[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73083-73108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33684]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
I. Background
Pursuant to Public Law 97-415, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission or NRC staff) is publishing this regular
biweekly notice. Public Law 97-415 revised section 189 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), to require the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued,
under a new provision of section 189 of the Act. This provision grants
the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license upon a determination by the
Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards
consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a
request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from December 4, 1999, through December 17, 1999.
The last biweekly notice was published on December 15, 1999 (64 FR
70077).
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration
Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the following
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration. Under
the Commission's 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 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. The basis
for this proposed determination for each amendment request is shown
below.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed
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determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determination.
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
before action is taken. Should the Commission take this action, it will
publish in the Federal Register 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.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules
Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and
Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the
publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice.
Written comments may also be delivered to Room 6D22, Two White Flint
North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15
p.m. Federal workdays. Copies of written comments received may be
examined at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC. The filing of requests for a hearing and
petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By January 28, 2000, 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 request for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene. Requests for a hearing and a petition 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
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, NW., Washington, DC, and electronically from
the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web site, http://
www.nrc.gov (the Electronic Reading Room). 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
a hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, 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 factors: (1) The nature of the petitioner's right under the
Act to be made a 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 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 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 statement of the issue of law or fact to be
raised 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 amendment 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 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 amendment request involves
no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance
of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a
significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place
before the issuance of any amendment.
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, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Docketing and
Services Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public
Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington DC,
by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last 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) 248-5100 (in Missouri 1-(800) 342-6700). The Western Union
operator should be given Datagram Identification Number N1023 and the
following message addressed to (Project Director): petitioner's name
and telephone number, date petition was mailed, plant name, 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, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
and to the attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended
petitions,
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supplemental petitions and/or requests for a hearing will not be
entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding
officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/
or request should be granted based upon a balancing of factors
specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for amendment which is available for public inspection at
the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC, and electronically from the ADAMS Public
Library component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the
Electronic Reading Room).
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318,
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Calvert County,
Maryland
Date of amendments request: November 22, 1999.
Description of amendments request: The proposed amendment revises
Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.11, ``Ventilation Filter Testing
Program'' for laboratory testing of charcoal in Clavert Cliffs
engineered safety feature (ESF) ventilation systems to reference the
latest charcoal testing standard (American Society for Testing and
Materials [ASTM] D3803-1989, ``Standard Test Method for Nuclear-Grade
Activated Carbon''). This TS change was requested by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) in Generic Letter 99-02, ``Laboratory
Testing of Nuclear-Grade Activated Charcoal,'' and is based on the
NRC's determination that testing nuclear-grade activated charcoal to
standards other than ASTM D3803-1989 does not provide assurance for
complying with the current licensing basis as it relates to the dose
limits of General Design Criterion 19 of Appendix A to Part 50 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) and Subpart A of 10 CFR
Part 100. The generic letter provided a sample TS that the NRC
considers acceptable. The proposed revision to TS 5.5.11 meets the
intent of the sample TS. Specifically, the proposed change removes the
reference to testing in accordance with American National Standards
Institute N510-1975 and changes the allowable methyl iodide penetration
to an acceptance criterion that is derived from applying a safety
factor of two to the charcoal filter efficiency assumed in Calvert
Cliffs design basis dose analysis. The proposed changes will ensure
that the charcoal filters used in ESF ventilation systems will perform
in a manner that is consistent with the particular ESF charcoal
adsorption efficiencies assumed in the analyses of design basis
accidents.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Would not involve a significant increase in the probability
or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
This proposed change makes changes to the methods, test
conditions, and acceptance criteria associated with the performance
of the laboratory tests of charcoal samples. The effected equipment
is used to mitigate the consequences of an accident and are not
accident initiators. This proposed change does not make any changes
to the method of obtaining the charcoal sample. No structural
changes or modifications are being made to the ESF ventilation
equipment. This proposed change does not make any changes to
equipment, procedures, or processes that increase the likelihood of
an accident. Therefore, this proposed change does not involve a
significant increase in the probability of an accident previously
evaluated.
The ESF ventilation systems are designed to mitigate the
consequences of accidents. The design basis analysis of the
accidents account to varying degrees for the reduction in airborne
radioactive material provided by the charcoal filters. The proposed
change will change the charcoal filter test protocol to ASTM D3803-
1989. The use of this standard will produce more accurate and
reproducible laboratory test results and provides a more
conservative estimate of charcoal filter capability. The proposed
change makes changes to the methyl iodide penetration acceptance
criteria to ensure that the charcoal filters are capable of
performing their required safety function for the expected operating
cycle. The proposed change will make it more likely that the
charcoal will meet its intended safety function as described in the
Updated Final Safety Analysis Report. Therefore, the proposed change
does not significantly increase the consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
Based on the above, the proposed change does not involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated.
2. Would not create the possibility of a new or different type
of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
The proposed change will not make any physical changes to the
plant or changes to the ESF ventilation system operation. The
proposed change is limited to the ESF ventilation system testing
protocol, test conditions, and acceptance criteria. These changes
are administrative in nature. This proposed change does not make any
changes to the method of obtaining the charcoal sample. This
proposed change does not cause any ESF ventilation equipment to be
operated in a new or different manner. No structural changes or
modifications are being made to the ESF ventilation equipment. This
proposed change does not create any new interactions between any
plant components. Therefore, the possibility of a new or different
type of accident is not created by this proposed change.
3. Would not involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The safety function of the ESF ventilation systems is to
mitigate the consequences of accidents by reducing the potential
release of radioactive material to the environment or the Control
Room following a design basis accident. The TS requirements for
laboratory testing of charcoal samples provides assurance that the
charcoal filters in these systems are capable of reducing airborne
radioactive material to within acceptable limits. The proposed
license amendment requires the use of the latest NRC-accepted
charcoal testing standard and makes changes to the charcoal testing
methyl iodide removal efficiency acceptance limits in accordance
with the formula provided by the NRC in Generic Letter 99-02. The
proposed license amendment continues to provide assurance that the
charcoal filters are capable of reducing airborne radioactive
material to within acceptable limits. Therefore, the proposed change
does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendments request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman,
Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.
NRC Section Chief: Sheri R. Peterson.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318,
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Calvert County,
Maryland
Date of amendments request: November 22, 1999.
Description of amendments request: The Baltimore Gas and Electric
Company (BGE) requests an amendment to implement a change to the
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR) that constitutes an unreviewed safety question
as described in 10 CFR 50.59.
The change revises the information currently provided within the
UFSAR on aircraft and their flight paths for Patuxent River Naval Air
Station (Pax River NAS). The existing information is outdated and does
not reflect current conditions for aircraft utilizing Pax River NAS.
Additionally, the UFSAR will be revised to add information
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pertaining to the corporate helipad located northwest of the plant.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Would not involve a significant increase in the probability
or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
The probability of an aircraft crash was not quantified during
the timeframe of licensing and construction of the plant. As was
noted previously, the Directorate of Licensing at the U.S. Atomic
Energy Commission concurred with Baltimore Gas and Electric
Company's conclusion that no special design provisions were required
to be incorporated into Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP)
because the probability of an aircraft crash affecting the plant was
acceptably low (implies a probability of less than 10-7/
Year). Therefore, the probability of an aircraft crash affecting the
plant was acceptably low at less than 10-7/year.
The probability of an aircraft accident resulting in
radiological consequences greater than 10 CFR Part 100 exposure
guidelines was considered to still be below the Standard Review Plan
(SRP) (NUREG-0800) level of acceptability of 1.0 x 10-7
per year for CCNPP. The probability of an aircraft accident during
the timeframe of original construction and licensing of the plant
was never quantified. Since today's probability of an aircraft
accident may be higher based on the fact that, at times, aircraft
going into Patuxent River Naval Air Station fly over the plant,
where previously they came no closer than seven miles from the plant
(as described in the UFSAR), the probability of occurrence of an
accident will conservatively be considered to have increased.
However, it should be noted that the probability of an aircraft
accident resulting in radiological consequences greater than 10 CFR
Part 100 exposure guidelines is still considered to be below
1.0 x 10-7 cr/yr, which is acceptable since it is within
SRP Section 3.5.1.6 guidelines. Since the above probability of an
aircraft accident meets the criteria of SRP Section 3.5.1.6, no
additional design or procedural protection is required. Note that
the SRP criteria is only being used as one acceptable method of
evaluating risk. Use of this method is not a commitment to the SRP
and does not incorporate the SRP into our licensing basis.
Changes to the aircraft flight patterns and/or frequency
(probability) have no affect on the design or method of operating
equipment necessary to mitigate the consequences of previously
analyzed accidents. As was noted above, the aircraft hazard was
considered to be acceptable and, therefore, no additional design or
procedural protection is required for the plant. Since the aircraft
hazard is considered acceptable (where additional design features
are not required), it can be concluded that no action assumed to
occur within the accident analysis of CCNPP's Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report Chapter 14 will be degraded or prevented. Therefore,
it is concluded that the current calculated aircraft hazard will not
result in an increase of the consequences of an accident preciously
evaluated in the UFSAR.
2. Would not create the possibility of a new or different type
of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
All possible malfunctions have been previously analyzed.
Aircraft hazard was addressed within the original design of the
plant. The frequency/probability of an aircraft crash was considered
to be so low that special design provisions to protect against
aircraft crashes did not have to be considered during construction
of CCNPP. The current calculated aircraft hazard is considered to
still be within SRP Section 3.5.1.6 guidelines. The possibility for
a malfunction of a different type than preciously evaluated in the
UFSAR is not created.
Aircraft accidents were considered within the original plant
design. The probability of an aircraft accident resulting in
radiological consequences greater than 10 CFR Part 100 exposure
guidelines is still considered to be below the level of
acceptability (per SRP Section 3.5.1.6) and no special design
provisions are required. Since an aircraft crash is not a design
basis concern, it is not plausible that the possibility of a new
accident is created that has not been previously evaluated in the
UFSAR. There are also no new challenges to safety-related equipment.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different type of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Would not involve a significant reduction in the margin of
safety.
The probability of an aircraft crash affecting the plant, at the
time of original licensing and construction, was so low that no
special design provisions were needed in the plant for such an
event. Since aircraft hazards did not have to be considered within
the design of the plant, no margin of safety was required or
established for such a hazard. All of the plant equipment and
initial condition assumptions stipulated within the UFSAR Chapter 14
accident analysis would not be affected by such an event.
The calculated probability of an aircraft accident resulting in
radiological consequences greater than 10 CFR Part 100 exposure
guidelines, based on today's aircraft hazard, is considered to be
below the 1.0 x 10-7 per year stipulated within SRP
Section 3.5.1.6. Therefore, there is still no need for special
design provisions within the plant to guard against such an event.
All of the plant equipment and initial condition assumptions
stipulated within the UFSAR Chapter 14 accident analysis remain
unchanged. The plant will continue to operate in such a manner that
will ensure acceptable levels of protection for the health and
safety of the public.
Therefore, this proposed change does not significantly reduce
the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendments request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman,
Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.
NRC Section Chief: Sheri R. Peterson.
Carolina Power & Light Company, et al., Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324,
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, Brunswick County, North
Carolina
Date of amendments request: November 23, 1999
Description of amendments request: The requested amendments would
change Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.7.c.1, ``Ventilation Filter
Testing.'' The testing criteria would be changed consistent with the
NRC request in Generic Letter 99-02, ``Laboratory Testing of Nuclear-
Grade Activated Charcoal.''
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. The proposed license amendment does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
The proposed amendment revises TS 5.5.7.c.1 to require testing
of the SGT [Standby Gas Treatment] system charcoal in accordance
with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D3803-1989,
``Standard Test Method for Nuclear-Grade Activated Carbon.'' Per the
existing TSs, the SGT system charcoal must meet an acceptance
criteria of < 1.0%="" penetration="" of="" methyl="" iodide="" when="" tested="" at="" a="" relative="" humidity=""> 70%. CP&L performs this testing in
accordance with the criteria of Regulatory Position C.6.a of
Regulatory Guide 1.52, Revision 1, 1976, ``Design, Testing, and
Maintenance Criteria for Engineered Safety Feature Atmosphere
Cleanup System Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Light-Water-
Cooled Nuclear Power Plants.'' As stated in Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report, Section 6.5.1.1, the purpose of the SGT system,
along with that of the primary and secondary containment, is to
mitigate accident consequences. It is not associated with any
initiating events and, therefore, cannot affect the probability of
any accident.
ASTM D3803-1989 is an industry accepted standard for charcoal
filter testing. The conditions employed by this standard were
selected to approximate operating or accident conditions of a
nuclear reactor which would severely reduce the performance of
activated carbons. The key difference associated with the two
testing protocols is the testing temperature. Specifically, testing
to a challenge temperature of 30 deg.C per ASTM D3803-1989 versus
80 deg.C per Regulatory
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Guide 1.52 results in a much more stringent test. Testing at a
higher temperature tends to eliminate impurities and moisture from
the sample. This creates the possibility of the charcoal achieving a
slightly higher efficiency than actual. Other parameter changes will
not significantly affect charcoal test performance and will result
in more accurate and reproducible test results.
The proposed TS change also includes a requirement that the test
be performed with a face velocity of 61 fpm. A single BSEP SGT
system train operates at a maximum flow rate of 4200 scfm which
corresponds to a face velocity of 61 fpm. In accordance with Generic
Letter (GL) 99-02, this requirement has been included in TS
5.5.7.c.1.
As recommended by GL 99-02, the proposed amendment incorporates
a safety factor of 2 into the allowed methyl iodide penetration
limit. The existing TS 5.5.7.c.1 acceptance criteria of 99% does not
account for a safety factor. In previous testing, CP&L has applied
the safety factor provided by Regulatory Guide 1.52, Revision 1,
1976, to the laboratory testing results to ensure proper charcoal
performance. The proposed changes to TS 5.5.7.c.1 require that
charcoal samples, tested in accordance with the methodology of ASTM
D3803-1989, show the methyl iodide penetration to be < 0.5%.="" the="" 0.5%="" penetration="" limit="" is="" derived="" by="" applying="" a="" safety="" factor="" of="" 2="" to="" the="" 99%="" filtration="" efficiency="" assumed="" in="" the="" current="" bounding="" calculations="" for="" offsite="" radiological="" dose="" release="" limits.="" as="" such,="" the="" acceptance="" criteria="" of="">< 0.5%="" penetration="" of="" methyl="" iodide="" ensures="" that="" 10="" cfr="" 100="" offsite="" dose="" limits="" are="" not="" exceeded.="" based="" on="" the="" more="" stringent="" testing="" temperature="" requirements,="" the="" new="" face="" velocity="" testing="" requirement,="" and="" the="" acceptance="" criteria="" of="">< 0.5%="" penetration="" of="" methyl="" iodide,="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" result="" in="" an="" increase="" in="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" revise="" the="" required="" testing="" methodology="" for="" sgt="" system="" charcoal.="" the="" sgt="" system="" is="" not="" an="" initiator="" of="" any="" accident,="" and="" no="" new="" accident="" precursors="" are="" created="" due="" to="" the="" change="" in="" the="" charcoal="" testing="" methodology.="" in="" addition,="" the="" change="" does="" not="" alter="" the="" design,="" function,="" or="" operation="" of="" the="" sgt="" system.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" to="" test="" sgt="" system="" charcoal="" in="" accordance="" with="" astm="" d3803-1989="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" upgrades="" the="" sgt="" system="" charcoal="" testing="" requirements="" to="" those="" contained="" in="" astm="" d3803-1989.="" the="" conditions="" employed="" by="" astm="" d3803-1989="" were="" selected="" to="" approximate="" operating="" or="" accident="" conditions="" of="" a="" nuclear="" reactor="" which="" could="" reduce="" the="" performance="" of="" activated="" carbons.="" the="" key="" difference="" between="" cp&l's="" current="" testing="" protocol="" and="" astm="" d3803-1989="" is="" the="" testing="" temperature.="" specifically,="" testing="" to="" a="" challenge="" temperature="" of="" 30="" deg.c="" per="" astm="" d3803-1989="" versus="" 80="" deg.c="" per="" regulatory="" guide="" 1.52="" results="" in="" a="" much="" more="" stringent="" test.="" the="" proposed="" ts="" change="" also="" includes="" a="" requirement="" that="" the="" test="" be="" performed="" with="" a="" face="" velocity="" of="" 61="" fpm.="" a="" single="" bsep="" sgt="" system="" train="" operates="" at="" a="" maximum="" flow="" rate="" of="" 4200="" scfm="" which="" corresponds="" to="" a="" face="" velocity="" of="" 61="" fpm.="" in="" accordance="" with="" gl="" 99-="" 02,="" this="" requirement="" has="" been="" included="" in="" ts="" 5.5.7.c.1.="" as="" recommended="" by="" gl="" 99-02,="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" incorporates="" a="" safety="" factor="" of="" 2="" into="" the="" allowed="" methyl="" iodide="" penetration="" limit.="" the="" existing="" ts="" 5.5.7.c.1="" acceptance="" criteria="" of="" 99%="" does="" not="" account="" for="" a="" safety="" factor.="" in="" previous="" testing,="" cp&l="" has="" applied="" the="" safety="" factor="" provided="" by="" regulatory="" guide="" 1.52,="" revision="" 1,="" 1976,="" to="" the="" laboratory="" testing="" results="" to="" ensure="" proper="" charcoal="" performance.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" to="" ts="" 5.5.7.c.1="" require="" that="" charcoal="" samples,="" tested="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" methodology="" of="" astm="" d3803-1989,="" show="" the="" methyl="" iodide="" penetration="" to="" be="">< 0.5%.="" the="" 0.5%="" penetration="" limit="" is="" derived="" by="" applying="" a="" safety="" factor="" of="" 2="" to="" the="" 99%="" filtration="" efficiency="" assumed="" in="" the="" current="" bounding="" calculations="" for="" offsite="" radiological="" dose="" release="" limits.="" as="" such,="" the="" acceptance="" criteria="" of="">< 0.5%="" penetration="" of="" methyl="" iodide="" ensures="" that="" 10="" cfr="" 100="" offsite="" dose="" limits="" are="" not="" exceeded.="" based="" on="" the="" more="" stringent="" testing="" temperature="" requirements,="" the="" new="" face="" velocity="" testing="" requirement,="" and="" the="" acceptance="" criteria="" of="">< 0.5%="" penetration="" of="" methyl="" iodide,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" [reduction]="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" william="" d.