ML19347D781

Request for License Authorizing Operation Up to & Including 35% Rated Power.Fuel Loading,Initial Criticality & Zero Power Physics Testing to Be Completed by 810515.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19347D781
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	03/24/1981
From:	Mcgarry J DEBEVOISE & LIBERMAN, DUKE POWER CO.
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
NUDOCS 8103270590
Download: ML19347D781 (6)

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APPLICANT'S MOTICN FOR LICENSI AUTHORIIING OPEEATIONS UP TO AND INCLUDING 35% RATED PCWER OPERATICNS At the close of the evidentiary hearings in this proceed-ing Applicant orally moved for authorization to ascend to a 35% power level. (Tr. 5240). The Staff requested that such motion be in writ =g (Tr. 5242-3); the Board concur;ed (Tr. 5256). Applicant's vritten request folicws.

On January 23, 1981, the Commission granted Applicant a license to ecmmence fuel loading, initial criticality and zero power physics testing activities. Applicant's present schedule calls for this work to be completed by May 15, 1981. There-after, additional licensing authority will be necessary. The timely grant of 35% power operations will provide Applicant with approximately 4-6 weeks additional testing and inspection work; a full power license will be necessary in mid to late June 1981.

10 CFR 550.57(c) provid' the regulatory framework within which " operations short of full power operation" may be 0 $$$

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authorized. 1/ Such section requires that this Board "shall make findings on the matters specified in paragraph (a) cf this section as to which there is a =cntroversy...." The essence of Applicant's posi:10n is that while controversy may pertain to full pcwer operaticns, the record Zails to provide any evi-dance that challenges Applicant's entitlement to a license authorizing operatiens up to and including 25% rated pcwer.

The issue in this proceeding is whether hydrogen will be

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generated in t=otnes in excess of 10 CFR 550.44, and, if so, whether such will ignite so as to cause a breach of centain=ent and emission of radicactivity to the general environmen resulting in pcpulation deses in excess of 10 CFR Part 10C limits. The focus of the hearing has centered on the Three-Mile Island ("TMI") acciden and similar tv.o.e events. _2/

1/ As noted, Applicant has previously availed itself of this provision in its request for authori:a:10n to commence zero pcwer and icw power testing. This Board authorized the zero power testing phase in its Crder of November 25, 1930.

_2/ With res=.ect to other accident scenarios, Ccemission deci-i siens in Metropolitan Ediscn Company (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Uni: No. 1) CLI-80-16, 11 NRC 674 (1980) and Order of September 26, 1980 require Intervenor, with respect to t.he issue at hand, to demonstrate a credible accident that would give rise to excessive hydrogen gener-ation, its ignition, the breach of centain=ent and emissien of radioactive materials in excess of 10 CFR Part 100. See Applicant and Staff discussion of this matter at Tr. 2815-6, 2831-2 and 3119-24. The record reflects that Intervenor has failed in this burden. Indeed, the three aspects of Inter-venor's case, viz., censideration of psychological criteria, l an alleged faulty weld and the adequacy of the mitigation i system, raise matters other than the credibility of an acci-i

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Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 857-9800 Of Counsel Willia L. Porter Associa:e General Counsel DUKE PCWER CCMP.Ur?

March 24, 1981 5,/ At the last session of the evidentiary hearings, Applicant requested that this Board issue a decision within 35 days frcm receipt of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. See 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix A, VI(d). Given that

proposed findings will be filed by Applicant and all other l parties on April 8 and 13 respectively, the date for Board action would be May 18, 1981. Applicant is cognizant that the timing cf the issuance of the Initial Decision is a matter within the Board's discretion. As noted above, even given the issuance of a 357, license, it is anticipated that a full power license is necessary in the June 15-July 1 time frame. Again, given the fact that the immediate effectiveness rule has been suspended, Board action well before this date is necessary, so as to provide sufficient time for Commission review.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SEFORE TEE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING SOARD In the Matter of )

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DUKE POWER COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-369

) 50-370 (William 3. McGuire Nuclear )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

CERTI?!CATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of " Applicant's Motion For License Authorizing Operations Up To And Including 35% Rated Power Operations" dated March 24, 1981 in the captioned matter, have been served upon the following by deposit in the United States mail this 24th day of March, 1981.

• Robert M. Lazo, Esq.

• Edward G. Ketchen, Esq.

Chairman, Atcmic Safety and Counsel for NRC Regulatory Licensing Board Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of the Executive Commission Legal Director Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Dr . E=meth A. Luebke Washington, D.C. 20555 Atemic Safety and Licensing Board William L. Porter, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Asscciate General Counsel Commission Duke Power Company Washingten, D.C. 20555 Post Office Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242

• Dr. Richard F. Cole Administrative Judge Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission Board Panel Atcmic' Safety and Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Board Panel Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555

• Jesse L. Riley Diane 3. Cohn President William 3. Schultz Carolina Environmental Public Citizen Litigation Group

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Study Group Suite 700 854 Henley Place 2000 P Street, N.W.

Charlotte, North Carolina 28207 Washington, D.C. 20036

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Chairman, Atcmic Safety Shelly Blum, Esq.

and Licensing Appeal Board 1402 Vickers Avenue U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Durham, North Carolina 27707 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Chase R. Stephens Docketing and Service Section Dr. John M. Barry Office of the Secretary Department of Environmental U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Health Commissica Mecklenburg County Washington, D.C. 20555

, 1200 Blythe Soulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28203

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