ML20236U154
| ML20236U154 | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/1987 |
| From: | Silver H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8712020322 | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0f! MISSION CORRECTION TO FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-30?
NOTICE OF s' CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY CPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-72, issued to Florida Power Corporation (the licensee), for operation of the Crystal' River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant located in Citrus County, Florida.
The amendment would (1) change the current Technical Specification (TS)
Section 4.5.1.d by deleting the requirement to verify each core vlooding tank isolation velve closed alarm by an actuation test and replace it with a requirement to perform a channel calibration of each alarm, and (2) add to-TS bases 3/4.5.1 e description of the actuation of the core flooding tank j
isolation valve closed alarm.
The amendnent would be in response to the licensee's application for amendment dated April 15, 1987. Because of administrative error within the Commission in not noticing this amendment earlier, insufficient time now exists for the Comission's usual 30-day notice without extending the current refueling shutdown.
Before issuence of the proposed licerse amendment, the Comissinn will-have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 195A, as amended (the' Act) ar:d the Comission's regulations.
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The Comission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards considerations. Under the Commission's reou'a-tions in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (?) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident pre-viously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
To demonstrate that the core floodino tanks are operable, the TS i
surveillance requirement 4.5.1.d presently requires verification, at least cree per 18 ncnths, that each core flooding tank isolation valve closed alarm J
I actuates whenever each core flooding tank isolation valve is not fully open and the Reactor Coolant System (RCS) pressure exceeds 750 psig.
If an alarro should fail to actuate, the action statement requires that the inoperable tank be restored to operable status within one hour or that the reactor be in HOT SHUTDOWN (Mode 4) within the next 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />.
In the event the starm should fail to actuate and shutdown continues per the action statement, or the 18 month surveillance interval elapses during a shutdown, the surveillance is difficult to satisfy since TS Section 4.0.4 ther prohibits entry into HOT STANDBY (Mode 3). Although a test in Mode 4 at 750 psig is j
possible, such a test is not recomended because it takes the reactor close to the RCS pressure / temperature limits. Normally, the licensee perforrs this surveillance test during cooldown.
The channel calibration proposed for this surveillance requirement is an equivalent test of the core flood tank isolation alarn; the calibration will be done by applying pressure to the pressure sensing diaphram over the range
l I fron 0 to 2200 psig while moving the isolation vahc, with the RCS pressure safely below pressurc/ temperature. 'inits. The licensee wil' cortinue to 1
perform the actuation test by moving the isolatico valves with the RCS pressure l
l above 750 psig, during cooldown, but not as part of the surveillance require-ment.
Ir addition, a channel celebration is consistent with the same t)Te of tests perfcrmed for other engineered safeguards actuation instrurert channels ard fcr the reacter prctection instrument channels.
i The TS bases will also be changed to describe the actuatico cf the core i
floodirs tark isolation valve closed alarm.
Based on the above, this amendment will ret:
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Involve e significant increase in the prchtbility or consequences of an accident previously evaluated because the alarm chanrel will be tested te
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1 essure operability ir an 3cceptable manner corsistent with tests performed for other engineered safeguards actuation and reactor protection instrurent i
channels.
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Create the pos' ability of a new or different kind of accident from any accident pr viously evaluated because the change does net modify the plant j
cr requi'a a significantly different plant equipment configuration.
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Invo' e a siprificant reduction in the nargir of safety because the charge wr i not revise the char,r,el setroint. The margin cf safety relative to
'CS pressure / temperature limits will be increased as discussed above.
Accordingly, the Commissier proposes to deterr.ine that this change dces
-at involve significant hazards considerations.
1 The Commission is seekino public comments en this propcsed determirttior.
Ary com, tents received within 15 dayr t.fter the date of publication of this nctice will be considered in making eny final determination. The Commission 1
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l will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
!!ritten comments 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 Commission, Washington, D.C. ?0555, and 1
should cite the publication date and page number of the FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
Written comments may also be delivered to Room 4000, Maryland National Bark Building, 7735 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Copies 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 hearire and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By December 10, 1987
, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceed-ing and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Recuests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's
" Rule of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part ?.
If a request for a hearino or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Conmission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will irsue a notice of hearing or an appro-priate order.
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l As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set l
l forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and l
how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition l
l should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be pernitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possibic effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner'r interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the sub h et n.4tter of the proceeding as te which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been adnitted as a party may amend the petition without I
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.
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 litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reason-able specificity. Contentions shall be linited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supple-ment which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
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Those permitted to intervene hecome parties to the proceeding, subject tn ary limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity te participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Comission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant harards considerations. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment recuest involves no significant hazards considerations, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the emendment recuest involves signifi-cant hazards considerations, any hearino held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Comission will not issue the amendment until the expiration 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, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comission may issue the license amendnent before the expirat8on of the 15-day notice period, provided that its 4
final determination is that the amendnent involves no significant hazards consideration:,. The final determination will consider all public and State coments received. Should the Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuarce and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance.
The Comission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
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i 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 Commission's Public Document Room, '717 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the j
last ten (10) days of the notice peried, it is requested that the petitioner p*omptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephore call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Nurber 3737 and the following message addressed to Herbert N. Berkow:
petitioner's name and telephone number; date l
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 Reculatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to R. W. Neiser, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Florida Power Corporation, P.O. Box 14042, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733.
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Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Connission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition ard/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.71A(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.71M d).
For furtner details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated April 15, 1987, which is available for public inspection at
the Commission's Pub'ic Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Crystal River Library, 668 N.W.
First Avenue, Crystal River, Florida 32629.
Dated at Bethesda, tiaryland, this 20th day of November,1987 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMFISSION If TI A%/u Q/.~
Harley SMyer, Project Manager ProjectgirectorateII-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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