ML20245J041
| ML20245J041 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 04/14/1989 |
| From: | Reynolds S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20245J033 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8905030620 | |
| Download: ML20245J041 (7) | |
Text
.~
r- ::8f
.9 8
i 7590-01
'.c UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-312 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF_ ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to facility Operating License No. DPR-54 issued to
- Sacramento Municipal. Utility District (the licensee), for operation of the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station located in Sacramento County, California.
The request for amendment was submitted by letters dated June 6,1988 and January 11, 1989.
- TheamendmentwouldrevisetheTechnicalSpecification(TS)asfollows:
(1) TS Section 4.21, " Liquid Effluents," would be reorg4nized, clarified and modified, and would explicitly detail the sampling and analysis requirements, release paths, accountability points, design bases, dose projection requirements, and regulatory requirements for the release of radiological liquid effluent fromtheplant.(2) ChangestotheLowerLimitofDetection(LLD) concentration values for specific nuclides would be made to reduce the required count time for a pre-release Regenerant Hold-Up Tank (RHUT) sample analysis. The changes made to the LLD value would meet established design basis and provide reasonable
. assurance of compliance with the dose guidelines of 10 CFR 50, Appendix I for i
radiological liquid effluents.
(3) LLD's for pre-release sample analysis on a
[) f NDbkk JO 2
__ __ __=___ ___ - _ - ______--__ _
4 L-s' l 1
Retention Basin would be established, which would assure the capability of l
compliance with the radiological liquid effluent concentration limits of 10 CFR 20,AppendixB.(4) The LLD equation and definition found in TS Sections 4.21, l
4.22, and 4.26 would be modified; the origin and basis was established ',n NUREG/CR-4007 and the LLD equation design basis document.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will.
have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
' Act) and. the Commission's regulations.
i The Commission has made a proposed determination that the request for amendment involves no sigafficant hazards consideration. Under the Comission's e
regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in aCCordance With 'ihe proposed amendment Would not (j) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an eccident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a-margin of safety. These three criteria are discussed below.
(1) The NRC staff finds that the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accidi:nt previously evaluated because the proposed Technical Specification changes will not affect plant design or alter the safety and accident analysis of the Safety Analysis l
l
' e Report. Results of procedural and programmatic changes involving management of radiological liquid effluent will have no adverse impact on any accident analysed in the Safety Analysis Report (2) The NRC staff finds that the proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind j
l of accident from any accident previously evaluated because the proposed Technical Specification changes do not adversely impact any safety-related system and do not provide any new mechanisms by which an accident could occur.
(3) The NRC staff finds that the proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety because the proposed Technical Specification changes will not compromise the plant's ability to comply with the radiological liquid effluent release limits of 10 CFR 20, Appendix B and guidelines of 10 CFR 50, Appendix 1. The proposed Radiological Effluent l
Technical Specifications (RETS) changes will verify the design basis for j
radiological liquid effluent.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
- Any comments received within 30 days af ter the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Commission will not normally n.cke a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Comments should be addressed to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division l
of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be l
2
i delivered to Room P-216, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.
Copies of written coments may be examined at the NRC Public Docunwnt Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555. The filing of requests and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By May 24
,1989 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 proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene must be fileo in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated by the Comission 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 issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in y oceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1)thenature 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 possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should
l also identify the specific aspects (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing 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 which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration.
A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate es a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the request for amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, 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.
i
. If the final determination is the.t the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
{
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day notice period.
However, should circumstances change i
during the notice such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
The final determination will consider all public and State comments received.
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance.
The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infregr~ tly.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with tne Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Tublic Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20555, by the above date.
Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800) 342-6700).
The Western Union operator should be given Datagrum Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to George W. Knighton:
petitioner's name and telephone number; date 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 Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and to David S. Kaplan, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, 6201 S Street, P.O. Box 1U830, Sacramento, California 95813, attorney for the licensee.
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 Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, that the petition and/o, request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified ir 10 CFR 2.714 (a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this tction, see the application for amendment which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document. Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the Martin Luther King Regional Library, 7340 24th Street Bypass, Sacramento, California 95822.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of April, 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION a
Steven A. Reynolds, Project Manager Project Directorate V Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V and Special Projects l
Office of Nuclear Reactor Pegulation l
1 l
=
-