ML20151D982
| ML20151D982 | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 03/21/1988 |
| From: | Tam P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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M90-01 UNITED STATES NiiCLEAR REGilLATORY COWISSION i
DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY OHIO EDISON COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-334 BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION,llNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-334 NOTICE OF DENIAL OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE 4
A D OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING TPp U. ? Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Cormissioni has denied, in pert, a request by Cuquesne Light Company, an amendment to Facility Operating iicuse No. 1)PR-
, isiaed to the licensee for operation of the Peaver Vtiley Pr,wer Station, Unit No.1 located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Nr 'fr.e of Ccnsideration of issuance of this amendment was published in the FEfERAL REGISTER on August 12, 1987 (5? FR 99915).
The purg se of the licer.see's amendment request was to incorporata revised lienrical Spr-ification (TS) requirements for operability and surveil-laN e for the statibn betteries.
The revisions were requested due to replace-Ont of two cf the four station batteries by two batteries of a different d.! sign.
!ncluded in this request was a proposed change to lower individual celi electralyte specific gravity f'om 1.20 to 1-195.
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2 The staff has denied that proposal to change the specific cravity limit to 1.195.
The current specific gravity value of 1.20 for each cell is based on the Standard Technical Specifications value of 1.20, which in turn was derived from a consensus of utilities and battery venders.
This value is considered necessary to assure adequate capacity and has been uniformly applied to a'l plant batteries for years without incurring much operational problem.
In the absence of technical information regarding specific char-acteristics of the licensee's new lead-calcium batteries, the value of 1.20 should be retaineri to assure an adequate reserve capacity to power essential equipment.
The other provision of the amendment relating to Section 4.8.7.3.2.a.?
request has been approved by Amendrent No. 122 dated March 21, 1988.
Notice of Issuance of that amendrent will be published in the Comission's biweekly FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
The licensee was notified of the Comission's denial of the proposed TS change by the letter transmitting Amendment No.122.
By
,1988, the licensee may demand a hearing with respect to the denial described above and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a written petition for leave to intervene.
A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of jhe Comission, O.S. Nuclear Peculatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 70555, 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.
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_. _ _ A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel-Rockville, U.S. Nuclear Regulatorv Comsssion, Washington. 0.C.
20555, and to Gerald Charnoff of Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridae, 2300 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 70027, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amen &ent dated July 1., 1987, I?).he Commission's letter to the licensee dated September 10,1987, and (3) the Comission's Safety Evaluation dated March 21,1988
, issued with Amendment No. 122 to DPR-66.
These documents are available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, Washington D.C. ?0555 and at B.F. Jones Memorial Library, 663 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa, PA 15001.
A copy of item
(?) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatorv Comission, Washington, D.C. ?O555, Attention: Document Control Desk.
Dated at Pockville, Maryland, this 21st day of March,1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAD REGUL,A COMMISSION y) h1 Pete'r S. Tam, Pro,iect Manager Project Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Pro.iects I/li Of' ice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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