ML20204B697
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1988 |
| From: | Dromerick A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8810200296 | |
| Download: ML20204B697 (7) | |
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gI_T_ED_STATESNU,CLE,A,R_REGULATORYCOMMISSION GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION. ET AL DOCKET NO. 50-219 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO I
4 PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIG_NIFICANT HAZARDS
. CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering t
issuance of an amendment to Provisional Operating License No. OPR-16 issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation, et al., (GPUN or the Itcensee) for operation of the 1
Oy' ster Creek Nuclear Genera ting Station, located in Ocean County, New Jersey.
l The preposed atendrent would revise the Oyster Creek Technical Specifica-s tiens Table 3.1.1 by adding a reference to note "11" in the startup r. ode for j
the High Reactor Pressure Scram function in accorcance with the licensee's
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application for amendment dated Septerber 26, 1988.
Proposed pote for "11" will state:
"The function not required to be operab k witt, the reactor vessel head renoved or unbolted." Table 3.1.1 note "kk" is being reserved for another
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Technical Specification change presently under review.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will 1
have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act)
I and the Comission's regulations, j
The Comission has made a proposed detemination that the amendment request 1
involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 60.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnot(1)involveasignificant j
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated;
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accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a j
margin of safety.
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e The licersee's proposed Technical Specification Change Request (TSCR)
No. 174 would allow removing the High Pressure Scram function when the reactor head is removed or unbolted. This change is necessary to install new analog pressure sensors during the 12R refueling outage, i
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i When the reactor temperature is less than 212*F and either the vessel i
i head is rerioved or unbolted, there is no possibility of a major reactor pressure excursion. As a major excursion is not possible, the instrunentation i
required to scram the reactor in a excursion serves no purpose. Additier. ally, l
the Boiling Water Reactor Standard Technical Specifications specifically state r
that the Figh Pressure Scram function is not required when the head is i
unbelted or removed in the START UP nede. This request more closely aligns
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the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Technical Specifications with the Boilirg Water Reactor Standard Technical Specifications.
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Based on the above the proposed change does not:
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Involve a significant increase in the prcbability or consequences of an l
l accident previously evaluated, i
The requested change is applicable only under those previously evaluated 4
l conditions where the function has been detemined not to be required.
I Therefore, it does not increase the probability or consequences of any
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previously evaluated accident.
(?) Create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any I
accident previously evaluated.
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As the requested change is only applicable to those conditions where the j
protective function has been detemined not to be required, no new or
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different kind of accident is created.
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Involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety.
As the applicability of the requested change has been limited to those times when the function is not required, no reduction in a margin of safety is possible.
The Comission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any coments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this U
notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Commission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulatory Publications Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and should cite the publication date and page number
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of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be delivered to Room P-216, Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland f rom 1
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7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Copies of written comments received may be examined at I
c the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W.,
i Washington, D.C.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene are discussed below.
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By November 16, 1988, the licensee may file a request for a hearing I
with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding end q
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who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene.
Request for a hearing and petitions for l
leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the CoLTiission's "Rules i
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of Practice for Doinestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intarvene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairran of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary or the designated Atomic' Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR $2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shell set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding.
The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1)thenature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's 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 petitioner's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect (!) of 'M subject matter of the procencing 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 fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements I
described above, i
l Notlaterthanfifteen(15)dayspriortothefirstprehearingconference i
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
t sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which 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 in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the e
opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
c If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determinatiun i
4 on the issue of no significant hazards considerations. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the request for amendment involves t
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no significant hatards considerations, the Comission may issue the amendment i
and make it effective, notwitnstanding the request for a hearing.
Any hearing held would take place af ter issuance of the an.endment, i
j If a final deterrination is that the amendment involves significant hazards considerations, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Comission 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 derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comission may issue the license amenAnent before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards
, considerations. The final determination will consider all public and State cossnents received. Should the Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance.
The Connission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request foi a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to John F. Stolz:
petitioner's name and telephone number, date petition was miled, plant name, and publication date and page nutber of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conunission.
Washington, DC 20555, and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, 200 N. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, attorney 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 Commission, the presiding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request,
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l that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request. That detemination will be based f
upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 7
2.714(d).
l For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 28, 1988, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the local Public Docurent Room Ocean County Library,101 Washington Street Toms River, New Jersey 00753.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this lith day of October 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Alexan&
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der W. Dromerick, Project Manager Project Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulatien t
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