ML20198R483

Forwards Amends 132 & 124 to Licenses NPF-02 & NPF-08, Respectively & Se.Amends Change TS 3/4.4.9, Specific Activity & Associated Bases to Reduce Limit Associated W/Dose Equivalent iodine-131

ML20198R483
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	10/29/1997
From:	Jacob Zimmerman NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Dennis Morey SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.
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ML20198R489	List: ML20198R483 ML20198R518 ML20198R522
References
TAC-M99610, TAC-M99612, NUDOCS 9711130293
Download: ML20198R483 (3)

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'.. Mr. D. N. Morey Vice Pr:sident - Farley Prcject October 29, 1997 Southern Nucirr Oper ting Company, Inc.

Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 1295-

SUBJECT:

-ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS- JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NO. M99610 AND M99612)

Dear Mr. Morey:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the enclosed' Amendment No.132 to Facility Operating License No NPF-2 and Amendment No.124 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley), Units 1 and 2. The amendments change the Technical Specificatic.7s (TS) in response to your submittal dated September 17,1997.

The amendment changes TS 3/4.4.9, " Specific Activity," and the associated Bases to reduce -

the limit associated with dose equivalent lodine-131. The steady-state dose equivalent lodine 131 limit would be reduced by 50 percent from 0.3 pCurie/ gram to 0.15 pCurie/ gram and the maximum' instantaneous value would be reduced by 50 percent from 18 pCurie/ gram to ,

9 pCurie/ gram.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included _

.' in the Commission's biweekly Federal Reaister notice. '

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Cincerely,

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ORIGINAL SIGNED BY: ,I

• Jacob 1. Zimmerman, Project Manager '*;

Project Directorate ll-2 X, Division of Reactor Projects -l/Il ., ,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364

Enclosures:

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2. Amendment No.124 to NPF-8 '

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,, g October 29, 1997 Mr. D. N. Momy Vice President - Farley Project Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Post Office Box 295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS- JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NO. M99610 AND M99612)

Dear Mr. Morey:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the enclosed Amendment No.132 4

to Facility Operating License No. NPF-2 and Amendment No.124 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley), Units 1 and 2. The amendments change the Technical Specifications (P a in response to your submittal dated September 17,1997.

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$ The amendment changes TS 3/4.4.9, " Specific Activity," and the assuciated Bases to reduce l the limit associated with dose equivalent iodine-131. The steady-state dose equivalent iodine-131 limit would be reduced by 50 percent from 0.3 pCurie/ gram to 0.15 pCurie/ gram and the maximum instantaneous value would be reduced by 50 percent from 18 pCurie/ gram to 9 pCurie/ gram.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's biweekly Federal Reaister notice,

i. Sincerely, acob 1. Zimmerman, Project Manager Project Directorate 11-2 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No.132 to NPF-2

2. Amendment No.124 to NPF-8

3. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: See next page

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J:seph M.' F:rley Nuclear Plant cc:

Mr R. D. Hill, Jr.

General Manager -

Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 Ashford, Alabama 36312 3 Mr. Mark Ajiuni, Licei. sing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 4

Birmingham, Alabama 35201 1295 i Mr. M. Stanford Blanton Balch and Bingham Law Firm i

Post Office Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Mr. J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health 434 Monroe Street Montgomery, Alabama 36130 1701 Chairman Houston County Commission Post Office Box 6406 Dothan, Alabama 36302 Regional Administrator, Region 11 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Resident inspector U.S.' Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7388 N. State Highway 95 Columbia, Alabama 36319

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