ML20134N699
| ML20134N699 | |
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 02/19/1997 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9702240373 | |
| Download: ML20134N699 (3) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR. REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 220 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. OPR-BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. UNIT NO. I i
DOCKET NO. 50-317
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated October 3,1996, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (licensee), requested that the Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 Facility Operating License No. DPR-53 be amended to allow Unit I to receive, possess, and use byproduct, source, or special nuclear material in the same quantities permitted by the Unit 2 license.
2.0 BACKGROUND
During the construction permit stage for a nuclear power plant, each applicant is required to apply for a materials license for materials held by the licensee.
In order to receive, possess, and use byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials, construction permit applicants must apply for separate 10 CFR Part 30, 40, and 70 licenses, respectively. The NRC. issues these licenses with certain restrictions on the form and amount of byproduct, source, and special nuclear material that can be received, possessed and used.
When a plant applies for an operating license, the Part 30, 40, and 70 licenses are incorporated into the more broad 10 CFR Part 50 license for operating reactors. At that time, any restrictions on the form and amount of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials are usually lifted. The reason for lifting these restrictions in the Part 50 license is that the activity levels and quantities of radionuclides originally authorized under the Part 30, 40, and 70 licenses are relatively small when compared to the activity levels and quantities of radionuclides present in the nuclear fuel.
In the case of Calvert Cliffs Unit 1, the Part 30, 40, and 70 licenses were transferred to the operating license without removing the restrictions on the form and amounts of byproduct, source, and special nuclear material permitted.
Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 is licensed under 10 CFR Part 30 to receive, possess, and use 100 millicuries of byproduct material -for sample analysis or-instrument calibration, 500 mil 11 curies of byproduct material in the form of equipment; and 500 millicuries of Sodium-24 for steam turbine acceptance testing.
In addition, Unit 1 is licensed to receive, possess, and use 100 mil 11 curies each of source or special nuclear material under 10 CFR Parts 40 and 70. Ur.it 2 is licensed under 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 to receive, possess, and use, in amounts as required, any byproduct, source, or special nuclear material for sample analysis or instruments calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components.
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Unit 2's license condition 2.B.4.
3.0 EVALUATION The license for Calvert Cliffs Unit 2, which has been in effect for 20 years, was issued without any restrictions concerning the form or amount of byproduct, source, or special nuclear material that could be used for sample i
analysis or instrument calibration, or associated with radioactive apparatus i
or components. The license for Calvert Cliffs Unit 1, which was issued about 2 years before the Unit 2 license, does contain restrictions on the amounts of byproduct, source, and special nuclear material that the licensee can possess and use.
As discussed in the background section above, the operating licenses for most operating plants do not contain any restrictions on the form or amounts of byproduct, source, or special nuclear materials that these plants are permitted to receive, possess, or use.
Such restrictions on operating plants, if they reflect the activity levels and quantities of radionuclides originally authorized under the Part 30, 40, and 70 licenses, may be problematic because such levels and quantities are relatively small when compared to the activity levels and quantities of radionuclides present in the nuclear fuel.
Since Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2 are physically located on the same site, they share the same personnel. The radiation protection staff responsible for radioactive material received onsite, are trained in the handling of all levels of radioactive material for both units. Moreover, procedures used to control the acceptance and use of radioactive material are sufficient to control such material in unrestricted forms or amounts.
Operation of Unit I with the proposed license amendment would not result in any significant difference between the types or amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite from Unit I and the types or amounts of any effluents which may be released offsite from Unit 2.
In addition, operation of Unit I with this license amendment would not result in any significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure beyond that considered in the operation of Unit 2.
Removal' of the restrictions on the Unit I license will permit both units to receive, possess, and use, in amounts as required, any byproduct, source, or special nuclear material for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components.
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< On the basis of the considerations discussed above, the staff finds the licensee's proposed license amendment to change the Unit I provisions for receiving, possessing, and using byproduct, source, and special nuclear material to be consistent with those provisions in Unit 2's license is acceptable.
4.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Maryland State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official had no coments.
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5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendment changes a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Comission has previously issued a proposed finding that the 4
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding (61 FR 57482). Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or i
i environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.
6.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance 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 the amendment will not be inimical to +.he common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor:
C. Hinson Date: February 19, 1997
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