="" johnson,="" vice="" president="" and="" corporate="" secretary,="" carolina="" power="" &="" light="" company,="" post="" office="" box="" 1551,="" raleigh,="" north="" carolina="" 27602.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" richard="" p.="" correia.="" carolina="" power="" &="" light="" company,="" docket="" no.="" 50-261,="" h.="" b.="" robinson="" steam="" electric="" plant,="" unit="" no.="" 2,="" darlington="" county,="" south="" carolina="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 30,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" amendment="" revises="" technical="" specifications="" (ts)="" section="" 5.5.11,="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program="" (vftp)="" testing="" requirements.="" the="" proposed="" change="" requires="" vftp="" testing="" be="" done="" according="" to="" astm="" d3803-1989="" protocol="" in="" lieu="" of="" previous="" standards.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" carolina="" power="" &="" light="" (cp&l)="" company="" has="" evaluated="" the="" proposed="" technical="" specification="" change="" and="" has="" concluded="" that="" it="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" cp&l="" conclusion="" is="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" criteria="" set="" forth="" in="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92.="" the="" bases="" for="" the="" conclusion="" that="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" are="" discussed="" below.="" 1.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" to="" technical="" specification="" section="" 5.5.11,="" ``ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program,''="" does="" not="" involve="" any="" physical="" alteration="" of="" plant="" systems,="" structures="" or="" components,="" changes="" in="" parameters="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation,="" or="" methods="" of="" operation.="" the="" proposed="" change="" updates="" the="" required="" testing="" of="" engineered="" safety="" features="" (esf)="" ventilation="" filter="" systems="" to="" more="" recent="" standards="" accepted="" by="" the="" nrc="" and="" described="" in="" generic="" letter="" (gl)="" 99-02,="" ``laboratory="" testing="" of="" nuclear-grade="" activated="" charcoal.''="" the="" nrc="" has="" found="" that="" charcoal="" filter="" test="" protocols="" other="" than="" american="" society="" for="" testing="" and="" materials="" (astm)="" standard="" astm="" d3803-1989="" do="" not="" assure="" accurate="" and="" reproducible="" test="" results.="" since="" this="" proposed="" change="" references="" an="" acceptable="" testing="" standard="" and="" provides="" assurance="" that="" the="" current="" licensing="" basis="" is="" met,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" an="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" analyzed.="" 2.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" any="" physical="" alteration="" of="" plant="" systems,="" structures="" or="" components,="" changes="" in="" parameters="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation,="" or="" methods="" of="" operation.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" introduce="" a="" new="" mode="" of="" operation="" or="" changes="" in="" the="" method="" of="" normal="" plant="" operation.="" the="" proposed="" change="" introduces="" a="" new="" testing="" standard="" for="" esf="" ventilation="" system="" charcoal="" samples="" removed="" for="" testing="" and="" does="" not="" involve="" manipulation="" of="" plant="" systems="" to="" perform="" the="" charcoal="" test.="" therefore,="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" is="" not="" created.="" 3.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" the="" proposed="" change="" revises="" the="" required="" testing="" standard="" for="" esf="" ventilation="" charcoal="" filter="" systems="" and="" does="" not="" alter="" plant="" design="" margins="" or="" analysis="" assumptions="" as="" described="" in="" the="" updated="" final="" safety="" analysis="" report.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" affect="" any="" limiting="" safety="" system="" setpoint,="" calibration="" method,="" or="" setpoint="" calculation.="" the="" [[page="" 73088]]="" proposed="" change="" is="" more="" restrictive="" with="" regard="" to="" testing="" protocol="" and="" less="" restrictive="" with="" respect="" to="" the="" allowed="" penetration="" during="" testing="" of="" the="" control="" room="" ventilation="" system="" charcoal.="" however,="" the="" allowed="" increase="" in="" penetration="" is="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" method="" for="" determining="" the="" allowable="" penetration="" described="" in="" gl="" 99-02.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" william="" d.="" johnson,="" vice="" president="" and="" corporate="" secretary,="" carolina="" power="" &="" light="" company,="" post="" office="" box="" 1551,="" raleigh,="" north="" carolina="" 27602="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" richard="" p.="" correia.="" energy="" northwest,="" docket="" no.="" 50-397,="" wnp-2,="" benton="" county,="" washington="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 18,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" requests="" a="" revision="" to="" technical="" specification="" (ts)="" 5.5.7.c.="" the="" changes="" would="" revise="" the="" requirements="" that="" (1)="" a="" sample="" of="" the="" charcoal="" absorber="" for="" the="" standby="" gas="" treatment="" (sgt)="" system="" and="" the="" control="" room="" emergency="" filtration="" (cref)="" system="" be="" tested="" in="" accordance="" with="" american="" society="" for="" testing="" and="" materials="" (astm)="" d3803-1986,="" ``standard="" test="" method="" for="" nuclear-grade="" activated="" carbon'',="" (2)="" methyl="" iodide="" penetration="" be="" less="" than="" a="" value="" of="" .175%="" for="" the="" sgt="" system="" and="" 1.0%="" for="" the="" cref="" system,="" and="" (3)="" charcoal="" absorber="" testing="" be="" conducted="" at="" a="" relative="" humidity="" of="" greater="" than="" or="" equal="" to="" 70%.="" as="" requested="" by="" generic="" letter="" (gl)="" 99-02,="" ``laboratory="" testing="" of="" nuclear-grade="" activated="" charcoal,''="" energy="" northwest="" proposed="" that="" ts="" 5.5.7.c="" be="" revised="" so="" that="" (1)="" testing="" of="" charcoal="" absorber="" samples="" be="" in="" accordance="" with="" astm="" d3803-="" 1989="" at="" a="" specified="" temperature="" of="" 30="" deg.="" centigrade="" (c)="" [86="" deg.="" fahrenheit="" (f)],="" (2)="" methyl="" iodide="" penetration="" to="" be="" less="" than="" a="" value="" of="" 0.5%="" for="" the="" sgt="" system="" and="" 2.5%="" for="" the="" cref="" system,="" (3)="" testing="" be="" performed="" at="" 70%="" relative="" humidity,="" and="" (4)="" a="" face="" velocity="" of="" 75="" feet-="" per-minute="" (fpm)="" will="" be="" specified="" for="" the="" sgt="" system.="" in="" addition,="" the="" revision="" to="" ts="" 5.5.7.c="" will="" note="" that="" variations="" in="" testing="" parameters="" are="" permitted="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" guidance="" in="" table="" 1="" and="" section="" a5.2="" of="" astm="" d3803-1989.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" sgt="" system="" is="" designed="" to="" limit="" the="" release="" of="" airborne="" radioactive="" contaminants="" from="" secondary="" containment="" to="" the="" atmosphere="" within="" the="" guidelines="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 100="" in="" the="" event="" of="" a="" dba="" [design="" basis="" accident].="" the="" cref="" system="" provides="" a="" radiologically="" controlled="" environment="" from="" which="" the="" plant="" can="" be="" safely="" operated="" following="" a="" dba.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" require="" that="" charcoal="" from="" these="" two="" esf="" [engineered="" safeguard="" feature]="" systems="" be="" tested="" to="" the="" more="" conservative="" standards="" of="" astm="" d3803-1989.="" using="" the="" more="" conservative="" astm="" d3803-1989="" testing="" standard="" will="" provide="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" staff="" considers="" astm="" d3803-1989="" to="" be="" the="" most="" accurate="" and="" most="" realistic="" protocol="" for="" testing="" charcoal="" in="" esf="" ventilation="" systems="" because="" it="" offers="" the="" greatest="" assurance="" of="" accurately="" and="" consistently="" determining="" the="" capability="" of="" the="" charcoal.="" using="" the="" more="" conservative="" astm="" d3803-1989="" testing="" standard="" will="" provide="" greater="" assurance="" that="" the="" esf="" ventilation="" systems="" will="" properly="" perform="" their="" safety="" function,="" thus="" assuring="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" radiological="" consequences="" of="" a="" dba.="" therefore,="" operation="" of="" wnp-2="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" create="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" since="" it="" only="" requires="" that="" charcoal="" from="" the="" sgt="" and="" cref="" safety-related="" filtration="" systems="" be="" tested="" to="" the="" more="" conservative="" standards="" of="" astm="" d3803-1989.="" using="" the="" more="" conservative="" astm="" d3803-1989="" testing="" standard="" will="" provide="" even="" greater="" assurance="" that="" the="" esf="" ventilation="" systems="" will="" properly="" perform="" their="" safety="" function,="" thus="" helping="" to="" minimize="" the="" radiological="" consequences="" of="" a="" dba.="" the="" increased="" margin="" provided="" by="" the="" more="" conservative="" testing="" standard="" will="" assure="" no="" new="" or="" different="" kinds="" of="" accidents="" results="" from="" the="" proposed="" change.="" therefore,="" the="" operation="" of="" wnp-2="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" requires="" that="" more="" conservative="" esf="" charcoal="" filter="" testing="" criteria="" be="" used="" to="" verify="" esf="" ventilation="" systems="" are="" operable.="" more="" conservative="" testing="" criteria="" will="" provide="" greater="" assurance="" that="" the="" esf="" ventilation="" systems="" will="" properly="" perform="" their="" safety="" function,="" thus="" helping="" to="" minimize="" the="" radiological="" consequences="" of="" a="" dba.="" using="" more="" conservative="" testing="" criteria="" will="" result="" in="" maintaining="" the="" current="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" thomas="" c.="" poindexter,="" esq.,="" winston="" &="" strawn,="" 1400="" l="" street,="" n.w.,="" washington,="" d.c.="" 20005-3502.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" stephen="" dembek.="" energy="" northwest,="" docket="" no.="" 50-397,="" wnp-2,="" benton="" county,washington="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 18,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" requests="" a="" revision="" to="" subsection="" 4.3.1.2.b="" of="" technical="" specification="" 4.3,="" fuel="" storage.="" the="" change="" would="" revise="" the="" current="" wording,="" which="" describes="" the="" spacing="" of="" the="" fuel="" in="" the="" new="" fuel="" racks,="" with="" wording="" that="" would="" limit="" the="" number="" of="" fuel="" assemblies="" that="" may="" be="" stored="" in="" the="" facility="" and="" establish="" increased="" spacing="" limitations="" for="" storage="" of="" new="" fuel="" assemblies="" in="" the="" racks.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" increase="" the="" consequences="" of="" any="" previously="" analyzed="" accident="" or="" transient,="" since="" the="" arrangement="" of="" new="" nuclear="" fuel="" in="" storage="" racks="" maintains="" the="" effective="" neutron="" multiplication="" factor="" much="" less="" than="" 0.95.="" the="" change="" in="" configuration="" requirements="" will="" not="" increase="" the="" probability="" of="" any="" previously="" analyzed="" accident,="" because="" physical="" constraints="" are="" installed="" in="" the="" storage="" racks="" when="" new="" fuel="" assemblies="" are="" inserted,="" assuring="" that="" only="" certain="" cells="" can="" be="" used="" for="" storage="" of="" new="" fuel.="" therefore,="" operation="" of="" wnp-2="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" [[page="" 73089]]="" the="" proposed="" change="" is="" consistent="" with="" a="" new="" fuel="" criticality="" analysis="" performed="" in="" support="" of="" a="" previously="" implemented="" change="" to="" section="" 9.1="" of="" the="" fsar.="" a="" variety="" of="" accidents="" were="" considered="" in="" that="" analysis,="" and="" it="" was="" determined="" that="" the="" effective="" neutron="" multiplication="" factor="" was="" well="" below="" specified="" limits="" for="" any="" normal="" or="" accident="" case.="" therefore,="" operation="" of="" wnp-2="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" current="" wording="" of="" technical="" specification="" 4.3.1.2.b="" was="" determined="" to="" not="" provide="" sufficient="" margin="" of="" safety="" to="" assure="" that="" the="" requirements="" of="" technical="" specification="" 4.3.1.2.a="" would="" be="" maintained.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" modifies="" the="" requirements="" for="" new="" fuel="" storage="" configuration="" for="" technical="" specification="" 4.3.1.2.b,="" to="" assure="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" is="" maintained="" for="" optimum="" moderation="" conditions.="" therefore,="" operation="" of="" wnp-2="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" thomas="" c.="" poindexter,="" esq.,="" winston="" &="" strawn,="" 1400="" l="" street,="" n.w.,="" washington,="" d.c.="" 20005-3502.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" stephen="" dembek.="" entergy="" operations,="" inc.,="" system="" energy="" resources,="" inc.,="" south="" mississippi="" electric="" power="" association,="" and="" entergy="" mississippi,="" inc.,="" docket="" no.="" 50-416,="" grand="" gulf="" nuclear="" station,="" unit="" 1,="" claiborne="" county,="" mississippi="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" august="" 20,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" request="" is="" to="" incorporate="" 17="" improvements="" (identified="" by="" technical="" specification="" task="" force="" (tstf)="" numbers)="" to="" the="" improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" (tss),="" nureg-1434="" (for="" bwr/6="" plants="" such="" as="" the="" grand="" gulf="" plant),="" that="" was="" part="" of="" the="" basis="" for="" the="" current="" improved="" tss="" for="" grand="" gulf="" nuclear="" station="" (ggns)="" that="" were="" issued="" in="" amendment="" 120="" dated="" february="" 21,="" 1995.="" these="" improvements="" to="" the="" improved="" tss="" for="" bwr/6="" plants="" such="" as="" ggns="" are="" identified="" by="" tstf="" numbers="" and="" are="" the="" following:="" (1)="" tstf-2,="" relocate="" the="" 10="" year="" sediment="" cleaning="" of="" the="" diesel="" generator="" fuel="" storage="" tank="" in="" surveillance="" requirement="" (sr)="" 3.8.3.6="" to="" the="" ggns="" updated="" final="" safety="" analysis="" report="" (ufsar),="" (2)="" tstf-5,="" delete="" notification,="" reporting,="" and="" restart="" requirements="" if="" a="" safety="" limit="" is="" violated="" in="" tss="" section="" 2.2,="" (3)="" tstf-9,="" relocate="" the="" shutdown="" margin="" values="" in="" limiting="" conditions="" for="" operation="" (lco)="" 3.1.1="" and="" sr="" 3.1.1.1="" to="" the="" core="" operating="" limits="" report="" (colr),="" (4)="" tstf-17,="" extension="" of="" the="" testing="" frequency="" for="" the="" primary="" containment="" airlock="" interlock="" mechanism="" from="" 184="" days="" to="" 24="" months="" in="" sr="" 3.6.1.2.3="" and="" deletion="" of="" the="" sr="" note,="" (5)="" tstf-18,="" reword="" and="" clarify="" sr="" 3.6.4.1.2="" to="" require="" only="" one="" secondary="" containment="" access="" door="" per="" access="" opening="" to="" be="" closed,="" (6)="" tstf-32,="" move="" the="" requirement="" to="" ensure="" that="" ``slow''="" and="" withdrawn="" stuck="" control="" rods="" are="" appropriately="" separated="" from="" lco="" 3.1.4="" requirements="" to="" lco="" 3.1.3="" condition="" a="" required="" actions,="" (7)="" tstf-33,="" administrative="" change="" to="" clarify="" the="" completion="" time="" for="" lco="" 3.1.3="" required="" action="" a.2,="" (8)="" tstf-38,="" revise="" and="" clarify="" the="" visual="" surveillance="" in="" sr="" 3.8.4.3="" for="" batteries="" to="" specify="" the="" inspection="" is="" for="" performance="" degradation,="" (9)="" tstf-45,="" revise="" srs="" 3.6.1.3.2="" and="" 3.6.1.3.3="" to="" specify="" that="" only="" primary="" containment="" isolation="" valves="" which="" are="" not="" locked,="" sealed,="" or="" otherwise="" secured="" are="" required="" to="" be="" verified="" closed,="" (10)="" tstf-60,="" exempt="" lco="" 3.4.7="" on="" reactor="" coolant="" system="" leakage="" detection="" instrumentation="" from="" lco="" 3.0.4="" which="" restricts="" entry="" into="" modes,="" or="" specified="" conditions="" with="" required="" equipment="" inoperable,="" (11)="" tstf-104,="" relocate="" the="" discussion="" of="" exceptions="" in="" lco="" 3.0.4="" to="" the="" bases="" of="" the="" tss,="" (12)="" tstf-118,="" add="" a="" sentence="" to="" the="" administrative="" controls="" program="" in="" tss="" administrative="" controls="" section="" 5.5.9="" that="" the="" provisions="" of="" srs="" 3.0.2="" and="" 3.0.3="" applies="" to="" the="" specified="" testing="" frequencies="" of="" the="" diesel="" fuel="" oil="" testing="" program,="" (13)="" tstf-153,="" clarify="" the="" exception="" notes="" for="" lcos="" 3.4.9,="" 3.4.10,="" 3.9.8,="" and="" 3.9.9="" to="" be="" consistent="" with="" the="" requirement="" being="" excepted,="" (14)="" tstf-163,="" modify="" srs="" 3.8.1.2,="" 3.8.1.12,="" 3.8.1.15,="" and="" 3.8.1.20="" for="" diesel="" generators="" to="" provide="" minimum="" volt/hz="" limits="" for="" the="" 10-second="" acceptance="" and="" detail="" the="" current="" volt/hz="" range="" as="" ``steady="" state''="" acceptance="" criteria,="" (15)="" tstf-166,="" revise="" lco="" 3.0.6="" to="" explicitly="" require="" an="" evaluation="" per="" the="" safety="" function="" determination="" program="" and="" delete="" the="" statement="" that="" ``additional="" *="" *="" *="" limitations="" may="" be="" required,''="" (16)="" tstf-278,="" lco="" 3.8.6="" is="" revised="" to="" require="" that="" battery="" cell="" parameters="" be="" ``within="" limits,''="" the="" reference="" to="" table="" 3.8.6-1="" is="" deleted,="" and="" a="" reference="" to="" the="" table="" is="" added="" to="" the="" actions="" table="" for="" lco="" 3.8.6,="" and="" (17)="" tstf-279,="" delete="" the="" reference="" to="" the="" ``applicable="" supports''="" from="" the="" description="" of="" the="" ``inservice="" testing="" program''="" in="" the="" administrative="" controls="" tss,="" section="" 5.5.6.="" the="" licensee="" is="" proposing="" the="" current="" latest="" revision="" for="" each="" tstf="" at="" the="" time="" of="" application="" with="" minor="" exceptions="" and/or="" clarification="" in="" some="" cases.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" (nshc).="" the="" licensee's="" nshc="" is="" divided="" into="" the="" following="" five="" categories="" (which="" also="" list="" the="" tstf="" changes="" in="" each="" category):="" administrative="" changes,="" less="" restrictive="" changes--removed="" detail,="" less="" restrictive="" changes--relaxation="" of="" required="" action,="" less="" restrictive="" changes--deletion="" of="" surveillance="" requirement,="" and="" less="" restrictive="" changes--relaxation="" of="" surveillance="" frequency.="" the="" licensee's="" category="" nshcs="" are="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" administrative="" changes="" these="" changes="" involve="" reformatting,="" renumbering,="" and="" rewording="" of="" [tss],="" with="" no="" change="" in="" intent.="" since="" they="" do="" not="" change="" the="" intent="" of="" the="" [tss]="" they="" are="" considered="" to="" be="" administrative="" in="" nature.="" the="" ggns="" is="" adopting="" nrc="" [nuclear="" regulatory="" commission]="" approved="" tstf-5,="" tstf-18,="" tstf-33,="" tstf-38,="" tstf-104,="" tstf-118,="" tstf-153,="" tstf-163,="" tstf-166,="" tstf-278,="" and="" tstf-279,="" generic="" changes="" to="" the="" improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" (ists)="" as="" outlined="" in="" nureg-1434,="" ``standard="" technical="" specifications,="" bwr/6="" plants.''="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" criteria="" set="" forth="" in="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92,="" eoi="" [entergy="" operations,="" inc.]="" has="" evaluated="" these="" proposed="" [tss]="" changes="" and="" determined="" they="" do="" not="" represent="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" following="" is="" provided="" in="" support="" of="" this="" conclusion.="" a.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" involves="" reformatting,="" renumbering,="" and="" rewording="" the="" existing="" [tss].="" the="" reformatting,="" renumbering,="" and="" rewording="" process="" involves="" no="" changes="" in="" intent="" to="" the="" [tss].="" the="" proposed="" changes="" also="" involve="" [tss]="" requirements,="" which="" are="" purely="" administrative="" in="" nature.="" as="" such,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" [a]ffect="" initiators="" of="" analyzed="" events="" or="" assumed="" mitigation="" of="" accident="" or="" transient="" events.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" b.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" physical="" alteration="" of="" the="" plant="" (no="" new="" or="" [[page="" 73090]]="" different="" type="" of="" equipment="" will="" be="" installed)="" or="" changes="" in="" methods="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation.="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" impose="" any="" new="" or="" eliminate="" any="" old="" requirements.="" thus,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" c.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" reduce="" a="" margin="" of="" safety="" because="" it="" has="" no="" [a]ffect="" on="" any="" safety="" analyses="" assumptions.="" this="" change="" is="" administrative="" in="" nature.="" therefore,="" the="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" 2.="" less="" restrictive="" changes--removed="" detail="" ggns="" is="" adopting="" nrc="" approved="" tstf-2,="" tstf-9,="" and="" tstf-32="" generic="" changes="" to="" the="" improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" (ists)="" as="" outlined="" in="" nureg-1434,="" ``standard="" technical="" specifications,="" bwr/6="" plants.''="" the="" proposed="" changes="" involve="" moving="" details="" out="" of="" the="" [tss]="" and="" into="" the="" [tss]="" bases,="" the="" ufsar,="" or="" the="" core="" operating="" limits="" report="" (colr).="" the="" removal="" of="" this="" information="" is="" considered="" to="" be="" less="" restrictive="" because="" it="" is="" no="" longer="" controlled="" by="" the="" [tss]="" change="" process.="" typically,="" the="" information="" moved="" is="" descriptive="" in="" nature="" and="" its="" removal="" conforms="" with="" nureg-="" 1434="" for="" format="" and="" content.="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" criteria="" set="" forth="" in="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92,="" the="" eoi="" has="" evaluated="" these="" proposed="" [tss]="" changes="" and="" determined="" they="" do="" not="" represent="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" following="" is="" provided="" in="" support="" of="" this="" conclusion.="" a.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" relocates="" certain="" details="" from="" the="" [tss]="" to="" other="" documents="" under="" regulatory="" control.="" the="" bases="" and="" ufsar="" will="" be="" maintained="" in="" accordance="" with="" 10="" cfr="" 50.59.="" in="" addition="" to="" 10="" cfr="" 50.59="" provisions,="" the="" [tss]="" bases="" are="" subject="" to="" the="" change="" control="" provisions="" in="" the="" administrative="" controls="" chapter="" of="" the="" [tss].="" the="" ufsar="" is="" subject="" to="" the="" change="" control="" provisions="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.71(e).="" the="" colr="" is="" controlled="" in="" accordance="" with="" ts[s]="" 5.6.5.="" the="" controls="" of="" ts[s]="" 5.6.5="" will="" ensure="" that="" adequate="" limits="" are="" maintained="" and="" reported="" to="" the="" nrc.="" since="" any="" changes="" to="" these="" documents="" will="" be="" evaluated,="" no="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" will="" be="" allowed.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" b.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" physical="" alteration="" of="" the="" plant="" (no="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" equipment="" will="" be="" installed)="" or="" a="" change="" in="" the="" methods="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation.