Carolina Power & Light Company; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 Exemption, 13050-13051 [05-5276]
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to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection:
DOE/NRC Form 741, Nuclear Material
Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form
740M, Concise Note; and NUREG/BR–
0006, Revision 6, Instructions for
Completing Nuclear Material
Transaction Reports (DOE/NRC Forms
741 and 740M).
3. The form number if applicable:
DOE/NRC Form 741: 3150–0003.
DOE/NRC Form 740M: 3150–0057.
4. How often the collection is
required:
DOE/NRC Form 741: As occasioned
by special nuclear material or source
material transfers, receipts, or inventory
changes that meet certain criteria.
Licensees range from not submitting any
forms to submitting over 5,000 forms
annually.
DOE/NRC Form 740M: As necessary
to inform the U.S. or the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of any
qualifying statement or exception to any
of the data contained in any of the other
reporting forms required under the US/
IAEA Safeguards Agreement. On
average, 15 licensees submit about 10
forms each per year—150 forms
annually.
5. Who will be required or asked to
report: Persons licensed to possess
specified quantities of special nuclear
material or source material, and
licensees of facilities on the U.S. eligible
list who have been notified in writing
by the Commission that they are subject
to part 75.
6. An estimate of the number of
responses:
DOE/NRC Forms 741: 36,650.
DOE/NRC Form 740M: 150.
7. An estimate of the number of
annual respondents:
DOE/NRC Forms 741: 400.
DOE/NRC Form 740M: 15.
8. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request:
DOE/NRC Form 741: 45,813 hours for
NRC and Agreement State licensees (or
an average of 1.25 hours per response);
DOE/NRC Form 740M: 113 hours (or an
average of .75 hours per response).
9. An indication of whether section
3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: NA.
10. Abstract: NRC and Agreement
State licensees are required to make
inventory and accounting reports on
DOE/NRC Forms 741 for certain source
or special nuclear material, or for
transfer or receipt of 1 kilogram or more
of source material. Licensees affected by
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part 75 and related sections of parts 40,
50, 70, and 150 are required to submit
DOE/NRC Form 740M to inform the
U.S. or the IAEA of any qualifying
statement or exception to any of the data
contained in any of the other reporting
forms required under the US/IAEA
Safeguards Agreement. The use of
Forms 740M and 741, together with
NUREG/BR–0006, Revision 6, the
instructions for completing the forms,
enables NRC to collect, retrieve, analyze
as necessary, and submit the data to
IAEA to fulfill its reporting
responsibilities.
A copy of the final supporting
statement may be viewed free of charge
at the NRC Public Document Room, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD
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signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by April 18, 2005. Comments
received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
assurance of consideration cannot be
given to comments received after this
date.
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Regulatory Affairs (3150–0003;
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Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
Comments can also be e-mailed to
John_A._Asalone@ombeop.gov or
submitted by telephone at (202) 395–
3087.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda
Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 10th
day of March, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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[Docket Nos. 50–325 and 50–324]
Carolina Power & Light Company;
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units
1 and 2 Exemption
1.0
Background
The Carolina Power & Light Company
(CP&L, the licensee) is the holder of
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Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR–
71 and DPR–62, which authorize
operation of the Brunswick Steam
Electric Plant (BSEP), Units 1 and 2. The
licenses provide, among other things,
that the facility is subject to all rules,
regulations, and orders of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC,
the Commission) now or hereafter in
effect.
The facility consists of two boilingwater reactors located in Brunswick
County in North Carolina.
2.0 Request/Action
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.54(o)
requires that primary reactor
containments for water-cooled power
reactors be subject to the requirements
of Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50.
