ML20138P288
| ML20138P288 | |
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| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1985 |
| From: | Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| TAC-60158, NUDOCS 8512260033 | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0tttISSION 1
MISSISSIPPI POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY v
MIDDLE SOUTH ENERGY, INC.
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION 4
DOCKET NO. 50-416 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING
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The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-29, issued to Mississippi Power and Light Company, Middle South Energy, Inc., and South Mississippi Electric Power Association (the licensees), for operation of the Grarid Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
The amendment would: (1) change Technical Specification Figure 6.2.1-1 i
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"Offsite Organization" and make other changes in Section 6 " Administrative j3.
Controls" to reflect proposed changes in the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
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(GGNS) Nuclear Production Department (NPD); and, (2) terminate the requirementinLicenseCondition2.C.(28)thatanMP&Lstaffmember(or members) who has substantial comercial nuclear power plant operating i
management experience act as advisor to the vice president in charge of nuclear operations until the plant has operated for at least six months at power levels above 90% of full power. These changes were requested in the licensees' letter dated November 14, 1985.
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Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Cor:vnission will i
have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 1
(the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
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. The Commission has made a proposed determination that the ainendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Connission'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 new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a
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Change (1) consists of a reorganization of the GGNS Nuclear Production Department at the higher levels of management. The major changes would be the deletion of the position of the Senior Vice President who reports to i
the President resulting in more direct management of the GGNS activities by the President. The responsibilities of the Vice President, Nuclear Operations i
would be increased by assigning to this position the responsibilities for GGNS Unit 1 project management including preparation of plant modification costs and schedules and management of plant outages which is presently assigned to the Director, Nuclear Engineering and Support. A new position Site Director, GGNS reporting to the Vice President, Nuclear Operations, would have direct responsibilities for GGNS Unit 1 operation and plant modifications. The present position of Director of Nuclear Engineering and Construction would be elevated to Vice President, Nuclear Engineering and l
Support, and responsibilities would be increased by having the present Director, Quality Assurance and Director, Nuclear Support report-to the new position.
Except for a change of title for Nuclear Plant Engiiieering from Manager to Director and for the combining of the two positions for e
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Nuclear Fuels and Nuclear Services into one position of Manager, Nuclear Services and Fuels, the remaining position titles and responsibilities in the NPD remain unchanged. The NRC staff has made a preliminary review of the proposed changes to the GGNS Nuclear Production Department. The elimination of the position of Senior Vice President would provide a higher level of direct management involvement in GGNS activities; however, the experience of a senior management person would not be available to him. The
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Director. Quality Assurance would report to the Vice President, Nuclear Engineering and Support who would have direct responsibility for engineering but not for plant modification costs and scheduling. The Director, Quality Assurance would have a direct comunication path to the President available to him. The creation of the position Manager GGNS Unit 1 Projects to interface with engineering and construction for plant modifications will pennit the unit operations staff to concentrate on plant operations and plant procedures. The position of Site Director, E ;.
GGNS, will provide a high level of management onsite for solving operation
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problems and interfacing with offsite organizations, leaving the GGNS General Manager more time to concentrate on day-to-day plant operation.
Other changes in the Technical Specifications would be made to make the Safety Review Comittee members and quorum consistent with the proposed NPD organization and to assign responsibility for designating review of plant modifications to the Site Director, GGNS rather than the GGNS General Manager.
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Based on its preliminary review, the staff concludes that change (1),
NPD management organization change, does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously analyzed because
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.. change (1) will not degrade the effectiveness of the management Iof GGNS safety related activities related to review and management of proposed plant procedure changes and plant modifications and will enhance management of plant operations. For the same reasons, change (1) does not involve the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. Change (1) does not involve a significant reduction O
in a margin of safety because it does not involve any changes to plant
,3 equipment design or safety analysis.
Change (2), termination of the license requirement for an experienced management advisor to the Vice President, Nuclear Operations, is requested because licensee's corporate management has had, since March 1985 a Vice President, Nuclear Operations who has 14 years of comercial nuclear power plant operating management experience.
In addition, the President, who
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joined licensee's organization in 1984 has 15 years of comercial nuclear power plant management experience. LicenseCondition2.C(28)wasincluded l' -
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in the June 1982 operating license because such experience was lacking in l=
the corporate management at that time. The plant operating history includes approximately 65 cumuletive days with the plant above 90% of full power. The present advisor desires to end his services at the end of 1985 and the retention of another advisor for a short term assignment is unlikely to provide substantial input to management. The staff concludes that change (2) does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously analyzed nor does it invo3ve the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
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, analyzed because of the substantial relevant experience brought into the organization by the President in early 1984 and by the Vice President, Nuclear Operations in early 1985. Change (2)doesnotinvolvea significant reduction in a margin of safety because it does not involve any changes to plant equipment design or safety analyses.
Accordingly, for reasons cited above, the Comission proposes to detennine that these two changes do not involve significant hazards
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considerations.
The Comission is seeking public coments on this proposed determination.
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 nonnally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing. Written coments m<.; be submitted to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division of Rules and Recoi/s, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555.
Coments may also be delivered to Room 4000, Maryland National Bank c
Building, Bethesda, Maryland from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Copies of coments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, NW., Washington, DC.
By Ahw ld the licensee may file a request for a j
hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must
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file a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed ir accordance with the i
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, Cemission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedinhs" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request 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 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.
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As required by 10 CFR 62.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall t
set forth with particularity the interest of the, petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affectcf 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 petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's t
property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the f -.,
possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific apsect(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 withoutrequestingleaveoftheBoarduptofifteen(15)dayspriortothe first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements descrfbed above.
Notlaterthanfifteen(15)dayspriortothefirstprehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a
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. supplement to the petition 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 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.
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Those pennitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject '
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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 Comission will make a final detennination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final detemination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
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If the final detomination is that the amendment request involves no E-significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment
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and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the emendment.
If the final detennination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Nonnally, 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 n
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- e 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 coments received. Should the Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Comission expects that the need to take this action will occur very intrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, United States Nuclear
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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 petitionsarefiledduringthelastten(10)daysofthenoticeperiod,it is requested that ie petitioner or representative for the petitioner promptly so infonn the Ccmission by a toll-free telephone call to Western E?-
Unionat(800)325-6000(inMissouri(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be give Datagram Identification 3737 and the following message addressed to Walter R. Butler: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was riailed; 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, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C. 20555, and to Nicholas S. Reynolds Esquire, Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds, 120017thStreet,h.W.,
Washington, D.C.
20036, attorney for the licensee.
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- Nontirnely 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 presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request, should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specifiedin10CFR2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v)and2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application
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for amendment which is available for public inspection at the Comission's '
Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the Hinds Junior College, McLendon Library, Raymond, Mississippi 39154.
th Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 26 day of November 1985.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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i Walter R. Butler, Director BWR Project Directorate No. 4
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