="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" impose="" or="" eliminate="" any="" requirements,="" and="" adequate="" control="" of="" the="" information="" will="" be="" maintained.="" thus,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" c.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" reduce="" a="" margin="" of="" safety="" because="" it="" has="" no="" [a]ffect="" on="" any="" safety="" analysis="" assumptions.="" in="" addition,="" the="" details="" to="" be="" moved="" from="" the="" [tss]="" to="" other="" documents="" remain="" the="" same="" as="" the="" existing="" [tss].="" since="" any="" future="" changes="" to="" these="" details="" will="" be="" evaluated,="" no="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety="" will="" be="" allowed.="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" is="" not="" associated="" with="" the="" elimination="" of="" the="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92="" requirement="" for="" nrc="" review="" and="" approval="" of="" future="" changes="" to="" the="" relocated="" details.="" the="" proposed="" change="" is="" consistent="" with="" the="" bwr/6="" standard="" technical="" specifications,="" nureg-1434,="" issued="" by="" the="" nrc="" staff,="" revising="" the="" [tss]="" to="" reflect="" the="" approved="" level="" of="" detail,="" which="" indicates="" that="" there="" is="" no="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" 3.="" less="" restrictive="" changes--relaxation="" of="" required="" action="" ggns="" is="" adopting="" nrc="" approved="" tstf-60="" generic="" changes="" to="" the="" improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" (ists)="" as="" outlined="" in="" nureg-1434,="" ``standard="" technical="" specifications,="" bwr/6="" plants.''="" the="" proposed="" changes="" involve="" relaxation="" of="" the="" required="" actions="" in="" the="" current="" technical="" specifications="" (ts).="" upon="" discovery="" of="" a="" failure="" to="" meet="" an="" lco,="" the="" ts="" specifies="" required="" actions="" to="" be="" completed="" for="" the="" associated="" conditions.="" required="" actions="" of="" the="" associated="" conditions="" are="" used="" to="" establish="" remedial="" measures="" that="" must="" be="" taken="" in="" response="" to="" the="" degraded="" conditions.="" these="" actions="" minimize="" the="" risk="" associated="" with="" continued="" operation="" while="" providing="" time="" to="" repair="" inoperable="" features.="" some="" of="" the="" required="" actions="" are="" modified="" to="" place="" the="" plant="" in="" a="" mode="" in="" which="" the="" lco="" does="" not="" apply.="" adopting="" required="" actions="" from="" this="" change="" is="" acceptable="" because="" the="" required="" actions="" take="" into="" account="" the="" operability="" status="" of="" redundant="" systems="" of="" required="" features,="" the="" capacity="" and="" capability="" of="" the="" remaining="" features,="" and="" the="" compensatory="" attributes="" of="" the="" required="" actions="" as="" compared="" to="" the="" lco="" requirements.="" these="" changes="" have="" been="" evaluated="" to="" not="" be="" detrimental="" to="" plant="" safety.="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" criteria="" set="" forth="" in="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92,="" the="" eoi="" has="" evaluated="" these="" proposed="" [tss]="" changes="" and="" determined="" they="" do="" not="" represent="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" following="" is="" provided="" in="" support="" of="" this="" conclusion.="" a.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" relaxes="" required="" actions.="" required="" actions="" and="" their="" associated="" completion="" times="" are="" not="" initiating="" conditions="" for="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" and="" the="" accident="" analyses="" do="" not="" assume="" that="" required="" equipment="" is="" out="" of="" service="" prior="" to="" the="" analyzed="" event.="" consequently,="" the="" relaxed="" required="" actions="" do="" not="" significantly="" increase="" the="" probability="" of="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" required="" actions="" in="" the="" change="" have="" been="" developed="" to="" provide="" assurance="" that="" appropriate="" remedial="" actions="" are="" taken="" in="" response="" to="" the="" degraded="" condition="" considering="" the="" operability="" status="" of="" the="" redundant="" systems="" of="" required="" features,="" and="" the="" capacity="" and="" capability="" of="" remaining="" features="" while="" minimizing="" the="" risk="" associated="" with="" continued="" operation.="" as="" a="" result,="" the="" consequences="" of="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" are="" not="" significantly="" increased.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" b.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" physical="" alteration="" of="" the="" plant="" (no="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" equipment="" will="" be="" installed)="" or="" a="" change="" in="" the="" methods="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation.="" the="" required="" actions="" and="" associated="" completion="" times="" in="" the="" change="" have="" been="" evaluated="" to="" ensure="" that="" no="" new="" accident="" initiators="" are="" introduced.="" thus,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" c.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" the="" relaxed="" required="" actions="" do="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" as="" provided="" in="" the="" justification,="" this="" change="" has="" been="" evaluated="" to="" minimize="" the="" risk="" of="" continued="" operation="" under="" the="" specified="" condition,="" considering="" the="" operability="" status="" of="" the="" redundant="" systems="" of="" required="" features,="" the="" capacity="" and="" capability="" of="" remaining="" features,="" a="" reasonable="" time="" for="" repairs="" or="" replacement="" of="" required="" features,="" and="" the="" low="" probability="" of="" a="" dba="" [design="" basis="" accident]="" occurring="" during="" the="" repair="" period.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" 4.="" less="" restrictive="" changes--deletion="" of="" surveillance="" requirement="" ggns="" is="" adopting="" nrc="" approved="" tstf-45="" which="" is="" a="" generic="" change="" to="" the="" improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" (ists)="" as="" outlined="" in="" nureg-1434,="" ``standard="" technical="" specifications,="" bwr/6="" plants.''="" the="" proposed="" changes="" involve="" deletion="" of="" [srs]="" in="" the="" current="" technical="" specifications="" (ts).="" the="" ts="" require="" safety="" systems="" to="" be="" tested="" and="" verified="" operable="" prior="" to="" entering="" applicable="" operating="" conditions.="" these="" changes="" eliminate="" unnecessary="" ts="" [srs]="" that="" do="" not="" contribute="" to="" verification="" that="" the="" equipment="" used="" to="" meet="" the="" lco="" can="" perform="" its="" required="" functions.="" thus,="" appropriate="" equipment="" continues="" to="" be="" tested="" in="" a="" manner="" and="" at="" a="" frequency="" necessary="" to="" give="" confidence="" that="" the="" equipment="" can="" perform="" its="" assumed="" safety="" function.="" these="" changes="" have="" been="" evaluated="" to="" not="" be="" detrimental="" to="" plant="" safety.="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" criteria="" set="" forth="" in="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92,="" the="" eoi="" has="" evaluated="" these="" proposed="" [tss]="" changes="" and="" determined="" they="" do="" not="" represent="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" following="" is="" provided="" in="" support="" of="" this="" conclusion.="" [[page="" 73091]]="" a.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" deletes="" [srs].="" surveillance's="" are="" not="" initiators="" to="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" consequently,="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" is="" not="" significantly="" increased.="" the="" equipment="" being="" tested="" is="" still="" required="" to="" be="" operable="" and="" capable="" of="" performing="" the="" accident="" mitigation="" functions="" assumed="" in="" the="" accident="" analysis.="" as="" a="" result,="" the="" consequences="" of="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" are="" not="" significantly="" [a]ffected.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" b.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" physical="" alteration="" of="" the="" plant="" (no="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" equipment="" will="" be="" installed)="" or="" a="" change="" in="" the="" methods="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation.="" the="" remaining="" [srs]="" are="" consistent="" with="" industry="" practice="" and="" are="" considered="" to="" be="" sufficient="" to="" prevent="" the="" removal="" of="" the="" subject="" surveillance's="" from="" creating="" a="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" accident.="" thus,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" c.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" the="" deleted="" [srs]="" do="" not="" result="" in="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" as="" provided="" in="" the="" justification,="" the="" change="" has="" been="" evaluated="" to="" ensure="" that="" the="" deleted="" [srs]="" are="" not="" necessary="" for="" verification="" that="" the="" equipment="" used="" to="" meet="" the="" lco="" can="" perform="" its="" required="" functions.="" thus,="" appropriate="" equipment="" continues="" to="" be="" tested="" in="" a="" manner="" and="" at="" a="" frequency="" necessary="" to="" give="" confidence="" that="" the="" equipment="" can="" perform="" its="" assumed="" safety="" function.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" 5.="" less="" restrictive="" changes--relaxation="" of="" surveillance="" frequency="" ggns="" is="" adopting="" nrc="" approved="" tstf-17="" which="" is="" a="" generic="" change="" to="" the="" improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" (ists)="" as="" outlined="" in="" nureg-1434,="" ``standard="" technical="" specifications,="" bwr/6="" plants.''="" the="" proposed="" changes="" involve="" the="" relaxation="" of="" surveillance="" frequencies="" in="" the="" current="" technical="" specifications="" (ts).="" surveillance="" frequencies="" specify="" time="" interval="" requirements="" for="" performing="" surveillance="" testing.="" increasing="" the="" time="" interval="" between="" surveillance="" tests="" results="" in="" decreased="" equipment="" unavailability="" due="" to="" testing="" which="" also="" increases="" equipment="" availability.="" reduced="" testing="" can="" result="" in="" a="" safety="" enhancement="" because="" the="" unavailability="" due="" to="" testing="" is="" reduced="" and[,]="" in="" turn,="" reliability="" of="" the="" [a]ffected="" structure,="" system="" or="" component="" should="" remain="" constant="" or="" increase.="" reduced="" testing="" is="" acceptable="" where="" operating="" experience,="" industry="" practice="" or="" the="" industry="" standards="" such="" as="" manufacturers'="" recommendations="" have="" shown="" that="" these="" components="" usually="" pass="" the="" surveillance="" when="" performed="" at="" the="" specified="" interval,="" thus="" the="" frequency="" is="" acceptable="" from="" a="" reliability="" standpoint.="" these="" changes="" have="" been="" found="" to="" be="" acceptable="" based="" on="" a="" combination="" of="" the="" above="" criteria="" and="" have="" been="" evaluated="" to="" not="" be="" detrimental="" to="" plant="" safety.="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" criteria="" set="" forth="" in="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92,="" the="" eoi="" has="" evaluated="" these="" proposed="" [tss]="" changes="" and="" determined="" they="" do="" not="" represent="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" following="" is="" provided="" in="" support="" of="" this="" conclusion.="" a.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" relaxes="" surveillance="" frequencies.="" the="" relaxed="" surveillance="" frequencies="" have="" been="" established="" based="" on="" achieving="" acceptable="" levels="" of="" equipment="" reliability.="" consequently,="" equipment="" which="" could="" initiate="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" will="" continue="" to="" operate="" as="" expected="" and="" the="" probability="" of="" the="" initiation="" of="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" will="" not="" be="" significantly="" increased.="" the="" equipment="" being="" tested="" is="" still="" required="" to="" be="" operable="" and="" capable="" of="" performing="" any="" accident="" mitigation="" functions="" assumed="" in="" the="" accident="" analysis.="" as="" a="" result,="" the="" consequences="" of="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" are="" not="" significantly="" [a]ffected.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" b.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" physical="" alteration="" of="" the="" plant="" (no="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" equipment="" will="" be="" installed)="" or="" a="" change="" in="" the="" methods="" governing="" normal="" plant="" operation.="" thus,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" c.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" the="" relaxed="" surveillance="" frequencies="" do="" not="" result="" in="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" as="" provided="" in="" the="" justification,="" the="" relaxation="" in="" the="" surveillance="" frequency="" has="" been="" evaluated="" to="" ensure="" that="" it="" provides="" an="" acceptable="" level="" of="" equipment="" reliability.="" thus,="" appropriate="" equipment="" continues="" to="" be="" tested="" at="" a="" frequency="" that="" gives="" confidence="" that="" the="" equipment="" can="" perform="" its="" assumed="" safety="" function="" when="" required.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" nicholas="" s.="" reynolds,="" esquire,="" winston="" and="" strawn,="" 1400="" l="" street,="" nw.,="" 12th="" floor,="" washington,="" dc="" 20005-3502.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" robert="" a.="" gramm.="" firstenergy="" nuclear="" operating="" company,="" docket="" no.="" 50-346,="" davis-besse="" nuclear="" power="" station,="" unit="" 1,="" ottawa="" county,="" ohio="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 4,="" 1999.="" this="" amendment="" request="" supercedes="" the="" licensee's="" application="" of="" june="" 10,="" 1999,="" in="" its="" entirety.="" (64="" fr="" 38025)="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" would="" remove="" the="" existing="" filter="" testing="" requirements="" of="" the="" technical="" specifications="" (tss)="" and="" replace="" them="" with="" a="" reference="" to="" the="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program="" which="" is="" being="" added="" to="" the="" administrative="" controls="" section="" of="" the="" davis-besse="" ts.="" the="" amendment="" introduces="" ts="" 6.8.4.f,="" ``ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program,''="" and="" removes="" the="" specific="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" requirements="" from="" the="" surveillance="" requirements="" of="" ts="" 3/4.6.4.4,="" ``hydrogen="" purge="" system,''="" ts="" 3/4.6.5.1,="" ``shield="" building="" emergency="" ventilation="" system,''="" and="" ts="" 3/4.7.6.1,="" ``control="" room="" emergency="" ventilation="" system.''="" also="" included="" are="" supporting="" bases="" changes="" to="" ts="" 3/4.6.4.4,="" ts="" 3/4.6.5.1,="" and="" ts="" 3/="" 4.7.6.1="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensees="" have="" provided="" their="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" the="" davis-besse="" nuclear="" power="" station="" has="" reviewed="" the="" proposed="" changes="" and="" determined="" that="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" does="" not="" exist="" because="" operation="" of="" the="" davis-besse="" nuclear="" power="" station(dbnps),="" unit="" number="" 1,="" in="" accordance="" with="" this="" change="" would:="" 1a.="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" because="" no="" change="" is="" being="" made="" to="" any="" accident="" initiator.="" the="" replacement="" of="" the="" specific="" technical="" specification="" (ts)="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" surveillance="" requirements="" for="" the="" containment="" hydrogen="" purge="" system="" (3/4.6.4.4),="" shield="" building="" emergency="" ventilation="" system="" (3/4.6.5.1),="" and="" the="" control="" room="" emergency="" ventilation="" system="" (3/4.7.6.1),="" with="" a="" reference="" to="" the="" newly="" created="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program="" contained="" in="" ts="" administrative="" controls="" section="" 6.8.4.f,="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program,="" is="" a="" removal="" and="" relocation="" of="" certain="" ts="" details.="" the="" proposed="" ts="" 6.8.4.f="" will,="" however,="" add="" controls="" to="" maintain="" similar="" operation,="" maintenance,="" testing="" and="" system="" operability="" for="" these="" three="" ventilation="" systems.="" the="" ts="" bases="" changes="" reflect="" the="" use="" of="" the="" ventilation="" filter="" testing="" program.="" the="" replacement="" of="" astm="" d="" 3803-1979="" with="" astm="" d="" 3803-1989="" for="" laboratory="" testing="" of="" the="" charcoal="" filter="" samples="" reflects="" the="" nrc="" recommendations="" in="" generic="" letter="" 99-02,="" ``laboratory="" testing="" of="" nuclear="" grade="" activated="" charcoal.''="" astm="" d="" 3803-1989="" is="" [[page="" 73092]]="" a="" more="" stringent="" testing="" standard="" for="" charcoal="" filter="" testing,="" than="" the="" present="" standard="" referenced="" by="" the="" ts.="" the="" increase="" in="" allowable="" charcoal="" penetration="" due="" to="" the="" use="" of="" a="" safety="" factor="" of="" ``2''="" is="" acceptable="" as="" a="" result="" of="" using="" this="" more="" stringent="" testing="" standard.="" 1b.="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" because="" the="" proposed="" changes="" do="" not="" affect="" accident="" conditions="" or="" assumptions="" used="" in="" evaluating="" the="" radiological="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident.="" the="" increase="" in="" allowable="" charcoal="" penetration="" due="" to="" the="" use="" of="" a="" safety="" factor="" of="" ``2''="" is="" acceptable="" as="" a="" result="" of="" using="" this="" more="" stringent="" testing="" standard.="" no="" physical="" alterations="" of="" the="" dbnps="" are="" involved,="" nor="" are="" plant="" operating="" methods="" being="" changed.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" do="" not="" alter="" the="" source="" term,="" containment="" isolation="" or="" allowable="" radiological="" releases.="" 2.="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" because="" the="" proposed="" changes="" do="" not="" change="" the="" way="" the="" plant="" is="" operated.="" no="" new="" or="" different="" types="" of="" failures="" or="" accident="" initiators="" are="" being="" introduced="" by="" the="" proposed="" changes.="" 3.="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety="" because="" there="" are="" no="" significant="" changes="" to="" the="" initial="" conditions="" contributing="" to="" accident="" severity="" or="" consequences.="" therefore,="" there="" are="" no="" significant="" reductions="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" testing="" under="" the="" more="" restrictive="" requirements="" of="" astm="" d="" 3803-1989="" will="" continue="" to="" ensure="" that="" the="" ventilation="" systems="" will="" perform="" their="" safety="" function.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" mary="" e.="" o'reilly,="" attorney,="" firstenergy="" corporation,="" 76="" south="" main="" street,="" akron,="" oh="" 44308.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" anthony="" j.="" mendiola.="" florida="" power="" and="" light="" company,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-250="" and="" 50-251,="" turkey="" point="" plant,="" units="" 3="" and="" 4,="" dade="" county,="" florida="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" december="" 1,="" 1999,="" as="" supplemented="" december="" 15,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" licensee="" is="" requesting="" to="" revise="" the="" turkey="" point="" plant="" physical="" security="" plan="" (psp)="" to="" modify="" the="" psp="" requirements="" for="" compensation="" of="" a="" security="" computer="" failure,="" and="" to="" modify="" the="" requirements="" of="" the="" minimum="" security="" force="" staffing.="" the="" december="" 1,="" 1999,="" submittal="" supersedes="" two="" previous="" submittals="" dated="" march="" 10="" and="" june="" 8,="" 1999,="" regarding="" the="" same="" subject.="" as="" a="" result="" of="" the="" proposed="" changes,="" license="" conditions="" 3.l.="" for="" turkey="" point="" units="" 3="" and="" 4="" operating="" licenses="" will="" be="" updated="" to="" reflect="" the="" latest="" revision="" to="" the="" physical="" security="" plan="" dated="" december="" 1,="" 1999.="" in="" addition,="" the="" phrase="" ``turkey="" point="" plant,="" units="" 3="" and="" 4="" security="" plan''="" was="" revised="" to="" ``turkey="" point="" physical="" security="" plan.''="" the="" latter="" changes="" are="" administrative="" in="" nature.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" (1)="" operation="" of="" the="" facility="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendments="" would="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" these="" changes="" will="" not="" significantly="" affect="" the="" ability="" to="" detect="" a="" protected="" area="" intrusion.="" these="" changes="" do="" not="" affect="" the="" ability="" of="" a="" security="" response="" to="" an="" overt="" attack="" on="" the="" plant.="" these="" changes="" will="" not="" affect="" the="" ability="" of="" the="" security="" force="" to="" respond="" to="" contingency="" events.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" changes="" do="" not="" affect="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" accidents="" previously="" analyzed.="" (2)="" operation="" of="" the="" facility="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendments="" would="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" these="" changes="" do="" not="" affect="" the="" ability="" of="" the="" security="" force="" to="" defeat="" the="" design="" basis="" threat.="" the="" composition="" of="" the="" response="" organization="" is="" not="" effected="" by="" these="" changes.="" (3)="" operation="" of="" the="" facility="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" proposed="" amendments="" would="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" demonstrated="" level="" of="" dependability="" of="" the="" security="" system="" ensures="" that="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" effectiveness="" or="" margin="" of="" safety="" does="" not="" occur.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" the="" staff="" has="" also="" reviewed="" the="" changes="" to="" license="" conditions="" 3.l.="" for="" turkey="" point="" units="" 3="" and="" 4="" operating="" licenses,="" as="" well="" as="" the="" change="" of="" the="" security="" plan="" title.="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" the="" staff="" finds="" that="" the="" changes="" are="" administrative="" in="" nature="" and="" that="" they="" meet="" the="" three="" criteria="" discussed="" above.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" m.s.="" ross,="" attorney,="" florida="" power="" &="" light,="" p.o.="" box="" 14000,="" juno="" beach,="" florida="" 33408-0420.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" richard="" p.="" correia.="" nebraska="" public="" power="" district,="" docket="" no.="" 50-298,="" cooper="" nuclear="" station,="" nemaha="" county,="" nebraska="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" october="" 6,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" this="" proposed="" technical="" specification="" ts="" change="" will="" revise="" the="" cooper="" nuclear="" station="" (cns)="" ts="" sections="" 1.0,="" ``use="" and="" application,''="" 3.6,="" ``containment="" systems,''="" bases="" 3.0,="" ``limiting="" condition="" for="" operation="" (lco)="" applicability,''="" bases="" 3.6,="" ``containment="" systems,''="" and="" 5.5,="" ``programs="" and="" manuals,''="" to="" adopt="" the="" implementation="" requirements="" of="" 10="" cfr="" part="" 50,="" appendix="" j,="" option="" b,="" for="" the="" performance="" of="" type="" a,="" b,="" and="" c="" containment="" leakage="" rate="" testing.="" contingent="" upon="" the="" nuclear="" regulatory="" commission's="" (nrc's)="" approval="" of="" the="" proposed="" ts="" change,="" the="" licensee="" is="" also="" requesting="" the="" nrc="" to="" grant="" the="" withdrawal="" of="" two="" exemptions.="" these="" exemptions="" were="" previously="" granted="" under="" option="" a="" to="" 10="" cfr="" part="" 50,="" appendix="" j;="" however,="" under="" option="" b="" they="" are="" no="" longer="" required.