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Response to Applicant 840411 Motion for Authorization to Issue License to Load Fuel & Conduct Certain Precritical Testing.Affidavit of Gn Lauber & Certificate of Svc Encl
ML20205Q779
Person / Time
Site: Catawba, 05000000
Issue date: 05/01/1984
From: Johnson G
NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Shared Package
ML20204J134 List:
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FOIA-85-59 NUDOCS 8606030301
Download: ML20205Q779 (15)


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j a r.: Ccr. duct Certain Frecritical Testir.g" (",Yctier."), cated 'pril 11.

s-1924, Applicants have recuested the Licensing Board to find, based c i .-

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to Applicants' Motion, do not cppose authorization of a license to '

load fuel 3"d conduct pre-critical testing, prcvited no findings under 10 C .R. ? 50.57(a) are made by the Board. If the Potion is -

une;pesec, a such Ecard findings are reqeired under l 50.5)(c), as set cut be'..s. Fewaver, findings are then requirtd ;c be rede by the Directer of Nuclear Tseacter Pegulation as to tne ectiers in '

! 50.57(a). The Staff views Intervenors' position at bein; esten-tially in agreer.ent with that of Applicants and the Staff, :,e. ,

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5 50.571# as to'which there is a centrcversy. -o the ee. er.: ratters have 1- I:00TNOTE CONTINUE 0 FRO *'. F'RE"IOUS FAC-E) .

. 'tirg, purs'ua-t tc -his paragraph (c), fcr a 0;G*ati .; '

license authorizing icw-p wer testing (operaticn at nct ec"e than *. percer.: of full p:wer for the purpcse of :esting tre

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A: i0n en such a rction by the presiding of#icer snail be taken with due regard to the rights cf the parties to the prcceecirgs, inclujing the right of any party to be heard to the extent ine.t his contentions are relevant to the activity to te authori:ed.

Frier to takinc any action en such a rotien which an,. party '

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ratters'specified in paragraph (a) of this sect 4cn as te which

    • e's is & C0"t"0Va'sy. in the forF. of a9 initial CeCiti0n with respect to the contested activity sought to be authorized. Tne Director of Nuclear Reactor Pegulation will make findines on all c her matter's specified in paragraph (a) c' tnis section.

!f no party c;;oses the rction, the presiding c'fd cer v.'il issue -

an crder pursuant :: ! 2.730(e) c# *his ch;;ter, authcri ir.; -

ths-Cirectcr cf '.u: lear Reactor :egulaticr-Tr-rais ap;re:riate --

fir.cings cr. the ma :ers specified in parag:aph-(a of this se,cti:n and to issue a license for the-regacitJd operati:n.

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2/ 10 C.F.R. I 50.57(a) provides that en cceratine license may be -

issued upon finding that:

(1) Ccnstructicn of the facility has been substa .:ialiy cerpleted, in confermity with the constructicn permit end the applicatinn as amended, the provisiens of the Act, and the rules and recu. ~

latiens of the Commission; and .

(2) The facili*y will coerate in conformity with the a?;iica ice a s e- " de d , "e :r;'ci sic r s c' t ne Act , at: *5e -f ss a : .

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auth:rized by ;"e crerating license can te ::'c.rtet vi:- t er.ca ngeri r., th6 'ta .-' a r d sa f a *y Of :ha ; t'. i: , f e d d ' ; .at such activit'fi ' rill be ccr. ducted ir cc rliance w1th :"c regula*i *s in *ris chapter; and IC Ihe aCplican* is technically and fireccially cualif'ed tc erga;e in :*e 3: tis'*ies au* cri:ad by the ::e ra*.i g i':s r:s in accceda* e w#*- *La regula*.icn: ir *.his ch?;;er. :.cs, no f i n d i r.g o f f i r l f c i e l q u a l i 'i c a

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12 C.F.R. i 50.57(c); Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (Diablo Catjer Nuclear Pc'cer Plar.t, Units 1 & 2), LEP-81-5, 13 NRC 225, 233 (1951). In acdition, 1". C.F.R.150.57(c) does not cenerally conterplate creaticn cf a new evidentiary proceeding based en new contentiens. See Pacific Gas ar.d Electric Co. (Diablo Canycn 5'uclear Pcwer Plant, Units 1 and 2), CLI-E;-5, 13 N;C 351, 252 (1981); LEP-51-5, 13 N^.C 225, 233 (1981). Further, where,

