ML072060008
| ML072060008 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 07/26/2007 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| singal, balwant NRR/DORL 301-415-3016 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML072060004 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MD4522, TAC MD4523 | |
| Download: ML072060008 (10) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 REVISED PAGES OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. NPF-87 AND NPF-89 DOCKET NOS. 50-445 AND 50-446 COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 Replace the following pages of the Facility Operating Licenses. The revised pages are identified by the date of the letter issuing these pages and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
REMOVE INSERT License NPF-87 License NPF-87 Page 5 Page 5 Page 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 Page 8 Page 8 Page 9 License NPF-89 License NPF-89 Page 5 Page 5 Page 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 Page 8 (5)
License Transfer TXU Generation Company LP shall provide decommissioning funding assurance, to be held in a decommissioning trust for the facility upon the direct transfer of the facility license to TXU Generation Company LP, in an amount equal to or greater than the balance in the facility decommissioning trusts immediately prior to the transfer. In addition, TXU Generation Company LP shall ensure that all contractual arrangements referred to in the application for approval of the transfer of the facility license to TXU Generation Company LP, to obtain necessary decommissioning funds for the facility through a non-bypassable charge are executed and will be maintained until the decommissioning trusts are fully funded, or shall ensure that other mechanisms that provide equivalent assurance of decommissioning funding in accordance with the Commission's regulations are maintained.
(6)
License Transfer DELETED (7)
License Transfer TXU Generation Company LP and its subsidiaries agree to provide the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, a copy of any application, at the time it is filed, to transfer (excluding grants of security interests or liens) from TXU Generation Company LP or its subsidiaries to its proposed parent, or to any other affiliated company, facilities for the production of electric energy having a depreciated book value exceeding ten percent (10%) of such licensee's consolidated net utility plant, as recorded on TXU Generation Company LP's book of accounts.
(8)
Mitigation Strategy License Condition l
l The licensee shall develop and maintain strategies for addressing large l
fires and explosions and that include the following key areas:
l l
(a)
Fire fighting response strategy with the following elements:
l l
1.
Pre-defined coordinated fire response strategy and l
guidance l
- 2.
Assessment of mutual aid fire fighting assets l
- 3.
Designated staging areas for equipment and materials l
- 4.
Command and control l
- 5.
Training of response personnel l
Amendment No. 68, 90,103 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 (b)
Operations to mitigate fuel damage considering the following:
l l
- 1.
Protection and use of personnel assets l
- 2.
Communications l
- 3.
Minimizing fire spread l
- 4.
Procedures for implementing integrated fire response l
strategy l
- 5.
Identification of readily-available pre-staged equipment l
- 6.
Training on integrated fire response strategy l
- 7.
Spent fuel pool mitigation measures l
l (c)
Actions to minimize release to include consideration of:
l l
- 1.
Water spray scrubbing l
- 2.
Dose to onsite responders l
D.
The following exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security. Certain special circumstances are present and these exemptions are otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12.
(1)
The facility requires a technical exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Section Ill.D.2(b)(ii). The justification for this exemption is contained in Section 6.2.5 of Supplement 22 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated January 1990. The staff's environmental assessment was published on November 14, 1989 (54 FR 47430).
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), and 10 CFR 50.1 2(a)(2)(ii) and (iii), the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 is hereby granted an exemption from the cited requirement and instead, is required to perform the overall air lock leak test at pressure Pa prior to establishing containment integrity if air lock maintenance has been performed that could affect the air lock sealing capability.
(2)
The facility was previously granted an exemption from the criticality monitoring requirements of 10 CFR 70.24 (see Materials License No. SNM-1912 dated December 1, 1988 and Section 9.1.1 of Supplement 22 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated January 1990). The staff's environmental assessment was published on November 14, 1989 (54 FR 47432). The Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 is hereby exempted from the criticality monitoring provisions of 10 CFR 70.24 as applied to fuel assemblies held under this license.
Amendment No.
Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 l
(3)
The facility requires a temporary exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k) and 10 CFR 50.75. The justification for this exemption is contained in Section 20.6 of Supplement 22 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated January 1990. The staffs environmental assessment was published on November 14, 1989 (54 FR 47431).
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), 50.12(a)(2)(iii) and 50.12(a)(2)(v), the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 is hereby granted a temporary exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k) and 10 CFR 50.75 and is required to submit a decommissioning funding report for Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 on or before July 26, 1990.
E.
DELETED F.
In order to ensure that TXU Generation Company LP will exercise the authority as the surface landowner in a timely manner and that the requirements of 10 CFR Part 100.3 (a) are satisfied, this license is subject to the additional conditions specified below: (Section 2.1.1, SER)
(1)
For that portion of the exclusion area which is within 2250 ft of any seismic Category I building or within 2800 ft of either reactor containment building, TXU Generation Company LP must prohibit the exploration and/or exercise of subsurface mineral rights, and if the subsurface mineral rights owners attempt to exercise their rights within this area, TXU Generation Company LP must immediately institute immediately effective condemnation proceedings to obtain the mineral rights in this area.
(2)
For the unowned subsurface mineral rights within the exclusion area not covered in item (1), TXU Generation Company LP will prohibit the exploration and/or exercise of mineral rights until and unless the licensee and the owners of the mineral rights enter into an agreement which gives TXU Generation Company LP absolute authority to determine all activities -- including times of arrival and locations of personnel and the authority to remove personnel and equipment -- in event of emergency.
If the mineral rights owners attempt to exercise their rights within this area without first entering into such an agreement, TXU Generation Company LP must institute immediately effective condemnation proceedings to obtain the mineral rights in this area.
(3)
TXU Generation Company LP shall promptly notify the NRC of any attempts by subsurface mineral rights owners to exercise mineral rights, including any legal proceeding initiated by mineral rights owners against TXU Generation Company LP.
Amendment No. 68, 82, 90, 103 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 l
G.
TXU Generation Company LP shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report through Amendment 78 and as approved in the SER (NUREG-0797) and its supplements through SSER 24, subject to the following provision:
TXU Generation Company LP may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.
H.
TXU Generation Company LP shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans, previously approved by the Commission, and all amendments made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The plans, which contain safeguards information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled: "Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Physical Security Plan" with revisions submitted through May 15, 2006, with limited approvals as provided for in the Safety Evaluation by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation dated December 5, 2000; "Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Security Training and Qualification Plan" with revisions submitted through May 15, 2006; and "Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Safeguards Contingency Plan" with revisions submitted through May 15, 2006.
I.
The licensee shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
J.
NOT USED Amendment No. 68, 82, 90 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 l
K.
This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at Midnight on February 8, 2030.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION original signed by:
Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attachments/Appendices:
- 1. Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-1399)
- 2. Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan
- 3. Appendix C - Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance:
April 17, 1990 Amendment No. 68, 89, 90 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 decommissioning funds for the facility through a non-bypassable charge are executed and will be maintained until the decommissioning trusts are fully funded, or shall ensure that other mechanisms that provide equivalent assurance of decommissioning funding in accordance with the Commission's regulations are maintained.
(6)
License Transfer DELETED (7)
License Transfer TXU Generation Company LP and its subsidiaries agree to provide the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, a copy of any application, at the time it is filed, to transfer (excluding grants of security interests or liens) from TXU Generation Company LP or its subsidiaries to its proposed parent, or to any other affiliated company, facilities for the production of electric energy having a depreciated book value exceeding ten percent (10%) of such licensee's consolidated net utility plant, as recorded on TXU Generation Company LP's book of accounts.
(8)
Mitigation Strategy License Condition l
l The licensee shall develop and maintain strategies for addressing large l
fires and explosions and that include the following key areas:
l l
(a)
Fire fighting response strategy with the following elements:
l l
- 1.
Pre-defined coordinated fire response strategy and l
guidance l
- 2.
Assessment of mutual aid fire fighting assets l
- 3.
Designated staging areas for equipment and materials l
- 4.
Command and control l
- 5.