="" the="" proposed="" ts="" change="" also="" contains="" line-item="" changes="" for="" ts="" requirements="" addressing="" containment="" airlock="" interlocks,="" primary="" and="" secondary="" containment="" isolation="" valves="" and="" power-operated="" automatic="" valves.="" these="" changes,="" along="" with="" the="" specific="" change="" to="" implement="" option="" b,="" have="" been="" previously="" approved="" by="" the="" nrc="" through="" submittals="" made="" by="" the="" nuclear="" energy="" institute-sponsored="" ts="" task="" force.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" implement="" 10="" cfr="" 50="" appendix="" j,="" option="" b.="" there="" is="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" since="" there="" is="" no="" work="" that="" would="" affect="" containment="" integrity.="" the="" testing="" of="" containment="" isolation="" valves="" and="" other="" containment="" penetration="" sealing="" devices="" are="" not="" postulated="" as="" an="" accident="" precursor="" or="" initiating="" event.="" the="" nrc="" has="" concluded,="" prior="" to="" approving="" option="" b,="" that="" performance-based="" testing="" would="" eliminate="" or="" modify="" prescriptive="" regulatory="" requirements="" for="" which="" the="" burden="" is="" marginal-to-safety.="" reviews="" and="" analyses="" considered="" by="" the="" nrc="" are="" presented="" in="" nureg-="" 1493,="" ``performance-based="" containment="" leak-test="" program,="" final="" report,''="" september="" 1995="" (attachment="" 2,="" reference="" 12="" [of="" the="" october="" [[page="" 73093]]="" 6,="" 1999,="" application]).="" the="" historical="" leakage="" rate="" test="" results="" for="" cooper="" and="" for="" the="" nuclear="" industry="" support="" extension="" of="" the="" testing="" frequencies="" and="" demonstrate="" that="" structural="" integrity="" has="" been="" maintained.="" type="" a="" testing="" is="" capable="" of="" determining="" the="" total="" leakage="" from="" both="" local="" leakage="" paths="" and="" gross="" containment="" leakage="" paths.="" the="" type="" b="" and="" c="" testing="" has="" consistently="" provided="" accurate="" leakage="" rates="" for="" valves="" and="" penetrations.="" administrative="" controls="" govern="" maintenance="" and="" testing="" such="" that="" there="" is="" very="" low="" probability="" that="" unacceptable="" maintenance="" or="" alignments="" can="" occur.="" prior="" to="" and="" following="" maintenance="" on="" primary="" containment="" isolation="" valves="" and="" penetrations,="" a="" local="" leak="" rate="" test="" is="" required="" to="" be="" performed.="" as="" a="" result,="" type="" a="" testing="" is="" not="" required="" to="" accurately="" quantify="" the="" leakage="" through="" containment="" penetrations.="" extension="" of="" testing="" frequency="" of="" containment="" airlock="" interlock="" mechanism="" from="" 18="" months="" to="" 24="" months.="" there="" is="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" since="" there="" is="" no="" work="" that="" would="" affect="" containment="" integrity.="" the="" testing="" of="" containment="" airlock="" interlocks,="" isolation="" valves="" and="" other="" containment="" penetration="" sealing="" devices="" is="" not="" postulated="" as="" an="" accident="" precursor="" or="" initiating="" event.="" this="" changed="" the="" testing="" of="" the="" containment="" airlock="" interlocks="" from="" 18="" months="" to="" 24="" months.="" this="" testing="" is="" only="" performed="" during="" periods="" of="" reactor="" shut="" down="" and="" the="" primary="" containment="" is="" de-="" inerted.="" thus="" this="" change="" plus="" the="" allowance="" from="" sr="" [surveillance="" requirement]="" 3.0.2,="" provides="" a="" total="" of="" 30="" months,="" which="" corresponds="" to="" the="" overall="" airlock="" leakage="" test="" frequency="" under="" option="" b.="" in="" this="" fashion,="" the="" interlock="" can="" be="" tested="" in="" a="" mode="" where="" the="" interlock="" is="" not="" required.="" clarify="" the="" containment="" isolation="" valve="" (civ)="" surveillance="" to="" apply="" to="" only="" automatic="" isolation="" valves.="" the="" bases="" for="" sr="" 3.6.1.3.5="" state="" that="" the="" isolation="" time="" test="" ensures="" the="" valve="" will="" isolate="" in="" time="" period="" less="" than="" or="" equal="" to="" that="" assumed="" in="" the="" safety="" analysis.="" there="" may="" be="" valves="" credited="" as="" containment="" isolation="" valves,="" which="" are="" power="" operated,="" that="" do="" not="" receive="" a="" containment="" isolation="" signal.="" these="" valves="" do="" not="" have="" an="" isolation="" time="" as="" assumed="" in="" the="" accident="" analyses="" since="" they="" require="" operator="" action.="" however,="" these="" valves="" are="" tested="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" inservice="" test="" program="" as="" required.="" therefore="" this="" change="" reduces="" the="" potential="" for="" misinterpreting="" the="" requirements="" of="" this="" sr="" while="" maintaining="" the="" assumptions="" of="" the="" accident="" analysis.="" based="" on="" the="" above="" discussion,="" there="" is="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident,="" since="" this="" change="" provides="" clarification="" of="" the="" applicability="" of="" the="" sr="" and="" has="" no="" affect="" on="" those="" automatic="" valves="" with="" operating="" times="" assumed="" in="" the="" accident="" analysis.="" allow="" administrative="" means="" of="" position="" verification="" for="" locked="" or="" sealed="" valves.="" it="" is="" sufficient="" to="" assume="" that="" the="" initial="" establishment="" of="" component="" status="" (e.g.,="" isolation="" valve="" closed)="" was="" performed="" correctly.="" subsequently="" verification="" is="" intended="" to="" ensure="" the="" component="" has="" not="" been="" inadvertently="" repositioned.="" given="" that="" the="" function="" of="" locking,="" sealing="" or="" securing="" components="" is="" to="" ensure="" the="" same="" avoidance="" of="" inadvertent="" repositioning,="" the="" periodic="" re-="" verification="" should="" only="" be="" a="" verification="" of="" the="" administrative="" control="" that="" ensures="" that="" the="" component="" remains="" in="" the="" required="" state.="" it="" would="" be="" inappropriate="" to="" remove="" the="" lock,="" seal,="" or="" other="" means="" of="" securing="" the="" component="" solely="" to="" perform="" an="" active="" verification="" of="" the="" required="" state.="" there="" is="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" since="" the="" function="" of="" locking,="" sealing,="" or="" securing="" components="" is="" to="" ensure="" that="" these="" devices="" are="" not="" inadvertently="" repositioned.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" described="" above="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" in="" the="" usar="" [updated="" safety="" analysis="" report].="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" than="" evaluated="" in="" the="" usar.="" the="" proposed="" change="" involves="" individual="" proposed="" changes="" related="" to="" the="" implementation="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50="" appendix="" j,="" option="" b,="" the="" extension="" of="" testing="" frequency="" of="" the="" containment="" airlock="" interlock,="" clarification="" of="" the="" civ="" surveillance="" to="" apply="" to="" only="" automatic="" isolation="" valves,="" and="" the="" allowance="" of="" administrative="" means="" of="" position="" verification="" for="" locked="" or="" sealed="" valves.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" result="" in="" any="" physical="" change="" to="" plant="" structures,="" systems,="" or="" components.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" alter="" the="" form,="" fit,="" or="" function="" of="" any="" equipment="" or="" components="" credited="" in="" the="" accident="" analyses="" described="" in="" the="" usar.="" the="" performance="" history="" of="" containment="" testing="" verifies="" that="" containment="" integrity="" has="" been="" maintained.="" the="" frequency="" changes="" allowed="" by="" the="" implementation="" of="" the="" applicable="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" will="" not="" significantly="" decrease="" the="" level="" of="" confidence="" in="" the="" ability="" of="" the="" containment="" to="" limit="" offsite="" doses="" to="" allowable="" values.="" no="" accident="" or="" malfunction="" can="" be="" the="" result="" of="" the="" allowed="" changes="" to="" test="" schedule="" or="" frequency.="" since="" the="" proposed="" changes="" will="" not="" directly="" impact="" equipment,="" procedures="" or="" operations,="" the="" changes="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" any="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" in="" the="" usar.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident.="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" reason="" for="" performing="" containment="" leakage="" rate="" testing="" is="" to="" assure="" that="" the="" leakage="" paths="" are="" identified,="" and="" that="" any="" accident="" release="" will="" be="" restricted="" to="" those="" paths="" assumed="" in="" the="" safety="" analysis.="" the="" purpose="" for="" the="" schedule="" is="" to="" assure="" that="" containment="" integrity="" is="" verified="" on="" a="" periodic="" basis.="" implementation="" of="" option="" b="" to="" provide="" flexibility="" in="" the="" scheduled="" requirements="" does="" not="" mean="" that="" containment="" integrity="" will="" be="" compromised.="" the="" nrc="" has="" concluded,="" prior="" to="" approving="" option="" b,="" that="" performance-based="" testing="" would="" eliminate="" or="" modify="" prescriptive="" regulatory="" requirements="" for="" which="" the="" burden="" is="" marginal-to-safety.="" reviews="" and="" analyses="" considered="" by="" the="" nrc="" are="" presented="" in="" nureg-="" 1493,="" ``performance-based="" containment="" leak-test="" program,="" final="" report,''="" september="" 1995="" (attachment="" 2,="" reference="" 12).="" the="" historical="" leakage="" rate="" test="" results="" for="" cns="" and="" for="" the="" nuclear="" industry="" support="" extension="" of="" the="" testing="" frequencies="" and="" demonstrate="" that="" structural="" integrity="" has="" been="" maintained.="" administrative="" controls="" govern="" position="" verification="" for="" locked="" or="" sealed="" valves="" such="" that="" there="" is="" a="" very="" low="" probability="" that="" unacceptable="" alignment="" can="" occur.="" when="" the="" containment="" airlock="" interlock="" is="" opened="" during="" times="" the="" interlock="" is="" required,="" the="" operator="" first="" verifies="" that="" one="" door="" is="" completely="" shut="" before="" attempting="" to="" open="" the="" other="" door.="" therefore,="" the="" interlock="" is="" not="" challenged="" except="" during="" actual="" testing="" of="" the="" interlock.="" therefore,="" it="" should="" be="" sufficient="" to="" ensure="" proper="" operation="" of="" the="" interlock="" by="" testing="" the="" interlock="" on="" a="" 24="" month="" interval.="" there="" may="" be="" valves="" credited="" as="" containment="" isolation="" valves,="" which="" are="" power="" operated,="" that="" do="" not="" receive="" a="" containment="" isolation="" signal.="" these="" valves="" do="" not="" have="" an="" isolation="" time="" as="" assumed="" in="" the="" accident="" analyses="" since="" they="" require="" operator="" action.="" however,="" these="" valves="" are="" tested="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" inservice="" test="" program="" as="" required="" and="" as="" such="" there="" will="" be="" no="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" mr.="" john="" r.="" mcphail,="" nebraska="" public="" power="" district,="" post="" office="" box="" 499,="" columbus,="" ne="" 68602-0499.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" robert="" a.="" gramm.="" nebraska="" public="" power="" district,="" docket="" no.="" 50-298,="" cooper="" nuclear="" station,="" nemaha="" county,="" nebraska="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" december="" 6,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" changes="" are="" proposed="" to="" technical="" specification="" (ts)="" section="" 2.1.1.2="" for="" the="" safety="" limit="" minimum="" critical="" power="" ratio="" (slmcpr).="" the="" proposed="" changes="" to="" ts="" 2.1.1.2="" revise="" the="" slmcpr="" values="" from="" 1.06="" to="" 1.08="" for="" two="" recirculation="" loop="" operation,="" and="" from="" 1.07="" to="" 1.09="" for="" single="" recirculation="" loop="" operation.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" [[page="" 73094]]="" 1.="" does="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" evaluation:="" the="" basis="" for="" the="" safety="" limit="" minimum="" critical="" power="" ratio="" (slmcpr)="" is="" to="" ensure="" that="" at="" least="" 99.9%="" of="" all="" fuel="" rods="" in="" the="" core="" avoid="" transition="" boiling="" if="" the="" slmcpr="" limit="" is="" not="" violated.="" the="" revised="" slmcpr="" values="" preserve="" the="" existing="" margin="" to="" transition="" boiling="" and="" thus="" the="" probability="" for="" fuel="" damage="" is="" not="" increased.="" the="" determination="" of="" a="" revised="" slmcpr="" technical="" specification="" value="" does="" not="" affect="" the="" assumptions="" of="" accidents="" previously="" evaluated;="" or="" initiate,="" or="" affect="" initiators,="" of="" accidents="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" revisions="" to="" slmcpr="" are="" based="" on="" the="" use="" of="" methodology="" previously="" accepted="" by="" the="" nrc="" for="" calculating="" slmcpr="" and="" do="" not="" change="" the="" definition="" of="" slmcpr.="" thus,="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" is="" not="" increased.="" the="" revised="" slmcpr="" values="" do="" not="" affect="" the="" design="" or="" operation="" of="" any="" system,="" structure,="" or="" component="" in="" the="" facility.="" no="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" equipment="" is="" installed="" by="" this="" change.="" the="" proposed="" revision="" does="" not="" change="" or="" alter="" the="" design="" assumptions="" for="" systems,="" structures,="" or="" components="" used="" to="" mitigate="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident.="" thus,="" he="" dose="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" are="" not="" increased.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" does="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" evaluation:="" the="" slmcpr="" ensures="" that="" at="" least="" 99.9%="" of="" all="" fuel="" rods="" in="" the="" core="" avoid="" transition="" boiling="" if="" the="" slmcpr="" limit="" is="" not="" violated.="" the="" revised="" slmcpr="" values="" preserve="" the="" existing="" margin="" to="" transition="" boiling.="" the="" proposed="" revisions="" to="" slmcpr="" are="" based="" on="" the="" use="" of="" methodology="" previously="" accepted="" by="" the="" nrc="" for="" calculating="" slmcpr="" and="" do="" not="" change="" the="" definition="" of="" slmcpr.="" the="" proposed="" revision="" does="" not="" change="" the="" design="" or="" operation="" of="" any="" system,="" structure,="" or="" component.="" no="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" plant="" equipment="" is="" installed="" by="" this="" change.="" the="" proposed="" revision="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" change="" to="" plant="" operation="" or="" allowable="" plant="" operating="" modes.="" the="" calculational="" methodology="" used="" to="" determine="" a="" revised="" slmcpr="" technical="" specification="" value="" cannot="" initiate="" or="" create="" a="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" accident.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" does="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" create="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety?="" evaluation:="" the="" slmcpr="" ensures="" that="" at="" least="" 99.9%="" of="" all="" fuel="" rods="" in="" the="" core="" avoid="" transition="" boiling="" if="" the="" slmcpr="" limit="" is="" not="" violated.="" the="" revised="" slmcpr="" values="" were="" calculated="" using="" a="" methodology="" previously="" accepted="" by="" the="" nrc,="" and="" preserve="" the="" existing="" margin="" to="" transition="" boiling="" and="" thus="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" to="" fuel="" failure.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" relaxation="" of="" the="" criteria="" or="" basis="" used="" to="" establish="" safety="" limits,="" or="" a="" relaxation="" in="" the="" criteria="" or="" bases="" for="" the="" limiting="" conditions="" for="" operation.="" the="" assumptions="" and="" methodologies="" used="" in="" the="" plant="" accident="" analysis="" remain="" unchanged.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" mr.="" john="" r.="" mcphail,="" nebraska="" public="" power="" district,="" post="" office="" box="" 499,="" columbus,="" ne="" 68602-0499.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" robert="" a.="" gramm.="" northern="" states="" power="" company,="" docket="" no.="" 50-263,="" monticello="" nuclear="" generating="" plant,="" wright="" county,="" minnesota="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" december="" 16,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" would="" revise="" the="" technical="" specification="" (ts)="" safety="" limit="" minimum="" critical="" power="" ratio="" (slmcpr)="" values="" for="" two="" recirculation="" pump="" and="" single-loop="" operation,="" delete="" cycle="" specific="" footnotes,="" update="" the="" single-loop="" operation="" average="" planar="" heat="" generation="" rate="" limiting="" values,="" correct="" a="" typographical="" error,="" and="" delete="" an="" obsolete="" reference="" to="" siemens="" fuel.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" ge="" [general="" electric]="" has="" recently="" revised="" their="" single="" loop="" operation="" (slo)="" analysis="" review="" procedures="" to="" add="" an="" additional="" requirement="" that="" the="" peak="" cladding="" temperature="" (pct)="" during="" a="" loca="" [loss-of-coolant="" accident]="" initiated="" while="" in="" slo="" should="" be="" bounded="" by="" the="" pct="" for="" a="" loca="" initiated="" while="" in="" dual="" loop="" operation.="" this="" desired="" result="" is="" enforced="" by="" revising="" the="" slo="" maplhgr="" [maximum="" average="" planar="" linear="" heat="" generation="" rate]="" ``multipliers''="" found="" in="" technical="" specification="" 3.11.a="" from="" the="" current="" value="" of="" 0.85="" for="" all="" fuel="" to="" values="" of="" 0.78="" for="" ge10="" fuel="" and="" 0.80="" for="" ge11="" and="" ge12="" fuel.="" this="" change="" ensures="" that="" the="" condition="" that="" the="" upper="" bound="" pct="" does="" not="" exceed="" 1600="" deg.f="" (as="" required="" by="" the="" nrc-approved="" safer="" methodology="" for="" performing="" eccs="" [emergency="" core="" cooling="" system]="" loca="" calculations)="" is="" satisfied="" even="" if="" a="" loca="" were="" to="" occur="" while="" operating="" in="" slo.="" this="" change="" does="" not="" alter="" the="" method="" of="" operating="" the="" plant="" and="" does="" not="" increase="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident="" initiating="" event="" or="" transient.="" these="" limits="" are="" established="" to="" preserve="" required="" margins.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" do="" not="" involve="" an="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" slmcpr="" is="" a="" ts="" numerical="" value="" designed="" to="" ensure="" that="" transition="" boiling="" does="" not="" occur="" in="" greater="" than="" 99.9%="" of="" all="" fuel="" rods="" in="" the="" core="" during="" the="" limiting="" postulated="" transient.="" a="" change="" in="" slmcpr="" cannot="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" any="" new="" type="" of="" accident.="" slmcpr="" values="" for="" the="" new="" fuel="" cycle="" are="" calculated="" using="" previously="" transmitted="" methodology.="" similarly,="" changes="" to="" the="" slo="" maplhgr="" multiplier="" values="" are="" designed="" to="" ensure="" that="" the="" pct="" resulting="" from="" a="" loca="" while="" operating="" in="" slo="" are="" bounded="" by="" the="" pct="" from="" a="" loca="" while="" operating="" in="" dual="" loop="" operation.="" thus,="" a="" change="" in="" these="" multipliers="" cannot="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" any="" new="" type="" of="" accident.="" this="" multiplier="" update="" results="" from="" application="" of="" ge's="" current="" standard="" methodology="" for="" this="" analysis.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" result="" only="" from="" a="" specific="" analysis="" for="" the="" monticello="" core="" reload="" design="" and="" deletion="" of="" a="" cycle="" specific="" reference="" for="" the="" values.="" these="" changes="" do="" not="" involve="" any="" new="" or="" different="" method="" for="" operating="" the="" facility="" and="" do="" not="" involve="" any="" facility="" modifications.="" no="" new="" initiating="" events="" or="" transients="" result="" from="" these="" changes.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" do="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident,="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" slmcpr="" calculations="" are="" based="" on="" ensuring="" that="" greater="" than="" 99.9%="" of="" all="" fuel="" rods="" in="" the="" core="" avoid="" transition="" boiling="" if="" the="" limit="" is="" not="" violated.="" proposed="" slmcprs="" preserve="" required="" margin="" to="" transition="" boiling="" and="" fuel="" damage="" in="" the="" event="" of="" a="" postulated="" transient.="" fuel="" licensing="" acceptance="" criteria="" for="" slmcpr="" calculations="" apply="" to="" monticello="" cycle="" 20="" in="" the="" same="" manner="" as="" applied="" in="" previous="" cycles.="" the="" revised="" slmcpr="" values="" do="" not="" change="" the="" method="" of="" operating="" the="" plant="" and="" have="" no="" effect="" on="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident-initiating="" event="" or="" transient="" because="" these="" limits="" are="" established="" to="" preserve="" required="" margin.="" fuel="" licensing="" acceptance="" criteria="" for="" slmcpr="" calculations="" apply="" to="" monticello="" cycle="" 20="" in="" the="" same="" manner="" as="" previously="" applied.="" slmcprs="" prepared="" by="" ge="" using="" methodology="" previously="" transmitted="" to="" the="" nrc="" ensure="" that="" greater="" than="" 99.9%="" of="" all="" fuel="" rods="" in="" the="" core="" will="" avoid="" transition="" boiling="" if="" the="" limit="" is="" not="" violated,="" thereby="" preserving="" fuel="" cladding="" integrity.="" the="" operating="" mcpr="" limit="" is="" set="" appropriately="" above="" the="" safety="" limit="" value="" to="" ensure="" [[page="" 73095]]="" adequate="" margin="" when="" the="" cycle="" specific="" transients="" are="" evaluated.="" application="" of="" new="" slo="" maplhgr="" multiplier="" values="" ensures="" that="" slo="" loca="" results="" are="" bounded="" by="" those="" for="" dual="" loop="" operation="" and="" thus="" maintain="" or="" improve="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" for="" loca="" analyses.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" do="" not="" involve="" a="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" jay="" e.="" silberg,="" esq.,="" shaw,="" pittman,="" potts="" and="" trowbridge,="" 2300="" n="" street,="" nw,="" washington,="" dc="" 20037.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" claudia="" m.="" craig.="" portland="" general="" electric="" company,="" et="" al.,="" docket="" no.="" 50-344,="" trojan="" nuclear="" plant,="" columbia="" county,="" oregon="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" august="" 5,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" would="" add="" a="" license="" condition="" denoting="" nrc="" approval="" of="" the="" trojan="" nuclear="" plant="" (tnp)="" license="" termination="" plan.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" requested="" license="" amendment="" does="" not="" authorize="" additional="" plant="" activities="" beyond="" those="" that="" already="" may="" be="" conducted="" under="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" the="" defueled="" safety="" analysis="" report="" (dsar).="" accident="" analyses="" are="" included="" in="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" incorporated="" into="" the="" tnp="" dsar.="" no="" systems,="" structures,="" or="" components="" that="" could="" initiate="" or="" be="" required="" to="" mitigate="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" are="" affected="" by="" the="" proposed="" change="" in="" any="" way="" not="" previously="" evaluated="" in="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" dsar.