Appendix J specifies the leakage test
requirements, schedules, and
acceptance criteria for tests of the
leaktight integrity of the primary reactor
containment and systems and
components that penetrate the
containment. Appendix J, Option B,
Section III.A requires that the overall
integrated leak rate must not exceed the
allowable leakage (La) with margin, as
specified in the Technical
Specifications (TS). The overall
integrated leak rate, as specified in the
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J definitions,
includes the contribution from main
steam isolation valve (MSIV) leakage. By
letter dated October 6, 2004, the
licensee has requested exemption from
Option B, Section III.A requirements to
permit exclusion of MSIV leakage from
the overall integrated leak rate test
measurement.
Option B, Section III.B of 10 CFR Part
50, Appendix J requires that the sum of
the leakage rates of all Type B and Type
C local leak rate tests be less than the
performance criterion (La) with margin,
as specified in the TS.
On May 30, 2002, the NRC issued
Amendment Nos. 221 and 246 to the
Facility Operating Licenses for BSEP,
Units 1 and 2, respectively. These
amendments revised the TS to replace
the accident source term used in loss-ofcoolant accident (LOCA), main
steamline break (MSLB) accident, and
control rod drop accident (CRDA)
design-basis analyses with an alternate
source term (AST) in accordance with
10 CFR 50.67, ‘‘Accident Source Term.’’
On March 14, 2002, the NRC issued
Amendment Nos. 218 and 244 for BSEP,
Units 1 and 2, respectively, revising the
facility TS to replace the accident
source term used in the fuel handling
accident (FHA) design-basis accident
analyses with an AST in accordance
with 10 CFR 50.67. In the previous
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design-basis accident radiological
consequence analyses, MSIV leakage
was added to the overall containment
integrated leakage rate, as measured by
the Type A test specified in 10 CFR 50,
Appendix J, Option B. By Amendment
Nos. 181 and 213 issued on February 1,
1996, for BSEP Units 1 and 2,
respectively, the licensee was
authorized to use the Option B
provisions of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix
J.
Based on the Safety Evaluation
supporting Amendment Nos. 221 and
246 issued on May 30, 2002, the NRC
has accepted that MSIV leakage for
design-basis accident analyses has been
accounted for separately from the
overall leakage associated with the
primary containment boundary and
overall doses meet appropriate
regulatory limits. As such, the
requirement of 10 CFR 50, Appendix J,
Option B, Section III.A that MSIV
leakage be included as part of the Type
A test results is not necessary to achieve
the underlying purpose of the rule; that
is, ensuring the actual radiological
consequences of design-basis accidents
remain below those analyzed as
demonstrated through the measured
containment leakage test.
3.0 Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own
initiative, grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 when (1)
the exemptions are authorized by law,
will not present an undue risk to public
health and safety, and are consistent
with the common defense and security,
and (2) when special circumstances are
present. Special circumstances are
present whenever, according to 10 CFR
Part 50.12(a)(2)(ii), ‘‘Application of the
regulation in the particular
circumstances would not serve the
underlying purpose of the rule or is not
necessary to achieve the underlying
purpose of the rule. * * *’’
The underlying purpose of the rule
that implements Appendix J (i.e., 10
CFR 50.54(o)) is to assure that
containment leaktight integrity is
maintained (a) as tight as reasonably
achievable, and (b) sufficiently tight so
as to limit effluent release to values
bounded by the analyses of radiological
consequences of design-basis accidents.
The revised design-basis radiological
consequences analyses address these
pathways as individual factors,
exclusive of the primary containment
leakage. The staff has determined that
the intent of the rule is not
compromised by the proposed action,
and that 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii) applies.
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4.0 Conclusion
Accordingly, the Commission has
determined that pursuant to 10 CFR Part
50.12(a)(1), an exemption is authorized
by law and will not present an undue
risk to the public health and safety, is
consistent with the common defense
and security, and that there are special
circumstances present, as specified in
10 CFR 50.12(a)(2). An exemption is
hereby granted to CP&L, BSEP Units 1
and 2 from the requirements of Sections
III.A and III.B of Option B of Appendix
J to 10 CFR Part 50. The exemption
allows exclusion of MSIV leakage from
the overall integrated leak rate test
measurement.
