ML20207B153
| ML20207B153 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 07/11/1986 |
| From: | Wigginton D |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20207B144 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-61775, TAC-61776, NUDOCS 8607170441 | |
| Download: ML20207B153 (5) | |
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s 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPHISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY 1
DOCKET NOS. 50-369 AND 50-370 I
NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering j
issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17 issued to Duke Power Company for operation of the McGuire Nuclear Station, j
Units 1 and 2, located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
The amendments would revise Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.4.5, " Steam Generators" and its bases. The revision would eliminate the requirement for plugging of a steam generator tube if the tube defects are located at least 2 j
inches below the top of the tubesheet. The associated bases 3/4.4.5 would be l
l supplemented to distinguish between requirements for plugging of tubes with I
defects located at least two inches below the top of the tubesheet and those located elsewhere in the tubes.
These revisions to the technical specifications would be made in response to the licensee's application for amendments dated June 24, 1986, as supple-l mented by letter dated July 1, 1986. Additional submittals may be requested i
by the Comission during the course of its continuing review.
Existing plant Technical Specifications for tube plugging criteria apply throughout the tube length and do not take into account the reinforcing effect of the tubesheet on the external surface of the tube.
In reality, the presence of the tubesheet will constrain the tube and will complement its integrity in l
the region by precluding tube defonnation beyond its expanded outside diameter.
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- 7590-01 The resistance to both tube rupture and tube collapse is significantly strengthened by the tubesheet.
In addition, the proximity of the tubesheet significantly affects the leak behavior of throughwall tube cracks in this region, i.e., no significant leakage relative to that allowed by plant technical specifications is to be expected. Based on these factors, consideration of a revised criterion as proposed by the licensee, or an alternative criterion i
which may be requested by the licensee for tube plugging may be justified for tube defects located below a predetermined depth within the tubesheet region.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
By Aug. 15,1986, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with res-pect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to inter-vene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the re-quest 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 shall 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
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. 7590-01 petition should specifically explain the reasons wny intervention should be pennitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1)thenature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a 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. Any person who has 1
filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party mayamendthepetitionwithoutrequestingleaveoftheBoarduptofifteen(15) dcys prior to.the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (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, 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 pennitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject l
to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed 1
6 with the Secretary of the Consission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Connission.
Washington, D. C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be
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delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W.,
i Washington, D. C. by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free 1
l telephonecalltoWesternUnionat(800)325-6000(inMissouri(800)342-6700),
The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 i
i and the following message addressed to B. J. Youngblood: petitioner's name j
and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication j
date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory i-Comission, Washington, D. C. 20555, and to Mr. Albert Carr, Duke Power Company, 4
l P.O. Box 33189, 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, f
attorney for the licensee.
hontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions supplemental petitons and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained l
absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the Atomic i
j Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial s.howing in support of the granting of a late petition and/or request. That determination will be based upon a i
j balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
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. 7590-01 For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated June 24, 1986 and its supplement dated July 1,1986, which are available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. And at the Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC Station), North Carolina 28242.
th Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 11 day of July 1986.
l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i Nh Dave Wiggin Acting Director PWR Project Directorate #4 Division of PWR Licensing-A
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