for operation of the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. These amendments were requested by the. licensee in a letter dated August 2,1983.
The amenhent would change Technical Specification 3.7.6 to pemit changing
.between modes 5 (cold shutdos) and 6 (re' fueling)~ with the Control Area Ventilation Systems inoperable. These systems assure that the control room remains habitable after postulated accidents. Operation in either zode 5 or mode 6 is already per-mitted with these systems inoperable. Due to the general provisions of Technical Specification 3.0.4, however, operability of the Control Area Ventilation Systems is required during the transition between mode 5 and mode 6.
This amendment would eliminate this unnecessary requirement.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendrents, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed detemination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the g 60 g 8 B41100 ADAT084-794 PDR
' 7590-01 proposed amendments would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or. (2) create the possibility of s new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
Since the Control Area Ventilation Systems are designed to mitigate the con-sequences of an accident and have no effect on cause mechanisms, the proposed amend-ment to Technical Specification 3.7.6 would not involve a significant increase in the probability of an accident previously evaluated. The consequences of such accidents would not be significantly increased nor would safety margins be signifi-cantly reduced because operation in either mode with the systems inoperable is already pemitted. The proposed amendment would not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident than previously evaluated since the Control Area Ventila-tion Systems cannot cause an, accident to occur,and.their pemitted operation in either mode is not changed.
Based on the foregoing, the Commission proposes to detemine.that this pro-posed license amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed detemination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publicqion of this notice will be considered in making any final detemination. The Commission will not l
nomally make a final detemination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Comments should be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,-D.C. 20555, Attn: Docketing and Service Branch.
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, 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 par-ticipate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to l
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4 7590-01 intervene. Requests for hearings and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Prdctice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If requests for hearings or petitions for leave to intervene are filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the requests and/or petitions 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 52.714, 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 factors:x (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 l
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 j
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 proceed-j ing, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described l
above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference j
scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to
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intervene which must include a list of the contentior.s which are sought to be liti-gated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable t
specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amend-ment 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 pemitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, sutdect 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.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final detemination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final. determination is that the amendment request involves no signifi-cant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
If the final detemination is that the amendment' involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Nomally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derat-ing or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the. expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determin-ation is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final detemination will consider all public and State comments received. Should the Com-
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. 7590-01 mission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for oppor-tunity for a hearing after issuance.
The Commission bxpects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 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 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 end ~ ' age number of this FE'DERAL REGISTER p
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, North Carolina 28242, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supple-mental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a deter-mination 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 bala'ncing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
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' 7590-01 For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amend-ments which is-available for public inspection at the' Commission'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.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 7 day of December 1983.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4
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-DOCKET NO. 50-328 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AM.ENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS-CONSIDERATION DETERMINATIONS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING
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The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issu-ance of ' amendments to Facility Operating License No. DPR-79 issued to Tennessee
" alley Authority (the licensee), for operation of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant,' Unit 2, located in Hamilton Cou.nty, Tennessee.
C e amendment based on licensee letter dated 6/16/83, would delay by approxi-cately 12 months the completion of four items identified in the Sequoyah Unit 2 license.
The licensee cannot complete the four items within the planned 74 day cutace for refueling and maintenance that began on July 15, 1983, and maintain a
-igh cegree of qualit.v of the other scheduled work as well as. the safety of Unit 1 that will be operating during the Un,it 2 outage.
The manpower levels during the outage period were reviewed to assure that maximum trades and labor personnel
.li-its had been properly established and-that priorities of work were consistent with the overall requirements for safe plant operations.
All delayed items are to be completed prior to restart after the second reload on Unit 2..
Compensatory neasures have been taken such that the delays involve no significant hazards -
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The items are:
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A post accident sampling system is required that has the capability to promptly obtain and perform radioisotopic and chemical analysis l
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stations and interim procedures have been established to provide an acceptable level of primary coolant system activity measure-ments in the unlikely event' a degraded core condition should.
occur.
(b) Additional instrumentation is required that will accomplish
. particulate, iodine and noble gas monitoring inside containment during the course of an accident.
Procurement of high range.
monitors for in-containment usage delayed the completion of the system design with the effect of delaying installation of equip-ment by the end of the current outage period.
