ML20137L612

Amend 181 to License DPR-40,revising Section 5.2 of TS to Relocate Controls for Working Hours to Updated Safety Analysis Rept

ML20137L612
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Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	03/27/1997
From:	Wharton L NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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j j NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 300eH001

\**.**[* OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-285 4 FORT CALHOUN STATION. UNIT NO. 1 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No.181 '

License No. DPR-40

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment by the Omaha Public Power District (the licensee) dated November 20, 1996, as supplemented by letters dated February 20, 1997, and March 25, 1997, complies with the  ;

standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations set ,

I forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Comission; C. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (11) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Comission's regulations; D. The issuance of this license amendment will not be inimical to the comon defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Comission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

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2. Accordingly, Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 is amended by changes

.to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 3.B. of Facility Operating License No.

DPR-40 is hereby amended to read as follows:

B. Technical Snecifications i The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as 4 revised through Amendment No.181 , are hereby incorporated in

- the license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

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In addition, the license is amended to add paragraph 3.G to Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 as follows:*

G. Additional Conditions i

i The Additional Conditions contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No. 181, are hereby incorporated into this license. Omaha Public Power District shall operate the facility in accordance with the Additional Conditions.

! 3. The license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall i be implemented as of its date of issuance. Implementation of the license l amendment shall include the relocation of certain technical specification requirements to the appropriate licensee-controlled document as described

in the licensee's application dated November 20, 1996, as supplemented by

letter dated February 20, 1997, and evaluated in the staff's safety

, evaluation attached to this amendment. )

i. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0f911SSION l

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. . Raynard Wharton, Project Nanager  !

Project Directorate JV-2 i Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachments: 1. Changes to the Technical Specifications

2. Pages 4 and 4a to License

3. Appendix B -

Additional Conditions Date of Is: nance: March 27, 1997

• Pages 4 and 4a are attached, for convenience, for the composite license to  ;

reflect this change.

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ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO.181 1 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-40 DOCKET NO. 50-285 Revise Appendix "A" Technical Specifications as indicated below. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the area of change.

REMOVE PAGES INSERT FAGES 5-la 5-la t

5.0 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS

, . S.2 Organization (Continued)

b. An Operator or Technician qualified in Radiation Protection Procedures shall be i

, onsite when fuel is in the reactor.

c. All core alterations shall be directly supervised by either a licensed Senior 2 Reactor Operator or Senior Reactor Operator limited to fuel handling who has no other concurrent responsibilities during the operation.

d. Fire protection program responsibilities are assigned to those positions and/or  ;

groups designated by asterisks in USAR 12.1-1 through 12.1-4 according to the -l procedures specified in Section 5.8 of the Technical Specifmations. l l

e. Administrative procedures shall be developed and implemented to limit the working hours of plant staff who perform safety-related functions. Administrative

procedures shall reflect the personnel whose working hours will be affected.  ;

Shift coverage shall be maintained without routine heavy use of ovenime.  ;

); Deviations from the guidelines shall be authorized in advance by the Depanment ,

Manager, Manager - Fort Calhoun Station, or their designated alternates, or l higher levels of management, in accordance with established procedures and with i documentation of the basis for granting the deviation. Routine deviation from the l administrative guidelines shall not be authorized. l

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Controls shall be included in the procedures such that individual ovenime shall be reviewed monthly by the Depanment Manager, Manager - Fort Calhoun I Station, or their designated alternates, or higher levels of management, to ensure that excessive hours have not been assigned.  ;

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f. The Supervisor - Operations, the Shift Supervisors and Licensed Senior Operators  :

I shall hold a senior reactor operator license. The Licensed Operators shall hold a reactor operator license.

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A. Maximum Power Level Omaha Public Power District is authorized to operate the Fort l Calhoun Station, Unit 1, at steady state reactor core power levels j not to exceed 1500 megawatts thermal (rated power). 1

.B. Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised 5 through Amendment No. , are hereby incorporated in the license.

The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the i Technical Specifications. j C. Security and Safeauards Continaency Plans The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all  !

provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, guard t training.and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans  ;

including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR )

73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 J and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The phns, which contain Safeguards i Information protected undei- 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled: " Fort 1 Calhoun Station Physical Security Plan," with revisions submitted )

through September 30., 1988; " Fort Calhoun Station Guard Training and i Qualification Plan," with revisions submitted through August 17,.

1979; and Fort Calhoun Station Safeguards Contingency Plan," with revisions submitted through Mar 6h 20, 1979. If certain security modifications are delayed beyond expectations of the schedule, approved compensatory measures must be implemented during the transition period.

D. Soent Fuel Pool Modification The licensee is authorized to modify the spent fuel pool as described in the application dated December 7,1992, as supplemented by letters dated March 19, April 28, and May 14, 1993. The modification shall consist of removing the existing racks which have a storage capacity of 729 fuel assemblies and inserting new racks which will have a storage capacity of 1083 fuel assemblies. There shall be 11 free-standing rack modules in a discrete-zone, two-region storage system.

, The Appendix A Technical Specifications shall be effective as follows: j Changes to Specifications 2.8(11) and (12), 4.4.2, and 5.10.3 o

and Figure 2-10, Table 3-5, and the basis for Specification 2.8 shall be effective when the last new rack is installed. l l  !

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i E. License Term  !

1 The license amendment is contingent on the limitations of monitoring l of the long-term load factor to assure that it does not exceed the I assumed value of 0.77, and that a reevaluation of the end of license  !

fluence with ENDF/B-VI cross sections and updated uncertainties will l will not exceed be the performed to assure screening criterion that the program monitoring value of being the RT,1,in place. ,

l F. Fire Protection Proaram l I

Omaha Public Power District shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved Fire Protection Program as described in the Updated Safety Analysis Report for the facility and as approved in the SERs dated February 14, and August 23, 1978, 1 November 17, 1980, April 8, and August 12,1982, July 3, and i November 5,1985, July 1,1986, December 20, 1988, November 14, i 1990, March 17, 1993, and January 14, 1994, subject to the following provision:

Omaha Public Power District may make changes to the approved Fire Protection Program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.

G. Additional Conditions ,

The Additional Conditions contained in Appendix B, as revised through Amendment No.181, are hereby incorporated into this license. Omaha Public Power District shall operate the facility in accordance with the Additional Conditions.

4. This amended license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on August 9, 2013.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original signed by: '

A. Giambusso l

A. Giambusso, Deputy Director for Reactor Projects Directorate of Licensing

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A - Technical Specifications l

2. Appendix B -

Additional Conditions j i

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1 APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-40 Omaha Public Power District shall comply with the following conditions on the schedules noted below:

Amendment Implementation 1 ' Number Additional Condition Date 181 The licensee is authorized to relocate The amendment shall certain technical specification be implemented as requirements to licensee-controlled of its date of documents. Implementation of this issuance.

amendment shall include the relocation of these technical specification requirements to the appropriate documents, .

as described in the licensee's application l dated November 20, 1996, as supplemented j by letters dated February 20, 1997, and March 25, 1997, and evaluated in the staff's safety evaluation dated March 27, 1997.

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