0CAN088905, Forwards Application for Amends to Licenses DPR-51 & NPF-6, Requesting Approval for Entergy Operations,Inc to Assume Responsibility for Plant Operation

Forwards Application for Amends to Licenses DPR-51 & NPF-6, Requesting Approval for Entergy Operations,Inc to Assume Responsibility for Plant Operation

ML20245K954
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Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	08/15/1989
From:	Tison Campbell ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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'OCAN088905 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

' Document Control Desk-Mail Station F1-137 Washington, D.C. 20555'

SUBJECT:

' Arkansas Nuclear One - Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 License Nos. DPR-51'and NPF-6 i Entergy Operations, Inc. License Amendment Application Gentlemen:

In . requests to the' Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 1,1988, Arkansas

. Power & Light Company (AP&L) and Louisiana Power & Light Company (LP&L) submitted proposed license amendments to designate System Energy Resources.

Inc. (System Energy) as the licensed operator for Arkansas Nuclear One (AN0) ard Waterford 3 respectively. AP&L, LP&L and System Ener wholly-owned subsidiaries of Entergy Corporation (Entergy)gy are, formerly known as Middle South Utilities, Inc. Entergy now plans for a new company, to be called Entergy Operations, Inc., to become its system-wide nuclear operating company instead of System Energy as originally proposed. E01 will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Entergy.

Arkansas Power & Light Company, as holder of the licenses for Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 and 2, hereby submits the attached application to amend Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 for Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 & 2, respectively. This application requests NRC approval for E0I to assume operating and management responsibility for Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 & 2. This letter, in combination with similar letters from System Energy and LP&L, provides joint information relative to the applications and the status / schedule of other required state and federal regulatory approvals. This submittal supplements our previous license amendment application filed on July 1, 1988 (ECAN078801).

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SCAN 088905 f August 15, 1989 OPERATING AGREEMENTS Drafts of the proposed AP&L/E01, LP&L/EDI and System Energy /E01 Operating Agreements are scheduled to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 1989 as part of the application of System Energy, AP&L and LP&L requesting approval of the proposed consolidation.

AP&L and LP&L filed a draft of their respective Operating Agreements with E01 with the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) on June 21, 1989 and with the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) on August 10, 1989. A copy of the formal submittal to the SEC including all of the draft Operating Agreements will be submitted to the NRC for review contemporaneously with the SEC filing. The Operating Agreements include the provisions described in the application which is attached.

PAYMENT OF CIVIL PENALITIES Any civil penalties levied by the NRC, if and when they may be incurred by E0I for AN0 Units 1 and 2, Waterford 3 or Grand Gulf Unit I related activities, should be levied by NRC against E01. The NRC should expect payment to be made by E0I.

STATUS OF REGULATORY APPROVALS The plan for E0I to assume operating and management responsibility for ANO and Waterford 3 is subject to the approvals of the APSC for ANO, the LPSC for Waterford 3. AP&L has filed with the APSC for AN0 and LP&L has filed with the LPSC For Waterford 3 applications seeking approval for E0I to assume operating responsibility. Also in September, AP&L, LP&L and System Energy plan to file an application with the SEC seeking approval of the proposed consolidation. Progress toward these regulatory approvals required for the consolidation effort will proceed independently of each other.

Therefore, it is requested that the NRC issue the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) for the consolidation request separately from the operating license amendment approvals. AP&L, LP&L and System Energy will make separate requests for issuance of license amendments for their respective plants at such time as other prerequisite regulatory approvals have been obtained and the E01 is ready to assume operating responsibility for the applicable facility. System Energy will keep the NRC informed of the status of regulatory agency reviews.

PUBLIC INFORMATION The system-wide communications plan developed for the consolidation activities in mid 1988 has been updated to keep key internal and external audiences up to date. Specifically, plans call for press releases at appropriate regulatory milestones, and periodic meetings with

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state and local officials as well as community leaders. Employees have been kept informed through the Nuclear Horizons newsletter which has been 3 I

published five times in 1989.

Employees will continue to be kept informed by publication of Nuclear Horizons, employee meetings, plant visits and video tapes. Dates for these actions will correspond to appropriate regulatory activities or other milestones.

. Shareholders will be brought up to date through a Nuclear Consolidation update in the Entergy Corporation Quarterly Report brochure scheduled for release September 1, 1989.

SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES Selected licensee programs are governed by formal plans which require NRC review and acceptance or approval. The staff's review in this regard focuses on the specific plan and the technical qualifications of the organization which will be responsible for implementing the plan. Changes to such plans that involve a decrease in effectiveness of the plan require prior NRC review and approval. The Quality Assurance Program, the Emergency Plan, and the Security Plan are examples of such programs governed by appropriate regulations.

Following issuance of a license amendment approving E01 as operator of ANO 1 and 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1 or Waterford 3 E01 will inform the NRC in advance and obtain prior NRC approval of planned changes to organizations covered by such formal plans where the changes involve centralization or consolidation of functions and/or personnel.

It is envisioned that this will be necessary for the first change involving centralization or consolidation of functions covered by such formal plans.

For. subsequent changes, E01 will make a determination as to whether or not NRC review and prior approval is required in accordance with the appropriate provisions of 10 CFR 50.54 or other applicable regulations.

In addition, E01 intends to continue the current AP&L, System Energy and LP&L practice of informing the NRC and soliciting their comments on significant organizational changes affecting AN01 and 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1 and Waterford 3. Special emphasis will be given to any changes involving centralization or consolidation occurring subsequent to approval of the license amendments.

FUEL TRANSSHIPMENT BETWEEN SITES Your letters of July 28, 1988 and July 29, 1988, stated that the NRC intends to stipulate in license conditions that fuel not be relocated between AN0 and Waterford 3 without specific NRC review and approval. Such a license O___-____-__-- _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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August 15, 1989 condition would be consistent with our understanding of the regulations and

- the licenses as proposed to be amended. This condition is also consistent with the commitments regarding fuel transshipment in our July 1,1988 submittals. E01 also will not relocate fuel between Grand Gulf Unit I and the other two sites.

SYSTEM ENERGY ENDORSEMENT AND CONCURRENCE This letter in combination with similar letters from System Energy and LP&L provide joint'submittals on EDI becoming the system-wide nuclear operating company. AP&L endorses and concurs with the System Energy and LP&L applications.

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. T. Gene Campbell TGC:fc Enclosure cc: Ms. Greta Dicus, Director Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 I

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I, T. Gene Campbell, being duly sworn, subscribe to and say that I am Vice President, Nuclear for Arkansas Power & Light Company; that I have full authority to execute this oath; that I have read the document numbered 9CAN088905 and know the contents thereof; and that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief the statements in it ate true.

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T. G. Campt 11 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN T0 before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State above named, this /I day of ,04 Aual ,

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