ML20138R223
| ML20138R223 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Saint Vrain  |
| Issue date: | 12/23/1985 |
| From: | Berkow H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML19301D889 | List: |
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| TAC-60255, NUDOCS 8512310064 | |
| Download: ML20138R223 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 7590-01 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO DOCKET NO. 50-267 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF' AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS I CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
DPR-34 issued to Public Service Company (the licensee) for operation of the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station located in Platteville, Colorado.
I The amendment would change the. Fort St. Vrain Technical Specifications
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f ~, concerningshocksuppressors(snubbers). Specifically, the change jeletes the reference to the snubber type, i.e., mechanical or hydraulic, in LCO 4.3.10 and SR 5.3.8. This deletion allows the licensee to change or modify snubbers under 10 CFR Part 50.59. This. change is in accordance with NRC policy as stated in Generic Letter 84-13 on Technical Specifications for
] Snubbers. These revisions to the Technical Specifications would be made in, response to the licensee's application for amendment dated December 6, 1985.~
- Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will i
have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of_1954, as amended l (the Act), and the Cwnission's regulations.
The Comission has made a proposed determination that the amendment
] request involves no 31gnificant hazards consideration. Under the I Comission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the l facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the. probability or consequences of an accident l
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7590-01 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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significant reduction in a margin of safety.
i The Comission has provided guidance for the application of these criteria by providing examples of amendments that are considered not likely to involve significant hazards considerations (48 FR 14870). The proposed changes to the Fort St. Vrain Technical Specifications (LC0 4.3.10 and SR 5.3.8) pertain to deleting the distinction between hydraulic and mechanical snubbers. This change is administrative and will have no effect on the ability of a shock suppressor to provide structural integrity of a safety
~. related system during and following a seismic or other event initiating -
dynamic loads. Tha nrnpc,ed changes will not delete any requirement or the number of shock suppressors installed on safety related systems. The changes wiil allow an orderly transition from mechanical shock suppressors to hydraulic shock suppressors. The hydraulic shock suppressors are design
.$ equivalent and appropriately qualified to provide equivalent seismic .
protection.
This change is consistent with Comission's example (i) in 48 FR 14870 of examples of amendments that are considered not likely to involve significant hazards considerations. Therefore, based on these considerations and the three criteria given'above, the Comission has made a proposed detemination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
The Comission has determined that failure to act in a timely way would result in extending the shutdown at Fort St. Vrain to avoid violating
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7590-01 the Technical Specifications. Therefore, the Comission has insufficient time to issue its usual 30-day notice of the proposed action for hublic coment.
If the proposed determination becomes final, an opportunity for a hearing will be published in the Federal Register at a later date and any hearing reouest will not delay the effective date of the amendment.
If the Comission decides in its final determination that the amendment does involve a significant hazards consideration, a notice of opportunity for a prior' hearing will be published in the Federal Register s and, if a hearing is granted, it will be 1 eld3 before any amendment is issued.
The Comission is seeking public coments on this proposed determination of no significant hazards consideration. Coments on the proposed detemination may be telephoned to Herbert N. Berkow, Director, Standardization and Special Projects Directorate, by collect call to
- 301-492-7564 or submitted in writing to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C. 20555. All coments received by December 27, 1985 will be considered ~1n reaching a final determination. A copy of the application may be examined at the Comission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Greely Public Library, Greely, Colorado.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 23rd day of December 1985.
FOR T;' NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Herbert N. Berkow, Director Standardization and Special Projects Directorate Division of PWR Licensing-B l
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. . e4 December 23, 1985 7590-01 the Technical Specifications. Therefore, the Commission has insufficient time to issue its usual 30-day notice of the proposed action for public comment.
If the proposed determination becomes final, an opportunity for a hearing will be published in the Federal Register at a later date and any hearing request will not delay the effective date of the amendment. ,
If the Commission ' decides in its final determination that the amendment does involve a significant hazards consideration, a notice of opportunity for a prior hearing will be published in the Federal Register and, if a hearing is granted, it will be held before any amendment is issued.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination of no significant hazards consideration. Comments on the proposed determination may be telephoned to Herbert N. Berkow, Director, Standardization and Special Projects Directorate, by collect call to 301-492-7564 or submitted in writing to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C. 20555. All comments received by December 27, 1985 will be considered in reaching a final determination. A copy of the application may be examined at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Greely Public Library, Greely, Colorado.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this Zfrd day of December 1985.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DISTRIBUTION:
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. , .s 7590-01 Therefore,- the Comission has insufficient time to issue its usual 30-day notice of the proposed action for public coment.
