ML20207L748
| ML20207L748 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1988 |
| From: | Bradham O SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8810170425 | |
| Download: ML20207L748 (2) | |
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Document Control Desk U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 1
Washington, DC 20555 i
Subject:
Virgil C. Sumer Nuclear Station Docket No. 50/395 Operating License No. NPF-12 Technical Specifications Change VANTAGE 5 Fuel G" 'emen:
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By letters dated May 20, 1988 and March 8, 1988, South Carolina Electric &
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Gas Company (SCE&G) requested amendments to the Virgil C. Sumer Nuclear Station Technical Specifications in order to support refueling and operating i
the plant with VANTAGE 5 fuel. As the enrichment of VANTAGE 5 fuel can exceed the 4 weight-percent uranium-235 and the expected burnup of this fuel I
exceeds the 33 gigawatt-days per metric-ton-uranium (GWD/MT) specified in j
Paragraph (b) of 10CFR51.52 SCE&G is required to perform an analysis of the i
environmental effects of the transportation of the fuel and waste under both l
1 normal and accident conditions.
i The Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) staf f has reviewed the environmental
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I impacts of extended irradiation up to 60 GWD/MT and increased enrichment up to 5 weight-percent uranium-235 and has documented these reviews in the 1
Federal Register 53 FR 6040 dated February 29, 1988 and 53 FR 30355 dated August 11, 1988. The staff has concluded that the results of Table S-3 of i
10CFR51.51 and Table S-4 of 10CFR51.52 are conservative and bound the corresponding impacts for the increased burnup levels and er,richments, f
The utilization of VANTAGE 5 fuel at the Virgil C. Sumer Nuclear Station l
will be restricted to enrichments of less than or equal to 4.25 weight-l percent of ursnium-235 and burnups not to exceed 60 GWD/MTV.
Since these i
limits fall within the bounds of the NRC assessment, SCE&G hereby proposes the use of the referenced NRC analysis in fulfillment of the requirements of i
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10CFR51.52.
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