ML20137Z050
| ML20137Z050 | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 02/27/1986 |
| From: | Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8603120471 | |
| Download: ML20137Z050 (7) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, ET AL.
DOCKET NOS. 50-338 AND_ 50-339 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING T!.e U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating Licenses No. NPF-4 and No. NPF-7, issued to Virginia Electric and Power Company and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (the licensee), for operation of the North Anna Power Station, Units No. I and No. 2 (NA-I&2) located in Louisa County, Virginia, in accordance with the licensee's appl # cation for amendment dated February 6, 1986.
The proposed changes would revise the NA-182 Technical Specifications (TS), Section 3/4.6.3. Table 3.6-1, Containment Isolation Valves. The pro g d cha es reflect the planned installation of new containment isolation valves in the letdown line of the Charging and Letdown System (CLS).
The new valve will function as the inside containment isolation valve and is designed to meet the operating criteria of three (3)' existing parallel isolation valves, an in-line relief valve and a remote manual valve. The existing valves will not be physically removed but will no longer serve as isolation valves and, thus, would be deleted from Table 3.6.1 which specifies Containment Isolation Valves. The new valves would be added to Table 3.6.1.
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The Comission has made a proposed determination that the request for amendments involvescno significant hazards consideration.
Under the Comis-sion's regulation. in'10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendments would not (1) involve a significant oincrease in the probability of consequences of an accident previously' eval-uated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a' margin of safety.
S The proposed change as discussed above does not increase the probability of occurrence or the consequences of an accident of malfunction of equipment important-to-safety as previous.ly evaluated in the NA-1&2 Final Safety AnalysisReport(FSAR). The new valve to be installed for each unit is fuNetionallyequivalenttoanddesignedconsistentwiththeoriginaldesign-criteria for th containment isolation valves which are being replaced. The proposed change does not affect any existing accident analyses specified in the NA-182 FSAR.
Also, the change does not create a possibility for an accident or mal-function of a different type than any previously evaluated in the FSAR. The modification does not functionally change the operation of the Letdown System
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or change the centainment isolation function, and thus, the proposed change does not affect any existing accident analyses.
And, finally, the change does not reduce the margin of safety as defined in the basis of any TS. The safety limits as defined in the Technical Speciff-cations are not changed. Therefore, based on these considerations and the criteria ri ven above, the Commission has made a proposed determination that
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O 3-the amendment request does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Comission is seeking public coments on this proposed detennination.
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 nomally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Coments should be addressed to the Rules and Records Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555.
By April 4,1986
, 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. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request 1
for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chainnan 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 appro-priate 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 proceed-ing, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding.
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.. The petition 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 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 contentfor.s 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 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 Y
.. 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 determina-tion 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 amendments and make them effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendments.
If a final determination is that the amendments involve a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the expira-tion 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 Commission may issue the license amendments before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State comments received. Should 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.
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.. 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 Comission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or ~may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC, 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 follow-ing message addressed to Lester S. Rubenstein:
(petitioner'snameand telepnone number), (date petition was mailed), (plant name), and (publication 3
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 Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Michael W. Hauphin. Esq., Hunton, Williams, Gay and Gibson, P. O. Box 1535 Richmond, Virginia 23212, attorney for the licensee.
Montimely 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 Comission, 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 detemination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
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r o For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated February 6,1986, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, and at the Board of Supervisors Office, Louisa County Courthouse, Louisa, Virginia 23093 and the Alderman Library, Manuscripts Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 27 day of February,1986.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION h
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Lester S. Rubenstein, Director PWR Pro.iect Directorate #2 Division of PWR Licensing-A 9
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