If the proposed determination becomes final, an opportunity for a hearing will be published in the Federal Register at a later date and any hearing request will not delay the effective date of the amendment.
If the Comission decides in its final determination that the amendment does involve a significant hazards consideration, a notice of opportunity for a prior hearing will be published in the Federal Register and, if a hearing is granted, it will be held before any ~ amendment is issued.
The Comission is seeking public coments on this proposed determination of no significant hazards consideration. Coments on the proposed determination may be telephoned to' Herbert N. Berkow, Director, Standardization and Special Projects Directorate, by collect call to 301-492-7564 or submitted in writing to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C. 220555. All coments received by December 27, 1985 will be considered in reaching a final determination. A copy of the application may be examined at the Comission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Greely Public Library, Greely, Colorado.
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e UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 7590-01 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO DOCKET N0. 50-267 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO ,
FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED N0 SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS-CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating Licence No.
DPR-34 issuco to Public Service Company (the licensee) for operation of the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station located in Platteville, Colorado.
The amendment would change the Fort St. Vrain Technical Specifications
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concerningshocksuppressors(snubbers). Specifically, the change deletes the reference to the snubber type, i.e., mechanical or hydraulic, in LCO 4.3.10 and SR 5.3.8. This deletion allows the licensee to change or modify snubbers under 10 CFR Part 50.59. This change is in accordance with NRC policy as stated in Generic Letter 84-13 on Technical Specifications for
]- Snubbers. These revisions to the Technical Spccifications would be made in,-
response to the licensee's application for amendment dated December 6,1985.
i Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 1 (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facilityinaccordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnot(1)involvea significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident 1
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7590-01 previously evaluated; 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.
The Commission has provided guidance for the application of these criteria by providing examples of amendments that are considered not likely to involve significant hazards considerations (48 FR 14870). The proposed l changes to the Fort St. Vrain Technical Specifications (LC0 4.3.10 and SR 5.3.8) pertain to deleting the distinction between hydraulic and mechanical snubbers. This change is administrative and will have no effect on the ability of a shock suppressor to provide structural integrity of a safety .
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! related system during and following a seismic or other event initiating l dynamic loads. The proposed changes will not delete any requirement or the number of shock suppressors installed on safety related systems. The changes will allow an orderly transition from mechanical shock suppressors
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to hydraulic shock suppressors. The hydraulic shock suppressors are design O
C equivalent and appropriately qualified to provide equivalent seismic !
protection.
This change is consistent with Comission's examp1'e (i) in 48 FR 14870 of examples of amendments that are considered not likely to involve significant hazards considerations. Therefore, based on these considerations and the three criteria given above, the Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant
, hazards consideration.
The Commission has determined that failure to act in a timely way would result in extending the shutdown at Fort St. Vrain to avoid violating
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i i the Technical' Specifications. Therefore, the Comission has insuf,ficient time to issue its usual 30-day notice of the proposed action for public i
i coment.
1 j If the proposed determination becomes final, an opportunity for a-1 hearing will be published in the Federal Register at a later date and any l
l hearing request will not delay the effective date of the amendment.
! If the Comission decides in its final determination that the' amendment does involve a significant hazards consideration, a notice of I
opportunity for a prior' hearing will be published in the Federal Register i l - and,-if a hearing is granted, it will be tjeld before any amendment is issued. :
1 i The Commission is seeking public coments on this proposed
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j determination of no significant hazar?s consideration. Coments on the t
proposed determination may be telephoned to Herbert N Berkow, Director.
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Standardization and Special Projects Directorate, by coll'ct call to l E- 301-492-7564 or submitted in writing to the Rules and Procedures Branch, -
3 i Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear ;
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- Regulatory Comission. Washington, D. C. 20555. All coments received by
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! December 27, 1985 will be considered in reaching a final determination. A 1
i j copy of the application may be examined at the Comission's Public Document !
r l Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, C. C. and at the Greely Public !
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