Training of response personnel l
Amendment No. 68, 90, 103 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 (b)
Operations to mitigate fuel damage considering the following:
l l
- 1.
Protection and use of personnel assets l
- 2.
Communications l
- 3.
Minimizing fire spread l
- 4.
Procedures for implementing integrated fire response l
strategy l
- 5.
Identification of readily-available pre-staged equipment l
- 6.
Training on integrated fire response strategy l
- 7.
Spent fuel pool mitigation measures l
l (c)
Actions to minimize release to include consideration of:
l l
- 1.
Water spray scrubbing l
- 2.
Dose to onsite responders l
D.
The following exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security. Certain special circumstances are present and these exemptions are otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted:
(1)
The facility requires a technical exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Section IlI.D.2(b)(ii). The justification for this exemption is contained in Section 6.2.5.1 of Supplement 26 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated February 1993. The staff's environmental assessment was published on January 19, 1993 (58 FR 5036). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii) and (iii), the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 2 is hereby granted an exemption from the cited requirement and instead, is required to perform the overall air lock leak test at pressure Pa prior to establishing containment integrity if air lock maintenance has been performed that could affect the air lock sealing capability.
The facility was previously granted exemption from the criticality Monitoring requirements of 10 CFR 70.24 (see Materials License No.
SNM-1986 dated April 24, 1989 and Section 9.1.1 of SSER 26 dated February 1993.) The staff's environmental assessment was published on Amendment No. 68, 90, 103 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 l
January 19, 1993 (58 FR 5035). The Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 2 is hereby exempted from the criticality monitoring provisions of 10 CFR 70.24 as applied to fuel assemblies held under this license.
E.
DELETED F.
In order to ensure that TXU Generation Company LP will exercise the authority as the surface landowner in a timely manner and that the requirements of 10 CFR 100.3 (a) are satisfied, this license is subject to the additional conditions specified below: (Section 2.1, SER)
(1)
For that portion of the exclusion area which is within 2250 ft of any seismic Category I building or within 2800 ft of either reactor containment building, TXU Generation Company LP must prohibit the exploration and/or exercise of subsurface mineral rights, and if the subsurface mineral rights owners attempt to exercise their rights within this area, TXU Generation Company LP must immediately institute immediately effective condemnation proceedings to obtain the mineral rights in this area.
(2)
For the unowned subsurface mineral rights within the exclusion area not covered in item (1), TXU Generation Company LP will prohibit the exploration and/or exercise of mineral rights until and unless the licensee and the owners of the mineral rights enter into an agreement which gives TXU Generation Company LP absolute authority to determine all activities - including times of arrival and locations of personnel and the authority to remove personnel and equipment - in event of emergency. If the mineral rights owners attempt to exercise their rights within this area without first entering into such an agreement, TXU Generation Company LP must immediately institute immediately effective condemnation proceedings to obtain the mineral rights in this area.
(3)
TXU Generation Company LP shall promptly notify the NRC of any attempts by subsurface mineral rights owners to exercise mineral rights, including any legal proceeding initiated by mineral rights owners against TXU Generation Company LP.
G.
TXU Generation Company LP shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report through Amendment 87 and as approved in the SER (NUREG-0797) and its supplements through SSER 27, subject to the following provision:
Amendment No. 66, 82, 89, 90, 103 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007 l
TXU Generation Company LP may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.
H.
TXU Generation Company LP shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans, previously approved by the Commission, and all amendments made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The plans, which contain safeguards information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled: "Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Physical Security Plan" with revisions submitted through May 15, 2006, with limited approvals as provided for in the Safety Evaluation by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation dated December 5, 2000; "Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Security Training and Qualification Plan" with revisions submitted through May 15, 2006; and "Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Safeguards Contingency Plan" with revisions submitted through May 15, 2006.
I.
The licensee shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
J.
NOT USED K.
This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at Midnight on February 2, 2033.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original signed by:
Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attachments/Appendices:
- 1. Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-1468)
- 1. Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan
- 3. Appendix C - Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance:
April 6, 1993 Amendment No. 68, 82, 89, 90 Revised by letter dated July 26, 2007