ML17277B252
| ML17277B252 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 12/20/1983 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17277B250 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8401170563 | |
| Download: ML17277B252 (6) | |
Text
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COt1t>ISSION DOCKET NO. 50-397 WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEH NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Notice is hereby given that the U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission),
has issued Facility Operating License No. NPF-21, to Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS, also the licensee) which authorizes operation of the WPPSS Nuclear Project No.
2 (the facility), by Washington Public Power Supply System at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3323 megawatts thermal (100 percent power) in accordance with the provisions of the License, the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
However, the License contains a condition currently limiting operation to 5 percent of full power (166 megawatts thermal).
Authorization to operate beyond 5 percent of fill power will require specific Corrmission approval.
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2.is a boiling water nuclear reactor located on Hanford Reservat'ion in Benton County, Washington, approximately 12 miles north of Richland, Washington.
The license is effective as of the date of issuance.
The application for the license complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
Tge Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the License.
Prior public notice of the overall action involving the proposed issuance of an operating license was published in the Fedor,)l Rrqistr r on.holy 26, 1978 (43 F.R.
3233A - 3?339).
840iiT0563 83i220 PDR ADQCK 05000397 P
~l ~
'I P~
The Comm'ission has determined that the issuance'of this license will not result in any environmental impacts other than those evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement since the activity authorized by the license is encompassed by the overall action evaluated in the Final Environ-mental Statement.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) Facility Operating License No.. NPF-21, complete with Technical Specifications
'and Environmental Protection Plan; (2) the report of the Advisorv Commission on Reactor Safeguards dated October 13; 1982; (3) the Commission's Safety
- Evaluation Report dated March 1982, Supplement.
No.
1 dated August 1982,
- Supplement Ho.
2 dated December
- 1982, Supplement No.
3 dated May 1983, and
.'Supplement No.
4 dated December 1983; (4) the Final Safety Analysis Report
'and amendments thereto; (5) the Environmental Report and supplements thereto; and (6) the Final Environmental Statement dated December 1981.
These items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, '1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC
- 20555, and at the Pichland City Library, Swift 8 Northgate Streets, Rich'land, Washinoton 99352.
A copy of Facility Operating License No., NPF-21 may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
- 20555, Attention:
Director, Division of Licensing.
Copies of the Safety Evaluation Report and its Supplement 1, 2, 3, and 4
(NUREG-0892) and the'Final Envi ron-mental Statement (NUREG-0812) may be purchased at current rates from the National Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Vir'qinia
- 22161, and through the NRC GPO sales
.~
C program by writing to the U.
S; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Attention:
Sales Manager, llashington, DC 20555.
GPO deposit account holders can call (301) 492-9530.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 20 day of December 1983.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/
A. Schwencer, Chief Licensing Branch No.. 2 Division of Licensing
gl 4
.I