ML20136B178

Forwards Amend 46 to License NPF-12 & Safety Evaluation. Amend Changes Required Shutdown Margin from at Least 2% for Modes 3,4 & 5 to Mode & RCS Boron Concentration Dependent Shutdown Margin Variable from at Least 1% to at Least 3.98%

ML20136B178
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Site:	Summer
Issue date:	11/07/1985
From:	Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Nauman D SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
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Docket No. 50-395 ,,

Mr. D. A. Nauman Vice President Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company P.O. Box 764 (Mail Code 167)

Columbia, South Carolina 29218

Subject:

Issuance of Amendment No. 46 to Facility Operating License NPF-12 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued Amendment No. 46 to Facility Operating License NPF-12 for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. I located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. This amendment is in response to

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- your 1etters dated March 6 and October 18, 1985.

The amendment modifies Technical Specification 3/4.1.1.2 " Shutdown Margin - ~

Modes 3, 4, and 5" to change the required shutdown margin from at least 2%

for modes 3, 4, and 5 to a mode and reactor coolant system boron concentration dependent shutdown margin variable from at least 1% to at least 3.98%. The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.

A copy of the related safety evaluation supporting Amendment No.46 to Facility Operating License NPF-12 is enclosed.

Notice of issuance will be included in the Commission's next bi-monthly Federal Register notice. .

Sincerely, v

I Elinor G. Adensam, Chief Licensing Branch No. 4 Division of Licensing

Enclosures:

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Mr. William A. Williams, Jr. .

Technical Assistant - Nuclear Operations .

Santee Cooper s P.O. Box 764 (Mail Code 167)

Columbia, South Carolina 29218 J. B. Knotts, Jr. , Esq.

Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds 1200 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 Mr. Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.

Group Manager - Regulatory and Support Services South Carolina Electric & Gas Company .

P.O. Box 764 (Mail Code 160)

Columbia, South Carolina 29218 Resident Inspector / Summer NPS -

c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 1, Box 64 Jenkinsv111e, South Carolina 29065 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Chairman, Fairfield County Council  :

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