ML20212B649

Informs That Encl Announcement Re 990913 Application for Amend to Licenses NPF-9 & NPF-7 Forwarded to C Observer in North Carolina,For Publication

ML20212B649
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	09/15/1999
From:	Rinaldi F NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Barron H DUKE POWER CO.
References
TAC-MA6428, TAC-MA6429, NUDOCS 9909200184
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g September 15, 1999

(- Mr. H. B.: Barron Vice President, McGuire Site-Duke Energy Corporation 12700 Hagers Ferry Road 1 Huntersville, NC 28078-8985-

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO OPERATING

! LICENSE FOR MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS, l MA6428 AND MA6429)

Dear Mr. Barron:

The enclosed ' announcement has been forwarded to the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina f for publication. . This announcement relates to your application dated September 13,1999, for ,

l amendments to the McGuire, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating Licenses NPF-9 and NPF-17, l l seeking to make permanent the one time only changes that were incorporated into TS 3.7.9 by I l Technical Specifications (TS) Amendments 185 and 167 for McGuire, Unit 1 and Unit 2. These l

changes would allow up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to restore the Control Room Pressure Boundary (CRPB) to operable status when two control room area ventilation system (CRAVS) trains are inoperable

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due to an inoperable CRPB in MODES 1,2,3, and 4. In addition, a Limiting Condition for

! Operation note would be added to allow the CRPB to be opened intermittently under administrative control without affecting CRAVS operability. These changes would be effective l upon issuance.

[. ' A separate notice will be published later in the Federal Reaister concerning the amendment. )

Sincerely, Original signed by:

i- Frank Rinaldi, Project Manager, Section 1

! Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370

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12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078 8985

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO OPERATING LICENSE FOR MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. l MA6428 AND MA6429)

Dear Mr. Barron:

The enclosed announcement has been forwarded to the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina for publication. This announcement relates to your application dated September 13,1999, for amendments to the McGuire, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating Licenses NPF-9 and NPF-17, seeking to make permanent the one time only changes that were incorporated into TS 3.7.9 by Technical Specifications (TS) Amendments 185 and 167 for McGuire, Unit 1 and Unit 2. These changes would allow up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to restore the Control Room Pressure Boundary (CRPB) to operable status when two control room area ventilation system (CRAVS) trains are inoperable due to an inoperable CRPB in MODES 1,2,3, and 4. In addition, a Limiting Condition for Operation note would be added to allow the CRPB to be opened intermittently under administrative control without affecting CRAVS operability. These changes would be effective upon issuance.

A separate notice will be published later in the Federal Reoister conceming the amendment.

Sincerely,

% l< kY' Frank Rinaldi, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate 11 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370

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. Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Ms. Karen E. Long Legal Department (PBO5E) Assistant Attomey General Duke Energy Corporation - North Carolina Department of 422 South Church Street Justice Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 P. O. Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 County Manager of Mecklenburg County - L. A. Keller 720 East Fourth Street Manager- Nuclear Regulatory Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Licensing

~, Duke Energy Corporation Michael T. Cash 526 South Church Street Regulatory Compliance Manager - Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Duke Energy Corporation McGuire Nuclear Site Elaine Wathen, Lead REP Planner 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Division of Emergency Management Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1335 J. Michael McGarry, Ill, Esquire Winston and Strawn Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director 1400 L Street, NW. Division of Radiation Protection

- Washington, DC 20005 North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural j Senior Resident inspector _

Resources I c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3825 Barrett Drive  !

12700 Hagers Ferry Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 i Mr. T. Richard Puryear Dr. John M. Barry Owners Group (NCEMC)

Mecklenberg County- Duke Energy Corporation  :

Department of Environmental 4800 Concord Road Protection York, South Carolina 29745  !

700 N. Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Mr. Steven P. Shaver -

Senior Sales Engineer l Westinshouse Electric Company l 5929 Carnegie Blvd.

Suite 500 Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 l

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PUBLIC NOTICE NRC STAFF CONSIDERING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST g FOR MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 l The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received an application dated September 13, 1999, from Duke Energy Corporation (the licensee) for an exigent amendment to the operating licenses for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Mecklenberg County, North Carolina.

