ML20236A747
| ML20236A747 | |
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| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 10/20/1987 |
| From: | Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8710230080 | |
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7590 4 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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CAROLINAPOWER&LIGHTCOMPANJ DOCKET NO. 50-400 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT 10 t
L FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING
, s; The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission)-is considering issuance of.an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-63, issued to i
Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee), for operation of the Shearon Harris Nuclear' Power Plant, Unit 1 located in Wake County, North Carolina.
The amendment would revise Technical Specification 4.8.1.1.2.f.11 such l
that the diesel generator voltage maximum value would be based on a 110 percent of the diesel generator starting voltage at the beginning of the diesel generator
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I load rejection test rather than the limiting.value of 7590 volts currently stipulated in the Technical Specifications.
1 The.Shearon Harris plant is presently in a scheduled maintenance outage.
The licensee stated in a submittal dated October 15, 1987, that restart is scheduled for November 4, 1987. The noticing of the amendment is being handled as an exigency because insufficient time exists for the Comission's usual 30-day notice without extending the current outage.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
The Comission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request 1 1 Qcnho0L36 D
' involves no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increa'se in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The licensee has reviewed this request and determined, and the NRC staff i
concurs, that:
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The proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of any accident previously evaluated because the changefdoes not affect the method in which the diesel generators,or any other safety, system, perfom their intended safety function. Diesel generator and voltage regulator operability is still ensured and the intent of Surveillance Requirement 4.8.1.1.2.f.11 to verify the ability of the diesel generator to perform satisfactorily during a full load rejection is still fulfilled by the revised surveillance requirement. The a
revision merely allows the operational flexibility to perfom the i
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required surveillance without reliance on system grid voltage conditions.
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The proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident than previously evaluated.
As stated above, no physical change to any safety related system, nor change in the method in which any safety system performs its intended function result from the proposed amendment. Therefore, the proposed amendment cannot create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident than previously evaluated.
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The proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
Diesel generator and voltage regulator operability and theabilitytoincuraloadrejectionwithoutadieselgenerat$r overspeed trip or excess voltage is adequately ensured by the revised surveillance requirement. As such, the margin of safety is not affected by the proposed amendment.
Accordingly, the Comission proposes to determine that this change does l
3 not involve a significant hazards'* consideration.
The Licensee has provided the Comission with'an explanation of the cir-cumstances justifying consideration of this amendment on an exigent basis.
The licensee stated in its October 15, 1987 submittal that it "had no previous
' reason to suspect that failure of this surveillance requirement would occur."
.The NRC staff has reviewed the Licensee's request and finds that the Licensee has used its best efforts to apply for the subject amendment in a timely manner and that it has not acted in a manner r to create the exigency to take advantage of these procedures.
The Commission is seeking public coments on this proposed determination.
Any coments received within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Comission will not nonnally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Written coments may be submitted by mail to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division of Rules and Records. Office of Administration and Resources Management, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of the FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
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Written comments may also be delivered to Room 4000, Maryland National Bank
' Building, 7735 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00
' p.m.
Cop'ies'of written comments received may be examined at the NRC*Public
-Document Room, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
The filing of requests for
. hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
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, the licensee may file a request for By.
November 6, 1987 a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license ano any person whose interest may be affected by this pro >
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'ceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a a written petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for 1 eave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the
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-Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed
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by the above date,-the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing
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Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the f
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designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or ari appropriate 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 how that interest may be affected by tne results of the procer: ding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention shocid be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's J
right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and f
l extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the pro-1 l
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l ceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the 1
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proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific. aspect (s)ofthesubjectmatteroftheproceedingastowhich, 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 fifteen (15) days prior to the first pre-hearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
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Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions that are sought to be s
litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reason-Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of able specificity.
the amendment under consideration.
A petitioner who fails to file such a supple-nent which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the oppor-tunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the oppor-tunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination l
will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no signifi-cant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it e
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l effective, notwithstanding the request for a iaaring. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
If the final-determination is that the amendment request involveq a signifi-cant' hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Comission will not issue the amendment until the expiration L
of the 15-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period, such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, A
in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comissico may issue the license j
amendment before the expiration of the 15-dey notice period, provided that its i
final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards con-j The final. determination will consider all puolic and State coments sideration.
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received.
Should the' Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of I
issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Comission j
expects that the need to take this action will occur verf infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission'c Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator l
l should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Elinor G. Adensam: petitioner's name and telephone number; date l
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_ f 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 of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Thomas A. Baxter, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trovbridge, 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20037, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, i
supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent j
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a determination by'the Comission.,the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic j
Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted
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based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v)
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and2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for
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amendment dated October 15, 1987, which is available for public inspection at the Congnission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.
i 20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Richard B. Harrison Library, 1313 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 20 day of October 1987.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Elinor G. Adensam, Director Project Directorate 11-1 Division of Reactor Projects 1/11
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