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ic offsite erergency preparedness, 10 CFR i.50.47(d) and A;;endix E, i I, 3/ (FCOTNOTE CONTIM'JED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE) electric utility applicant fcr an cper. sting licerse for a

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(5) The ap;Iicable previsions of Part 140 of this chapte* have teen satisfied; and

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E. The Admitted Contentions Do Not Raise Questions Eelevant To A Eeasenable Assurance Ceternination That The Activities Scucht To 5e Authori:ed Will t'n+ r.ndanger The Public Health And Safety .-

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Accidents During Fuel Load and Precritical Testing Eenders the Previousiv litigated Contentiens Irrelevant to t"e Motion
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could r'esult in endangering the health and safety'of the public. , ,.

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ne Ecard admitted a contention on its own motion on February 27,

.cich cuesticns .hether the .i ra n s ame ri ca ,ce i av t,i , .nc.

(i.1, e e gency diesel generators (E03s) at Catawba will te able to ;ericrm their safdty functions reliably in light of problems which have been re; cried recently by Applicants.6/ -

he safety fun. tic .s which are to be per' erred by ED5s (f;plicants' ensite electric pcwer system) are described in Geneial Design Criterion IR~) 17 (fcund in A;;endix A to Part 50), which states, in part: _

Ehctric ecwer svstems. An. ensite electrihower system and an-cf fsite eiec ric ;cwer system spill be..provided to permit functiening of structures, systt s , an<! cc ponents it;ortant to safety. The safety function for each system (issuming the other. . . j.

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system is not functioning) shall be to provide sufficient capacity and capability to assure that (l' specified acceptable fuel desien ~

limits and design conditions of - ? reactor coolant pressure- -

beundary are not exceeded as a re.;1t of anticipated coerational i/ Since, by regulaticn, the 1.icensing Scard need not rake findings en e ergency planning cententiens addressing offsite e ergency

e:arecness in cedar to autncri:e 'ssuence C # a 'uel icad a.d
recritical testin; license, the relevancy of che acmittec j e ergency planring cententions need ret be addressed by the Ecard  ;

ruling en tH s --ti:n.

10 C : ; 50.a7(cC; Ac enci> E. r I,  !

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l 1/ Ey letter to the Ecard of Febru 17, igt4, Applicants re;; rte' l

e fcliewin; croblems in diese. ;ereratcr 1-A: a slign: crack in  !

a cylinder head, weiding flaws in the pushreds, excessive wear on the rear bearing c' ene of the turbechargers, tnd a crac'..ed fuel O'I injectiCr ;;*o ec:*le, iy '. E ! e t o t h e E a rc' #

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'.E'S, A;pliCf.r*.s n:ted Several add' tic".al prcble s .liin cisteis 1 1 l and 1-E that c6.et c;ed during *esting Which Ac;licants are !!!O t eating as with'r. *e F.carc cc-ter 'er..

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h cccurrer. css arc (E) Fe cere is c cied and c;nta'r art

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e;r'.y
and ether. vital functicns are m=intainec in the ever.
cf.;tstulatec r

accidents.'

! Mcwever, GDC-17 is concerned with assuring the safety cf the plant-

!  :;rir; pcstulated accidents ar.d anticipated epe,ratier.ai occurrences upon

!  : r al criticai pc..er o:eraticn cf the plant. The activit ies f r M i :'-

aut*crization is sought here -- fuel loading and n0n-critical testir.; - -

1 l de r. t invcive critical pcwer operation. As described by Acclicants in

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their Motien anc accompanying af fidavit, the fuel lead and testing i

l r:cedures soucht to be licensec throuch the subject motien do net inciude t

! achieving criticality. Motion, at 7-9; Afficavit of Abrahan/McCollum, f

l  !! 8-11. Further,'they describs the steps they intend to take to assure i

l that criticality is not achievec. The primary mechanism for preventing i ,

.s criti:ality is maintaining high cercentratior.s j:f bcr:n in the rea:tUr -

l  ::clant system. The boren c:ncentratien will be checked at least cnce a -

1 , _ _

{ day to ensure that the level is maintained; Abraham /McCollum Affidavit, ..

