ML20236F278

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amends to Licenses NPF-35 & NPF-52.Amends Would Revise Tech Spec 3/4.4.5, Steam Generators & Associated Basis & Involve Changes to Steam Generator Tube Plugging Criteria

ML20236F278
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Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	10/21/1987
From:	Jabbour K Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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TAC-66356, TAC-66357, NUDOCS 8711020074
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UNITEDSTATESNUCLEARREGULATOR'Y COMMISSION' DUKE POWER' COMPANY, ET AL.

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>s NOTICE 0F CONSIDERATION OF. ISSUANCE 0F2 AMENDMENTS'TO tl R

FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR. PRIOR HEARING ~

j The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 3Comission _ (the Commission) is; considering.

issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos ~NPF-35?and:NPF 52.

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issued to the Duke Power Compan/,'et al., (the licensee) for operation off l

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the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, located in York. County, SouthL 1

Carolina.

H The amendments would revise Technical Specification (TS)' 3/4 4.5, ", Steam:

,t Generators" and its associated bases, and involve changesitoithe; steam gene' rat 5r'-

tube plugging criteria. Thechangesareapplicableto'CatawbaUnitil.only; however, Unit 2 is included because..the Technical Specifications for both' Units.

, are combined in one document.. This revision proposes adoption of the. F*Ldis-tance for steam generator-tube plugging which is similar.to. that which was granted for the McGuire Nuclear -Station through the. issuance'of.. Amendments'59f and 40 for Units'1 and 2, respectively,'on August.19, 1986. The F*. distance represents a length of continuous tube expansion in the tubesheet such that tube pullout would not occur during either nonnal operation on postulated acci-dent condition loadings. The F* distance is measured from:the' bottom of.the-g q

roll expansion transition or the top of the tubesheet ifithe bottom of.the'rol.l.

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expansion is above the top'of the tubesheet. ' For Catawba Unit.1, the' F*-

distance is equal-to 1.31 inches.

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On.the basis of Westinghouse's evaluation, it.is. determined.that tubes:

with any degradation within the'tubesheet-region belowjthe F* distance.can bei ileft in service. Tubes.with degradation located 'a distance less than-F*. shoul'd; l

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be removed from service by plugging in accordance with TS requirements.

The-criteria in Westinghouse's evaluation have been demonstrated to result in; tube -

integrity considerations-commensurate 'with the criteria of Regulatory Guide

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1.121, " Bases for Plugging Degraded PWR Steam Generator Tubes."

1 These revisions to the technical' specifications would be made in response' to the licensee's application _for amendments' dated October 8, 1987 Additional-submittals may be' requested by the Commission during the course of its review -

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of this matter.

Existing plant Technical Specifications = for. tube-plugging criteria apply-throughout the tube length and do not take into account the reinforcing effect.

y of the tubesheet on the external surface of the tube. -In' reality the presence of the tubesheet will constrain the tube and will complement its ; integrity in l

the region by precluding tube defonnation beyond its expanded outside; diameter.:

The resistance to both tube rupture and tube. collapse is significantly:

. strengthened by the tubesheet.

In addition, the proximity offthe tubesheet.

significantly affects the leak behavior of throughwall tube cracks in this-2 region; 1.e., no significant leakage'relat1ve to that allowed by plant Tech-nical Specifications is to be expected.. Based on these factors,-: consideration of a revised criterion as proposed by the licensee, or an: alternative cr,iterion which may be requested by the licensee for' tube plugging, may be:justifikd ;for.

tube defects located below a predetermined depth within the tubesheet region.;

Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendments,'the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,.as" amended,'(the Act) and the Commission's regulations..

By November

, ~ 1987, the licensee may file 'a' request for a. hearing with respect to issuance'of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses i

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and any person whose. interest may beLaffectediby this proceeding and whoLwishes

'ito participate as a. party in the proceeding must file;a written petition.for leavetolintervene.

Requests for' a hearing and petitions forf leavk to l'nter o j

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i vene shall' be filed in 'accordance with the Comission si" Rules of: Practice 'fo'r Domestic. Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.-

If a" request for a' hearing-or petition.for leave to intervene is' filed by the :above!date,.the; Commission, or an Atomic Safety and Licensing'. Board, designated 'by theLComission orj by.thei,

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,3 Chairman of? the. Atomic Safety ard Licensing" Board. Panel,.will. rule:oh 'the re--

quest -and/or petition and the' Secretary or.the designated Atomic Safety.and..

j Licensing Board will-issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order..

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a. petition lfor -leave to intervene shall set.

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J forth with particularity.the interest of the petitio'ner in the proceeding,'and -

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 factors:'.(1) the nature

• of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made'aLparty to the proceeding;L a

'(2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, Lor.other y

interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may -

a be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.. ' Any person who has'

.i 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 prehearing conference scheduled.in the proceeding, but-such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described,

above.

Not later. than. fifteen.-(15) days prior to the first prehearingl conferences

. scheduled in the proceeding a petitioner shall file'a supplement.to the:

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list ofitheLeontentions which;are.

sought' to be' litigated.in.the matter, and: the basesJfor each contention set-forth with reasonable specificity.

Contentions shall:be' limited to matters ~

g within.the scope'of the amendments ~under consideration. ?AEpetitioner wholfail's 4

to file such a supplement which0 satisfies theseirequirements sith res'pectito at:

least one contention will not be permitted to participate.as,a. party.=

L Those permitted to.' intervene become;oarties--to the proceeding, subject a

t to any limitations in the order granting leave to; intervene,-and have,the opportunity to participate fully in theiconduct of'the-hearing, including the-opportunity to present' evidence and cross-examine witnesses.

A request for a. hearing-o'r petition for leave > to: intervene shall' be. filed -

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with the. Secretary.of the Commission,. United 15tates NuclearL Rehulatorys Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's' Public Document Room,.1717 H Street -.

j N.W., Washin~gton, D.C., by the above date.1 Where' petitions are. filed during the last ten- (10) days of the notice period, it is' requested tha.t the) petitioner or representative for the petitioner promptly so'.infonn the.

Comission by'a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800)l342-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western. Union operator should.be given -

1 Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the.following message addressed to D. S. Hood: petitioner's name and telephone number;:date petition wasimailed;;

1 plant name;.and publication.date and page' number of;this' FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should.also be sent to the. Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.10. 20555, and toMr.AlbertCarr,DukePowerCompany,P.O. Box ~33189,1422SouthChbrch,

. Street, Cha'rlotte, North Carolin'a. 28242,.atto.rney Lfor the.. licensee.,

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sidingAtomicSafety.and.LicensingBoard:that>thepetitionand/or/ request, a

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For.furtherdetailswithrespecttothisaction,see$the'applicatio'nffor.~:j

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amendments dated October'8, 1987,.which is;available for public. inspection ~at H

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