ML20235L405

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amends to Licenses NPF-10 & NPF-15 & Opportunity for Hearing.Amends Revise Tech Specs Re Reactor Protective Instrumentation & ESFAS Instrumentation

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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	02/16/1989
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY. ET AL..

. DOCKET NOS. 50-361 AND 50-362

-NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF-ISSUAhCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AhD OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to facility Operating License'Nos. NPP 10 and NPF-15 issued to Southern California Edison Company (SCE), San Diego, Gat and Electric Company, the City of Riverside, California and the City of Anaheim, CalifornM (the licensees), for operation of On Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1

2 and ? located in San Diego County, California. The request for amendments

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i was submitted by letter dated November 7, 1888 and identified as Proposed. Change PCN-256.

Theproposedchangewould.reviseTer.hnicalSpecification(TS)3/4.3.1.,

" Reactor Protective Instrumentation," and TS 3/4.3.2, " Engineered Safety Features Actuation Syi, tem Instrumentation." TS 3/4.3.1 defines the number of channels of instrumentation required to be operable for each reactor trip functional unit, i

periodic surveillance tests to verify operability, and action to be taken if the j

minimuin operability requirements are not met. The testing required by TS 3/4.3.1 i

assures that the various functional units of the reactor protective instruments-

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tion will detect abnormal conditions and initiate a re ntor trip to citigate the consequences of transients and accidents, consistent with the assumptions I

of the safety analyses. TS 3/4.3.2 definer. the Engineered Safety Featuret Actuation System (ESFAS) instrumentation channels and bypasses required to be l

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operable, periodic surveillance tests to verify operability, and action to be-taken if the minimum operability requirements are not met. The operability of the reactor. protective and ESFAS instrumentation and bypasses eusures that

1) associated ESTA5 action and/or reactor trip will be initiated when the i

parameter monitored bv each channel or combination thereof reaches its setpoint, a

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2) the specified coincidence logic is ' maintained, 3) sufficient redundancy is maintained to permit a channel to be out of service fcr testing or maintenance, and 4). sufficient system functional capability is available frora diverse parameters.

One of the functional units covered by TS 3/4.3.1 is the Plant Protection l

System (PPS). The PPS provides automatic response to anticipated operational occurrences and postulated accidents by continuously monitoring various process parameters and initiating protective artion if any parameter exceeds the

'setpoint values, All PPS monitored parameters are associated with the Reactor l

l Protective System (RPS) and/or the ESFAS. The RPS protects thc reactor core and Reactor Cooltat System by initiating a reactor shutdown 1f measured paramet6rs exceed the setpoint values. The ESFAS is designed for accident response.

If an ESFAS parameter exceeds the allowable s'etpoint value, one or more ESFAS. functions l

actuate responses intended to limit equipment damage and to mi',igate the con-sequences of postulated accidents. Each parameter is monitored on four i

independent, isolated channels, designated "A" through "D."

The same parametet-must signal an unsafe condition on any two of these 'four channeis before the PPS initiates protective action.

The PPS has bypass circuits that disable system trips for the purpose of start-up, shutdown, or testing and mintenance.

Bypasses are catalog.ued as either PPS trip channel bypasses or operational bypasses.

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bypass logic allows manual bypass of one (and only one) channel at any given

' i time. Operational bypassa are either automatic, manual, or a combination of the two, and may involve bypass of the selected parameters (s) on more than

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on of the two channel. Two of the surveillance requirements, 4.3.1.2 (for RPS f

instrumentation) and 4.3.2.2 (for.ESFAS instrumentation), require that the 1

total bypass function be demonstrated op.rable at leost once per 18 months during channel calibration testing of sach channel effected by bypass f

operation. The proposed amendments vould revise these surveillance intervals from at least once per 18 months to at least once per refueling interval.

Before issuance of the prnposed license smendments, the Cenni;sion will

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have made findings rec,uired by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as emended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.

By March 27., 1989 the licensees may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the sut, ject facility operating lir.enses, and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wisnes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written i

request for hearing anti petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in recordance With

' the Commissi g s " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 l

CFR Part 2.

If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is

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filed by the above date, the Connission or an Atomic Safety end Licensing Board Panel designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel will rule on the repest 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 sec 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 i

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permitted with particuler reference to the following factors:

(1)thenature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be inade a party to the proceeding;

(?)thenatureandextentofthepatitioner'spropbrty,financisi,orother

^ interest in the proceeding;'and (3) the possible effect of Eny order which may i

be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter cf the proceeding as to which petStipher wishes te intervent. Any perm n who has filed a petition-for leave to inicrvene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the i

petition without requesting leave of the Bond up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first pre-hearing conference schedule in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.

