ML20236L245
| ML20236L245 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 07/07/1998 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236L212 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9807100283 | |
| Download: ML20236L245 (2) | |
Text
_ - _ _ _ _ - - _ _ - - - - - - - -
F l
p k
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHlHGToN, D.C. 30264001 i
SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATIQ,M EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.71(eif4) l UPDATES TO THE FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY. INC.. ET AL.
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-348 AND 50-364 l
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated January 19,1998,* Southem Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., et al. (the licensee) submitted a request for an exemption from the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reoulation_s (10 CFR) Esction 50.71(e)(4), " Maintenance of records, making reports."
Section 50.71(e)(4) requires, in part, that " Subsequent revisions (to the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months after each refuelir 0 outage provided the interval between successive updates (to the FSAR) does not exceed 24 months." The two Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP) units share a common FSAR; therefore, this rule requires, literally, that the licensee update FNP's FSAR within 6 months after a refueling outage for either unit.
2.0 EVALUATION Section 50.71(e)(4) ensures that all licensees update their FSARs at least every refueling outage and no less frequently than every 2 years. When two units share a common FSAR, the rule has i
the effect of making the licensee update the FSAR roughiy every 12 to 18 months. The current rule, as revised on August 31,1992 (57 FR 39358), was intended to provide some reduction in regulatory burden by limiting the frequency of required updates. The burden reduction, however, can only be realized by single-unit facilities or multiple-unit facilities that maintain separate FSARs for each unit. For multiple-unit facilities with a common FSAR, the "each refueling outage" phrase increases rather than decreases the regulatory burden. To address this concem for multiple-unit facilities, the authors of the revised rule stated, in response to a comment on the draft revision, that "[w]ith respect to [the) concem about multiple facilities sharing a common
[U)FSAR, licensees will have maximum flexibility for scheduling updates on a case-by-case basis."
The licensee's requested exemption would permit periodic FSAR updates within 6 months of FNP's Unit 1 refueling outage, but not to exceed 24 months from the last revision. Thus, the I
requirement that an update be submitted within 6 months of an outage of each unit is no longer retained. With the sxemption, the FNP FSAR will be updated and maintained current within 24 months of the last revision.
I I
9807100283 980707 l
PDR ADOCK 05000348 P
PDR 1.
u_____________________________
l 2-
3.0 CONCLUSION
The staff finds that the proposed attemative meets the intent of the existing regulations, requiring the FNP FSAR to be revised at least once per 24 months; therefore, the proposed exemption from 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) for FNP, Units 1 and 2, is acceptable.
Principal Contributor: Robert K Caldwell Date: July 7,1998 l
]
a i
6 y.;. - i l