ML20203J131
| ML20203J131 | |
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| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
| Issue date: | 02/20/1998 |
| From: | John Hickman NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9803030429 | |
| Download: ML20203J131 (7) | |
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7590-01 P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ES,,llTILITIES INC.
CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE CORN BELT POWER COOPERATIVE DOCKET NO. 50 331 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION. AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an aniendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR 49 issued to IES Utilities Inc., Cantral Iowa Power Cooperative, and Com Belt Power Cooperative (the licensee) for operation of the Duane Amold Energy Center, located in Unn County, Iowa.
The proposed amendment would revise the definitions of Cold Condition and Cold Shutdown and add a new section, 3.17, Vessel Hydrostatic Pressure and Leak Testing, to the Technical Specifications to specifically allow reactor vessel hydrostatic pressure testing to be performed during p; ant shutdown.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.-
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significent hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment 9803030429 980220
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would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evalustod; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident r,,viously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:
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The proposed amendment will not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated Under this proposed change the secondary containment, secondary containment automatic isolation valves, and standby gas treatment systems would be required to be operable during the performance of hydrostatic and leak testing and would be capable of handling any airbome radioactivity or steam leaks that could occur. The required pressure testing conditions -
provide adequate assurance that the consequences of a steam leak will be conservatively bounded by the consequences of the postulated main steum line break outside of primary containment. The proposed change will not result in a significant change in the stored energy in the reactor vessel during the performance of the testing.
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The proposed amendment will not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated, The proposed change will not alter the way hydrostatic pressure and leak testing is performed or s!gnificantly change the temperatures and pressures achieved to perform the test.
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The propoeed amendment will not involve a significant re duction in a margin of safety, The propcsed changes and additions result in increased system operability requirements above those that currently exist during the performance of hydrostatic and leak testing and are consistent with the requirements of NUREG 1433 Rev.1, and the DAEC submittal for Improved Technical Specifications. The incremental increase in stored energy in the vessel during testing will be conservailvely bounded by the consequences of the postulated main steam line break outside of primarv containment. Therefore, this change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
3-The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in dorating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30 day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State comments received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish in the FEDERAL REGISTER a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after isste %7 The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be delivered to Room GD22, Two White Flint North,11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. Copies of written comments received may M examined at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
Nnsee may file a request for a hearing with respect to
- By issuance of the amendment to the subject facility cperating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the
4 proceeding must file a writtsn request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested oorsons shou ld consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at N local public document room located at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, 500 First Street, SE., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing i
Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the designated Atomic i
Safety and Licensing Board willissue 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 resuits of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the nature of the petitioners right under the Act to be made party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioners 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 petitioners interest.
The petition should also identify 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 leave to intervene'or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to 15 days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceedirg, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
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Not later than 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 which are sought to be litigated in the matter. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue oflaw or fact to be raised or controverted. In 3
addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must j
also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is r
4 aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion.
l Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the 1
applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, i
l would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which e
l satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations i
i in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the
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conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
j if a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the T
- hearing is held.
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- if the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of i
the amendment, if the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the f
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
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0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by close of j
business ca the above date. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the i
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washingto,, DC 20555-0001, and to.
Jack Newman, Al Gutterman, Morgan, Lewis & Brocklus,1800 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036-586g, attomey for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the 4
Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the i
petition and/or request shou!d be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in l
10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
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. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated February 3,1998, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Straet, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public w-.
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~7-document room located at the Cedar Rapids Public Library,500 First Street, SE., Cedar R Iowa 52401, Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20thday of February 1998.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION lYs Mohn B. Hickman, Acting Project Manager Project Directorate lil-3
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