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" is="" administrative="" in="" nature="" and="" as="" such="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" requested="" license="" amendment="" does="" not="" authorize="" additional="" plant="" activities="" beyond="" those="" that="" already="" may="" be="" conducted="" under="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" the="" dsar.="" accident="" analyses="" are="" included="" in="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" incorporated="" into="" the="" dsar.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" affect="" plant="" systems,="" structures,="" or="" components="" in="" any="" way="" not="" previously="" evaluated="" in="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" dsar,="" and="" no="" new="" or="" different="" failure="" modes="" will="" be="" created.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" is="" administrative="" in="" nature="" and="" as="" such="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" approval="" of="" the="" tnp="" license="" termination="" plan="" by="" license="" amendment="" is="" administrative="" in="" nature="" since="" the="" decommissioning="" and="" fuel="" storage="" activities="" described="" in="" the="" tnp="" license="" termination="" plan="" are="" consistent="" with="" those="" in="" the="" approved="" tnp="" decommissioning="" plan="" and="" dsar.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" leonard="" a.="" girard,="" esq.,="" portland="" general="" electric="" company,="" 121="" s.w.="" salmon="" street,="" portland,="" oregon="" 97204.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" michael="" t.="" masnik.="" power="" authority="" of="" the="" state="" of="" new="" york,="" docket="" no.="" 50-333,="" james="" a.="" fitzpatrick="" nuclear="" power="" plant,="" oswego="" county,="" new="" york="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 24,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" would="" delete="" section="" 4.7.d.1.e="" of="" appendix="" a="" (technical="" specifications="" (tss))="" to="" the="" james="" a.="" fitzpatrick="" operating="" license="" to="" eliminate="" the="" surveillance="" requirement="" for="" partially="" stroking="" of="" the="" plant="" main="" steam="" isolation="" valves="" (msivs)="" twice="" a="" week.="" the="" msivs="" will="" continue="" to="" be="" fully="" stroked="" with="" a="" frequency="" that="" is="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" in-="" service="" testing="" (ist)="" program="" per="" ts="" 4.7.d.1.d,="" which="" is="" consistent="" with="" the="" boiling-water="" reactor="" standard="" technical="" specification="" and="" the="" american="" society="" of="" mechanical="" engineers="" boiler="" and="" pressure="" vessel="" code.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" include="" associated="" administrative="" changes="" to="" section="" 4.7.d.1.d,="" and="" to="" bases="" section="" 4.7.d="" of="" the="" tss.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" (1)="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" significant[ly]="" increase="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" any="" previously="" evaluated="" accidents.="" this="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" this="" proposed="" change="" deletes="" the="" requirement="" to="" exercise="" the="" msivs="" twice="" per="" week.="" the="" twice="" per="" week="" exercise="" involves="" partial="" closure="" of="" each="" individual="" msiv="" and="" subsequent="" reopening="" to="" the="" full="" open="" position.="" the="" safety="" function="" of="" the="" msiv="" is="" to="" isolate="" the="" main="" steam="" line="" in="" case="" of="" a="" steam="" line="" break,="" control="" rod="" drop="" accident="" or="" loss="" of="" coolant="" accident="" in="" order="" to="" limit="" the="" loss="" of="" reactor="" coolant="" and/or="" the="" release="" of="" radioactive="" materials.="" the="" msivs="" perform="" a="" safety="" function="" which="" mitigates="" the="" consequences="" of="" accidents:="" however,="" an="" event="" can="" be="" initiated="" by="" the="" inadvertent="" closure="" of="" msivs.="" therefore,="" eliminating="" excessive="" operation="" of="" the="" msivs="" reduces="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" inadvertent="" closure.="" also,="" the="" surveillance="" which="" is="" being="" deleted="" does="" not="" test="" the="" safety="" function="" of="" the="" msivs.="" the="" safety="" function="" is="" tested="" during="" the="" full="" stroke="" fast="" closure="" test.="" since="" deleting="" the="" twice="" per="" week="" exercise="" of="" the="" valves="" is="" not="" considered="" to="" have="" any="" effect="" on="" the="" reliability="" of="" the="" msivs="" to="" perform="" there="" safety="" function,="" there="" is="" no="" increase="" in="" the="" consequences="" of="" any="" postulated="" accidents.="" therefore,="" deleting="" the="" requirement="" for="" twice="" per="" week="" exercising="" of="" the="" msivs="" does="" not="" significantly="" increase="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" any="" previously="" evaluated="" accidents.="" (2)="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident.="" the="" safety="" function="" of="" the="" msiv="" is="" to="" isolate="" the="" main="" steam="" line="" in="" case="" of="" a="" steam="" line="" break,="" control="" rod="" drop="" accident,="" or="" loss="" of="" coolant="" accident="" in="" order="" to="" limit="" the="" loss="" of="" reactor="" coolant="" and/or="" the="" release="" of="" radioactive="" materials.="" the="" msivs="" perform="" a="" safety="" function="" which="" mitigates="" the="" consequences="" of="" accidents:="" however,="" an="" event="" can="" be="" initiated="" by="" the="" inadvertent="" closure="" of="" msivs.="" the="" inadvertent="" closure="" of="" the="" msivs="" event="" has="" been="" previously="" evaluated="" in="" chapter="" 14="" of="" the="" james="" a.="" fitzpatrick="" final="" safety="" evaluation="" report="" (fsar).="" the="" surveillance="" which="" is="" being="" deleted="" does="" not="" test="" the="" safety="" function="" of="" the="" msivs.="" the="" safety="" function="" is="" tested="" during="" the="" full="" stroke="" fast="" closure="" test.="" since="" the="" msivs="" perform="" a="" mitigating="" safety="" function,="" and="" the="" msiv="" full="" stroke="" fast="" closure="" test="" adequately="" tests="" the="" safety="" function,="" elimination="" of="" the="" twice="" per="" week="" exercise="" will="" not="" create="" any="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident.="" (3)="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" safety="" function="" of="" the="" msiv="" is="" not="" tested="" during="" the="" twice="" per="" week="" exercise.="" the="" ability="" of="" the="" msivs="" to="" perform="" their="" safety="" function="" is="" tested="" during="" the="" msiv="" full="" stroke="" fast="" closure="" test="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" ist="" program.="" therefore,="" deletion="" of="" the="" requirement="" does="" not="" reduce="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" exercising="" of="" the="" msivs="" was="" [[page="" 73096]]="" originally="" specified="" in="" order="" to="" detect="" binding="" of="" the="" pilot="" valve.="" the="" type="" of="" pilot="" valve="" that="" was="" susceptible="" to="" binding="" was="" replaced="" and="" there="" is="" no="" longer="" any="" need="" for="" frequent="" exercising="" of="" the="" msivs.="" the="" full="" closure="" test="" of="" the="" msivs="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" ist="" program="" adequately="" demonstrates="" that="" the="" msivs="" and="" their="" pilot="" valves="" are="" not="" binding="" and="" that="" the="" msivs="" will="" perform="" their="" safety="" function.="" additionally,="" reducing="" the="" frequency="" of="" msiv="" operation="" reduces="" the="" probability="" of="" inadvertent="" scrams="" and="" transients,="" and="" challenges="" to="" relief="" valves,="" providing="" a="" net="" addition="" to="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" full="" stroke="" fast="" closure="" test="" is="" considered="" to="" be="" sufficient.="" it="" is="" the="" only="" test="" required="" by="" the="" asme="" boiler="" and="" pressure="" vessel="" code="" and="" the="" bwr="" standard="" technical="" specifications.="" therefore,="" eliminating="" the="" twice="" per="" week="" exercise="" of="" the="" msivs="" does="" not="" significantly="" reduce="" any="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" increase="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" any="" previously="" analyzed="" accident,="" introduce="" any="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" previously="" evaluated,="" or="" reduce="" existing="" margin="" to="" safety.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment="" will="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" mr.="" david="" e.="" blabey,="" 1633="" broadway,="" new="" york,="" new="" york="" 10019.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" alexander="" w.="" dromerick="" (acting="" section="" chief).="" public="" service="" electric="" &="" gas="" company,="" docket="" no.="" 50-354,="" hope="" creek="" generating="" station,="" salem="" county,="" new="" jersey="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 24,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendment="" would="" revise="" the="" technical="" specifications="" (ts)="" to="" implement="" filtration,="" recirculation,="" and="" ventilation="" system="" (frvs)="" and="" control="" room="" emergency="" filtration="" (cref)="" system="" charcoal="" filter="" testing="" requirements="" that="" are="" consistent="" with="" the="" u.="" s.="" nuclear="" regulatory="" commission="" requirements="" delineated="" in="" generic="" letter="" 99-02,="" ``laboratory="" testing="" of="" nuclear-="" grade="" activated="" charcoal.''="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" (1)="" the="" proposed="" changes="" do="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" ts="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" any="" physical="" changes="" to="" plant="" structures,="" systems="" or="" components="" (ssc).="" the="" cref="" and="" frvs="" systems="" will="" continue="" to="" function="" as="" designed.="" the="" cref="" and="" frvs="" systems="" are="" designed="" to="" mitigate="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident,="" and="" therefore,="" can="" not="" contribute="" to="" the="" initiation="" of="" any="" accident.="" the="" proposed="" ts="" surveillance="" requirement="" changes="" implement="" testing="" methods="" that="" more="" appropriately="" demonstrate="" charcoal="" filter="" capability="" and="" establish="" acceptance="" criteria,="" which="" ensure="" that="" hope="" creek's="" licensing="" and="" design="" basis="" assumptions="" are="" met.="" in="" addition,="" this="" proposed="" ts="" change="" will="" not="" increase="" the="" probability="" of="" occurrence="" of="" a="" malfunction="" of="" any="" plant="" equipment="" important="" to="" safety,="" since="" the="" manner="" in="" which="" the="" cref="" and="" frvs="" systems="" are="" operated="" is="" not="" affected="" by="" these="" proposed="" changes.="" the="" proposed="" surveillance="" requirement="" acceptance="" criteria="" ensure="" that="" the="" frvs="" and="" cref="" safety="" functions="" will="" be="" accomplished.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" would="" not="" result="" in="" the="" increase="" of="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated,="" nor="" do="" they="" involve="" an="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" (2)="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" do="" not="" involve="" any="" physical="" changes="" to="" the="" design="" of="" any="" plant="" ssc.="" the="" design="" and="" operation="" of="" the="" cref="" and="" frvs="" systems="" are="" not="" changed="" from="" that="" currently="" described="" in="" hope="" creek's="" licensing="" basis.="" the="" cref="" and="" frvs="" systems="" will="" continue="" to="" function="" as="" designed="" to="" mitigate="" the="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident.="" implementing="" the="" proposed="" charcoal="" filter="" testing="" methods="" and="" acceptance="" criteria="" does="" not="" result="" in="" plant="" operation="" in="" a="" configuration="" that="" would="" create="" a="" different="" type="" of="" malfunction="" to="" the="" cref="" and="" frvs="" systems="" than="" any="" previously="" evaluated.="" in="" addition,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" changes="" do="" not="" alter="" the="" conclusions="" described="" in="" hope="" creek's="" licensing="" basis="" regarding="" the="" safety="" related="" functions="" of="" these="" systems.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" previously="" evaluated.="" (3)="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" contained="" in="" this="" submittal="" would="" implement="" ts="" requirements="" that:="" (1)="" are="" consistent="" with="" the="" requirements="" delineated="" in="" generic="" letter="" 99-02;="" (2)="" implement="" testing="" methods="" that="" adequately="" demonstrate="" charcoal="" filter="" capability;="" and="" (3)="" establish="" acceptance="" criteria="" consistent="" with="" hope="" creek's="" licensing="" basis.="" the="" ability="" of="" cref="" and="" frvs="" to="" perform="" their="" safety="" functions="" is="" not="" adversely="" affected="" by="" these="" proposed="" changes.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" ts="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" jeffrie="" j.="" keenan,="" esquire,="" nuclear="" business="" unit--n21,="" p.o.="" box="" 236,="" hancocks="" bridge,="" nj="" 08038.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" james="" w.="" clifford.="" southern="" california="" edison="" company,="" et="" al.,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-206,="" 50-361,="" and="" 50-362,="" san="" onofre="" nuclear="" generating="" station,="" units="" 1,="" 2,="" and="" 3,="" san="" diego="" county,="" california="" date="" of="" amendment="" requests:="" december="" 2,="" 1999="" (unit="" 1--pcn="" 267,="" units="" 2="" and="" 3--pcn="" 506).="" description="" of="" amendment="" requests:="" this="" amendment="" application="" is="" a="" request="" to="" revise="" the="" unit="" 1="" technical="" specifications="" section="" d6,="" administrative="" controls,="" to="" be="" consistent="" with="" the="" san="" onofre="" units="" 2="" and="" 3="" technical="" specification="" section="" 5.0,="" administrative="" controls,="" and="" incorporate="" changes="" related="" to="" certified="" fuel="" handlers="" and="" 10="" cfr="" 50.54(x),="" administrative="" control="" of="" working="" hours="" and="" working="" hour="" deviation="" approvals,="" position="" titles="" and="" responsibilities="" and="" organizational="" description="" reference,="" qualifications="" for="" a="" multi-="" discipline="" supervisor,="" quality="" assurance="" program="" control="" of="" review="" and="" audit="" and="" record="" retention="" procedures,="" high="" radiation="" area="" controls,="" description="" of="" the="" plant="" configuration="" for="" environmental="" protection,="" and="" environmental="" protection="" related="" document="" reporting.="" this="" amendment="" application="" also="" requests="" to="" revise="" the="" unit="" 2="" and="" unit="" 3="" technical="" specifications,="" section="" 5.0,="" administrative="" controls,="" to="" incorporate="" changes="" related="" to="" the="" operating="" organization,="" working="" hours="" deviation="" approvals,="" qualifications="" for="" a="" multi-discipline="" supervisor,="" the="" schedule="" for="" submitting="" technical="" specification="" bases="" changes,="" reference="" to="" american="" society="" of="" mechanical="" engineers="" (asme)="" code="" class="" components,="" steam="" generator="" inspection="" reporting,="" core="" operating="" limits="" report="" references,="" high="" radiation="" area="" controls,="" offsite="" dose="" calculation="" manual="" change="" control="" reference,="" and="" environmental="" protection="" related="" document="" reporting.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" [[page="" 73097]]="" no.="" this="" proposed="" change="" is="" to="" revise="" the="" administrative="" controls="" section="" of="" the="" san="" onofre="" units="" 1,="" 2="" and="" 3="" technical="" specifications.="" to="" the="" extent="" practicable,="" the="" san="" onofre="" unit="" 1="" technical="" specification="" section="" d6,="" administrative="" controls,="" is="" made="" consistent="" with="" the="" san="" onofre="" units="" 2="" and="" 3="" technical="" specification="" section="" 5.0,="" administrative="" controls.="" this="" change="" allows="" the="" handling="" of="" key="" administrative="" controls="" to="" be="" consistent="" on="" site.="" certain="" position="" titles="" have="" been="" revised,="" and="" the="" cognizant="" vice="" president="" has="" been="" included="" as="" an="" approver="" of="" deviations="" from="" the="" work="" hours="" and="" reviewer="" of="" overtime="" hours.="" the="" vice="" president--="" business="" and="" financial="" services="" is="" identified="" to="" be="" responsible="" for="" unit="" 1="" decommissioning.="" the="" specification="" allowing="" the="" certified="" fuel="" handlers="" to="" implement="" 10="" cfr="" 50.54(x)="" is="" removed="" since="" this="" is="" now="" included="" in="" the="" regulations.="" the="" qualification="" requirements="" for="" a="" multi-discipline="" supervisor="" consistent="" with="" the="" american="" national="" standards="" institute="" [ansi]="" standard="" have="" been="" added="" to="" the="" staff="" qualifications="" section.="" the="" schedule="" for="" submitting="" technical="" specification="" bases="" changes="" is="" revised="" to="" be="" consistent="" with="" the="" nrc="" approved="" exemption="" to="" 10="" cfr="" 50.71(e)="" for="" submitting="" updated="" final="" safety="" analysis="" report="" (ufsar)="" updates.="" a="" reference="" to="" class="" 1,="" 2,="" and="" 3="" asme="" code="" components="" is="" removed="" from="" the="" technical="" specifications="" and="" maintained="" in="" the="" licensee="" controlled="" specifications="" (lcs)="" and="" the="" inservice="" inspection="" and="" testing="" program.="" the="" units="" 2="" and="" 3="" steam="" generator="" inspection="" reporting="" requirements="" are="" revised="" to="" refer="" to="" the="" technical="" specification="" requirement.="" the="" core="" operating="" limits="" report="" (colr)="" section="" is="" revised="" to="" include="" references="" to="" 2="" topical="" reports="" related="" to="" the="" reload="" analysis="" technology="" transfer="" and="" the="" nrc's="" evaluation="" of="" the="" technology="" transfer.="" the="" sections="" on="" high="" radiation="" are="" revised="" to="" be="" consistent="" with="" regulatory="" guide="" 8.38="" which="" provides="" an="" acceptable="" method="" for="" controlling="" access="" to="" high="" radiation="" areas.="" the="" environmental="" protection="" section="" of="" the="" san="" onofre="" unit="" 1="" technical="" specifications="" is="" revised="" to="" reflect="" the="" current="" status="" of="" the="" discharge="" system.="" the="" environmental="" protection="" sections="" for="" unit="" 1="" and="" units="" 2/3="" are="" further="" revised="" by="" including="" a="" 30="" day="" timeframe="" for="" providing="" the="" nrc="" copies="" of="" reports="" related="" to="" unusual="" or="" important="" environmental="" events="" and="" deleting="" the="" requirement="" to="" provide="" the="" nrc="" copies="" of="" proposed="" changes="" and="" renewal="" applications="" for="" npdes="" permits.="" all="" of="" these="" changes="" are="" being="" made="" to="" provide="" consistency="" and="" flexibility="" in="" the="" handling="" of="" site="" programs,="" and="" update="" and="" clarify="" the="" administrative="" controls.="" there="" are="" no="" equipment="" changes="" or="" modifications="" to="" the="" plant="" associated="" with="" these="" changes="" that="" would="" affect="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" accidents="" at="" all="" three="" units.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" affect="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" no.="" this="" proposed="" change="" is="" to="" revise="" the="" administrative="" controls="" sections="" of="" the="" san="" onofre="" units="" 1,="" 2,="" and="" 3="" technical="" specifications.="" the="" changes="" provide="" consistency="" and="" flexibility="" in="" the="" handling="" of="" site="" programs,="" and="" update="" and="" clarify="" the="" administrative="" controls.="" there="" is="" no="" administrative="" change="" being="" made="" that="" could="" create="" a="" new="" or="" different="" accident="" at="" any="" of="" the="" three="" units="" and="" there="" is="" no="" plant="" or="" equipment="" modification="" associated="" with="" this="" change.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" type="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" no.="" this="" change="" revises="" the="" administrative="" controls="" sections="" of="" the="" san="" onofre="" units="" 1,="" 2,="" and="" 3="" technical="" specifications.="" the="" changes="" provide="" consistency="" and="" flexibility="" in="" the="" handling="" of="" site="" programs,="" and="" update="" and="" clarify="" the="" administrative="" controls.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" to="" plant="" equipment="" associated="" with="" this="" change.="" this="" change="" does="" not="" affect="" any="" margin="" of="" safety.="" therefore,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" requests="" involve="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" douglas="" k.="" porter,="" esquire,="" southern="" california="" edison="" company,="" 2244="" walnut="" grove="" avenue,="" rosemead,="" california="" 91770.="" nrc="" section="" chiefs:="" michael="" masnik="" (unit="" 1);="" stephen="" dembek="" (units="" 2="" and="" 3).="" southern="" california="" edison="" company,="" et="" al.,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-361="" and="" 50-="" 362,="" san="" onofre="" nuclear="" generating="" station,="" units="" 2="" and="" 3,="" san="" diego="" county,="" california="" date="" of="" amendment="" requests:="" november="" 24,="" 1999="" (pcn-274).="" description="" of="" amendment="" requests:="" the="" licensee="" proposes="" to="" revise="" technical="" specification="" (ts)="" 3.3.11,="" ``post="" accident="" monitoring="" instrumentation="" (pami).''="" specifically,="" the="" proposed="" change="" would="" extend="" the="" pami="" channel="" calibration="" surveillance="" frequency="" from="" 18="" months="" to="" 24="" months="" to="" accommodate="" a="" 24-month="" fuel="" cycle.="" all="" pami="" instruments="" would="" then="" be="" on="" a="" 24-month="" calibration="" interval,="" which="" removes="" the="" need="" for="" surveillance="" requirement="" (sr)="" 3.3.11.5.="" therefore,="" the="" licensee="" also="" proposes="" to="" delete="" sr="" 3.3.11.5.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" response:="" no.="" the="" proposed="" license="" amendment[s]="" to="" extend="" the="" calibration="" surveillance="" frequency="" of="" post="" accident="" monitoring="" instrumentation="" (pami)="" instrumentation="" [are]="" being="" made="" to="" support="" plant="" operation="" with="" a="" 24-month="" fuel="" cycle.="" increasing="" the="" calibration="" intervals="" for="" pami="" instrumentation="" to="" 30="" months="" [24="" months="" plus="" the="" 25%="" surveillance="" interval="" extension="" allowed="" by="" sr="" 3.0.2]="" does="" not="" affect="" the="" initiation="" or="" probability="" of="" any="" previously="" analyzed="" accident.="" increasing="" the="" calibration="" interval="" will="" not="" affect="" the="" integrity="" of="" any="" of="" the="" principal="" barriers="" against="" radiation="" release="" (fuel="" cladding,="" reactor="" vessel,="" and="" containment="" building).="" the="" ability="" of="" the="" plant="" to="" mitigate="" the="" consequences="" of="" any="" previously="" analyzed="" accidents="" is="" not="" adversely="" affected.="" pami="" instrumentation="" provides="" to="" the="" operators="" both="" qualitative="" and="" quantitative="" information="" used="" in="" accident="" mitigation="" and="" for="" the="" safe="" shutdown="" of="" the="" plant.="" instrumentation="" which="" provides="" qualitative="" information="" is="" unaffected="" by="" a="" change="" in="" instrument="" accuracy="" induced="" by="" drift="" due="" to="" the="" increased="" surveillance="" interval="" because="" no="" explicit="" value="" is="" required="" by="" the="" emergency="" operating="" instructions="" (eois).="" instrumentation="" that="" provides="" quantitative="" information="" (i.e.,="" decision="" points)="" in="" the="" eois="" have="" been="" evaluated.="" this="" evaluation="" resulted="" in="" no="" changes="" to="" any="" operating="" instructions.="" this="" evaluation="" of="" the="" proposed="" change="" to="" the="" surveillance="" interval="" demonstrates="" that="" licensing="" basis="" safety="" analyses="" acceptance="" criteria="" and="" san="" onofre="" nuclear="" generating="" station="" (songs)="" units="" 2="" and="" 3="" eoi="" criteria="" will="" continue="" to="" be="" met.