ML20214F581

Advises That Utilization of Recently Const Maint/Equipment Bldg,Described in Util ,Requires Prior Commission Approval.Bldg Represents New Radiological Environ Under Changed Circumstances than Described in Recent SAR

ML20214F581
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	05/13/1987
From:	Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
TAC-65437, TAC-65438, NUDOCS 8705260162
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Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company.

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. Charlotte, North Carolina 28242

Subject:

Maintenance / Equipment Staging Building - McGuire Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 By letter dated May 4,1987 you submitted a report pursuant to Technical Speci-

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fication 6.15 regarding the Maintenance / Equipment Staging Building recently -

constructed at the McGuire Nuclear Station Unit 2.

The submittal includes a sumary of your 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation from which you.have determined that.

the new facility may be utilized without prior NRC approval. The submittal diso notes your intention to Commence utilization of the new facility on May 15,:

-4 1987, and requests NRC staff response prior to that time.

We find that utilization of the Building represents a new radiological environ-ment under significantly changed circumstances from those described.in the-Safety Analysis Report as previously reviewed. including new locations' for effluents released to unrestricted areas. Moreover, several changes to Technical Specifi-cations (TS) are required prior to utilization,'in:luding TS Figure 5.1-3, and Tables 3.3-13 and 4.3-9.

Accordingly, utilization of the facility requires prior Commission approval.

During its review the staff considered the basis for your positior, that TS changes are not required. You cite a previous event involving operation with a reconsti-tuted demonstration fuel assembly which omitted one fuel' rod as a precedent from which you conclude that the maintenance of Chapter 5 of the TSs_ in a timely manner i

is of no ooerational concern. This; conclusion -is a non sequitur,'and is in-consistent not only with the Comission's regulations, but also with several i

related and subsequent staff actions associated with McGuire Amendments 58/39, I

60/41 and 68/49. You also cite the Commission's Interim Policy Statement on Tech-nical Specification Improvements which discusses removal'of Radiological' Environmental TSs and you acknowledge that an amendment toL10 CFR 50.36a must' preceed such removal. We note that 10 CFR 50.36a is not scheduled to be-amended -

l prior to May 15, 1987, and that pending issuance of such amendment, the changes to:

TSs on effluents due to the Maintenance / Equipment Staging Building continue to be -

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Mr. A.V. Carr, Esq.

Dr. John M. Barry Duke Power Company Department of Environmental Health P. O. Box 33189 Mecklenburg County 422 Scuth Church Street 1200 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 County Manager of Mecklenburg County 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, !! orth Carolina 28202 Chairman, North Carolina Utilities Comission Mr. Robert Gill Dobbs Building Duke Power Company 430 North Salisbury Street Nuclear Production Department Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 P. O. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief Radiation Protection Branch J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.

Division of Facility Services Bishop. Libennan, Cook, Purcell Department of Human Resources and Reynolds 701 Barbour Drive 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-2008 Washington, D. C.

20036 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Route 4, Box 529 Hunterville, North Carolina 28078 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 L. L. Williams Area Manager, Mid-South Area ESSD Projects Westinghouse Electric Corporation MNC West Tower - Bay 239 P. O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230

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Mr. H.B. Tucker If you have questions regarding this letter, contact your NRC project manager, DarlHoodat(301)492-8961.

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