ML20247B867
| ML20247B867 | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 03/09/1989 |
| From: | NRC |
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| ML20247B822 | List: |
| References | |
| GL-88-06, GL-88-6, NUDOCS 8903300063 | |
| Download: ML20247B867 (7) | |
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I 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY 1
DOCKET N05. 50-454, 50-455, 50-456 AND 50-457 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO i
FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS 1
l CONSIDERATION DETER 111 NATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARINC I
l The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering i
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPT-37 and NPF-66, l
1 issued to Commonwealth Edison Company, for operation of Byron Station, Units 1 end 2 located in Ogle County,1111ncis and Facility Operating License Nos.
NPT-72 and hFF-77, issued to the licensee, for operation of Braidwood Station, Units I anc E located in Will County, Illinois.
This amendment requests dated February 17, 1989, art. being made in acccrdance with Generic Letter 88-06 to change the Administrative Control Section Section 6.0 of Technical Specifications, to include the removal of the organizatier.el figures, a position change from Radiation Chemistry Technical to Radiation Protection Technician, several position title changes, a clarifica-tion to the distribution requirements for Onsite Reviews and typographical or editorial changes.
Before issuance of these proposed license amendments, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Con. mission's regulations.
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. The Comission has r,ade a proposed determination that these amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regula-tions in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident 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 proposed Technical Specification (TS) amendments request several changes. The first change involves the removal of organizational Figures 6.2-1 and 6.2-2 and the revision of TS 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 in accordance with the guidance provided in Generic Letter 88-06. The second proposed revision involves a position change from Radiation Chemistry Technician to Radiation Protection Technician in TS 6.2.2 and 6.12. The third proposed revision corrects several position titles that changed due to corporate reorganization.
The fourth change clarifies the distribution requirements for onsite review documentation discussed in TS 6.5.2.
The fifth and last change are typographical corrections.
In accordance with Generic Letter 88-06, these amendments replace the organizational Figures 6.2-1 and 6.2-2 in Technical Specifications with more general organizational requirements. These general requirements capture the essence of those organizational features depicted on the figures that are necessary for ensuring safe operation.
The proposed revisions to the Technical Specifications will require organizational charts to be maintained in the Quality Assurance Manual.
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addition, the important organizational features depicted on the organizational
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Ch. apter 13 of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) contains details j
i of the organizational structure and description of the Conduct of Operations.
This information is required by 10 CFR 50.71 to be maintained and updated 1
annually. Also a Quality Assurance (QA) program is required for Byron and Braidwood by 10 CFR 50, Appendix B.
In addition to the organizational charts, the Quality Assurance Manual end Topical Report CE-1-A contain descriptions of the functional responsibilities and reporting requirements.
I None of the proposed changes are initiating events for an accident, therefore, the probability of an occurrence of an accident is not affected.
l Even though the organizational figures are being removed, TS 6.2.la is b91ng revised to require the organizational figures be maintained in the Quality Assurance Manual.
In addition, TS 6.2.1 proposed revision adds general requirements that capture the essence of the organizational features included i
in the figures. Also, important organizational features are contained in other regulatory controlled documents. Therefore, safe plant operation is not affected and the consequence of any accidents presented in the UFSAR are not impacted by the changes.
The proposed changes do not revise any functional or design parameters used at the station. These changes do not modify any equipment or systems or cause the unit to be operated in a different manner. Therefore, the possibility of a new or different kind of accident is not created.
All the proposed changes are administrative, editorial or typographical and, as such, do not affect any margins of safety. The proposed organization changes do not affect safe operation of the plant. Creation of a Radiation
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^ 5 Protection Technician position in lieu of a Radiation Chemistry Technician adequately meets the requirements laalth Physics coverage identified in NUREG 0452. Updating position titles, clarifying documen'ation distribution requirements and typographical and editorial changes, facilitate plant operations but do not affect safe operations.
For the reasons stated above, the staff believes these proposed amendments involve no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
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Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in makiiqi any final determination. The Commission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a
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Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Rules and Procedures i
Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of the FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be delivered to P-216, Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda.
Maryland from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Copies of written comments received may 4
be examined at the NRC Public Document Room 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By April 14,1989, 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
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-S-petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Cossaission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for 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 Commission or by the Chaiman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary of the 1
designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or l
an appropriate order, j
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As required by 10 CFR 62.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set 1
forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and "how that interest may be affected by the.results to 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)thenatureandextentofthepetitioner'sproperty, financial,orother interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which m3y be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceedings 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 requiremer.ts described above.
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scheduiei 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 I
forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters i
within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails -
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to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be pemitted to participate as 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 1
will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no l
significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take piece after issuance of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Normally, the Comission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would L
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i result, for example, in derating or shutdowe of the facility, the Comission 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 I
all public and State coments received. Should the Comission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a i
hearing after issuance. The Comission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
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, I
or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-800-325-6000(inMissouri 1-800-342-6700). TM Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Numbe: 3737 and the following message addressed to Daniel R. Muller: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant number; 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 - Rockville, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Michael Miller, Esquire; Sidley and Austin, One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60503, attorney for the licensee.
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