I If approved, the amendments would allow up to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to restore the Control Room Pressure Boundary (CRPB) to operable status when two control room area ventilation system l (CRAVS) trains are inoperable due to an inoperable CRPB in MODES 1,2,3, and 4. In addition, a Limiting Condition for Operation note would be added to allow the CRPB to be opened intermittently under administrative control without affecting CRAVS operability. These changes would be effective upon issuance.

The licensee has evaluated the requested amendment against the standards in 10 CFR

• 50.92, and the NRC staff has made a proposed determination that the requested amendment 1

involves no significant hazards considerations. Under the subject regulation, this means that the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, would not create the possibility of a new or different kind of ;

- <. l accident from any accident previously evaluated, or involve a significant reduction in a margin of l safety.  !

l The licensee's analysis is presented below:

1. Does the change involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences ,

of an accident previously evaluated? 1 i

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s No. The Control Room Area Ventilation System and Control Room boundary are not assumed to be an initiator of any analyzed accident; they are provided to minimize doses to the control room operators during an accident. Therefore, these proposed changes have no impact on the probability 6ioccurrence of any previously analyzed accident.

The proposed changes also have no impact on offsite dose consequences. The control room ventilation system and control room boundary provide protection for control room personnel only and do not mitigate radiological effluents released offsite. With the l control room boundary inoperable and not pressurized, the accident analyses assume unfiltered air would enter the control room and operator doses would be significantly increased. Conservative accident analysis assumptions do not take credit for available compensatory measures to mitigate operator dose. Compensatory measures include the use of the alternate control room intake to select the intake with the lowest radioactivity level, filtration of outside air by an operable CRAVS train, and the availability of self-contained breathing apparatus.

Additionally, for cases where the control room boundary is opened under administrative control, appropriate administrative measures would be required by the proposed TS

[ Technical Specifications) to ensure the boundary can be rapidly restored. Based on the compensatory measures available to the control room operator to minimize dose, the administrative controls required to rapidly restore an opened boundary, and considering the low probability of an event occurring in this short time period, the consequences are not considered to be significantly increased. Operators maintain the ability to mitigate a design basis event.

2. Does the change create the possibi!ity of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?

No. No changes are being made to actual plant hardware which will result in any new accident causal mechanisms. Also, no changes are being made to the way in which the plant is being operated, Therefore, no new accident causal mechanisms will be generated.

3. Does this change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?

No. Margin of safety is related to the ability of the fission product barriers to perform their design functions during and following accident conditions. These barriers include the fuel cladding, the reactor coolant system, and the containment system. The performance of these barriers will not be degraded by the proposed changes. The Control Room Ventilation System and control room boundary provide a protected environment for the control room operators during analyzed events. The proposed change would allow the boundary to be degraded for a limited period of time. However, administrative controls would be in place to rapidly restore an opened boundary and existing compensatory measures (e.g., breathing apparatus) would be implemented to minimize operator dose. Therefore, it is expected that operators would maintain the l ability to mitigate design basis events and none of the fission product barriers would be l

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1 affected by this change. Therefore, the proposed change is not considered to result in a significant reduction in a margin of safety.

If the proposed determination that the requested license amendment involves no significant haza.ds consideration becomes final, the NRC will issue the amendment without first offering an opportunity for a public hearing. An opportunity for a public hearing will be published in the Federal Reaister at a later date and any hearing request will not delay the effective date of the amendment. l 1

l If the NRC staff decides in its final determination that the amendment does involve a l significant hazards consideration, a notice of opportunity for a prior hearing will be l published in the Federal Reaister and, if a hearing is granted, it will be held before the amendment is issued.

Comments on the proposed determination oi no significant hazards consideration may be (1) telephoned to Richard Emch, Section Chief, by collect call to 1-415-1485 or by facsimile to 1-301-415-2102, (2) e-maifed to lNTERNET:RLE@NRC. GOV. or (3) submitted in writing to Chief, Rules and Directives Review Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. All written comments received by close of business on September 17,1999, and all telephoned or e-mailed comments received by 4:15 p.m., September 17,1999, will be considered in reaching a final determination.

A copy of the licensee's application may be examined at the NRC's Local Public Document Room located at the J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at l Charlotte,9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC, and the NRC's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555.

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