ML20197H745
| ML20197H745 | |
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/1990 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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'\\.....p SAFETY EVALUATION BY_THE OFFICE _0F NUCLEAR _ REACTOR PEGULATION SUPP0_RTING AMENDMENT _ NOS. 48 AND_ 11 T0_ FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS._NPF_-39 AND NPF-85
_PH_ILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
!.IMERICKGENERATING_ STATION,__ UNITS 1_AND2 DOCKET N05._5_0-352_AND_50-3_53 1.0
_ INTR _0_ _ UCTION D
By letter dated May 29, 1990, as supplemented by letter dated October 19, 1990, Philadelphia Electric Company (the licensee) requested an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 for the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2.
These proposed amendments would revise the Technical l,~
l Specifications (TS) in accordance with the guidance specified in NRC Generic Letter 89-01, " Implementation of Programatic Controls for Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications in the Administrative Controls of Technical Specifications and the Relocation of Procedural Details of RETS to the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual or to the Process Control Program." GenericLetter(GL) 01 suggests that licensees 1) implement programatic controls for Radio-
. logical Effluent Technical Specifications (RETS) in the Administrative Controls section of TS, and 2) relocate procedural details of RETS-to the Offsite Dose
.CalculationManual(0DCM)ortotheProcessControlProgram(PCP).
In addition.
the licensee is proposing that TS section 3/4 3.7.3, Meteorological Monitoring Instrumentation" be relocated to the ODCM.
.In.the. application of May 29, 1990, the licensee had also proposed relocating two site maps from Section 5.1.3.la and 5.1.3.lb to the ODCM. The letter of-October 19; 1990 withdrew this proposed change and does not affect the no I.
significant hazards consideration.
IL As part of the proposed changes, Table 4.11.2.1.2-1, " Radioactive Gaseous Waste Sampling and Analysis Program" (page 3/411-9) is being moved to the ODCM. This table lists the potential gaseous release points, the sampling frequency (e.g., grab samples or continuous-in-line monitors), the minimum analysis frequency, the type of activity analysis and the lower limit of-l
' detection.
In the application of May 29, 1990, PEco had proposed deleting the r
condenser Off Gas Pretreatment Monitor from this table prior to relocating _the table to the ODCM, since this instrument is not monitoring a potential point i
.of release to the environment. PEco's supplemental letter of October 19, 1990 withdrew the request to remove this monitor from Table 4.11.2.1.2-1 so the table as it now exists is being moved to the ODCM. The licensee may at some future date remove this monitor from the table in accordance with the provisions in Section 6.14.
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2.0 EVALUATION The licensee's proposed changes to the TS are in accordance with the guidance provided in Generic Letter 89-01 and are addressed below.
(1) The licensee has proposed to incorporate programatic controls for radioactive effluents and radiological environmental monitoring in Specification 6.8.4, " Procedures and Programs," of the TS as noted in the guidance provided in Generic Letter 89-01. The programatic controls ensure that programs are established, implemented, and main-tained to ensure that operating procedures are prcvided to control radioactive effluents consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190,10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50.
(2) The licensee has confirmed that the detailed procedural requirements addressing Limiting Conditions for Operation, their applicability, remedial actions, associated surveillance requirements, or reporting requirements have been )repared to implement the relocation of these procedural details to tie ODCM or PCP. These changes to the ODCM and PCP have been prepared in accordance with the new Administrative Controls in the TS on changes to the ODCM and PCP so that they will be implemented in the ODCM or PCP when this amendment is effective.
These procedural details that have been removed from the TS are not L
required by the Comission's regulations to be included in TS. They have been prepared for incorporation in the ODCM or PCP upon the effective date of this license amendment and may be subsequently
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changed by the licensee without prior NRC approval. Changes to the ODCM and PCP are documented and will be retained for the duration of the operating license in accordance witn Specification 6.10.3n.
(3) The licensee has proposed replacing the existing specifications in the Administrative Controls section of the TS for the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, Specification 6.9.1.7, for the Semi-annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report, Specification 6.9.1.8, for the Process Control Program, Specification 6.13, and for the Offsite-Dose Calculation Manual, Specification 6.14, with the updated specifications that were provided in Generic Letter 89-01.
'The'following specifications that are included under the heading of Radioactive Effluents have been retained'in the TS. This is in accordance with the guidance of Generic Letter 89-01.
SPECIFICATI0N_
TITLE 3/4.3.4.7.12 EXPLOSIVE GAS MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION (Retainedexistingrequirementsofthisspecification) 1 3/4.3.11.1.4 LIQUID HOLDUP TANKS 3/4.3.11.2.5 EXPLOSIVE GAS MIXTURE 3/4.3.11.2.6 MAIN CONDENSER
The relocation of the meterological monitoring prograr to the ODCM, while not suggested in GL 89-01, is in keeping with the intent of the generic letter.
This change has been approved for other licensees and is acceptable.
On the basis of the above, the staff finds that the changes included in the proposed TS amendment request are consistent with the guidance provided in Generic Letter 89-01. Because the control of radioactive effluents continues to be limited in accordance with operating procedures that must satisfy the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50, the NRC staff concludes that this change is administrative in nature and there is no imaact on plant safety as a consequence.
Accordingly, the staff finds the proposed c1anges acceptable.
The NRC staff with the knowledge and consent of the licensee made administrative corrections to the licensee's Technical Specification pages.
3.0 ENQRONMENTAL_ CONSIDERATION These amendments involve a change to a requirement with respect to the installa-tion'or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20 and changes to the serveillance requirements. The staff has determined that these 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 Comission has previously issued a proposed finding that these amendments involve no significant hazards consider-ation and there has been no public coment on such finding. Accordingly, these amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10CFR51.22(c)(9)and(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement nor environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of these amendments.
4.0 CONCLUSION
The Comission made a proposed determination t_ hat these amendments involve no significant hazards consideration which was p4 1 M hed in the FEDERAL REGISTER (55 FR 26291) on June 27, 1990 and consulted wdh the Comonwealth of Pennsylvania.- No public coments were received and the Comonwealth of Pennsylvania did not have any coments.
The staff 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 Comission's regulations and (3) the issuance
' of these amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and the security nor to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributors:
J. R. Levine, R. J. Clark Dated: November 13, 1990 I
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