ML20248D845
| ML20248D845 | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 09/26/1989 |
| From: | Tam P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8910040419 | |
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L 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUQUESNI LIGHT COMPANY DOCKET N0. 50-334 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED N0 SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) is considering
-issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 issued to Duquesne Light Company, et al. (the licensees) for operation of the Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1 located in Shippingport, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendment would revise the Technical Specifications, Table 3.6-1 (Containment Penetrations) to remove containment isolation valve SI-91 listed for penetration 113-1-A. The bypass line on which valve SI-91 is installed would be eliminated since its function has been obviated by Amendment No. 71. The physical change would involve cutting the line and capping the resulting stubs.
Before issuance'of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will h' ave made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
The Comission has made a proposed determination that the request for amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Comission's I
regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant incrtase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; 8910040419 890926 PDR ADOCK 05000334 P
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-2 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.
The bypass line and associated isolation valve were originally installed to flesh the safety injection piping downstream of the Boron Injection Tank (BIT) after a safety injection actuation or functional test. Amendment 71 reduced the required BIT boron concentration so that flushing the downstream piping is no longer required.
In addition, this piping configuration is similar to that arrangement identified in NRC Bulletin 88-08 " Thermal Stresses in Piping Connected to Reactor Coolant Systems," and if this valve and piping were removed, the potential for the incident that occurred at Farley Unit 2 would also be removed. This would effectively increase the safety posture of the plant by eliminating a potential unisolable piping failure. Hence the answer to the first criterion is negative.
The containment isolation valve will be physically removed and will no longer provide a potential pathway for containment leakage. The seal-welded caps on the piping will eliminate the potential for containment and safety injection leakage through this piping. Therefore, the answer to the second criterion is negative.
No analytical assumptions or acceptable criterion will be affected in any way by the proposed amendment. Hence the answer to the third criterion is also negative.
Therefcre, based on the above considerations, the staff has made a proposed determination that the requested amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
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3 The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Commission will not normally make a final determination unless it receives a request for a hearing.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulatory Publications Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
- 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be delivered to Room P-223, Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Copies of written comments receiJed may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene are discussed below.
By November 1,1989
, 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 shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested l-persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20565 and at the Local Public Document Room located at B. F. Jones Memorial Library, 663 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa, PA 15001.
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v If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission 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 62.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, 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 facters:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made 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 also identify the specific aspect (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. Each contention must consist of a specific L
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' statement of the issue of law or fact to be rafsed or controverted. 'In addition,.the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion
. which support the contention and on which the. petitioner intends.to rely in
- proving ~the contention at the hearing.. The petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is
- aware and on which.the. petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert ~ opinion.. Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the' applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration.. The contention must be one which, if proven, would
- entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to file such a
. supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one E
contention will not be permitted 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-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
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hazards consideration, eny 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 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 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 infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 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 Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the i
following message addressed to John F. Stolz: (petitioner'snameand telephone number), (date petition was mailed), (plant name), and (publication 4 date'and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice). A copy of the petition
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~ x should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Gerald Charnoff, Esquire, Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, 2300 N Street,
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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 b'y the Comission, the presiding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request. That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 22, 1939, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,' the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document Room located at Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of September, 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR
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- TORY C0ffilSSION Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
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