ML20196C911
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 12/05/1988 |
| From: | Capra R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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4 7590-01 IlNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
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DOCKET NOS. 50-317 AND 50-318 MODIFIEDNOTICEdFCONSIDERATIONOFISSUANCEOFAMENDMENTSTO FACILITY O'PERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTilNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69, issued to the Baltimore Gas ind Electric Company (the licensee), for operation' of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, located in Calvert County, Maryland.
The proposed amendments were originally published in the FEDERAL REGISTER (53 FR 29791) on August 8,1988 as a "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of l
Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing."
Subseouently on October 25, 1988, the licensee requested a modification to the proposed amendment of Technical Specification 5.6.2, "Criticality-New Fuel."
Currently, TS 5.6.2 requires that k,ff will not exceed 0.98 when the fuel is in place and various densities of unborated water are assumed including agueous foam moderation. The proposed modification would reduce the maximum k,ff limits for TS 5.6.2 from 0.98 to 0.95 and, in addition, would add the full flood condition to the various densities of unborated water conditions that are assumed in detennining k,ff.
This proposed TS revision is in response to the licensee's application for amendments dated June 9, 1988 as modified on October 25, 1988.
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-2 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 i
Act) and the Comission's, regulations.
By January 9,1989,, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the sub.iect facility operating licenses 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 a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and 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 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 pennitted 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; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other 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
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should also ijentify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leavg to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition,wlthout requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended 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 petition to intervene, which must include a list of the contentions that are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonab b specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be pemitted to participate as a party.
Those pemitted to intervene become parties to the procaeding, 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.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Rranch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that
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the petitioner 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 Union operator shquid be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message,adpressed to Robert A. Capra:
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, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to D. A. Brune, Jr., General Counsel, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, P. O. Box 1475, Baltimore,
>'a ryl a nd 21203, attorney for the licensee.
Nontinely filings of petitions for leave to interver:e, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or reouests for hearing will not be entertained absent a detennination by the Commission, 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)-lv) and 2.714(d).
If a request for a hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue j
the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any reoutred hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards considerations in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
l For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 9, 1988, as modified on October 25, 1988, which is e
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I available for public inspeciton at the Comission's Public Document Room, Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Calvert County Library, Prince Frederick, Maryland.
Dated at Rockv111mMaryland, this 5th, day of December
, 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COWISSION
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Robert A. Capra, Director Pro.iect Directorate I-1 l
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D2cnbar 5,19G8 Docket Nos. 50-317 DISTRIBUTION and 50-318 Docket file NRC POR local POR SVarga BBoger RCapra CVogan SMcNeil Mr. J. A. Tiernan OGC DHagan Vice President. Nuclear Energy EJordan BGrimes Calvert Cliffs Nucle'ar Power Plant TBarnhart (4) WJones MD Rts. 2 A 4 EButcher ACRS (10)
Post Office Box 1535 GPA/PA ARM /LFFB Lusby, Maryland 20657,.
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Dear Mr. Tiernan:
SUBJECT:
MODIFICATION TO FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF PROPOSED INCREASES IN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITS FOR THE MAXIMUM FUEL ENRICHMENT PERMITTED IN THE NEW AND SPENT FUEL POOLS (TACS 68146 AND 68147)
Enclosed is a copy of a "Modified Notice of Consideration of Issuonce of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Opportunity for Hearicq" for your infomation. This notice relates to your October 25, 1988 request to modify your June 9,1988 application to increase the maximum fuel enrichment, permitted by Technical Specifications 5.6.1, "Critically. Spent Fuel," and 5.6.2, "Critically.New Fuel," to a limit of 5.0 weight percent U.235. The modification requested on October 25, 1988 proposed the reduction of the n'aximum limit for Keff from 0.98 to 0.95 and added the full flood condition to those scenarios analyzed in verifying the maximum possible valve of Keff.
Sincerely, Robert A. Capra for Scott Alexander McNeil, Proiect Manager Project Directorate !.1 Division of Reactor Pro,iects I/II
Enclosure:
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i Mr. J. A. Tiernan Baltimore Gas & Electric Company Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant J
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Mr. John M. Gott, President Calvert County Board of Commissioners Prince Frederick, Maryland 20768
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General Counsel Baltimore Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 1475 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Mr. Jay E. Silberg, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge IP00 M Street, NW Washington, DC 200?S Mr. W. J. Liopold, General Supervisor Technical Services Engineering Calvert Cli#fs Nuclear Power Plant MD Rts 2 & 4 P. O. Box 1535 Lusby, Maryland 70657 Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Pox 437 Lusby, Maryland 20657 Department of Natural Resources Eneroy Administration Power Plant Siting Program ATTN: Mr. T. Magette Tewes State Office Building Annapolis, Maryland 21204 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission j
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f UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COP 94f SSION
. PALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY C0CKET NOS. 50-317 AND 50-318 Mon!FIED NOTICE *0F CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDNENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-6o, issued to the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (the licensee), for operation' I
of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, located in Calvert County, Maryland.
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The proposed amendments were originally published in the FEDERAL REGISTER (53 FR 29791) on August 8,1988 as a "Notice of Consideration of issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing."
l Subseouently on October 25, 1988, the licensee requested a modification to the l
proposed amendment of Technical Specification 5.6.2, "Criticality-New Imel."
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Currently TS 5.6.2 requires that k,ff will not exceed 0.98 when the fuel is in place and various densities of unborated water are assumed ir.cluding j
agueous foam moderation. The proposed modification would reduce the maximum j
k,ff limits for TS 5.6.2 from 0.98 to 0.95 and, in addition, would add the f
full flood condition to the various densities of unborated water conditions that are assumed in determining k,ff.
This proposed TS revision is in response to the licensee's application j
for amendments dated June 9, 1988 as modified on October 25, 1988.
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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 Commission's regulations.
By January 9,1989 +, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the sub.iect facility operating licenses 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 a hearing and a petition Q r leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and 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 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 pennitted 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; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other 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
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- should also identify the specific aspect (si of the subiect 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'wlthout requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended 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 petition to intervene, which rust include a list of the contentions that 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 scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be pemitted to participate as a party.
Those pemitted to iniervene 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 i
opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Consnission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory i
Comission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Aranch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Pubite Document Rocm, Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that
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- the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call tc, '.!
tern Union at 'l-(800) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Robert A. Capra: 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, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to D. A. Brune, Jr., General Counsel, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, P. O. Box 1475, Baltimore, Maryland 21203, attorney for the licensee.
Nontinely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or reauests for hearing will not be entertained absent a detemination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomfc Safety and Lictnsing 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)(f)-(v1 and 2.714(dl.
If a request for a hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it pubitshes a further notice for public coment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards considerations in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 9, 1988, as modified on October 25, 1988, which is
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Dated at Rockvill'e Maryland, this 5th, day of December
. 1988.
l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION sieJ CL. (%!
Robert A. Capra, Director Pro,iect Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects I/II i
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