ML20245B010
| ML20245B010 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 06/12/1989 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20245B008 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8906220339 | |
| Download: ML20245B010 (2) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE 0F NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO.27 TO FACILITY OPERATJNG LICENSE NO. NPF-57 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 3
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated October 26, 1988, Public Service Electric & Gas Company requested an amendment to Facility Operating License No.. NPF-57 for the Hope Creek Generating Station. The proposed amendment would change Technical Specifications Section 5.6.3 to increase the installed storage capacity from 1108 fuel assemblies to 1290 fuel assemblies to accommodate the third fuel cycle.
2.0 EVALUATION The expansion consists of the installation of an additional storage rack of the original single failure proof equipment design as reviewed by the staff in the Hope Creek Safety Evaluation Report, NUREG 1048. No modification to the spent fuel pool cooling system is proposed. The licensee stated that the above change does not involve rod consolidation or double tiering and does not result in the Keff of the pool exceeding 0.95.
The Hope Creek spent fuel pool cooling capacity was evaluated and fcund acceptable for a storage of 3668 fuel assemblies in the Hope Creek Safety Evaluation Report, NUREG 1048.
Tte Technical Specifications limit of 1108 fuel assemblies was based on the installed storage capacity at the time when the operating license and technical specifications were issued. As the proposed expansion from 1108 to 1290 fuel assemblies is below the analyzed and evaluated limit of 3668 fuel assemblies and no 1
other change is proposed, the staff finds the proposed Technical l
Specification Section 5.6.3 change for a storage limit of 1290 fuel assemblies acceptable.
3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32 and 51.35, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared and published (54 FR 24610) in the Federal Register on June 8, 1989. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has determined that the issuance of this amendment will not have significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
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4.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission made a proposed determination that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration which was published in the Federal Register (53 FR 49945) on December 12, 1988 and consulted with the state of New Jersey. No public comments were received and the State of New Jersey did not have any comments.
The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the p(ublic will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and 2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security nor to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor:
R. P. Goel Dated: June 12, 1989 i
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