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I ( 11. In additier the opero+nr wculd be alerted to any decreases in bcron concentratic either"by a change in monitcred source range count-rate (during fuel novement), or by the source range channel alara i l i

(during all ether phases of activity). Id. -  !

Eated en review of the activities cropcsed, as detc-ibed in j A:plicaras' afficavit and further specified in Chapter 15 of ineir .-inal I

{ !afetj Ana.ysi: scrt, the Staf' kas cenciuced that, with ere e :s: icn, -

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the transients c' .ccidents censidere: in risk analysis w uld eitner not l cc ur or would not entail consecuences to the health ard safe:y c' the 4

i ntlic. Lauber Affidavit, ' 4 The cre ex:eotion it a r: cr di*uticn.

event. For sustaired criticality .to cccur during the descrited activi-1 i

! *. i-0, tPt IrrC^ CLrceq'ratiCr IEycl v:~uld havt 0; c *-- frc- *.he !*.eti #'.e: '

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v. v. s tc-ic. beinc .aken. Since such a drcp ceu N cr.ly be achieved thrcuch r e c.h-drivenJumpinecfnci-beratedwaterintothereactorccciant sys;tr, less of power te the system would cause.,the boron dilutien to 2

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i reac:cr coolant' sis;= v.ere criticality to be achieved and it was needec 4 .

s s s te shut dcwn the chain reaction. Lauben Affidavit, H 5-6. <

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- - Staff review cf beren dilution evepts shews that the risk cf ,

j achievirg criticality threuch the undet9cted and unccrrected drep in 1

i beren concen ration levels is 2 occurrences in 1000 years of reactor i

s c;eration. Lauben Affidavit, r. 5. Fewever, these calculations presume l

.- l i .sttentien :o the tonitcrine for boren dilutiop fer a pericd cf aben _

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fcur hours. Given the A;plicants' com..ittent to cic?ely.coniter bcren. -

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I concent'ratior. levels as stated in the Abraham /P.cCol".um Affidavit, and. to ..

a . .

eading the tcronometer strip charts once an hour, as reported in the

.auben' Affidavit (5 6), the Staff views the assumptions underpinning-its'-

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I - e'arlier analysis of the risk of criticality as not.e*.tirely applicable ~ ,

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!' tc the instant case. The Sta'f, rather,"corcludes,that, assuning ,

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,.n creer to assure tr.at suc.n en.cainc aOnitorir.c dc s . n ac tah place, the 5:af' would recid erbthat any iutter'ca.-icn fei ,,

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s cescribec in ; e Lauten Af#ica.it,. the 5:afi ' as 'ur:nir 7

evaluated the'p'rcbability of offsite censequer. css as a result cf a

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! teren dilution event teing initiated, proceeding to criticality, ar.d t

f' ge erating pcwer to the point where substantial,ccre da age w:uid 4

1  :::t , 'The probability cf such an ever.: i s 2 in ICC,C:0,::: retct:r i.

years of c;eration, an extremely small pecbability which is irsisnificar.

s.4.en compared to the risk of ccre melt fcr full pcwer cperation even 3

withthedieselsavailable.5/ Lauben 'ffidavit, f 7. As a result, the Staff cencludes that there is not a significant risk cf adverse con- '

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secuences or danger to the health and safety of the public through such .

a boren dilution or any other event ~ curing the proposed cperations. Id.

To the extent a positive determinaticn of reaser.able assurance under .

S=ctier. 5D.:/ 15 recu1 red, however, the. Scard --- gust -

also find that the -

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4 act vities must be conducted in compliance.with.the regulations, in this i

In such case, the Board must . find not_only that there i.s

case GDC-17. .

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reasonable assurance with respect to the health and safety of the public, i - . .

but with respect to regulatory ccmpliance, as well. . t

' Although GDC-17 calls for both onsite and offsite electrical power ,

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to be provided, and requires that both the offsite pcwer system and the

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] terms of G,DC-17 apply to full-pewer cperation, and that the authority to I

q grart a license for certain activities .less than full pcwer centerplates .