Interim acceptable measures are in Effect whereby out-of-containment monitors are utilized to provide an adequate correlation of the outside con-tainment radiation readings with in-containment radiation levels that are 'po'ssible during the course of an accident.
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Additional instrumentatid'n or'contrdis are required to supplement
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A reactor vessel level indicator needs to be installed.
The reactor vessel level indicator and its associated instrumentation is part of the inadequate core cooling detection system that are being
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An important-aspect of this ' item is the emergency-procedures.
. for.the utilization of the system and the training of operators.
Procedures, and traini.ng ar'e expected to be-comp 4eted. at the time of-the installation of-the Sequoyah reactor vessel level indicator.
. Additional procedures are needed for Sequoyah since this plant,has an
.' upper head injection system which does not exist for most Westinghouse -
pl ants.
Important elements 'of the. inadequate core cooling detection system are already instal. led and operational which provide a satisfac-tory level of detection for the interim period.. These are the primary coolant saturation-monitors and the backup ' displays of the incore thermocouple temperature readouts up to the high temperatures that could occur during an accident.
~ (d) Upgrading the emergency support facilities is required in order to t
fully comply with guidelines established by the NRC.
The Technical Support Center (TSC) is operational and it-has the same habitability requirements as the main control room with adequate; communications and data; input for handling emergency situations.
The safety parameter display system has not been --installed in the main con-trol _ room; the TSC will not receive this type of improved data. input until the installation of the system is complete. The'~TSC facilities continue to be adequate.for full power operations.-
.o Anoiber amendment would change the techncial specifications for Unit 2 to accom-:
- modate cycle 2 fuel reload operations 'and other improvements to plant. operations.
For,this reload, sixty-eight new fuel assemblies will replace spent fuel from the SP' 7
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Tne new assemblies are the same as the assemblies in place, except for minor grid modifications to minimize interactions of ' grid spacing during fuel nandling. Also some new burnable absorber rods will be utilized in cycle 2 that
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have been previously' accepted for use 35 oth'er n'ucle'ar pla"n't's.A's 'p' art 'of th'is fuel reload a number of technical. specification changes to improve plant operations are also requested, which were considered and found acceptable for Unit i operations.
Consideration will also be gived for changing the limits on the upper and lower com-partment temperatures (based on new LOCA analysis), removing operating restrictions on control rod operations, and adding requirements on the hydrogen control system.
Limiting conditions for purge supply and exhaust lines will be considered at' a later time.. This amendment was requested in the licensee's application for amendment dated July 1,1953.
Another amendmant would change the Unit 2 Technical Specifications regarding the testing of. containment protective fuses from a destructive type of testing to visual inspection.
Every 18 months,10". of the protective fuses are to be tested to ensure :neir integrity.
At' Sequoyah there are three types of protective fuses:
6900 ~and 480 volt fuses. crimped inline and 480 volt fuses located in clip type holders.
Removal of the fuses for testing may. compromise cable and holder integrity.
Unit 1 Technical Specifications have been modified to pennit visual inspection.
This amendment was requested in the licensee's application for amendment dated July 27,1983.
Before issuance of the propohed license amendments, the C'ommission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed detennination that the amendment requests
- involve no significant hazards consideration.
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The Commission has provided examples of amendments that are considered not likely to inv'olve -significant hkzards consideration (48 FR 14870).
The amendments on the delayed items and protective fuses ar'e represented by examples 2 and 4; and the' amendment on reload issues by examples 1-4.
The requested amendments are represented by one'of those below:
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A change resulting from a nuclear reactor core reloading, if no fuel
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assemblies significantly different from those found previously accept-able to the NRC for a previous core at the facility in question are involved.
This assumes that no significant changes are made to the accestance criteria for the technical specifications, that the analytical methods used to demonstrate confomance with the technical specifications and regulations are not significantly changed, and that NRC nas previously found scch methods acceptable.
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A change which either may result in some increase to the probability
-or consequences of a previously ' nalyzed accident or may reduce in a
some way a safety margin, but.where the results of the change are-
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clearly within~ all acceptable criteria with respect to the system-or component specified in the Standard Review Plan: for example, a change resulting from the application of a small refinement of a previously used ~ calculational model or ' design method.
