ML17303A709
| ML17303A709 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/1987 |
| From: | