ML20198Q425

Amend 194 to License DPR-16,revising Plant Operating License & TS to Reflect Registered Trade Name of Gpu Energy from Gpu Nuclear Corp to Gpu Nuclear,Inc

ML20198Q425
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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	01/14/1998
From:	Eaton R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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.. AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No.194 License No. DPR-16 1.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

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The application for amendment by GPU Nuclear Corporation, et al.

(the licensee), dated October 10, 1997, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I:

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The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission:

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There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Comission's regulations:

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The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.

The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

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Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Facility Operating License and Technical Specifications as indicated-in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C (2) of Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Technical Soecifications The Technical Specifications contained in A)pendices A and B as revised through Amendment No.194, are here)y incorporated in the license. GPU Nuclear. Inc, shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

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This license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance, to be implemented within 30 days of issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAP REGULATORY COMMISSION f/]{f onald B. Eaton, Acting Director Project Directorate I-3 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulatior.

Attachment:

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Pages 1-3 of License No. DPR-16*

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Changes to the-Technical Specifications

3.. Appendix B Cover Page Date of Issuance:

Pages 1-3 are attached. -for convenience, for the composite license to

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ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE-AMENDMENT N0'.- 194 -

FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-16 DOCKET NO. 50-219 Replace the following pages of the Appendix A., Technical Specifications, with the attached ) ages as indicated. The revised pages are identified by-amendment-numar and contain vertical lines indicating the-areas of change,

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GPU NUCLEAR. INC.

AND JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY d/b/a GPU ENERGY DOCKET NO. 50-219.

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FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. DPR,

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comminion) has found that:

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The application for a license filed by Jersey Central Power & Light Company

• d/b/a GPU Energy complies with the standards and requirements of 4e Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulaticr9 set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies o

have been duly made; B.

Construction of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (the facility) has been completed in conformity with Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-15; the appDeation, as amended; the provisions of the A ct; and the rules and regulationa of the Commission, and has been operating under a provisional license since April 9, 1%9;

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The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended; the 4

provisions of the Act; and the rules and regulations of the Commission (except as

exempted from compliance in Section 2.D. below);

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There is reenable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this operating c

license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1 (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D. below);'

. Subsequent to the filing of this application, on December 29,1981 the NRC issued -

Amendment No. 59 to POL DPR-16 for this facility, pursuant to which GPU Nuclear, Inc. was added as a licensee, authorized to possess, use and operate the t

facility, and Jersey Central Power & Light company d/b/a/ GPU Energy remained as -

. a licensee,3uthorized to posses the facility. All subsequent applications for amendments to the license were filed jointly by the two licensees.

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2 E. - GPU Nuclear, Inc. is technically qualified to nngage in the activities authorized by this license in acewdance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; F. Jersey Central Po*ver & Light Company d/b/a GPU Energy has satisfied the'arplicable l

provisions af 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity -

i Agreeinents," of the Commission's regulations; G. The issuance of this license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to

' the health and safety of the public; H.' The receipt, possession and use of source, byproduct, and special nuclear materials as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30,40, and 70; and i

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The issuance of this license is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

2. Provisional Operating License No. DPR-16, dated April 9,1969, as amended, is superseded la its entirety by Facility Operating License No. DPR-16, hereby issued to GPU Nuclear, Inc. and Jersey Central Power & Light Company d/b/a GPU Energy to read as foUc ws:

A. This license applies to the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Statba, a boiling-water reactor and associated equipment (the facility). The facility is located in Ocean County, New Jersey, and is described in the licensee's Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and in the licensee's Environmental Report, as supplemented and amended.

B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby

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licenses GPU Nuclear,Inc.:

l (1) Pursuant to_Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, use, and operate Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and Jersey Central Power & Light Company d% GPU Energy to possess the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating l

Station, at the designated location on the Oyster Creek site in Ocean County, New Jersey, in accordarse with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Updated Final Safety.

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(3) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30,40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source, or special nuclear materials as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed soura4s for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFP, Parts 30,40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source, or special nuclear materials without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instnunent calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (5) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30,40, and 70, to possess, but not separate such byproduct, source, or special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility.

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This license shall be deemed to contain and is cubject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1 and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, ngulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect and is subject to the addidonal conditions specified or incorporated below:

(1) Mmvimum Power Level GPU Nuclear, Inc. is authorized to operate the facility at steady state power levels not in excess of 1930 megawatts (thermal) (100 percent rated power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein.

(2) Technical Snecifications The Technical Specifications contamed in Appendices A and B, as revised tlwough Amendment No.

, are hereby incorporated in the license. GPU Nuclear, Inc.

l shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

J(3) Fire Protection GPU Nuclear, Inc. shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Updated Final Safety j

i Analysis Report for the facility and as approved in the Safety Evaluation Report -

dated March 3,1978, and supplements thereto, subject to the following provision:

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Docket No. 50 219 October 1,1986 APPENDIX A TO PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE DPR-16*

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND BASES FOR OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNIT NO.1 OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Jersey Central Power & Light Company d/b/a OPU Energy GPU Nuclear,Inc.

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6.1 tasPQatsla1LIW 6.1.1 The Vice President & Director oyster Creek shall be responsible for overall f cility operation.

'those responsibilities delegated to the Vice President, &

Director as stated in the Oyster creek Technical Specifications may also be fulfilled by *.he Deputy Director.

The Vice President & Director shall delegate in t

writing the succession to this responsibility during his and/or the Deputy Directors abeence.

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t 6.2.1 pornorata 6.2.1.1 An onsite and offaite organisation shall be established for unit operation and corporate management.

The onsite and 7ffsite organisation shall include the positions for activities affecting the safet/ of the nuclear power plant.

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6.2.1.2 Lines of author,ay, responsibility and coasmnication shall be established and defined from the highest management levels through intermediate levels to and including operating organisation positions. These relationships shall be documented and updated as appropriate, in the form of organisational charts.

These crganisational charts will be documented in the Updated FSAR and updated in i

c:cordance with 10 CFR 50.714.

6.2.1.3 The President - GPU Nuclear shall have corporate responsibility for overall l

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plant nuclear safety and shall take measures needed to ensure acceptable performance cf the staff in operar.ng, maintaining, and providing technical support in the plant so that continued nvelear safety is assured.

6.2.2 FACILITLAIAFF 6.2.2.1 The Vice President & Director Oyster Creek shall be responsible for overall unit safe operation and shall ave control over those onsite activities necessary frr safe operation and maintenance of the plant.

6.2.2.2 The facility organization shall meet the followings Each on duty shift shall include at least.the following shift staffing:

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One (1) group shift supervisor Two (2) control room operators Three (3) equipment operat' ors - one may be a Radwaste Operator b.

At all times when there is fuel in the vessel, at least one licensed senior reactor operator shall be on site and one licensed reactor

. operator should be at the controle, At all tines when there is fuel in the vessel, except when the reactor c.

is in COLD SHUTDOWN or REFURL modes, - two licensed senior reactor operatore and two liconsed reactor operators shall be on site, with at least one licensed senior reactor operator in the control room and one licensed reactor operator at the controle.

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6I. TRAINING 6.4.1 A retaining program for operators shall be maintained under the direction of the Manager responsible for plant training ared shall meet the requirements and recommendation of 10 CFR Part 55. Replacement training programs, the content of which shall meet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, shall be conducted under the direction of the Manager responsible for plant training for licensed operators and Senior Reactor Operators.

6.5 REVIEW AND AUDIT 6.5.1 TECHNICAL REVIEW AND CONTROL The Vice President of each division within GPU Nuclear, Inc. shall be responsible for ensuring the l

preparation, review, and approval of documents required by the activities described in 6.5.1.1 through 6.5.1.5 within his functional area of responsibility as assigned in the GPU Nuclear Review and Appoval Matrix.- Implementing approvals shall be performed at the cognizant manager level or above.

ACTIVITIES 6.5.1.1 ?,ach procedure required by Technical Specification 6.8 and other procedures which affect tuclear safety, and substantive changes thereto, shall be prepared by a designated individual (sygroup I.nowledgeable in the area affected by the procedure. Each such procedure, and substantive change thereto, shall be reviewed for adequacy by an individual (sygroup other than the pieperer, but who may be from the same division as the individual who prepared the procedure or change.

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6.5.1.13 Written records of activities performed under specifications 6.5.1.1 through 6.5.1.11 shall be i

maintained.

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OUALIFICATIONS 6.5.1.14 Responsible Technical Reviewers shall meet or excewi the qualifications of ANSI /ANS I

3.1 1978 Section 4.6 or 4.4 for applicable disciplines or have 7 years of appropriate experience in the field ofhis specialty. Credit towards experience will be given for i.dvanced degrees on a one-for one j

basis up to a maximum of two years. 'Ihese Reviewers shall be designated in writing.