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that 'the. protection afforded to the public at icw-pcwer levels withcut the ciesel ge.nera' t crs required for full-pcwer cperations , is ecuivalent .

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As observed in note 4, above, the Ccmmission has requested ccaments from the parties to the Shoreham proceeding and. scheduled oral --

argument for May 7,1984 on several issues growing out of the 1

Shcreham Licensing Ecard ruling with respect to the applicability of GDC-17 to an application for a low-pcwer license. Ar.o.nc the l

! questions en which the Commission has sought comments are:

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'2) ,'What is tne legal basis for hcicing :nat G=nerai

, Design C-iterien 17 is not applicable for icw cwer

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'cr such non-p:wer cperaticns, the level of protecticn prc ided by f

elec ric power systers.is ecual to or c.reater t..han the leve; aff0rdsd b.v

:: .- #:e ful'.-;c se :;eratin,. .

i - as cescribed in the attached Affidavit of G. Ncrran Lauben, a  ;

1\ .

1 -evisa of the safety functicns cescribed in GDC '7 sh:rts tha: they are

,i r.ct recuired where operations do not create either significant fission a

precucts or decay heat. Lauben Affidavit, t 4 So icng as r.cn- .

criticality is maintained, neither significant fissicn products nor any decay heat is created, and there are no accidents which c:uld occur i

which wculd recuire AC pcwer systems to maintain the design and operating

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liri atiens specified in GDC-17. -Id

-.. Moreever,, as roted above , in the un 1sel.v event that critica,ilt.y were reacne.d. tncou.:n a boren ci eu;;cn i

event, the probability of offsite consequences due'to loss of offsite A.C. .., -

power sources, even in the absence of onsite A.C. power, is 'nsignificant.

As a result, the Staff concludes that the level of protectic for the.

i activities sought to be licensed, which is afforded by offsite power 2

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a;plicability cf GDC-17 upcn consideration cf a;pli:a. s u der 4

? 50.57(c) cay have a bearinc en the issues addressed - this response. Ir. sofar as Applicants' Motien here is urc;;; sed, l hewever, the Ecard is not recuired to make #ircings cr. der

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cf the regula icns wculd not recessarily cor.rt: :Pis Erard's

], cispositicn '.f this Motion.

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< effsite systems at fuli-pcwer. tauben *ffidavit, r - . Thus, since there L

is ne significant pecbability of an event through whic' the health and 4,

sa#et.. Of the c.ublic. w:uld be endanc.ered by th.s. activities seu;5t te be g . ::i:ee, anc t'.e iece! cf prctectica provicid is c;',sistent i

r$gulatory recuire ents, the Staff concludes that the unavailt:il'ty of

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cnsite electric power is not relevant to the license s:ught.

t folicws that the Ecard contention en the reliability of the TCI EDGs is similarly ret ralevant te the activity scught to be licensed, and therefcre to a .'

ceterminatien of reasonable assurance.10/

III. CCN"LUSION

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relevant to activities invciving enly subcr.itical-fue' iced and testinc, .

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and the're is not a significant probability of adverse censequences.to the.... .. , ,

public during the prcposed activities f( which'a license is sought, the Board should decide that there are no fa.:ual issues in controversy which recuire findings based on the recnrd of the proceeding. Further, to the extent Applicants' !'.otion is opposed, the Board should cake the

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testir.g "is extrerely low, since self-sustain'n; chain rea:-ion will take place ar. der the terms c the license anc therefore nc radioactive fission products will be produced." Ciabio Car. yen, sucra, CLI-E3-27, le !J.C 1145, 1149 (1983). The Staff's factual shc.tinc that fuel icsc~ and pra-critical testinc her= d0es rci ;cs a sicnificant risk ic the health ard safety of t"+ publi: is consistent with the CecrAssion's determination in Diablo Carycn.

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AFFIDAVIT OF G. NOR;'.A!! LA.UEE.';  ;

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C0!!CEF.IIIt!G THE APPLICANTS' MOTION .

FOR FL'EL LOADING AND PRECRITICALLY TESTIt:G - .-

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