ML20236M205

Application for Amend to License DPR-50,consisting of Tech Spec Change Request 173,removing Radiological Environ Monitoring Program from Tech Specs.Fee Paid

ML20236M205
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Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	11/09/1987
From:	Hukill H GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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NUDOCS 8711120146
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, Docket No. 50-289 Technical Specification Change Request N). 173 >

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• This Technical Specification Change Request is' submit;ted in support of I.fcepsee's.

request to- change Appendix A to Operating License No. OPR-50 for Three Mile  ;

Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1. As a part of, this recuest, .propcsed replacement .

pages for Appendix A are also included. '

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Technical Specification Change Request (TSCR) No. 173' I. ,

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l GPUN requests that the following pages be deleted from the existing

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technical ' specifications: ,

Deleted pages: 3-120 through 3-127. ,

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l These pages have been placed in a separate program which requires HRC review. .

GPUN requests that the following pages be revised to reflect the ,

deletion of the above listed pages.

• Revised pages: fif , iv, v, vi 6-17, 6-19, 6-22 j Add new page: 6-22a' ,

1 Both the revir,ed technical specification pages and the Radiological  !

Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) (which is made up of the l deleted technical specification pages) are attached. 4

• Please note that this technical specification change request (TSCR) , ,

assumes that TSCR ll2,'which was submitted in July 1987, will be j i

approved without change. Index pages if f, iv and'page 6-19 reflect the i changes provided by TSCR 112. ,l II. Reason for Change Currently minor changes to'the Radiological Environmental Monitoring 'l Program (REMP) require a Technical Specification Change Request, a Safety Evaluation Report, and Federal Register Notice. An example of a minor change is changes in sampling of specific species of fish, etc. '

Changes to the REMP, when removed'from the technical specifications ,

will be more timely. This will meet GPUN's needs and continue to a provide the same degree of protection for radiological environmental >

monitoring since this' program will remain under NRC scrutiny. *

,III. Safety Evaluation Justifying Change Removal of the Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program'(REMP) from the Technical Specifications reduces the size of the Technical Specifications without impacting the effectiveness of the'REMP.

o The changes to the REMP are administrative with one noted change to the' reporting requirements of the REMP.

> The REMP will continue to be' required by technical s' specification even '

though 10 CFR 50.36a does not require the REMP to be in the technical specificati'ons. The REMP is a reformatted version of the technical

• specification it replaces. The information and specific requirements of the program are essentially the same as the former technical specification with the' following. exceptions: ,

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, i i 1. Monitoring. frequencies that are specified in a specific number of f days has been changed to a calendar period such 'as weekly, monthly, l

etc. as appropriate. Other minor changes have been made to be more >

l consistent with NUREG-0472 and the Branch Technical ,Pasition.

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2. Typographical errors have been corrected. .,

3. A reporting requirement for environmental samples exceeding the reporting levels as specified in Table 2 has changed. This was changed from 30 to 60 days to allow adequate time for laboratory analysis of samples.

Safety and safety controls shall remJin unaffected.

Future changes that reduce the effectiveness of this initially approvgd REMP shall be reviewed and approved by' the NRC prior to implementation

, by GPUN. This is required by Technical Specification 6.15. >

, Future changes that do not reduce the effectiveness of the REMP shall be submitted to the PRC for review in the Annual Radiological ,

Environmental Optrating Report' for the period in which the changes were made. These changes will be fully reviewed and approved by GPUN

' management consistent with review and approval procedures, ' prior. to implementation. This is required by Technical Specification 6,5.

IV. No Significant Hhards Considerations I GPUN has determined that this technical specification change request ,

poses no significant hazards as defined by the N'tC in 10 CFR 50.92. ,.

Since this change is administrative:

A. Operation of the f&cility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not involve a significant increase-in the probability of ,

occurrence or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.

The technical specification changes are administrative and do not affect plant equipment. The results of this change will not impact the safety of the plant or the public health. . ,

Therefore, the technical specification char,ge for the Radiological

• Environmental Monitoring Program does not involve a significant '

increase in ,the probability of occurrence or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. ,

B. Operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated since it does not affect plant equipment, ,

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y c.), C. Operation of the facility intaccordance(with the pr'oposed amendment; Lwould not involve 'a significant reductioniin a. margin of safety. . i

All safety.criteriaias --described in the'- former techniceR pg.

'i- = e specification; bases _ are preserved #

in the Radiological Environmental .

. Monitort'ng Program.~ i' Therefore','it. is concluded th,atithe technical s'pecifi6ationl change a !;,:

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VJ. - Amendment Fee :(10'CFR 170.21)- i -

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