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' relief granted upon demonstration of acceptab1e operation from an operating restr,iction that was impo:;ed because acceptable opera-ting restriction and the criteria to be applied to a request for relief have been established in a. prior review and that it is justified in a satisfactory way that the criteria have been inet, A change which either bay ' result in some increase to the probability 4.
or consequences of a previously analyzed accident or may reduce in some way a safety margin, but where the results of the change are clearly within all acceptable criteria with respect to the system or ccmponent specified in the Standard Review Plan.
The Co mission is seeking public comments on these proposed detenninations.
Any connents received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final detenninations. The Commission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Co cents should be addrested to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear
- eculatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attn:
Docketing and Service Branch.
By September 14,1943,the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to partici-tate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to inter-Requests for hearings and p'etitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in vene.
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If requests for hearings or petitions.for leave to intervene are filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety.and Licensing Board, designated by the ' Commission ~or'. tiy the Chairman of the Atomic-Safety.and,Ucensing Board Panel, will rule on the-requests 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 2.71'4, 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 pemitted with particular reference to the following 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 L
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.
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Any cerson 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 iif teen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the pro-ceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements
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specifici ty.
Contentions shall; be, limited to, matters within the scope of the amend-ment under consiceration. 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 pernitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitation 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.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will rcake a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment request-involves no signifi-cant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effe~ctive, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place af ter issuance' o'f the amendment.
If the final determination 's [ hat the ame'ndment involves a significant hazards i
ccasideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amend-ment.
Hormally, the Commission will, not issue the amendment unti,1,the expiration of the 30-day notice period.
However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derat-ing or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment e
,- 7590-01 before trs exoiration of-the 30-day notice period, provid',ed that its final deter-minaticr 's that 'the amendment involves no significant hazar.ds consideration. The
- final ce:trmination vill corisid)r all public,and State co_mme,nts, receive,d.,.1Should the Commission take -this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opper unity for a hearing after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to:t'ake this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Ccomission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commissi:1's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C., by the above da:e.
Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice.
pericd, 't is recuested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 341-5700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Nuder I'37 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
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also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washirc::n, D.C.
20555, and.to Mr. Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Esq., General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 Commerce Avenue, E 118 33, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, a:torney for the licensee..,
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. Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substa'nti'al' showing. of. good cause f.or.the. granting..ok a. late petition and/or request. That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) a'nd 2.714(d).
For further details with rqspect to this action, see the application,'s for amendment which are available fob public inspection at the Commission's Public Docu-ment Room,1717 H Street, H.W., Washington, D.C., and at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library,1001 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401.
Dated at Setnesda, Maryland, this 9th day of August 1983.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (che:D 4h'/o%'"
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DOCKET NO.~50-395 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATIriG LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION A!;D OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-12, issued to South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and. South Carolina Public Service Autnority (the licensees),
for operation of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
Tne amendment would correct an error in the calculations for the predicted hoop tencon base values listed in Technical Specification Tables 4.6-la and 4.6-lb.
Tne error involved. incorrect recording of the ultimate specific creep constant.
The error caused the, base value for e ch noop tendon listed to be from'0 to 7 Kips (< 15) too nigh.
Because th'e values were too high in Tables 4.6-la and 4.6-10, and therefore f'
core conservative, previous testing results are still acceptable.
Four tendon surveil-lance substitutions would also be made.
In order to make the-surveillance more random, tendons D-219 (listed twice) and 36AC would be changed because they were checked during the first s,urveillance conducted prior to startup.
Tendon D-312 would be changed because of a physical interference problem which makes inspection impossible.
This amendment was requested in the licensees' application for amendment dated July 22, 1983.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
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n 7590-01 The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR-50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a riew or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
Tne Commission has provided certain examples (48 FR 14870) of actions likely to involve no significant hazards considerations.
One of these examples relates to a change which may reduce a safety trargin in some way, but where the results of the change are clearly within all acce ble criteria with respect to the component specified in the Standard Review Plan.
The amendment involved here is similar, because it results from correction of a small error (< 1%) in the calculations and changes some Tendons listed for surveillance to make the surveillance more random.
Accordingly, the Commission proposes to determine that this change does not involve
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The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed detennination.
Any comments r.ece,ived within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
The Commission will not normally make a final. determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Comments sh,ould be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attn:
Docketing and Service Branch.
