ML20151Z321
| ML20151Z321 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 02/12/1986 |
| From: | Paris O, Shoh F, Shon F, Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| References | |
| CON-#186-064, CON-#186-64 86-520-OL-LA, OLA, NUDOCS 8602140136 | |
| Download: ML20151Z321 (5) | |
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i064 SERVED FEB 131986 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA l
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION COLMEM D l
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Before Administrative Judges:
'86 FEB 13 P2:33 Sheldon 'J. Wolfe, Chainnan Frederick J. Shon l
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Docket No. 50-289 OLA In the Matter of
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY GPERATING LICENSE l
On January 6, 1986, at 51 Federal Register 459, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published a notice captioned " Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Prior Hearing." This notice stated that the Commission was considering issuance of an amendment to Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 (TMI-1) Facility Operating License No. DPR-50. Among other things, the notice stated that:
The amendment wculd revise the provisions in the Technical Specifications relating to the steam generator tube plugging limitations, in accordance with the licensees' application for amendment dated November 6, 1985. Basically, the present Technical Specifications require repairing or removing from service a steam generator tube when a defect exceeds 40% of the tube wall thickness. The proposed 8602140136 860212 gDR ADOCM O Q l
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e amendment would maintain the 40% through wall limit on the secondary side of the tube but replaces the limit on the primary side of the tube with a sild,ing scale which goes from 40% to 70% through wall depending on the s'ze of the defect.
The notice also provided that, by Fetruary 6. 1986, any person whose interest might be affected by this proceeding and who wished to participate as a party must file a written petition for leave to intervene in accordance with the Consnission's " Rules o' Practice" in 10 C.F.R. Part 2.
On January 10, 1986, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board was established to rule on petitions for leave to intervene and/or requests for hearing and to preside over the proceeding in the event that a hearing is ordered. The Board's Administrative Judges are Frederick J. Shon, Oscar H. Paris, and Sheldon J. Wolfe, who will serve as Chairman of the Board.
Three Mile Island Alert, Inc. (TMIA) filed a petition for leave to intervene. As indicated in its Memorandum and Order issued today, February 12, 1986, (unpublished), the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board provisionally grants TMIA's petition for leave to intervene and provisionally orders a hearing.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. I 2.751a, the Board will conduct a special hearing conference at the following location at 9:00 a.m. on March 27, 1986:
Department of Education Harristown Building No. 2 Heritage Room B 333 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa.
17126-0333
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Petitioner (TMIA) are directed to appear. This special prehearing l
conference is held in order to:
l (1) Permit identification of the key issues in the l
proceeding; (2) Take any steps necessary for further identification of the issues; i
(3) Consider all intervention petitions to allow the presiding officer to make such preliminary or final determination as to the parties to the proceeding, as may be appropriate; and (4) Establish a schedule for further actions in the proceeding.
In order that the Board will have sufficient time within which I
to review contentions proposed by TMIA and to review the responses of the Licensee and the NRC Staff, pursuant to %$ 2.711 and 2.712, the Petitioner shall serve, by personal delivery or by express mail so that the Licensee, the Staff and the Chairman will receive on March 10, 1986, a supplement to the petition for leave to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which it seeks to have litigated in the matter, and set forth the bases for each contention with reasonable specificity as required by 1 2.714(b). Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration.
The Licensee and the NRC Staff shall serve, by personal delivery or by express mail in order that Petitioner and the Chairman will receive on March 21, 1986, their responses to the proposed contentions.
The public is invited to attend the prehearing conference but members of the public may not participate in this conference. An i
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- opportunity will be provided for any person who wishes to make an oral or written statement in this proceeding but who has not filed a petition for leave to intervene. Any person may request permission to make a limited appearance in order to set forth his position on the issues
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pursuant to provisions of 10 C.F.R. 6 2.715 of the Commission's " Rules of Practice." Subject to the conditions set forth in subsequent Orders, i
limited appearances will be permitted at the time a 1 2.752 prehearing conference is held and also at the beginning of the hearing, if any.
Persons desiring to make a limited appearance are requested to inform the Secretary of the Commission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
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IT IS S0 ORDERED THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD MN DINSTRkT bDG r
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ADMINISTRAIVE) JUDGE D7cavW.Pcwd Dr. Oscar H. Paris ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 12th _ day of February,1986.
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