ML20154D028

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License DPR-13 & Opportunity for Hearing on 880415 Request.Amend Revises Sections 2,3 & 4 of Tech Specs to Be Consistent W/ Replacement Upgrade of Nuclear Instrumentation Sys

ML20154D028
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	05/12/1988
From:	Samworth R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CCMPANY SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-206 SAN ON0FRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 1 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMEN 0 MENT TO PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Provisional Operating License No. OPR-13 issued to Southern California Edison Company, el al,. (the licensee), for operation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No.1, located in San Diego County, California. The request for amendment was submitted by letter dated April 15, 1988.

The proposed amendment is a request to revise Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Appendix A Technical Specifications to be consistent with a replacement upgrade of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 (SONGS 1) Nuclear Instru-mentation System (NIS). The modification would consist of a complete replace-

ment of the NIS detectors, cabling, and signal processing equipment. Certain existing output devices and cable routing would be retained. The licensee stated that the proposed revisions to the technical specifications would assure l appropriate limiting conditions for operation and surveillance requirerents for i the upgraded NIS. The safety analyses of transients and accidents are reviewed in the application. Because the new NIS detectors are not symmetrical with respect to the reactor, a revised dropped control rod analysis is presented

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2 which is the analysis most affected by the upgraded nuclear instrumentation system.

Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.

By June 18, 1988, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject provisional 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 file a written request for hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a 1

hearing end 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 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 I hearing or an appropriate order.

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected 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; j (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other l

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t 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 aspects (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 fif teen (15) cays prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amendeo 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 i 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 secpe of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails l to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to l 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 opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to'present evidence and cross-examine witnesses, i

A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, V. S. Nuclear Regulatory l Canmission Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, j or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street.

4 N.W., Washington, D.C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for the petitione, promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800) 342-6700). The Western Unicn operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to George W.

Knighton: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.

A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel-White Flint, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C.  !

20555, and to Charles R. Kocher Assistant General Counsel, and James Beoletto, Esq. , Southern California Edison Company, P. O. Box 800, Rosemead, California 91770, attorneys for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a detemination 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 specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v)and2.714(d).

$ If a request for hearing is received, the Comission's staff may issue the amendment Nter it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 ard 50.92.

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5-For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amencrent which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington 0.C., and at the General Library, University of California, P. O. Box 19557, Irvine, California 92713.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of May,1988.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.

}hktf b x uJ Robert B. Samworth, Acting Project Director Project Directorate V Division of Reactor Projects - III.

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