ML20195D615
| ML20195D615 | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 06/02/1999 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. soteH001 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION 1
RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO.145 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-42 AND AMENDMENT NO.136 TO FACILITY OPERATION LICENSE NO. DPR-60 NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY l
PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCl. EAR GENERATING PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-282 AND 50-306 e
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated April 20,1999, the Northern States Power Company (NSP or the licensee),
requested amendments to the additional conditions appended to Facility Operating License No.
DPR-42 for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, and Facility Operating Ucense No. DPR-60 for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 2. The proposed amendments would change the implementation due date for Additional Condition No. 6 (relocation of the requirements specified in technical specification (TS) Sections 3.1.E and 5.1 to the Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR)) from June 1,1999 to September 1,1999.
2.0 EVALUATION
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2.1 Backaround On December 7,1998, the NRC issued license amendments 141 and 132 for Units 1 and 2, respectively, approving, among other changes, the relocation of aforementioned TS requirements to the USAR by June 1,1999. In conjunction with Amendments 141 and 132, the NRC issued additional conditions to Appendix B of the Facility Operating Licenses as described below:
Additional Condition No. 6 " Relocate current Technical Specification 31.E, Maximum Reactor Oxygen, Chloride and Fluoride Concentration, Technical Specification 5.1 flood shutdown requirements to the USAR (TRM) by the next USAR update, but no later than June 1,1999."
Additiona! Condition No. 7 " Relocate current Technical Specification 4.6.A.1.c, Diesel Fual Oil Testing, requirements to the Diesel Fuel Oil Testing Program by September 1, 1999."
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'.. These additional conditions were based'on the NSP proposal in its March 2,1998, letter, as supplemented June 11 and October 30,1998.
In its letter dated April 20,1999, NSP provided the following statement as the basis for its request to delay implementation of Additional Condition No. 6 to September 1,1999:
" Relocation from the Technical Specifications to the USAR of the requirements in Technical Specification 3.1.E and the flooding shutdown requirements in Technical Specification 5.1 will require deletion of the subject items from the Technical
' Specifications and the establishment of a Technical Requirements Manual (TRM). Prior to the deletion of the subject Technical Specifications and the implementation of the TRM, training of operations personnel must be completed. A refueling outage began on April 17,1999 for Unit 1 and is scheduled to last until the end of May 1999. During an
' outage the six week operator training cycle is suspended to raske all licensed personna!
available to support outage activities. These circumstances will preclude implementation of Additional Condition No. 6 by June 1,1999."
2.2 Evaluation of Proposed Change The staff has determined that postponing implementation of the previously approved amendments 141 and 132, specifically the relocation of TS requirements in Sections 3.1.E and 5.1, and retaining these requirements in TS past June 1,1999, will have no safety consequences.- Therefore, tbs staff finds the revised implementation due date of September 1, 1999, acceptable for Additioral Condition No. 6 in Appendix B to the Facility Operating Licenses.
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3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
in accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Minnesota State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no comments.
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDFRATION The amendments change a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The NRC staff has determinod that the amendments involve no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no
- significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has issued proposed findings that the amendment involve no significant hazards consideration and there has been no public comment on such findings (64 FR 23131). The 2 amendments also chhnge recordkeeping, reporting, or administrative procedures or requirements._ ~ Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set fosth in 10 CFR 5122(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact
- statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.'
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5.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the l
Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the l
common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Cont:;5utor:
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' DATED: June 2, 1999 AMENDMENT NO. 145 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-42-PRAIRIE ISLAND UNIT 1 AMENDMENT NO. 136 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-60-PRAIRIE ISLAND UNIT 2 Docket File (50-282,50-306)
PUBLIC PDill-1 Reading-J. Zwolinski/S. Black C. Thomas /G.' Dick T. Harris T. J. Kim (2)
OGC G. Hill (4)
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