ML20217D944

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License NPF-57 & Proposed NSHC Determination & Opportunity for Hearing.Amend Would Change TS 3/4.11.1, Liquid Effluents - Concentration

ML20217D944
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	09/30/1997
From:	Jaffe D NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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jl NOTICE ()F CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT 10 i

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FACILITY OPERATING LICENit. PROPOSED No $1GNIFICANT HAZARDS 1

CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION. AND DPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering j

issuance of an amendment to Facility operating License No.-NPF-57 issued to j

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Public Service Electric & Gas Company for operation of the Hope Creek (HC) i e

l Generating Station located at the licensee's site in Salem County, New Jersey.

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The proposed amendment would change Technical Specification 3/4.11.1, i

" Liquid Effluents - Concentration." The proposed change adds a requirement

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j to perform weekly sampling and monthly and quarterly composite analyses'of the s

station service water system ($$WS) when the reactor auxiliaries cooling 2

system (RACS) is contaminated.

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Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will a

have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the I

Act) and the Commission's regulations.

The Commission has made a proposed' determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Connission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.g2, this means that operation of the facility in accordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnot(1)involvecsignificant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously 9710060228 970930-a PDR ADOCK 05000354 U

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evaluated;or(2)createthepossibilityofanewordifferentkindof accident from any accident previously evaluated or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.gl(a), the licensee 1

l has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards l

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1. -The proposed changes do not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.

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The fact that the RACS operating pressure can be greater than the

$$WS fluid pressures at a[n] RACS heat exchanger does not increase the probability of an acc9 dent previously evaluated in the UFSAR

' Updated Final Safety Analysis Report). Upon receipt of a LOCA l loss-of-coolant accident automatically isolated fro)m thesignal, the RACS heat exchar.gers are balance of the ESUS and the RACS supply and return header containment isolation valves automatically close.

The change only affects the consequences of a malfunction of 4

l passive components, such as seals and heat exchanger tubing, cooled l

by the RACS system.

Since the plant systems associated with these proposed changes will still be capable of:

1) meeting all applicable design basis requirements;-and 2) retain t1e capability l

to mitigate the consequences of accidents described in the HC UFSAR, the proposed changes were determined to be justified. While the consequences of contaminated leakage from the RACS to SSWS are increased slightly, these changes will not involve a significant increase in the consequences of an accider.t previously evaluated.

i The resulting estimated total effective dose equivalent in UNRESTRICTED AREAS is well within the limits of 10 CFR 20.130)(a)(1) and Hope Creek LC0 [ limiting condition for operation) 3.11.1.2.

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The proposed change does not create the possibility of a new or L

different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.

Plant response to contaminated leakage from the RACS to SSWS is the same as the response to leakage from the safety auxiliaries cooling system (SACS) to SSWS which is already evaluated. Therefore the i

proposed change does not create the possibility of a-new or j

different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. -

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The propsed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin or safety.

-The estimated total effective dose equivalent in UNRESTRICTED AREAS L

=resulting from this proposed change is less than 1 millirem and so 0

is well within the limits of 10 CFR 20.1301(a)(1) and LCO 3.11.1.2.

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Effluent concentration levels will remain within the limits of LC0 3.11.1.1. Therefore the proposed change does not involve a j

significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this t

l review,itappearsthatthethreestandardsof10CFR50.92(c)aresatisfied.

l Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant-hazards consideration, j

The Comission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final 4

determination.

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Normally, the Comission will not issue the amendment until the j

expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change j

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.during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comission may. issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice i

period, provided that its final determination is that'the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider i

all public and State coments received. Should the Commission take this j

-action, it will publish in the FEDERAL REGISTER a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Commission expects

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that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.

Written comments.may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications

Services, Office of Administrau n, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington,-DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page

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number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.

Written comments may also be l

delivered to Room 6022. Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. Copies of written comments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.

The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.

By November 5,1997 the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as t party in the proceedir. must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene.

Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.

Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR i

2.714 which is available at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman l

Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Pennsville Public Library,190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 08070.

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 request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice,of hearing or an appropricte 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 l

how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factorst (1)thenature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made 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. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to 15 days 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 15 days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall fila a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter.

Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.

In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is l

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aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or i

expert opinion.

Petitioner must provide sufficient info n tion to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.

j Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if p/sven, would j

entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.

l Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to 1'ntervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the j

opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.

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If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held, h

If the final c.. termination is th:/, the amendment request involves.no l

significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.

If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:

Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by the above date.

A r.opy of the petition should also be sent to.the Office of the I

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire, Nuclear Business Unit - N21, P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038, attorney for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 29,1997, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Pennsville Public t.ibrary,190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 08070.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of September 1997.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I

s David H.'Js fe, se r Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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