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FUNCTION 6.5.2.1 The Vice President of each division within GPU Nuclear, Inc. shall be responsible for ensuring l

the periodic in%=~4*at safety review of the subjects described in 6.5.2.5 within his assigned area of safety review responsibility, as assigned in the GPUN Review and Approval Matrix.

- 6.5.2.2 Independent safety review shall be completed by an individual / group not having direct responsibility for the performance of the activities under review, but who may be from the same functionally cognizant organization as the individual / group performing the original work.

I 6.5.2.3 GPU Nuclear, Inc. shall collectively have or have access to the experience and comp..cc j

t required to independently review subjects in the following areas:

n. Nuclear power plant operations

b. Nuclear engineering

c. Chemistry and radiochemistry I

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e. Nondestructive testmg i

f. Instrumentation and control I

g. Radiological safety

h. Mechanical engineering

l. Electricalengineering J. Administrative controls and quality assurance practices l

- k. Emergency plam and rclated organization, procedures and equipment t

l.. Other appropriate fields associated with the unique characteristics of Oyster Creek e

6.5.2.4_ Consultants may be utilized as determined by the cognizant Vice President to provide expert advice.

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$51 ALIDlII 6.5.3.1 Audits of facility acdvities shall be performed in accordance with the Oyster C at LMaional Quality' Assurance Plan. These audits shall encompass:

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a. The conformance of facility operations to provisions mv.e! sed withir.@ ihbnd Speci6 cations and applicable license conditions.

b. The performance, training and qali6 cations of the facility staff

c. The results of actions taken to correct deficiencies occurring in fadby ig6ner.t, sn.stures, systems or method of operation that affect nuclear safety.

- d. The Facility Emergency Plan and implementing procedures, i

c. The Facility Security Plan and implementing procedures.

f. The Fire Protection Program and implementing procedures.

6.' The perfonnance of activities required by the Operational Quality Assurance P;an to meet the criteria of Appendix 'B' 10 CFR 50.

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h. The radiological environmental monitoring program and the results thereof.

i. The OFFSITE DOSE CALCULA110N MANUAL and implementing procedures.

J. The PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM and implementing procedwes for radioactive wastes.

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k. Any other area of facility operation considered appropriate by the IOSRO or the Office of the President-OPU Nuclear. -

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6.5.3.2 Audits of the following shall be performed under the cognizance of the Vice President -

vnsible for technical support.

a. An independent fire protection and loss prevention program inspection and audit shall be performed utilizing either qualified licensee personnel or an outside fire protection finn.

b. An inspection and audit of the fire protection and loss prevention program, by an outside qualified fire consultant.

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1he following program shall be established, implemented, and maintained.

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, A program has been established which will ensure the capability to obtain and analyse reactor coolant, radioactive lodines and particulates in plant gaseous effluents, and containment i

atmosphere samples under accident conditions. Th3 program shall include the following:

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Training if personnel in sampling and analysis, i

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Procedures for sampling and analysis.

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Provisions for verifying wbility of the System.

6.18 PROCESS CONTROL PLAN i

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OPU Nuclear, Inc. Initiated changes to the PCP:

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Shall be submitted to the NRC in the Annual Radioactive Efiluent Release Report for the period in which the changes were made. Thl submittal shall contain:

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sufficiently detailed information to justify the changes without benefit of additional or supplemental information; b.

a determination that the changes did not reduce the overall conformance of the solidified waste product to existing criteria for solid wastes; and l

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documentation that the changes have been reviewed and approved pursuant to Section 6.8.2.

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Shall become effective upon review and approval by GPU Nuclear Management.

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The ODCM shall be approved by the Commission prior to implementation.

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OPU Nuclear, Inc. Initiated changes to the ODCM shall be submitted to the NRC in the l

Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report for the period in which the changes were e

made. This submittal shall contain:

1.. sufficiently detailed information tojustify the changes without benefit of additional or i

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- 2. - - a determination that the changes did not reduce the accuracy or reliability of dose calculations or setpoint determination; and,.

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documentation that the changes have been reviewed and approved pursuant to Section 6.8.2.

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Change (s) shall become effective upon review and approval by GPU Nuclear Management..

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