ML20202D312
| ML20202D312 | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1997 |
| From: | Weiss S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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UNITED STATES I *g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION s*
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20066 0001
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MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-309 MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC P0.WER STATION AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No.160 License No. DPR-36 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or NRC) has found that:
A.
The application for the amendment filed by the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (the licensee) dated August 15. 1997, as supplemented by letters dated September 19, 1997 and Octobe,- 21, 1997. complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act af 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1:
B.
The facility will cperate in con'.ormity with the application, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission:
C.
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 wil' be conducted in compliance witi, the Commission's regulations:
D.
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.
2.
Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachrent to this license amendment.
and aaragraph 2.B.(6)(b) of tne Facility Operating License No. OPR-36 is here3y amended to read as follows:
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lechnical SDecifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A. as revised through Amendment No.160. are hereby :ncorporated in the license.
The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
3.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall
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be implemented within 30 days of its date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULA10RY COMMISSION b
f Seymour H. Weiss. Director i
Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning L
Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management L
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical s
Specifications
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Date of Issuance:
November 26, 1997 3
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ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO.160 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-36 DOCKET NO. 50-309 Replace the following pages of Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attached pages.
The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the areas of change.
Remove Insert 5.2-1 5.2-1 5.2-2 5.2-2 5.2-3 5.2-3 5.3-1 5.3-1 5.4-1 5.4-1 5.8-3 5.8-3 5.8-4 5.8-4
5_2 ORGANIZATION 5.2.1 Onsite and Offsite Oroanization An onsite and an offsite organization shall be established for unit operation and corporate management.
The onsite and offsite organization shall include the positions for activities affecting the safetygfthenuclearpowerplant.
a.
Lines of authority, responsibility and communication shall be established and defined from the highest management levels through intermediate levels to and including all operating orgari.'ation functions. Those relationships shall be documented and upa ted, as appropriate, in the form of organizational charts. These organizational charts will be documented in the FSAR.
b.
The President shall have corporate responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety and take prudent measures to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in operating, maintaining, and pro'/iding technical support to the plant to maintain safe operation, c.
The Plant Manager shall have direct responsibility for overall unit safe oper6 tion and shall have control ote-those onsite resources necessary for safe operation and mo.ntenance of the plant.
d.
The individuals who train the certified fuel handlers and those l
who carry out radiation protection and qualit assurance functions shall have sufficient organizationa freedom to ensure the ability to perform their assigned functions.
5.2.2 Facility Staff a.
Each on duty shift shall be composed of at least the minimum shift crew composition shown in Table 5.2-1.
b.
At least one individual qualified to stand watch in the control room (non-certified operator or a certified fuel handler) shall be in the cont 71 room when irradiated fuel is in the spent fuel
- pool, c.
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d.
An individual qualified in radiation protection procedures shall be on site when fuel is in the reactor.
e.
All fuel handling operations shall be directly supervised by a certified fuel handler.
Fuel handling o)erations are defined as movement of new or irradiated fuel Assem] lies, f.
(Deleted) g.
The Shift Manager shall be a certified fuel handler.
An operator
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holding a license as a Senior Reactor Operator in accordance with 10 CFR 551s qualified as certified fuel handler.
h.
The Shift Manager shall report to an individual who is a certified fuel handler.
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Personnel requirements of a and d above may be less than the g
minimum specified for a period of time not to exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> in order to accc N date unexpected absence of on-duty personnel provided immeaiate action is taken to restore to within the minimum requirements specified.
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TABLE 5.2-1 MINIMUM SHIFT CREW COMPOSITION Position Number for Permanently De fueled Mode Shift Manager 1
for.CertifiedOperator 1
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4 5.3 FACILITY STAFF OUAllFICATIONS 5.3.1 Each member of the facility staff mentioned below shall meet or exceed the corresponding minimum qualifications, a.
(Deleted) b.
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Technicians:
1.
Two years experience applicable to their specialty, or 2.
Two years of related academic training in engineering or science and one year experience applicable to their specialty and successful completion of a qualification program applicable to their specialty.
d.
Remaining Facility Staff Members:
Regulatory Guide 1.8 - September 1975 for comparable positions unless otnerwise noted in the Technical Specifications.
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5.4 TRAlt41NG E.4.1 A NRC-approved training and retraining program for the certified fuel handlers shall be maintained under the direction of the Plant Manager or his designee.
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c.
Surveillance and test activities of safety related equipment.
d.
Not used.
e.
Not used.
f.
Fire Protection Program ' implementation.
g.
Process Control Program (DCP).
h.
Off-site Dose Calculation Manual (0DCM).
5.8.3 Each procedure of 5.8.2 above. and changes thereto, shall be reviewed by the PORC and approved by the Plant Manager prior to implementation and reviewed periodically as set forth in administrative procedures.
5.8.4 Temporary changes to procedures of 5.8.2 above may be made provided:
a.
The intent of i.he original procedure is not altered.
b.
The change is approved by two members of the plant staff, at least one of whom is a Shift Manager.
c.
The change is documented, reviewed by the PORC and approved by the Plant Manager within 14 days of implementation.
d.
Changes to the PCP:
1)
Shall be documented and records of reviews performed shall be retained as required by' Specification 5.10.2.o.
This documentation shall contain:
a)
Sufficient information to support the change together with the appropriete analyses or evaluations justifying the change (s) and b)
A determinaticn that the change will maintain the overall conformance of the solidified waste product.to existing requirements of Federal. State, or other applicable regulations.
2)
Shall become effective after review and acceotance by the PORC and the approval of the Plant Manager. '
e.
Changes to the ODCM:
1)-
Shall be documented and records of reviews performed shall be retained as required by Specification 5.10.2.o.
This documentation shall contain:
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a)
Sufficient information to support the change together with the appropriate analyses or evaluations justifying the change (s) and b)
A determination that the change will maintain the level of radioactive effluent control required by 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50,36a, and A3pendix I to 10 CFR Part 50 and not adversely impact tie accuracy or reliability of effluent, dose, or t
i setpoint calculations.
2)
Shall become effective after review and acceptance by the PORC and the approval of the Plant Manager.
3)
Shall be submitted to the Commission in the form of a complete, legible copy of the entire ODCM as a part of or concurrent with the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report for the period of the report in which any change to the ODCM was made.
Each change shill be identified by markings in the margin of the affected pages, clearly indicating the area of the page that was changed, and shall indicate the date (e.g.. month / year) the change was implemented.
5.8.5 Administrative procedures shall be established to limit the working hours of plant staff who perform functions important to the safe storage of irradiated fuel assemblies (i.e., certified fuel handlers, radiological controls technicians, and non-certified operators, and key maintenance personnel.) The procedures will require the following guidelines to be used in the event that unforeseen problems require substantial amounts of overtime to be used or during major maintenance, or major plant modifications, on a temporary basis.
1.
An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 continuous hours, excluding shift turnover time:
2.
An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-hour period, nor more than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, nor more than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7-day period, all excluding shift turnover time:
3.
A break of at least 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> should be allowed between work periods, including shift turnover time; and the use of overtime should be considered on an individual basis and rot for the entire staff on shift.
I The procedures will require that any deviation from the above guidelines be authorized by the Plant Manager or his designee, or higher levels of managemcnt 5.8-4 Amendment 34 "0 " 93.97 101,125.118,16
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