Based on the foregoing, the separation
of the main steam pathways from the
other containment leakage pathways is
warranted because a separate
radiological consequence term has been
provided for these pathways. The
revised design-basis radiological
consequences analyses address these
pathways as individual factors,
exclusive of the primary containment
leakage. Therefore, the NRC staff finds
the proposed exemption from Appendix
J, to separate MSIV leakage from other
containment leakage, to be acceptable.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the
Commission has determined that the
granting of this exemption will have no
significant impact on the quality of the
human environment (70 FR 11034).
This exemption is effective upon
issuance.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day
of March 2005.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Director, Division of Licensing Project
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 50–271; License No. DPR–28]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station; Notice of Issuance of
Director’s Decision Under 10 CFR
2.206
Notice is hereby given that the
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued a
Director’s Decision on an April 23,
2004, petition by the New England
Coalition, hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘Petitioner.’’ The petition was
supplemented on September 10, 2004.
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The petition concerns the operation of
the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station (Vermont Yankee).
The basis for the April 23, 2004,
petition, was the absence of two pieces
of fuel rods in the spent fuel pool (SFP)
at Vermont Yankee from their
documented location. The Petitioner
stated that Entergy Nuclear Operations,
Inc. (Entergy or the licensee) had lost
control of the spent fuel inventory at
Vermont Yankee. The Petitioner would
have no confidence that Entergy did not
put leaking fuel rods or suspected
leaking fuel assemblies back into the
reactor core during the April 2004
refueling outage until Entergy accounted
for all special nuclear material (SNM).
The New England Coalition contends
that operation with leaking fuel in the
reactor core would be potentially unsafe
and in violation of Federal regulations.
On May 5 and September 22, 2004,
the Petitioner and the licensee met with
the staff’s Petition Review Board (PRB).
These meetings gave the Petitioner and
the licensee an opportunity to provide
additional information and to clarify
issues raised in the petition.
The NRC sent a copy of the proposed
Director’s Decision to the Petitioner and
to the licensee for comment on
December 27, 2004. The Petitioner
responded with comments on January
25, 2005. The comments and the NRC
staff’s responses are included in the
Director’s Decision. The staff did not
receive any comments from the licensee.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation denies the
Petitioner’s request that the NRC make
Entergy do an accurate and NRCverified inventory of the location,
disposition, and condition of all
irradiated fuel, including fuel currently
loaded in the reactor, and order Entergy
to halt all fuel movement at Vermont
Yankee until the inventory is
completed. The reasons for this decision
are explained in the Director’s Decision
pursuant to Title 10 of Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), Section 2.206
(DD–05–01), the complete text of which
is available in ADAMS for inspection at
the Commission’s Public Document
Room at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and
from the ADAMS Public Library
component of the NRC’s Web site, http:/
/www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the
Public Electronic Reading Room).
The Petitioner’s request that all fuel
movement be stopped is moot. All fuel
movement for the April 2004 refueling
outage had been completed before the
NRC received the petition. The licensee
has completed a documented inventory
to confirm the total number of fuel
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324]
Carolina Power & Light Company; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant,
Units 1 and 2 Exemption
1.0 Background
The Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L, the licensee) is the
holder of Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62, which
authorize operation of the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP), Units
1 and 2. The licenses provide, among other things, that the facility is
subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of two boiling-water reactors located in
Brunswick County in North Carolina.
2.0 Request/Action
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section
50.54(o) requires that primary reactor containments for water-cooled
power reactors be subject to the requirements of Appendix J to 10 CFR
Part 50. Appendix J specifies the leakage test requirements, schedules,
and acceptance criteria for tests of the leaktight integrity of the
primary reactor containment and systems and components that penetrate
the containment. Appendix J, Option B, Section III.A requires that the
overall integrated leak rate must not exceed the allowable leakage (La)
with margin, as specified in the Technical Specifications (TS). The
overall integrated leak rate, as specified in the 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix J definitions, includes the contribution from main steam
isolation valve (MSIV) leakage. By letter dated October 6, 2004, the
licensee has requested exemption from Option B, Section III.A
requirements to permit exclusion of MSIV leakage from the overall
integrated leak rate test measurement.