="" the="" proposed="" new="" surveillance="" frequency="" for="" these="" instrument="" channels="" was="" evaluated="" using="" the="" guidance="" of="" generic="" letter="" 91-04.="" the="" basis="" for="" the="" change="" includes="" a="" quantitative="" evaluation="" of="" instrument="" drift="" for="" pami="" instrumentation="" providing="" quantitative="" information="" to="" the="" eois.="" also,="" loop="" accuracy/setpoint="" calculations="" for="" these="" instruments="" were="" updated="" to="" accommodate="" the="" extended="" surveillance="" period.="" analyses="" and="" evaluations="" completed="" to="" assess="" the="" proposed="" increase="" in="" the="" surveillance="" interval="" demonstrate="" that="" the="" effectiveness="" of="" these="" instruments="" in="" fulfilling="" their="" respective="" functions="" is="" maintained.="" technical="" specifications="" channel="" checks="" and="" channel="" functional="" checks="" for="" the="" subject="" channels,="" will="" continue="" to="" be="" performed="" to="" provide="" assurance="" of="" instrument="" channel="" operability.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" amendment[s="" do]="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" any="" previously="" analyzed="" accident.="" 2.="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" response:="" no.="" the="" increased="" calibration="" surveillance="" interval="" for="" pami="" instrumentation="" is="" justified="" based="" on="" evaluation="" of="" past="" equipment="" [[page="" 73098]]="" performance="" and="" does="" not="" require="" any="" plant="" hardware="" changes="" or="" changes="" in="" normal="" system="" operation.="" changing="" the="" calibration="" interval="" for="" this="" instrumentation="" has="" no="" means="" of="" creating="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident.="" there="" are="" no="" new="" decision="" points="" or="" operator="" responses="" required="" to="" support="" existing="" accident="" mitigation="" strategies.="" therefore,="" there="" are="" no="" new="" failure="" modes="" introduced="" as="" a="" result="" of="" extending="" these="" surveillance="" intervals,="" and="" the="" proposed="" amendment[s="" do]="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" response:="" no.="" the="" proposed="" change="" to="" the="" calibration="" surveillance="" interval="" was="" evaluated="" using="" the="" criteria="" of="" 95%="" probability/95%="" confidence="" level="" for="" process="" sensor="" drift.="" pami="" instrumentation="" are="" used="" to="" provide="" indication="" following="" certain="" hypothetical="" accident="" conditions="" and="" are="" used="" in="" eois="" for="" trending="" and="" to="" initiate="" operator="" action="" at="" certain="" decision="" points.="" instrument="" uncertainty="" calculations="" have="" been="" updated="" for="" pami="" instrumentation="" used="" for="" eoi="" decision="" points="" as="" appropriate.="" updated="" calculations="" show="" that="" the="" total="" loop="" uncertainty="" for="" pami="" evaluated="" either="" decreased="" or="" remained="" the="" same.="" these="" updated="" calculations="" demonstrate="" that="" applicable="" accuracy="" requirements="" for="" songs="" 2="" and="" 3="" are="" satisfied="" with="" the="" proposed="" new="" surveillance="" intervals.="" changing="" the="" calibration="" interval="" for="" these="" channels="" does="" not="" affect="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" for="" previously="" analyzed="" accidents.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" amendment[s="" do]="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" based="" on="" the="" responses="" to="" these="" three="" criteria,="" southern="" california="" edison="" (sce)="" has="" concluded="" that="" the="" proposed="" amendment[s="" involve]="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" requests="" involve="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" douglas="" k.="" porter,="" esquire,="" southern="" california="" edison="" company,="" 2244="" walnut="" grove="" avenue,="" rosemead,="" california="" 91770.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" stephen="" dembek.="" southern="" california="" edison="" company,="" et="" al.,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-361="" and="" 50-="" 362,="" san="" onofre="" nuclear="" generating="" station,="" units="" 2="" and="" 3,="" san="" diego="" county,="" california="" date="" of="" amendment="" requests:="" december="" 13,="" 1999="" (pcn-507).="" description="" of="" amendment="" requests:="" san="" onofre="" nuclear="" generating="" station="" (songs)="" units="" 2="" and="" 3="" are="" currently="" licensed="" for="" operation="" for="" 40="" years="" commencing="" with="" issuance="" of="" their="" construction="" permits.="" the="" licensee="" proposes="" to="" amend="" the="" songs="" units="" 2="" and="" 3="" operating="" licenses="" to="" revise="" the="" expiration="" dates="" of="" these="" licenses="" to="" 40="" years="" from="" the="" date="" of="" issuance="" of="" the="" operating="" licenses.="" thus,="" these="" amendment="" applications="" request="" that="" the="" songs="" unit="" 2="" operating="" license="" expiration="" date="" be="" changed="" from="" october="" 18,="" 2013,="" to="" february="" 16,="" 2022,="" and="" the="" songs="" unit="" 3="" operating="" license="" expiration="" date="" be="" changed="" from="" october="" 18,="" 2013,="" to="" november="" 15,="" 2022.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" (1)="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" response:="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" any="" changes="" to="" the="" design="" or="" operation="" of="" the="" san="" onofre="" nuclear="" generating="" station="" (songs)="" 2="" and="" 3="" which="" may="" affect="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" evaluated="" in="" the="" updated="" final="" safety="" analysis="" report="" (ufsar).="" songs="" 2="" and="" 3="" were="" designed="" and="" constructed="" on="" the="" basis="" of="" a="" forty="" (40)="" year="" life.="" the="" accidents="" analyzed="" in="" the="" ufsar="" were="" postulated="" on="" the="" basis="" of="" a="" 40="" year="" life.="" no="" changes="" will="" be="" made="" that="" could="" alter="" the="" design,="" construction,="" or="" postulated="" scenarios="" regarding="" accident="" initiation="" and/or="" response.="" existing="" surveillance,="" inspection,="" testing="" and="" maintenance="" practices="" and="" procedures="" ensure="" that="" degradation="" in="" plant="" equipment,="" structures,="" and="" components="" will="" be="" identified="" and="" corrected="" throughout="" the="" life="" of="" the="" plant.="" the="" effect="" of="" aging="" of="" electrical="" equipment,="" in="" accordance="" with="" 10="" cfr50.49,="" has="" been="" incorporated="" into="" the="" plant="" maintenance="" and="" surveillance="" procedures.="" therefore,="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" a="" postulated="" accident="" previously="" evaluated="" in="" the="" ufsar="" are="" not="" increased="" as="" a="" result="" of="" the="" proposed="" change.="" (2)="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" response:="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" any="" changes="" to="" the="" physical="" structures,="" components,="" or="" systems="" of="" songs="" 2="" and="" 3.="" existing="" surveillance,="" inspection,="" testing,="" and="" maintenance="" practices="" and="" procedures="" will="" assure="" full="" operability="" for="" the="" plant's="" design="" lifetime="" of="" 40="" years.="" continued="" operation="" of="" songs="" 2="" and="" 3="" in="" accordance="" with="" these="" approved="" procedures="" and="" practices="" will="" not="" create="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident.="" (3)="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" response:="" there="" are="" no="" changes="" in="" the="" design,="" design="" basis,="" or="" operation="" of="" songs="" 2="" and="" 3="" associated="" with="" the="" proposed="" change.="" existing="" surveillance,="" inspection,="" testing,="" and="" maintenance="" practices="" and="" procedures="" provide="" assurance="" that="" any="" degradation="" of="" equipment,="" structures,="" or="" components="" will="" be="" identified="" and="" corrected="" throughout="" the="" lifetime="" of="" the="" plant.="" these="" measures="" together="" with="" the="" continued="" operation="" of="" songs="" 2="" and="" 3="" in="" accordance="" with="" the="" technical="" specifications="" assure="" an="" adequate="" margin="" of="" safety="" is="" preserved="" on="" a="" continuous="" basis.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" result="" in="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" requests="" involve="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" douglas="" k.="" porter,="" esquire,="" southern="" california="" edison="" company,="" 2244="" walnut="" grove="" avenue,="" rosemead,="" california="" 91770.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" stephen="" dembek.="" southern="" nuclear="" operating="" company,="" inc.,="" georgia="" power="" company,="" oglethorpe="" power="" corporation,="" municipal="" electric="" authority="" of="" georgia,="" city="" of="" dalton,="" georgia,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-321="" and="" 50-366,="" edwin="" i.="" hatch="" nuclear="" plant,="" units="" 1="" and="" 2,="" appling="" county,="" georgia="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 30,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendments="" would="" change="" technical="" specification="" surveillance="" requirement="" 3.8.1.12="" to="" remove="" the="" restriction="" which="" prevents="" performance="" of="" the="" diesel="" generator="" 24-hour="" run="" while="" operating="" in="" either="" mode="" 1="" or="" mode="" 2.="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" the="" consequences="" of="" a="" previously="" evaluated="" event="" for="" the="" following="" reasons:="" the="" primary="" function="" of="" the="" diesel="" generators="" is="" to="" supply="" emergency="" power="" to="" the="" safety-related="" equipment="" necessary="" to="" safely="" shut="" down="" the="" plant="" in="" case="" of="" a="" design="" basis="" event,="" such="" as="" a="" loss="" of="" coolant="" accident="" (loca)="" concurrent="" with="" a="" loss="" of="" offsite="" power="" (losp).="" the="" diesels="" are="" not="" designed="" to="" prevent="" such="" an="" event.="" accordingly,="" the="" probability="" of="" a="" loca/losp="" event="" is="" not="" increased="" by="" allowing="" the="" performance="" of="" the="" 24-hour="" run="" with="" the="" reactor="" operating.="" it="" is="" possible="" that,="" with="" a="" diesel="" generator="" connected="" to="" its="" bus,="" an="" electrical="" disturbance="" will="" travel="" through="" the="" system="" and="" affect="" the="" other="" busses.="" this="" is="" most="" likely="" to="" happen="" when="" initially="" connecting="" the="" diesel="" to="" the="" bus.="" however,="" the="" surveillance="" procedures="" require="" that="" diesel="" generator="" output="" voltage="" be="" synchronized="" with="" the="" bus="" prior="" to="" the="" diesel="" output="" breaker="" being="" closed="" in,="" thus="" reducing="" the="" chance="" of="" an="" electrical="" distribution="" system="" disturbance.="" [[page="" 73099]]="" if="" a="" loca="" occurred="" concurrent="" with="" an="" losp="" while="" a="" diesel="" generator="" is="" connected="" to="" the="" bus="" in="" its="" 24-hour="" run,="" the="" diesel="" logic="" automatically="" realigns="" itself="" to="" the="" standby="" mode="" of="" operation,="" allowing="" the="" diesel="" to="" supply="" power="" to="" the="" emergency="" bus.="" a="" technical="" specifications="" surveillance="" requirement="" tests="" this="" feature.="" also,="" the="" proposed="" specification="" prevents="" the="" test="" from="" being="" performed="" unless="" the="" other="" two="" diesel="" generators="" are="" operable;="" this="" includes="" suspending="" the="" surveillance="" if="" one="" of="" the="" other="" available="" diesels="" becomes="" inoperable="" during="" the="" actual="" test.="" this="" restriction="" will="" ensure="" that="" two="" diesels="" are="" available="" to="" safely="" shut="" down="" the="" plant="" if="" necessary.="" additionally,="" this="" amendment="" request="" does="" not="" affect="" any="" other="" system="" or="" piece="" of="" equipment="" necessary="" to="" prevent="" or="" mitigate="" the="" consequences="" of="" previously="" evaluated="" events.="" as="" a="" result,="" the="" consequences="" of="" a="" loca/losp="" event="" are="" not="" increased.="" 2.="" the="" proposed="" changes="" do="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" an="" accident="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" from="" any="" previously="" evaluated="" based="" upon="" the="" following:="" this="" proposed="" modification="" to="" sr="" 3.8.1.12="" does="" not="" introduce="" any="" new="" modes="" of="" operation="" or="" testing.="" in="" fact,="" each="" diesel="" generator="" is="" already="" connected="" to="" its="" respective="" bus="" during="" operation="" to="" satisfy="" sr="" 3.8.1.2,="" the="" monthly="" test.="" in="" the="" monthly="" test,="" the="" diesel="" is="" run="" loaded="" for="" 1="" hour,="" connected="" to="" the="" grid,="" with="" the="" unit="" in="" operation.="" therefore,="" allowing="" the="" 24="" hour="" test="" to="" be="" performed="" for="" the="" diesels="" introduces="" nothing="" new="" with="" respect="" to="" diesel="" testing,="" and="" as="" a="" result,="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" type="" of="" event="" is="" not="" created.="" 3.="" the="" change="" does="" not="" significantly="" reduce="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" for="" the="" following="" reasons:="" the="" probability="" of="" an="" electrical="" disturbance="" affecting="" plant="" operation="" while="" connecting="" the="" diesel="" to="" the="" bus="" is="" minimized="" by="" the="" fact="" that="" the="" diesel's="" output="" voltage="" and="" phase="" angle="" are="" synchronized="" with="" those="" of="" the="" grid="" prior="" to="" being="" tied="" to="" the="" emergency="" bus.="" based="" on="" engineering="" judgement,="" with="" the="" diesel="" synchronized="" and="" running="" connected="" to="" the="" grid,="" the="" likelihood="" of="" an="" electrical="" disturbance="" being="" transferred="" through="" the="" system="" and="" causing="" a="" plant="" transient="" is="" very="" small.="" furthermore,="" since="" only="" one="" diesel="" will="" be="" tied="" to="" the="" bus="" in="" either="" mode="" 1="" or="" mode="" 2,="" neither="" of="" the="" other="" two="" diesel="" generators="" will="" be="" affected="" by="" the="" disturbance.="" if="" a="" loca/losp="" occurred="" during="" the="" 24-hour="" run,="" the="" diesel="" generator's="" auto-logic="" would="" take="" the="" diesel="" out="" of="" the="" test="" mode.="" this="" feature="" is="" tested="" once="" per="" 18="" months="" per="" technical="" specifications.="" with="" the="" diesel="" no="" longer="" in="" test,="" it="" would="" be="" free="" to="" once="" again="" tie="" itself="" to="" the="" bus.="" additionally,="" only="" one="" diesel="" will="" be="" tied="" to="" the="" line="" during="" a="" 24-run="" performed="" with="" the="" reactor="" operating,="" with="" other="" diesel="" generators="" available="" to="" supply="" power="" to="" their="" respective="" emergency="" busses.="" this="" ensures="" two="" diesels="" are="" available="" to="" shut="" down="" the="" plant="" and="" maintain="" it="" in="" a="" safe="" condition.="" other="" precautions="" will="" also="" be="" placed="" into="" plant="" procedures;="" specifically,="" the="" 24-hour="" run="" will="" not="" be="" performed="" on="" line="" during="" periods="" of="" severe="" weather="" or="" during="" grid="" instabilities.="" for="" the="" above="" reasons,="" the="" proposed="" technical="" specifications="" change="" will="" not="" significantly="" reduce="" the="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" three="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" amendment="" request="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" ernest="" l.="" blake,="" jr.,="" esquire,="" shaw,="" pittman,="" potts="" and="" trowbridge,="" 2300="" n="" street,="" nw.,="" washington,="" dc="" 20037.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" richard="" l.="" emch,="" jr.="" stp="" nuclear="" operating="" company,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-498="" and="" 50-499,="" south="" texas="" project,="" units="" 1="" and="" 2,="" matagorda="" county,="" texas="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" november="" 18,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendments="" would="" revise="" technical="" specification="" surveillance="" requirements="" 4.7.7,="" 4.7.8,="" and="" 4.9.12,="" on="" the="" control="" room="" makeup="" and="" cleanup="" filtration="" system="" and="" the="" fuel="" handling="" building="" exhaust="" air="" system,="" from="" a="" requirement="" that="" laboratory="" analysis="" of="" charcoal="" filter="" samples="" meets="" the="" laboratory="" testing="" criteria="" of="" regulatory="" position="" c.6.a="" of="" regulatory="" guide="" 1.52,="" ``design,="" testing,="" and="" maintenance="" criteria="" for="" postaccident="" engineered-safety-feature="" atmosphere="" cleanup="" system="" air="" filtration="" and="" adsorption="" units="" of="" light-water-cooled="" nuclear="" power="" plants,''="" revision="" 2,="" march="" 1978,="" to="" a="" requirement="" that="" the="" analysis="" meets="" the="" laboratory="" testing="" criteria="" of="" american="" society="" for="" testing="" and="" materials="" astm="" d3803-1989,="" ``standard="" test="" method="" for="" nuclear-grade="" activated="" carbon.''="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" revises="" the="" test="" protocol="" for="" engineered="" safety="" feature="" charcoal="" filters="" from="" astm="" d3803-1979="" to="" astm="" d3803-="" 1989.="" the="" change="" in="" protocol="" is="" a="" conservative="" change="" in="" that="" the="" revised="" test="" conditions="" will="" more="" accurately="" reflect="" the="" functionality="" of="" the="" charcoal="" filters="" under="" accident="" conditions.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" in="" plant="" configuration="" or="" components.="" the="" tests="" are="" conducted="" under="" laboratory="" conditions,="" so="" that="" change="" in="" protocol="" has="" no="" effect="" on="" plant="" operation.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" in="" how="" samples="" are="" taken="" to="" be="" used="" in="" analyses.="" based="" on="" the="" above,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" revises="" the="" test="" protocol="" for="" engineered="" safety="" feature="" charcoal="" filters="" from="" astm="" d3803-1979="" to="" astm="" d3803-="" 1989.="" the="" change="" in="" protocol="" is="" a="" conservative="" change="" in="" that="" the="" revised="" test="" conditions="" will="" more="" accurately="" reflect="" the="" functionality="" of="" the="" charcoal="" filters="" under="" accident="" conditions.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" in="" plant="" configuration="" or="" components.="" the="" tests="" are="" conducted="" under="" laboratory="" conditions,="" so="" that="" change="" in="" protocol="" has="" no="" effect="" on="" plant="" operation.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" in="" how="" samples="" are="" taken="" to="" be="" used="" in="" analyses.="" based="" on="" the="" above,="" this="" change="" does="" not="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety.="" the="" proposed="" change="" revises="" the="" test="" protocol="" for="" engineered="" safety="" feature="" charcoal="" filters="" from="" astm="" d3803-1979="" to="" astm="" d3803-="" 1989.="" the="" change="" in="" protocol="" is="" a="" conservative="" change="" in="" that="" the="" revised="" test="" conditions="" will="" more="" accurately="" reflect="" the="" functionality="" of="" the="" charcoal="" filters="" under="" accident="" conditions.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" in="" plant="" configuration="" or="" components.="" the="" tests="" are="" conducted="" under="" laboratory="" conditions,="" so="" that="" change="" in="" protocol="" has="" no="" effect="" on="" plant="" operation.="" there="" is="" no="" change="" in="" how="" samples="" are="" taken="" to="" be="" used="" in="" analyses.="" based="" on="" the="" above,="" the="" margin="" of="" safety="" is="" not="" significantly="" reduced="" by="" this="" change.="" the="" nrc="" staff="" has="" reviewed="" the="" licensee's="" analysis="" and,="" based="" on="" this="" review,="" it="" appears="" that="" the="" standards="" of="" 10="" cfr="" 50.92(c)="" are="" satisfied.="" therefore,="" the="" nrc="" staff="" proposes="" to="" determine="" that="" the="" request="" for="" amendments="" involves="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration.="" attorney="" for="" licensee:="" jack="" r.="" newman,="" esq.,="" morgan,="" lewis="" &="" bockius,="" 1800="" m="" street,="" nw.,="" washington,="" dc="" 20036-5869.="" nrc="" section="" chief:="" robert="" a.="" gramm.="" stp="" nuclear="" operating="" company,="" docket="" nos.="" 50-498="" and="" 50-499,="" south="" texas="" project,="" units="" 1="" and="" 2,="" matagorda="" county,="" texas="" date="" of="" amendment="" request:="" december="" 6,="" 1999.="" description="" of="" amendment="" request:="" the="" proposed="" amendments="" would="" revise="" technical="" specification="" definition="" 1.9,="" ``core="" alterations,''="" to="" explicitly="" define="" core="" alterations="" as="" the="" movement="" of="" any="" fuel,="" sources,="" or="" reactivity="" control="" components="" within="" the="" reactor="" vessel="" with="" the="" vessel="" head="" removed="" and="" fuel="" in="" the="" vessel.="" [[page="" 73100]]="" basis="" for="" proposed="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration="" determination:="" as="" required="" by="" 10="" cfr="" 50.91(a),="" the="" licensee="" has="" provided="" its="" analysis="" of="" the="" issue="" of="" no="" significant="" hazards="" consideration,="" which="" is="" presented="" below:="" 1.="" does="" the="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" an="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" an="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" any="" physical="" changes="" to="" the="" facility.="" the="" change="" to="" the="" definition="" of="" core="" alterations="" is="" consistent="" with="" that="" used="" in="" nureg-1431,="" revision="" 1,="" ``improved="" standard="" technical="" specifications="" for="" westinghouse="" plants.''="" the="" proposed="" revision="" to="" the="" definition="" of="" core="" alterations="" will="" not="" affect="" the="" technical="" specifications="" section="" 3/4.9,="" ``refueling="" operations'',="" requirements="" which="" ensure="" the="" core="" remains="" subcritical,="" nor="" will="" any="" limiting="" condition="" for="" operation="" required="" for="" core="" alterations="" or="" the="" movement="" of="" fuel="" be="" changed.="" the="" proposed="" change="" will="" not="" affect="" any="" safety="" margin="" or="" safety="" limit="" applicable="" to="" the="" facility.="" therefore,="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" involve="" an="" increase="" in="" the="" probability="" or="" consequences="" of="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated.="" 2.="" does="" the="" change="" create="" the="" possibility="" of="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" any="" accident="" previously="" evaluated?="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" affect="" any="" previously="" evaluated="" accident="" scenario,="" nor="" does="" it="" create="" any="" new="" accident="" scenarios.="" the="" proposed="" change="" is="" a="" clarifying="" revision="" to="" the="" definition="" of="" core="" alterations="" only,="" and="" will="" not="" alter="" any="" of="" the="" currently="" approved="" refueling="" operation="" activities,="" nor="" will="" it="" create="" any="" new="" refueling="" operation="" activities.="" since="" the="" proposed="" change="" does="" not="" impact="" operation="" of="" the="" facility="" as="" presently="" approved,="" no="" possibility="" exists="" for="" a="" new="" or="" different="" kind="" of="" accident="" from="" those="" previously="" evaluated.="" 3.="" does="" this="" change="" involve="" a="" significant="" reduction="" in="" a="" margin="" of="" safety?="" south="" texas="" project="" technical="" specification="" 3/4.9.1,="" ``boron="" concentration'',="" ensures="" that="" the="" reactor="" will="" remain="" subcritical="">eff 0.95) during core alterations and that
uniform boron concentration is maintained for reactivity control in
the water volume having direct access with the reactor vessel. The
proposed change in the definition of core alterations will allow
``non-reactive'' components, such as cameras, lights, tools, movable
incore detector thimbles, etc., to be moved or manipulated in the
vessel, with fuel in the vessel and the vessel head removed, without
constituting a core alteration. This is acceptable because these
types of components will have negligible effect on core reactivity,
and will not affect reactor coolant system boron concentration.