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, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and
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Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceed-o ings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intarvene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on 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 2.714, 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 factors:
(1) the nature of the peti.tioner's right under the Act to be,made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial 3 or other interest in the proceeoing; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the peti-tiener's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject [ natter 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 prio'r 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
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Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amend-i ment 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.
If a ' hearing is requested, the Commission will make a. final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant
-hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effective,
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notwithstanding tne request for a hearing.
Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consid'eration, any hearing held.would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
fiormally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day riotice period.
However, should circumstances change during the notice
-period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derat-ing or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the. license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determin-ation is that the amendment invo.lves no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will consider all public and State comments received.
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the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a-hearing after issuance.
The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the' Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W. Wasnington, 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 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,
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U.S.' Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Randolph R. Mahan, P.O. Box 764, Eolumbia, South Carolina 29218, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitipns, supple-mental ' petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be' entertained absent.a deter-min'a' tion 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 substant.ial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request.
That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).-
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amend-ment which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
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Room.1717. H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the Fairfield County Library, Garden and_ Washington Streets, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29218.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION OUKE POWER COMPANY, ET AL.
DOCKET NO. 50-413 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO
- FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CCNSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S.' Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issu-
-ance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-24, issued to Duke Power Company, et al. (the licensee), for operation of the Catawba Nuclear
. Station, Unit 1 located in York County, South Carolina.
The amendment would change the surveillance gequirement acceptancg criteria for the Auxiliary Feedwater pumps.
Thenewsu(?.sillancerequirementsZs.@egify lower flows at slightly higher pressures.
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Specifications consistent with the values assuihed in the accident analysit, a_nd',
' were requested in the licensee's application for amendment dated July 31, 1984.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the' Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended'(the Act)
.and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission's regula-tions'in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the fac.ility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create-the possibility or a new or different kind of accident from any accident pre-viously evaluated; or-(3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
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9 The proposed amendment does not increase the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated and it does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident. Since tne accident analysis' associated with the Auxiliary Feedwater pumps was done using the proposed values, there is no increase in the associated consequences of previously evaluated accidents.
The proposed acceptance criteria do not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety in that the proposed changes are those used in accident analysis calculations.
The Commission has provided guidance concerning the application of standards of no significant hazards determination by providing certain examples (48 FR 14870).
One of the examples of actions likely-;tg involve no significghafards considerations relates to a change which eithehhay result in some inhirse to y
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in some way a safety margin, but where the results of the change are clearly-within all acceptable criteria with respect to th~e system or component specified in the Standard Review Plan. The amendment involved here is similar in that the results of the changes are clearly within the applicable accident analysis criteria. Accordingly, the Commission proposes to determine.that this change l
does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Comission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
l Any coments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Comission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for l
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Coments should be addressed to the Secretary of the Comission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, ATTN:
Docketing and Service Branch.
By ISEP 19 1984
, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this pro-ceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for Ieave to intervene. Request 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 intervene;_is filed by the above;date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing BoNzi, designated by th' eke &nission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Li,ce ing Board Panel, wil elon r
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and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 52.714, 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 peti-tion should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following 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 with-out 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 peti-tion 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 shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A-@tioner who fails tolfle' such a supplement which satisfies these requirf ts with respect to ha'st I~
one contention will not be permitted to participa. -te;as a party.
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Those permitted to intervene become partie's to the proceeding, subject to any. limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the oppor-tunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the oppor-tunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination l
will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing.
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Normally, the Comission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comission may issue.the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State comments received. Should the Comission.3ake this action,.it g -
publish a notice of issuance and provide for o'phrtunity for a hearinher
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A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be. filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission'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 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; W
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this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the pct.ition should also be sent to the Executive Leg'al Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Willia:a L. Porter, Esq., Duke Power Company, P.O. Box 33189, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amenhed petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for heari'ng will not be entertained
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absent a determination by the Commiss1on, the prt: siding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board deqignated to rule on the petition and/6r request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing o'f good cause for the granting of a late petition a'nd/or request.
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For further details with respect to this' action, see the application *for amendment which is availat.le for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the York County Library, 138 East Black Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730.
th Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 14 day of August 1984.
FOR TEE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
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