Notlaterthanfifteen'(15)dayspriortothefirstpre-hearingconference i

i scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supp?ement to the petition to intervene which must inc'fude a list of the contentions which are sought to t;e 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 pctitioner who feils tu file such a suppleinent which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least une contention will not be permitted to participate as a party, b

Those parmitted to intervene become parties to the ' proceeding, subject to any limitations in the crder granting leave to intervene, and have the orsortunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.

A requ n t for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed I

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4 with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. N0 clear Regulatory Comission, Wai;hington, DC 20555, Attention: Occketing and Service Branch, or may be l

1 delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) deys of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or i

representative.for the petitioner promptly inform the Commission by a toll-free j

l telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700).

The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to George W. Knighton:

petitioner's name l

and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office cf the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Mr. Charles R. Kocher, Esq., Southern California Edison Company, 2244 Walnut Grove avenue, P.O. Box 800, Rosemead, California 91770 and Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, Attention: David R. Pigott, Esq., 600 Hontgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111, attorneys for the licensees.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained I

Lbsent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the j

presiding litomic Safety and Licensing Board, that the petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in the 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).-

If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may 1.ssue the amendment after it completes its technic:al review and prior to the

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completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public I

i coment of its proposed fiading of no sige.ificant hazards consideration in j

accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.

Fer further details with respect to this action, see tile application for amendments which is available for puolic inspection at the Comission's public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, DC, and at the General Library, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92713.

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February,1989.

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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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db6 Georg W hton rector Project Directorate V Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects I

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February 16, 1989' q

Docket Nos.: 50-361 and 50-362 l

1 Mr...Kenneth P. Baskin Mr. Gary D. Cotton.

Vice President Senior Vice President i

' ~ Southern' California Edison Company Engineering and Operations j

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2244 Walnut Grove Avenue San Diego Ges and Electric Company l

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Rosemead, California. 91770 Post Office Box 1831 San D' ego, California 92112 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMEhDMENTS

$AN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENELATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND'3 (TAC NOS. 71172 AND 71173)

Enclosed for your information is a Notice of Consideration cf Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Opportunity for Hearing. The notice relates to your request of November 7,1988 to revise Technical Specification 3/4.3.1, " Reactor Protective Instrumentation," and Technical.

L Specification 3/4.3.2, " Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instruments-ation." This request was designated by you as PCN-256.

The Notice has been sent to Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, fi;u 0 0( ',

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Donald E. Hickman, Project Manager Project Directorate V Division of Reactor Projects - III, i

IV, V and Special Projects

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.Mr. Kenneth P. Baskin-San Onofre Nuclear Generating '

Southern California Edison Company Station, Units 2 and-3 cc:

Mr. Gary D. Cotton Mr. Hans Kaspar, Executive Director -

Senior Vice President Marine Review Comittee. Inc.

,f Engineering and Operations 531 Em.initas Boulevard, Suite 105 San Diego Gas & Electric Cospany Encinitas, California' 92024 101 Ash Street Post Office Box 1831 S h Diego, California 92112' Mr. Mark Medford Southern California Edison Co:npany Charles R. Kocher, Esq.

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue James A. Beoletto, Esq.

P. O. Box 800 Southern California Edison Company Rosemead, California 91770 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue P. O. Box 800 Mr. Robert G. Lacy Rosemead, California 91770 Manager, Nuclear Dcpartment i

San Diego Gas A Electric Company Orrick, Herrington f. Sutcliffe P. O. Box 1831 ATTN: David R. Pigott, Esq.

San Diego, California 92112-600 Montgomery Street San Francisco. California 94111 Richard J. Wharton, Esq.

University of San Diego School of Alan R. Watts, Esq.

Law Rourke & Woodruff Environinental Law Clinic 701 S. Parker St. No. 7000 San Diego, California 92110 Orange, California 92668-4702 l

Charles Em McClung, Jr., Esq.

j Attorney at Law i

Mr. S. McClusky 24012 Calle de la Plaza / Suite 330 l

Bechtel Power Corporation taguna_ Hills, California 92653 i

P. O. Box 60860, Terminal Annex Los Angeles, California 90060 Regional Administrator, Region V U.S. Nuclear Regu'iatory Comission Mr,. C. B. Brinkman 1450 Haria Lane / Suite 210 Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Walnut Creek, California 94596 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1310

-a Bethesda, Maryland 20614 Resident Inspector, San Onofre NPS c/o V. S. Nuclear Regulatcry Comission Mr. Dennis F. Kirsh Past Office Box 4329 j

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission San Clemente, California 92672 l

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Walnut Creek, California 94596 1

Mr. Sherwin Harris Resource Project Manegar

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