Therefore, operations using these types of components will not
adversely affect Keff or the shutdown margin.
Additionally, reactor subcriticality status is continuously
monitored in the control room during Operating Mode 6, as specified
in Specification 3/4.9.2, ``Instrumentation''. Thus, there will be
no reduction in a margin of safety resulting from the proposed
change.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
request for amendments involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jack R. Newman, Esq., Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius, 1800 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036-5869.
NRC Section Chief: Robert A. Gramm.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328, Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Date of application for amendments: October 14, 1999 (TS 99-12).
Brief description of amendments: The proposed amendments would
change the Sequoyah (SQN) Operating Licenses DPR-77 (Unit 1) and DPR-79
(Unit 2) by revising the Technical Specification (TS) surveillance
requirements for steam generator tube integrity by incorporating an
alternate repair criteria for axial primary water stress corrosion
cracking at dented tube support plate intersections.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), has provided its
analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is
presented below:
A. The proposed amendment does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
Operation of Sequoyah Units 1 and 2, in accordance with the
proposed license amendment, does not involve a significant increase
in the probability or consequences of an accident previously
evaluated.
Examination of crack morphology for primary water stress
corrosion cracking (PWSCC) at dented intersections has been found to
show one or two microcracks well aligned with only a few uncorroded
ligaments and little or no other inside diameter axial cracking at
the intersection. This relatively simple morphology is conducive to
obtaining good accuracy in Non-destructive Examination (NDE) sizing
of these indications. Accordingly, alternate repair criteria is
established based on crack length and average and maximum depth
within the thickness of the tube support plate (TSP) or limited
extension outside the thickness of the TSP.
The application of the alternate repair criteria (ARC) requires
a condition monitoring assessment. If all indications satisfy the
structural limits with regard to bounding lengths and average
depths, the condition monitoring burst pressure requirements are
satisfied.
In addition, an operational assessment is performed to determine
the length/depth repair bases. The crack profiles are projected to
the end of the operating cycle for comparison with acceptance limits
(i.e., length limit and average depth limit). Burst pressures are
calculated from the depth profiles by searching the total crack
length for the partial length that results in the lowest burst
pressure. Because the burst pressure can be lower than that for the
longest acceptable crack length at its average depth, a fixed repair
limit is not established. The repair bases is obtained by projecting
the crack profile to the end of the next operating cycle and
determining if the burst pressure for the projected profile meets
the burst pressure margin requirements defined by [Westinghouse
Topical Report] WCAP-15128, Revision 1, dated August 1999. If the
projected end-of-cycle (EOC) burst margin requirements are
satisfied, the indication is left in service. Thus, the repair limit
relative to length and average depth assures that the operational
assessment requirements are satisfied.
Crack length limits are established in the WCAP to assure that
crack extension and growth outside of the TSP provides adequate
margin against burst for the free-span crack (i.e., 3DPNO
burst capability is maintained) in addition to the total crack
length. A repair limit is also established in the WCAP for maximum
depth to provide a high confidence that the indication will not
progress through the wall at the end of an operating cycle.
Based on the above, the proposed amendment does not result in
any increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated within the Sequoyah FSAR [Final Safety Analysis
Report].
B. The proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a
new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
Implementation of the proposed S/G [steam generator] tube ARC
does not introduce any significant changes to the plant design
basis. A single or multiple tube rupture event would not be expected
in a S/G in which the plugging criteria has been applied. Both
condition monitoring and operational assessments are completed as
part of the implementation of ARC to determine that structural and
leakage margin exists prior to returning S/Gs to service following
inspections. If the condition monitoring requirements are not
satisfied for burst or leakage, the causal factors for EOC
indications exceeding the expected values will be evaluated. The
methodology and application of this ARC will continue to ensure that
tube integrity is maintained during all plant conditions consistent
with the requirements of draft RG [Regulatory Guide] 1.121 and
Revision 1 of RG 1.83.
A S/G tube rupture event is one of a number of design basis
accidents that are analyzed as part of a plant's licensing basis. In
the analysis of a S/G tube rupture event, a bounding primary-to-
secondary leakage rate equal to the operational leakage limits in
the TSs, plus the leak rate associated with the double ended rupture
of a single tube, is
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assumed. For other design basis accidents such as a main steam line
break and loss of alternating current power, the tubes are assumed
to retain their structural integrity and exhibit primary-to-
secondary leakage within the limits assumed in Final Safety Analysis
Report (FSAR) accident analyses. The proposed ARC does not result in
an accident leakage rate in excess of that assumed or calculated in
SQN's current accident analyses.
Even under severe accident conditions, the potential for
significant leakage would be expected to be small and not
significantly different than for other degradation mechanisms
repaired to 40 percent depth limits. It is concluded that
application of the proposed ARC for PWSCC at dented TSP locations
results in a negligible difference from current 40-percent repair
limits.
TVA continues to implement a maximum operating condition leak
rate limit of 150 gallons per day (0.1 gallons per minute) per S/G
to preclude the potential for excessive leakage during all plant
conditions.
The possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any
previously evaluated is not created because S/G tube integrity is
maintained by inservice inspection and effective primary-to-
secondary leakage monitoring.
C. The proposed amendment does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
Tube repair limits provide reasonable assurance that tubes
accepted for continued service without plugging or repair will
exhibit adequate tube structural and leakage integrity during
subsequent plant operation. The implementation of the proposed ARC
is demonstrated to maintain S/G tube integrity consistent with the
criteria of draft NRC Regulatory Guide 1.121. The guidelines of RG
1.121 describe a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting
General Design Criteria (GDC) 2, 4, 14, 15, 31, and 32 by ensuring
the probability or the consequences of S/G tube rupture remain
within acceptable limits. This is accomplished by determining the
limiting conditions of degradation of S/G tubing, for which tubes
with unacceptable cracking should be removed from service.
Upon implementation of the proposed ARC, even under the worst-
case conditions, the occurrence of PWSCC at the tube support plate
elevations is not expected to lead to a S/G rupture event during
normal or faulted plant conditions. All tubes are shown to retain
the margins of safety against burst consistent with the safety
factor margins implicit in the stress limit criteria of Section III
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME] Code, for all
service loading conditions. In addition, all tubes have been shown
to retain a margin of safety against gross failure or burst
consistent with the stress limits of [Paragraph] NB-3225 of Section
III of the ASME Code under postulated accident conditions concurrent
with a safe shutdown earthquake.
In addressing the combined effects of loss-of-coolant accident
plus safe shutdown earthquake on the S/G component (as required by
GDC 2), it has been determined that tube collapse will not occur in
the Sequoyah S/Gs. This analysis is discussed in WCAP 13990, dated
May 1994. No tubes are excluded from the application of the proposed
ARC.
Based on the above, it is concluded that the proposed license
amendment request does not result in a significant reduction in
margin with respect to the plant safety analyses as defined in the
FSAR or TSs.
The NRC has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 10H, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
NRC Section Chief: Richard P. Correia.
TXU Electric, Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446, Comanche Peak Steam
Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, Somervell County, Texas
Date of amendment request: November 8, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The proposed amendments would
change Technical Specification 5.5.11, ``Ventilation Filter Testing
Program (VFTP)'' to include the requirement for laboratory testing of
Engineered Safety Feature (ESF) Ventilation System charcoal samples per
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D3803-1989 and the
application of a safety factor of 2.0 to the charcoal filter efficiency
assumed in the plant design-basis dose analyses.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
(1) Do the proposed changes involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
The proposed changes only involve the laboratory testing
methodology performed on activated charcoal to help determine
whether the charcoal in the filtration units can remain in place or
[if it] require[s] replacement.
Generic Letter 99-02 intends to standardize the way nuclear-
grade activated charcoal is tested throughout the industry in order
to provide conservative filtration results as well as uniform and
repeatable tests. The purpose is to ensure the filtration systems
protect the Operators in the Control Room (GDC [General Design
Criterion] 19) as well as the public (10CFR100), in the event of a
radiological accident scenario.
The charcoal adsorber sample laboratory testing per ASTM D3803-
1989 is more stringent than the current testing practice and more
accurately demonstrates the required performance of the adsorbers
following a design ba[s]is LOCA [loss of coolant accident]. No
Licensing Basis Accidents or mitigation capability will be affected
by incorporation of these changes.
Therefore, this change will not result in a significant increase
in the probability or consequences of an accident previously
evaluated.
(2) Do the proposed changes create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any previously evaluated?
Plant procedures are only altered to the extent that the revised
specification will allow different reference standards for testing
activated charcoal. These changes ensure continued support of the
safety related ESF filtration equipment and do not affect their
failure or failure modes.
Therefore, this change will not create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
(3) Do the proposed changes involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
None of the changes being proposed alter the environmental
conditions maintained in the areas supported by the ESF filtration
systems during normal operations and following an accident. Also
these changes will not cause an increase in radiological releases
through the Primary Plant Ventilation Exhaust System. As a result,
the margin of safety for these functions remains the same.
Therefore, this change does not involve a significant reduction in
a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: George L. Edgar, Esq., Morgan, Lewis and
Bockius, 1800 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
NRC Section Chief: Robert A. Gramm.
Union Electric Company, Docket No. 50-483, Callaway Plant, Unit 1,
Callaway County, Missouri
Date of application request: December 3, 1999 (ULNRC-04158).
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment requested
changes to Section 5.6.6, ``Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Pressure and
Temperature Limits Report (PTLR),'' of the improved Technical
Specifications (ITS) that were issued on May 28, 1999, in Amendment No.
133. The current Technical Specifications (CTS) remain in effect until
the ITS are implemented on or before April 30, 2000. The proposed
changes to the ITS would approve the use of the PTLR by the licensee to
make changes to the plant pressure temperature limits and low
temperature overpressure protection
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limits without prior NRC staff approval in accordance with Generic
Letter 96-03, ``Relocation of the Pressure Temperature Limit Curves and
Low Temperature Overpressure Protection System Limits,'' dated January
31, 1996. The proposed changes are: (1) Add the word criticality to ITS
Subsection 5.6.6.a as one of the reactor conditions for which RCS
pressure and temperature limits will be determined, (2) add the phrase
``and COMS PORV,'' where COMS PORV stands for cold overpressure
mitigation system power operated relief valve, to the the introductory
paragraph of ITS subsection 5.6.6.b to show that the analytical methods
listed in the subsection are also for the COMS PORV, and (3) replace
the two documents listed in ITS subsection 5.6.6.b by the reference to
the future NRC letter that approves the use of the PTLR and the
Westinghouse Topical Report, WCAP-14040-NP-A, Revision 2, ``Methodology
Used to Develop Cold Overpressure Mitigating System Setpoints and RCS
Heatup and Cooldown Limit Curves,'' dated January 1996, that provides
the methodology that will be used by the licensee in using the PTLR
report. The current plant pressure temperature limits and low
temperature overpressure protection limits are in the CTS and were
approved in Amendment No. 124, which was issued April 2, 1998.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. The proposed change does not involve a significant increase
in the probability or consequences of an accident previously
evaluated.
The proposed change submits the PTLR, which contains the
relocated CTS heatup and cooldown, and COMS PORV limits and the
methodology used to calculate them, and the added references into
ITS 5.6.6. The proposed change is administrative in nature since it
is a movement of information from the CTS to a licensee controlled
document, and has prior NRC staff approval. The PTLR contains the
limit curves and the ITS requires more restrictive actions to be
taken when the limiting conditions for operation are not met than is
currently required by the CTS. The heatup and cooldown, and COMS
PORV limits within the PTLR will be implemented and controlled per
Callaway Plant programs and procedures and changes to the PTLR will
be performed per requirements of 10 CFR 50.59 to ensure that change
to these limits in the future will not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. The proposed change does not create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
As stated earlier, the movement of the heatup and cooldown, and
COMS PORV limits from the CTS to the PTLR has no influence or
impact, nor does it contribute in any way to the probability or
consequences of an accident. No safety-related equipment, safety
function, or plant operations will be altered as a result of this
proposed change. The proposed change is administrative in nature
since it is a movement of requirements from the CTS to a licensee
controlled document, the PTLR, and the change adds references into
the ITS incorporating the licensee controlled document. Therefore,
the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated is not created.
3. The proposed change does not involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety.
The proposed change does not affect the acceptance criteria for
an analyzed event. The margin of safety presently provided by the
CTS remains unchanged. There will be no effect on the manner in
which safety limits or limiting safety system settings are
determined nor will there be any effect on those plant systems
necessary to assure the accomplishment of protective functions.
Therefore, the proposed change is administrative in nature and does
not impact the operation of Callaway Plant in a manner that involves
a reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: John O'Neill, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts &
Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
NRC Section Chief: Stephen Dembek.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation, Docket No. 50-271, Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, Vermont
Date of amendment request: November 5, 1999, as supplemented on
December 3, 1999.
Description of amendment request: This proposed change revises the
applicability for the reactor power distribution limits and the Average
Power Range Monitor (APRM) gain adjustments. The applicability is
proposed to be revised to operation at 25% Rated Thermal
Power (RTP).
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration which is presented below:
1. The operation of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in
accordance with the proposed amendment will not involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated.
The proposed change does not involve an increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated
because the revisions standardize and make consistent the
applicability and actions for the reactor power distribution limits
in the current Technical Specifications. Since reactor operation
with these revised Specifications is fundamentally unchanged, no
design or analytical acceptance criteria will be exceeded. As such,
this change does not impact initiators of analyzed events or assumed
mitigation of accident or transient events. The structural and
functional integrity of plant systems is unaffected. Therefore, the
proposed change will not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
2. The operation of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in
accordance with the proposed amendment will not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
The proposed change does not affect any parameters or conditions
that could contribute to the initiation of any accident. No new
accident modes are created. No safety-related equipment or safety
functions are altered as a result of these changes. Therefore, the
proposed change will not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
3. The operation of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in
accordance with the proposed amendment will not involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety.
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any safety analysis assumption or initial condition. Thus, the
margin of safety required for safety analyses [is] maintained.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. David R. Lewis, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and
Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-1128.
NRC Section Chief: James W. Clifford.
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Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301, Point
Beach Nuclear Plant (PBNP), Units 1 and 2, Town of Two Creeks,
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Date of amendment request: November 15, 1999 (TSCR 202).
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendments would
change the Technical Specifications (TSs) in order to extend the
required frequency of the control rod exercise test (TS 15.4.1, Table
15.4.1-2, Item 10) from the current frequency of every 2 weeks to
quarterly.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration which is presented below:
1. Operation of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in accordance with
the proposed amendments will not result in a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
Relaxing the frequency of performance for a surveillance does
not result in any hardware changes, nor does it significantly
increase the probability of occurrence for initiation of any
analyzed events since the function of the equipment has remained
unchanged. The proposed frequency has been determined to be adequate
based on industry operating data as supported by the conclusions
reached in NUREG 1366 and NRC GL [Generic Letter] 93-05.
Surveillance tests are intended to provide assurance of
continued component operability. The frequency of performance of a
surveillance does not significantly increase the consequences of an
accident, as a change in frequency does not change the response of
the equipment in performing its specified function (i.e. the overall
functional capabilities of the rod control system will not be
modified). Increasing the interval of control rod exercise testing
will reduce the possibility of inadvertent testing related [to]
reactor trips and dropped rods, and resulting in fewer challenges to
safety systems and resultant plant transients.