Option B, Section III.B of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J requires that
the sum of the leakage rates of all Type B and Type C local leak rate
tests be less than the performance criterion (La) with margin, as
specified in the TS.
On May 30, 2002, the NRC issued Amendment Nos. 221 and 246 to the
Facility Operating Licenses for BSEP, Units 1 and 2, respectively.
These amendments revised the TS to replace the accident source term
used in loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA), main steamline break (MSLB)
accident, and control rod drop accident (CRDA) design-basis analyses
with an alternate source term (AST) in accordance with 10 CFR 50.67,
``Accident Source Term.'' On March 14, 2002, the NRC issued Amendment
Nos. 218 and 244 for BSEP, Units 1 and 2, respectively, revising the
facility TS to replace the accident source term used in the fuel
handling accident (FHA) design-basis accident analyses with an AST in
accordance with 10 CFR 50.67. In the previous
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design-basis accident radiological consequence analyses, MSIV leakage
was added to the overall containment integrated leakage rate, as
measured by the Type A test specified in 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Option
B. By Amendment Nos. 181 and 213 issued on February 1, 1996, for BSEP
Units 1 and 2, respectively, the licensee was authorized to use the
Option B provisions of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J.
Based on the Safety Evaluation supporting Amendment Nos. 221 and
246 issued on May 30, 2002, the NRC has accepted that MSIV leakage for
design-basis accident analyses has been accounted for separately from
the overall leakage associated with the primary containment boundary
and overall doses meet appropriate regulatory limits. As such, the
requirement of 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Option B, Section III.A that MSIV
leakage be included as part of the Type A test results is not necessary
to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule; that is, ensuring the
actual radiological consequences of design-basis accidents remain below
those analyzed as demonstrated through the measured containment leakage
test.
3.0 Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from
the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 when (1) the exemptions are
authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health and
safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security, and
(2) when special circumstances are present. Special circumstances are
present whenever, according to 10 CFR Part 50.12(a)(2)(ii),
``Application of the regulation in the particular circumstances would
not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to
achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. * * *''
The underlying purpose of the rule that implements Appendix J
(i.e., 10 CFR 50.54(o)) is to assure that containment leaktight
integrity is maintained (a) as tight as reasonably achievable, and (b)
sufficiently tight so as to limit effluent release to values bounded by
the analyses of radiological consequences of design-basis accidents.
The revised design-basis radiological consequences analyses address
these pathways as individual factors, exclusive of the primary
containment leakage. The staff has determined that the intent of the
rule is not compromised by the proposed action, and that 10 CFR
50.12(a)(2)(ii) applies.
4.0 Conclusion
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR
Part 50.12(a)(1), an exemption is authorized by law and will not
present an undue risk to the public health and safety, is consistent
with the common defense and security, and that there are special
circumstances present, as specified in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2). An exemption
is hereby granted to CP&L, BSEP Units 1 and 2 from the requirements of
Sections III.A and III.B of Option B of Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50.
The exemption allows exclusion of MSIV leakage from the overall
integrated leak rate test measurement.
Based on the foregoing, the separation of the main steam pathways
from the other containment leakage pathways is warranted because a
separate radiological consequence term has been provided for these
pathways. The revised design-basis radiological consequences analyses
address these pathways as individual factors, exclusive of the primary
containment leakage. Therefore, the NRC staff finds the proposed
exemption from Appendix J, to separate MSIV leakage from other
containment leakage, to be acceptable.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the
granting of this exemption will have no significant impact on the
quality of the human environment (70 FR 11034).
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2005.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Director, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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