ML20236U720
| ML20236U720 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 07/21/1998 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9807300397 | |
| Download: ML20236U720 (2) | |
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l SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 190 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-27 WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY i
POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT. UNIT 2 DOCKET NO. 50-301
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated May 15,1998, the Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WE, the licensee) requested an amendment to the Technical Specifications (TS) appended to Facility Operating License No. DPR-27 for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. The proposed amendment would revise the schedule for implementing the boron concentration changes from refueling outage 24 to refueling outage 23 for the planned conversion of Unit 2 to 18-month fuel cycles in TS 15.3.2 Bases and 15.3.3.A.1 for the refueling water storage tank (RWST), TS 15.3.8.5 for the safety injection tanks, TS Table 3.2-1 for the boric acid storage tanks, TS 15.3.8.5 and TS 15.3.6.D for the primary coolant system.
2.0 EVALUATION Amendment No.184 revised the Point Beach TS to add pertinent footnotes to reflect increases in boron concentration that are required to account for excess reactivity when fuel designed to last for an 18-month fuel cycle is loaded into the core. The footnotes indicated that the implementation of the 18-month fuel cycle for Unit 2 would be at the beginning of refueling cycle 24. Because of extended outages and changes in the schedule for the operating cycle for Unit 2, WE proposes to implement the 18-month cycles at the start of refueling cycle 23. The proposed amendment is to make the administrative changes to the applicable TS footnotes to reflect the new schedule. The staff finds the proposed changes are consistent with the evaluation in supporting Amendment No.184 and the licensee's revised schedule. Therefore, the changes are acceptable.
3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
in accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Wisconsin State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no comments.
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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
l The amendment changes a requirement with respect to the installation or use of a facility j
component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The staff has j
determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluent that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously published a proposed finding that this amendment involves no l
significant hazards consideration and there has been no public comment on such finding (63 l
FR 33111). Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.
5.0 CONCLUSION
~ The Commission 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, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: L. Gundrum Date: July 21, 1998 l
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