This change does not involve a significant increase in the
consequences of an accident or event previously evaluated because
the source term, containment isolation or radiological releases are
not being changed by the proposed revision. Existing system and
component redundancy and operation is not being changed by the
proposed change. The assumptions used in evaluating the radiological
consequences in the PBNP Final Safety Analysis Report are not
invalidated. Therefore, this change does not affect the consequences
of previously evaluated accidents.
2. Operation of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in accordance with
the proposed amendments will not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
This change does not introduce nor increase the number of
failure mechanisms of a new or different type of accident than those
previously evaluated since there are no physical changes being made
to the facility. The design and design basis of the facility remain
unchanged. The plant safety analyses remain unchanged. All equipment
important to safety will continue to operate as designed. Component
integrity is not challenged. The changes do not result in any event
previously deemed incredible being made credible. The changes do not
result in more adverse conditions nor result in any increase in
challenges to safety systems. Therefore, operation of the Point
Beach Nuclear Plant in accordance with the proposed amendment will
not create the possibility of a new or different type of accident
from any accident previously evaluated.
3. Operation of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in accordance with
the proposed amendments does not involve a significant reduction in
a margin of safety.
The proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in
the margin of safety because existing component redundancy is not
being changed by this proposed change. There are no changes to
initial conditions contributing to accident severity or
consequences. The proposed surveillance frequency, as supported by
past test results, continues to provide the required assurance of
operability, such that safety margins established through the design
and facility license, including the Technical Specifications, remain
unchanged. Therefore, there are no significant reductions in a
margin of safety introduced by this proposed amendment.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: John H. O'Neill, Jr., Shaw, Pittman, Potts,
and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.
NRC Section Chief: Claudia M. Craig.
Previously Published Notices of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notice was previously published as a separate
individual notice. The notice content was the same as above. It was
published as an individual notice either because time did not allow the
Commission to wait for this biweekly notice or because the action
involved exigent circumstances. It is repeated here because the
biweekly notice lists all amendments issued or proposed to be issued
involving no significant hazards consideration.
For details, see the individual notice in the Federal Register on
the day and page cited. This notice does not extend the notice period
of the original notice.
Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation, Docket No. 50-244, R. E. Ginna
Nuclear Power Plant, Wayne County, New York
Date of application for amendment: October 20, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment changed the footnote
to the Improved Technical Specifications associated with the Design
Features Fuel Storage Specification 4.3.1.1.b which required that 2300
ppm boron be maintained in the Spent Fuel Pool.
Date of publication of individual notice in Federal Register:
November 19, 1999 (64 FR 63346).
Expiration date of individual notice: December 20, 1999.
Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility
Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration
Determination, and Opportunity for A Hearing in connection with these
actions was published in the Federal Register as indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.12(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the action see (1) the
applications for amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3) the Commission's
related letter, Safety Evaluation and/or Environmental Assessment as
indicated. All of these items are available for public inspection at
the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L
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Street, NW., Washington, DC, and electronically from the ADAMS Public
Library component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the
Electronic Reading Room).
Arizona Public Service Company, et al., Docket Nos. STN 50-528, STN 50-
529, and STN 50-530, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units Nos.
1, 2, and 3, Maricopa County, Arizona
Date of application for amendments: September 14, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments approve the
administrative changes to PVNGS TS 5.5.2, Primary Coolant Sources
Outside Containment, to delete the references to the post-accident
sampling return piping of the radioactive waste gas system and the
liquid radwaste system, and TS 5.6.2, Annual Radiological Environmental
Operating Report, to delete the administrative requirement to include
in the report certain TLD [thermoluminescence dosimeter] results that
are no longer available.
Date of issuance: November 24, 1999.
Effective date: November 24, 1999, to be implemented within 60
days.
Amendment Nos.: Unit 1--122, Unit 2--121, Unit 3--121.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74: The
amendments revised the Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: October 20, 1999 (64 FR
56528).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated November 24, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Carolina Power & Light Company, et al., Docket No. 50-400, Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Wake and Chatham Counties, North
Carolina
Date of application for amendment: October 21, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: This amendment revises Technical
Specifications (TS) for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant by
implementing selected improvements described in NRC Generic Letter (GL)
93-05, ``Line-Item Technical Specifications To Reduce Surveillance
Requirements For Testing During Power Operation,'' dated September 27,
1993.
Date of issuance: December 17, 1999.
Effective date: December 17, 1999.
Amendment No: 93.
Facility Operating License No. NPF-63. Amendment revises the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 17, 1999 (64
FR 62705).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 17, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
CBS Corporation, Docket No. 50-22, Westinghouse Test Reactor, Waltz
Mill, Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendment: September 15, 1999, as
supplemented on October 4, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: This amendment changes the
decommissioning Technical Specifications dealing with controls for
ingress, egress, and equipment removal from containment.
Date of issuance: December 7, 1999.
Effective Date: December 7, 1999.
Amendment No: 11.
Facility License No. TR-2: This amendment changes the
decommissioning Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (64 FR
59798).
The Commission has issued a Safety Evaluation for this amendment
dated December 7, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Docket No. 50-003,
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1, Buchanan, New York
Date of application for amendment: July 20, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment would revise the
Technical Specifications to change the senior license requirements for
the Operations Manager.
Date of issuance: December 15, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 90 days from the date of issuance.
Amendment No: 46.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-5: The amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: September 2, 1999 (64
FR 49027).
The July 20, 1999, letter providing clarifying information that did
not change the scope of the original application and proposed no
significant hazards consideration determination. The Commission's
related evaluation of the amendment is contained in a Safety Evaluation
dated December 15, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Duquesne Light Company, et al., Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412, Beaver
Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendments: May 5, 1999, as supplemented
June 22 and July 30, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: These amendments conform the
licenses to reflect the transfer of Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-66 and
NPF-73 for the Beaver Valley Power Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2, to the
extent held by Duquesne Light Company (DLC) to the Pennsylvania Power
Company, and the operating authority under the licenses from DLC to
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company as previously approved by an
Order dated September 30, 1999.
Date of issuance: December 3, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days.
Amendment Nos.: 226 and 104.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73: These amendments
revised the Operating Licenses.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: June 14, 1999 (64 FR
31880).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated September 30, 1999. The June 22 and July
30, 1999, supplements were within the scope of the initial application
as originally noticed.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, Docket No. 50-440, Perry Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 1, Lake County, Ohio
Date of application for amendment: September 14, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: This amendment eliminates License
Condition 2.C.10 of the Operating License regarding controls over the
containment air locks during plant outages and modifies License
Condition 2.F of the Operating License regarding reporting requirements
for violations of the Technical Specifications and the Environmental
Protection Plan.
Date of issuance: December 15, 1999.
Effective date: December 15, 1999.
Amendment No.: 109.
Facility Operating License No. NPF-58: This amendment revised the
Operating License.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (64 FR
59803).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a
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Safety Evaluation dated December 15, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
GPU Nuclear, Inc., et al., Docket No. 50-289, Three Mile Island Nuclear
Station, Unit 1, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendment: June 29, 1999, as supplemented
August 27, October 29, and November 3, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment clarifies the
authority to possess certain types of radioactive materials and
components at either Unit 1 or Unit 2. Following the transfer of the
Three Mile Island, Unit 1 (TMI-1), operating license to AmerGen, these
items, under the amendment, may continue to be moved between the TMI-1
and TMI-2 units as they currently are.
Date of issuance: December 9, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days.
Amendment No.: 217.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-50: Amendment revised the
License.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: July 12, 1999 (64 FR
37572). The August 27, October 29, and November 3, 1999, letters
provided clarifying information that did not change the initial
proposed no significant hazards consideration determination or expand
the amendment beyond the scope of the initial notice.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 9, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
GPU Nuclear, Inc., Docket No. 50-320, Three Mile Island Nuclear
Station, Unit 2, (TMI-2) Middletown, Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendment: June 29, 1999, as supplemented
by letters dated August 27, October 29, and November 3, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment adds a provision to
the license conditions to ensure that the storage of certain types of
radioactive materials and components at Three Mile Island (TMI), Unit
2, pursuant to the TMI, Unit 1 license, does not result in a source
term that would exceed the limits in the TMI, Unit 2 Post-Defueling
Monitored Storage Safety Analysis Report.
Date of issuance: December 14, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days.
Amendment No.: 53.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-73: Amendment revised the
License.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: July 12, 1999 (64 FR
37572). The August 27, October 29, and November 3, 1999, supplements
provided clarifying information that did not change the initial
proposed no significant hazards consideration determination or expand
the amendment beyond the scope of the initial notice.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 14, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Illinois Power Company, Docket No. 50-461, Clinton Power Station, Unit
1, DeWitt County, Illinois
Date of application for amendment: July 23, 1999, as supplemented
July 30, August 9, August 20, October 7, and October 11, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment replaces references
to Illinois Power Company in the Operating License with references to
AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, to reflect the transfer of the license as
approved by an Order dated November 24, 1999.
Date of issuance: December 15, 1999.
Effective date: December 15, 1999.
Amendment No.: 123.
Facility Operating License No. NPF-62: The amendment revised the
Operating License.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (64 FR
45290).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated November 24, 1999.
Comments received: Yes. Comments received from The Environmental
Law and Policy Center of the Midwest were addressed in the staff's
safety evaluation.
Indiana Michigan Power Company, Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316, Donald
C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Berrien County, Michigan
Date of application for amendments: September 23, 1999, as
supplemented October 11 and November 10, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments provide approval to
move steam generator sections through the auxiliary building and to
disengage crane travel interlocks, and provide relief from performance
of Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 4.9.7.1. The loads
to be moved are in support of the Unit 1 Steam Generator Replacement
Project.
Date of issuance: December 7, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 45 days.
Amendment Nos.: 233 and 216.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74: Amendments
revised the Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: October 26, 1999 (64 FR
57665). The October 11, 1999, submittal provided corrected TS pages.
The November 10, 1999, submittal was in response to a NRC request for
additional information dated October 26, 1999, and provided clarifying
information to the original submittal. This information was within the
scope of the original Federal Register notice and did not change the
staff's initial proposed no significant hazards considerations
determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 7, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Indiana Michigan Power Company, Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316, Donald
C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Berrien County, Michigan
Date of application for amendments: October 1, 1999, as
supplemented November 19, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments involve the
resolution of an unreviewed safety question related to certain small-
break loss-of-coolant accident scenarios for which there may not be
sufficient containment recirculation sump water inventory to support
continued operation of the emergency core cooling system and
containment spray system pumps during and following switchover to cold
leg recirculation. Resolution of this issue consists of a combination
of physical plant modifications, new analyses of containment
recirculation sump inventory, and resultant changes to the accident
analyses to ensure sufficient water inventory in the containment
recirculation sump. The amendments would also change the Technical
Specifications dealing with the refueling water storage tank inventory
and temperature, the required amount of ice in each ice basket in the
containment, and the delay to start the containment air recirculation/
hydrogen skimmer fans.
Date of issuance: December 13, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days.
Amendment Nos.: 234 and 217.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74: Amendments
revised the Technical Specifications.
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Date of initial notice in Federal Register: October 29, 1999 (64 FR
58458).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 13, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Northern States Power Company, Docket No. 50-263, Monticello Nuclear
Generating Plant, Wright County, Minnesota
Date of application for amendment: February 12, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment changes the Technical
Specifications to (1) allow reactor vessel hydrostatic and leakage
tests when reactor coolant temperature is above 212 deg.F without
maintaining primary containment integrity and (2) establish a limit and
a surveillance requirement on reactor coolant activity when reactor
coolant temperature is above 212 deg.F, the reactor is not critical,
and primary containment has not been established.
Date of issuance: November 24, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 45 days.
Amendment No.: 107.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-22. Amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: March 24, 1999 (64 FR
14283).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated November 24, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Northern States Power Company, Docket No. 50-263, Monticello Nuclear
Generating Plant, Wright County, Minnesota
Date of application for amendment: September 30, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment changes the Technical
Specification surveillance periodicity requirements for the control
room emergency filtration system.
Date of issuance: December 8, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 45 days.
Amendment No.: 108.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-22. Amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (64 FR
59805).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 8, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
PECO Energy Company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company,Delmarva
Power and Light Company, and Atlantic City Electric Company, Docket No.
50-278, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit No. 3, York County,
Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendment: March 1, 1999, as supplemented
June 14, October 1 and October 6, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment supports the
installation of a digital Power Range Neutron Monitoring system and the
incorporation of the long-term thermal-hydraulic stability solution
hardware.
Date of issuance: October 14, 1999.
Effective date: Effective as of date of issuance and shall be
implemented prior to restart from the Peach Bottom Atomic Power
Station, Unit 3, October 1999 refueling outage.
Amendment No.: 234.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-56: Amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: June 2, 1999 (64 FR
29711). The June 14, October 1 and October 6, 1999, provided clarifying
information that did not change the initial proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated October 14, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Power Authority of The State of New York, Docket No. 50-286, Indian
Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 3, Westchester County, New York
Date of application for amendment: April 6, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment changes the Technical
Specifications by removing the words ``three individual underground''
and ``underground'' from the limiting conditions for operation when
referring to the emergency diesel generator fuel oil storage tanks in
Sections 3.7.A.5 and 3.7.F.4.
Date of issuance: December 7, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance to be implemented within
30 days.
Amendment No.: 198.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-64: Amendment revises the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: June 2, 1999 (64 FR
29713).
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 7, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., (SNC) Docket Nos. 50-348 and
50-364, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Houston County,
Alabama
Dates of amendments request: March 12, 1998, as supplemented by
letters of April 24, 1998, August 20, 1998, November 20, 1998, February
3, 1999, February 20, 1999, April 30, 1999 (two letters), May 28, 1999,
June 30, 1999, July 27, 1999, August 19, 1999, August 30, 1999,
September 15, 1999, and September 23, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments fully convert SNC's
Current TS (CTS) to Improved TS (ITS) based on NUREG-1431, ``Standard
Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants,'' Revision 1, of April
1995. The amendments add two new Additional Conditions to Appendix C of
the Unit 1 and Unit 2 Facility Operating Licenses. The first new
Additional Condition authorizes SNC to relocate certain CTS
requirements to SNC-controlled documents. The second new condition
addresses the schedule for performing new and revised ITS
surveillances.
Date of issuance: November 30, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
no later than March 31, 2000.
Amendment Nos.: 146 and 137.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8: Amendments fully
convert SNC's CTS to ITS.
Dates of initial notices in Federal Register: May 25, 1999 (64 FR
28218) and August 25, 1999 (64 FR 46443). The supplemental letters
dated April 24, 1998, August 20, 1998, November 20, 1998, February 3,
1999, February 20, 1999, April 30, 1999 (two letters), May 28, 1999,
June 30, 1999, July 27, 1999, August 19, 1999, August 30, 1999,
September 15, 1999, and September 23, 1999, provided clarifying
information that did not change the initial proposed no significant
hazards consideration determinations.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated November 30, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., et al., Docket Nos. 50-424
and 50-425, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, Burke
County, Georgia
Date of application for amendments: April 28, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments revised Vogtle's
operating licenses to allow the licensee to establish containment
hydrogen monitoring within 90 minutes of initiation of a safety
injection following a loss-of-coolant accident, compared to the current
30 minute requirement.
Date of issuance: December 8, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days from the date of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 110 and 88.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81: Amendments
revised the Operating Licenses.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: August 11, 1999 (64 FR
43779).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 8, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
STP Nuclear Operating Company, Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499, South
Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, Matagorda County, Texas
Date of amendment request: July 28, 1998, as supplemented by
letters dated May 31 and October 21 (2 letters), 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments authorize the
revision of the South Texas Project updated final safety analysis
report (UFSAR) to allow the use of operator action to reduce the steam
generator power-operated relief valve setpoint consistent with the
revised small-break loss-of-coolant accident analysis for the
replacement Delta 94 SGs.
Date of issuance: December 14, 1999.
Effective date: December 14, 1999. Revisions will be incorporated
into the next UFSAR update in accordance with the schedule in 10 CFR
50.71(e).
Amendment Nos.: Unit 1--119, Unit 2--107.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80: The amendments
authorize revision of the UFSAR.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: September 9, 1998 (63
FR 48268).
The May 31 and October 21 (2 letters), 1999, supplements provided
additional clarifying information. One of the October 21, 1999,
supplements also provided a revised UFSAR pages. This information was
within the scope of the original application and Federal Register
notice and did not change the staff's initial proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 14, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296,
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant , Units 1, 2, and 3, Limestone County,
Alabama
Date of application for amendments: September 30, 1999.
Description of amendment request: The amendments revise the
operating licenses to remove license conditions that have become
outdated, are no longer applicable, or are redundant, and to
consolidate license conditions which currently exist in two locations
in each units license.
Date of issuance: December 16, 1999.
Effective date: December 16, 1999.
Amendment Nos.: 237, 262, and 222.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68:
Amendments revised the licenses.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (64 FR
59807).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 16, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
TXU Electric, Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446, Comanche Peak Steam
Electric Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Somervell County, Texas
Date of amendment request: February 27, 1998, as supplemented by
letters dated June 10, 1998, and October 22, 1999.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments change the
refueling water storage tank (RWST) low-low level setpoints in
Technical Specification Table 3.3.2-1, ``Engineered Safety Feature
Actuation System Instrumentation,'' to increase the volume of water
available to containment spray pumps when the containment spray system
switches to the recirculation mode of operation.
Date of issuance: December 8, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days from the date of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 73 and 73.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89: The amendments
revised the Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: July 15, 1998 (63 FR
38205). The October 22, 1999, supplement provided clarifying
information that did not change the initial proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination or expand the scope of the
application beyond the scope described in the initial notice.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 8, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation, Docket No. 50-271, Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, Vermont
Date of application for amendment: August 18, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revises the reactor
core spiral reloading pattern such that it begins around a source range
monitor. The offloading pattern is the reverse sequence.
Date of Issuance: December 14, 1999.
Effective date: As of its date of issuance, and shall be
implemented within 30 days.
Amendment No.: 181.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-28: Amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: September 8, 1999 (64
FR 48867).
The Commission's related evaluation of this amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 14, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301, Point
Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Town of Two Creeks, Manitowoc
County, Wisconsin
Date of application for amendments: September 23, 1998.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments revise the
Technical Specifications (TSs) by deleting the test requirements for
snubbers from the TSs. These requirements are already included in the
Point Beach Nuclear Plant In-Service Inspection Program.
Date of issuance: December 6, 1999.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 45 days.
Amendment Nos.: 191 and 196.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27: Amendments
revised the Technical Specifications.
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Date of initial notice in Federal Register: December 30, 1998 (63
FR 71977).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 6, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, Docket No. 50-482, Wolf Creek
Generating Station, Coffey County, Kansas
Date of amendment request: December 29, 1998, as supplemented by
letters dated July 29 and October 21, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revised (1) the
reactor coolant system (RCS) heatup and cooldown limit curves in
Figures 3.4-2 and 3.4-3 and cold overpressure mitigation system power-
operated relief valve setpoint limit curve in Figure 3.4-4 of the
current TSs, and (2) the list of references in Section 5.6.6 on the RCS
pressure temperature limits report (PTLR) in the improved TSs. The
improved TSs were issued in Amendment No. 123, dated March 31, 1999, to
replace the current TSs, but have not yet been implemented. The
revision to Section 5.6.6 of the improved TSs replaced the previous
references to NRC documents giving criteria for the above limit curves
in the current TSs by the references to (1) the NRC letter of December
2, 1999, that approved the use of the PTLR of Generic Letter 96-03,
``Relocation of the Pressure Temperature Limit Curves and Low
Temperature Overpressure Protection System Limits,'' dated January 31,
1996, for WCGS, and (2) WCAP-14040-NP-A, ``Methodology Used to Develop
Cold Overpressure Mitigation System Setpoints and RCS Heatup and
Cooldown Limit Curves.'' The PTLR will provide the methodology for the
licensee to revise the heatup and cooldown and setpoint limit curves
for WCGS in the future without prior staff approval, after the improved
TSs are implemented and have replaced the current TSs. The improved TSs
are to be implemented by December 31, 1999.
Date of issuance: December 7, 1999.
Effective date: December 7, 1999, to be implemented by December 31,
1999.
Amendment No.: 130.
Facility Operating License No. NPF-42. The amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: February 24, 1999 (64
FR 9023) and September 8, 1999 (64 FR 48869). The October 21, 1999,
supplemental letter provided additional clarifying information, did not
expand the scope of the application as originally noticed, and did not
change the staff's original proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 7, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, Docket No. 50-482, Wolf Creek
Generating Station, Coffey County, Kansas
Date of amendment request: November 8, 1999.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment corrects 15 errors in
the improved Technical Specifications that was issued in Amendment No.
123 on March 31, 1999. In addition, four corrections to Table LG,
``Details Relocated from Current Technical Specifications [CTS],'' that
was attached to the safety evaluation dated March 31, 1999, issued with
Amendment No. 123 were made.
Date of issuance: December 16, 1999.
Effective date: December 16, 1999, to be implemented December 31,
1999.
Amendment No.: 131.
Facility Operating License No. NPF-42. The amendment revised the
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 16, 1999 (64
FR 62231).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 16, 1999.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of December 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Suzanne C. Black,
Deputy Director, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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