ML20134G173

Informs Commission That Final No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination & License Amend Will Be Issued on or About 961030 to Gpu Nuclear Corp,Per Util 960415 Request to Revise TS 5.3.1.B

ML20134G173
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/24/1996
From:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
NSLA, NUDOCS 9611130073
Download: ML20134G173 (2)

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OFFICE OF' NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATlQti NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION LICENSEE: GPU' Nuclear Corporation g Oyster Creek Nuclear. Generating Station  ;

Docket No. 50-219

SUBJECT:

PROPOSED ISSUANCE 0F A FINAL N0 SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION:

DETERMINATION AND LICENSE AMENDMENT FOR WHICH A' HEARING HAS BEEN REQUESTED This is to inform the , Commission that a final no significant hazards consideration determination and license amendment will be issued on or about October _ 30, 1996, to GPU Nuclear Corporation. This action-is being taken in-response to_the licensee's amendment application _ dated April 15, 1996, and will modify License No. DPR-16 for Oyster Creek Generating Station by revising Technical Specification 5.3.l.B. The current specification prohibits

-handling a. load greater.in weight-than one fuel assembly over stored irradiated fuel in.the spent fuel storage facility. ~Although the movement.of the shield plug over irradiated fuel is restricted to the location of,the dry shielded canister and no movement of the shield plug over the stored irradiated fuel in the storage racks ir the spent fuel storage facility is i involved, the licensee nonetheless decided to submit a clarifying change to  ;

the technical' specifications, which is being challenged by a request -for '

hearing. The proposed change will facilitate' the offload of spent fuel to the Oyster Creek Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).

Specifically, the shield plug for the dry shield. canister-(DSC)_and.the

associated lifting hardware will be moved over irradiated fuel .that-is contained .in the DSC within the. transfer cask located in the Cask Drop Protection System.-

The staff made a proposed determination of no significant hazards (NSH) in

-61 FR 20849 (May 8,- 1996). Both the proposed and the final NSH concluded that the proposed amendment does not involve a credible accident. The staff's' l

deterministic evaluation is based upon design features and modifications to I the 100-ton = reactor' building crane, the licensee's error-free plan and l commitments, and.the significant safety factors associated with the lifting i equipment.' Notwithstanding the staff's final NSH determination, the staff 1

, analyzed the consequences.of a hypothetical drop of the shield plug to-compare i

with the licensee's analyses and concluded that the consequences would not be

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c,, y n Con' tacts: Ronald B. Eaton, NRR, 415-304.1 i f, - Frank J.'Miraglia, Acting Director,-NRR, 415-1270 l

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The status of the hearing request is as follows. On June 18, 1996, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to consider the petition to intervene  :

and request for hearing issued an Initial Prehearing Order. On June 21, 1996, and June 26, 1996, the licensee and the NRC staff, respectively, filed l responses opposing the petitioner's standing. On July 18, 1996, in response j to an ASLB order dated July 3,1996, petitioners filed a contention and a i reply to the licensee's and staff's responses. This reply together with the I licensee's and staff's responses to petitioners' contention, which were filed on July 29, 1996, and July 31, 1996, were considered by the ASLB at a prehearing conference held on August 7, 1996. The ASLB has not yet ruled on petitioner's standing or the admissibility of their contention. Thus, any hearing that might be held may not be completed prior to the issuance of the I amendment.

The State of New Jersey has been notified on the pending issues of the l amendment. I l

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Distribution:

Chairman Jackson SECY MLL' l Commissioner Rogers ED0 PDR l Commissioner Dicus 0CA Commissioner Diaz NRR Commissioner McGaffigan 0GC 1

Date 'asindment(s) issued:' [ November 7,1994 Date r,eceived by license", (November 7,1996]

DOCUMENT NAME: G AUCACTN.OC 'See previous concurrence Ts recjws a copy of thes document, indicate in the box C e Copy w/o attachment / enclosure E = Copy with attachment / enclosure N = No copy OFECE LA:PD Q PM_: Pp /C 'D:PD C 'D:DRPE C 'OGC C 'ADPR C *(A)D:NPR C EDoj C NAME CJamers [R JStolz SVarge AHodadon RZirnmarman FMiraglia Taylor DATE 10/N/96 lo/h/96 07/o5/96 o7/07/96 10/10/96 lo/20/96 10/3/96 [/t/

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I The notification should be sent to the Document Management Branch and the PDR afigt the amendment has been received by the licensee.

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNTIL VERIFICATION THAT LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED ACTION 1