ML20236D491
| ML20236D491 | |
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| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 03/15/1989 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8903230126 | |
| Download: ML20236D491 (2) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 7.
j WASHINGTON, D. C. 20655 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT N0.107 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. OPR-77 AND AMENDMENT NO.97' TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-79 i
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY j
SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-327 AND 50-328
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated April 17, 1987, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the licensee) proposed to modify the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN) Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications (TS).
This ir the licensee's TS change number 87-05.
The proposed changes would revise parts of Section 5.0, Administrative Controls, of the Appendix B Environmental Technical Specifications. This appendix is fbr the non-radiological environmental requirements on the licensee's operation of the Sequoyah units. The proposed changes will reflect the new title for the' station superintendent ano assign the responsibility for review and audit to the licensee, instead of a specific licensee organization. The change will also extend the audit time interval from annual to once per 18 months and delete reference to a defunct section of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
2.0 EVALUATION In Section 5.1 of the Appendix B TS, the station superintendent is to be replaced by the plant manager.
This change is necessary to reflect ccrrect titles as a result of the TVA reorganization.
In this new organization (Page 6-1 of Appendix A TS) it is noted that the plant manager shall be responsible for overall unit safe operdtion and shall have control over those onsite resources necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant.
The staff found that the proposed change of the original title, the station superintendent, to the plant manager is acceptable.
The licensee proposes the change of responsibility of review and audit from the TVA regulatory staff to the licensee, and also responsibility from the TVA Office of Power and Quality Assurance and Audit Staff to the licensee (Sections 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 of the Appendix B TS). The licensee stated that holding the licensee responsible for this review, instead of a specific TVA organization, will eliminate the need for future TS changes as a result of TVA organizational changes.
The staff found this approach and the proposed TS changes to be acceptable.
The proposed change also requests an increase in the audit period from cnnual to once per 18 months.
The licensee stated that this request is based on their audit experience at Sequoyah, Watts Bar, and Browns Ferry Nuclear Plants and over four years of conducting environmental compliance audits at TVA's coal-fired steam plants, the hydro plants, the National Fertilizar Development Center, and many other facilities.
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.at nuclear plants with respect to air, water, and solid and hazardous wastes are not appreciably different from those at other facilities, and that audits on'an 18-month basis wfll provide management with the necessary information' relative to the status of environmental compliance at the plant. The staff agrees with the licensee and the oroposed'18-month audit interval is. acceptable.
The licensee proposes to. delete Item B(2) of Section 5.2.2 of the Appendix B TS regarding changes.in the Sequoyah plant design or operation which impact requirements in 10 CFR 51.5(b)(2) (i.e., significant changes in effluents or power level). This requirement is no longer in the CFR and, therefore, the licensee's proposal to delete this reference from the TS is acceptable.
Besed on the above, the licensee's requested changes in TS 87-05 on Appendix B of the TS are found to be acceptable.
3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
These amendments involve changsslin recordkeeping, or. administrative procedure or requirements.
The Commission has previously issued proposed findings that i
these amendments involve no significant hazards considerations and there has been no public consnent on such findings.
The staff has also determined that.
the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significan* change in the types, of any_ effluents that may be released offsite, and that Imre is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupati a' radiation exposure.
Accordingly, these amendments meet the _
eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or_ environment assessment need to be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
4.0 CONCLUSION
'1 The Commission made a proposed determination that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration which was published in the Federal Register (53 FR 13020) on April 20, 1988 and consulted with the State of Tennessee.
No public comments were received and the State of Tennessee did not have any_
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l The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2). such a N ties will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and +.nt issuance of the amendments will not.be inimical to the common defense and.secu"ity nor to the health and safety of the public.
Principa Contributor:
S. B. Kim Dated:
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