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Exemption from Schedular Requirements of 10CFR50.48(c)(4) Re Alternative Shutdown Capability.Deadline Extended to End of 1986 Refueling Outages
ML20129A889
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Site: Farley, 05000000
Issue date: 10/04/1984
From: Case E
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ALABAMA POWER CO.
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FOIA-84-930 NUDOCS 8506050012
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of 'I Docket Nos. 50-348 l . and 50-364 ll '

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY (Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Unit Nos. I and 2)

EXEMPTION I.

The Alabama Power Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8 which authorize operation of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nos. 1 and 2. These licenses provide, among other things, that they are subject to all rules, regulations and orders of the Comissicn now or hereafter in effect.

The facilities comprise two pressurized water reactors (PWR) at the licensee's site located near the City of Dothan, Alabama.

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Section 50.48(c)(4) of 10 CFR Part 50 requires a licensee to complete, if

- necessary, the alternative shuto1wn capability at a nuclear power plant

~according to the schedule detailed in the rule. The schedule in the rule calls for installation to be complete before startup after the earliest of the following ev.ents comencing 180 days or more after NRC approval of the design of the alternative shutdown capability:

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(1) the first refueling outage; (2) a planned outage lasting 60 days or more; or (3) an unplanned outage lasting 120 days or more.

By letter dated August 26, 1983, the NRC staff transmitted a Safety Evaluation related to Fire Protection to the licensee for the facilities infonning the licensee that their proposed design for fire protection of safe shutdown capability was in compliance with Items III.G.3 and III.L of .

Appendix R with one exception. To complete compliance, the licensee was required to connit to resolution of this exception. The licensee responded by i

letter datad September 28, 1983 and made such a connitment.

r On the basis of 10 CFR 50.48(c)(4), the licensee is required to complete installation of alternative shutdown capability before startup after the

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earliest of three kinds of outag'es connencing six months or more after issuance of the NRC FNe Protection Safety Evaluation which was dated August 26, 1983. The refueling outage of April 1985 is the earliest such outage for >

Unit 1 and the outage of January 1985 is the earliest such outage for Unit 2.

Section 10 CFR 50.48(c)(4) requires completion of the alternative shutdown capability before startup from these refueling outages.

i In a submittal dated June 18, 1982, supplemented by letters dated July 1

- and November 3,1982 September 28, 1983, and May 15, July 27, and August 6, i 1984, the licensee requested an exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 50.48(c)(4) which would extend the deadlines for installation of f certain portions of the alternate shutdown systems for Units 1 and 2 from the end of the 1985 refueling outages to the end of the 1986 refueling outages.

The proposed exemption is needed since the licensee has indicated that the installation and verification of the alternative shutdown system cannot be ,

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7590-01 completed on the schedule stated in 10 CFR 50.48(c)(4) for the following reasons:

(1) Final design and procurement activities were initiated upon receipt of NRC approval of the alternate shutdown system design on August 26, 1983.

(2) Procurement lead times for some needed equipment (e.g., signal converter cards) is about 48 weeks.

(3) Installation work inside containment requiring plant shutdown would take about four weeks, barring field problems, out of the five weeks outage schedule. Thus, two outages are needed for system completion and verification.

By letter dated July 27. 1984, the licensee described the compensatory measures taken to provide an acceptable level of alternative shutdown capability until the final portions of the alternate shutdown system are installed. For a control room or cable spreading room fire, certain systems changes would be delayed by the schedular extension.,Thus, the licensee has described interim shutdown measures which will be implemented to provide a means of maintaining Hot Standby and eventually Cold Shutdown following a fire in the control room or cable spreading room. These measures will be utilized

, until the modifications to comply with 10 CFR 50 Appendix R, Section III.G.3 are completed. These interim measures and plant procedures will outline the necessary repairs and manual operations, and will include the identification and location of material necessary for temporary interconnections or jumpers In most cases, operation of valves to provide 125 VDC power, if needed.

manually and racking out certain circuit breakers are the only temporary measures needed.

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Based on the above, the staff has concluded that the licensee has W provided acceptable interim post-fire shutdown capabilities for a fire in khe ,

control room or cable spreading room to support the requested schedular exemption. Therefore, the staff has concluded that schedular exemption should be granted.

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Accordingly, the Comission has detennined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), an exemption as requested by the licensee's letter of June 18, 1982, supplemented July 1 and November 3,1982, September 28, 1983, and May 15, July 27, and August 6,1984, is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public ,,

t interest. The Commission hereby grants an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.48(c)(4) to extend the deadline for- completion of alternative shutdown capability at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 until the end of the 1986 refueling outages for each Unit..

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the issuance of the exemption will have no significant impact on the environment (49 FR 38210).  ;

i This Exemption is effective upon issuance. l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Edson G. Case, Acting Director '

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland I this 4th day of October 1984 '

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August 24, 1984 Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 Mr. J. W. Williams , Jr. , Vice President Nuclear Energy Department Florida Power and Light Company Post Office Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408

Dear Mr. Williams:

The Comission has issued the enclosed Amendment No.105 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-31 and Amendment No. 99 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-41 for the Turkey Point Plant Units Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. The amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications in response to your application transmitted by letter dated September 12, 1983, as modified on October 26, 1983.

These amendments delete the non-radiological Environmental Technical Specifications in Appendix B which address the groundwater monitoring program and environmental protection limits.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Comission's next regular monthly Federal Register notice.

Sincerely.

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Daniel G. Mcdonald, Jr., Project Manager Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Licensing

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No.105 to OPR-31
2. Amendment No. 99 to DPR-41
3. Safety Evaluation cc: w/ enclosures See next page l >l YY pr o' s

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J. W. Williams, Jr. _ Turkey Point Plants ,

Florida Power and Light Company Units 3 and 4 a

cc: Harold -F. Reis. Equire Administrator -

Lowenstein, Newman, Reis and Axelrad Department of Environmental

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Regulation Suite 1214 Power Plant Siting Section Washington, DC .20036 _ State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations Tallahassee, Florida 32301 660 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 33130 James P. O'Reilly Regional Administrator, Region !!
Norman' A. Coll, Esquire U.S Nuclear Regulatory Comission Steel, Hector and Davis Suite 2900 1400 Southeast First National 101 Marietta Street Bank Building Atlanta, GA 30303 ,

Miami, Florida 33131 .

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. 1131 N.E. 86th Street 4 Mr. Ken N. Harris, Vice President Miami, Florida 33138 Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company Joette Lorion.

, P.O. Box 013100 7269 SW 54 Avenue Miami, Florida 33101 ,

Miami, Florida 33143 Mr. M. R. Stierheim Mr. Chris J. Baker, Plant Manager County Manager of Metropolitan Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Dade County Florida Power and Light Company -

Miami, Florida - 33130

  • P.O. Box 013100 Miami, Florida 33101 Resident Inspector Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Post Office Box 57-1185 4

Miami, Florida 33257-1185

! Regional Radiation Representative

[ _ EPA Region IV 345 Courtland Street, N.W.

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Mr. Jack Shreve Office of the Public Counsel -

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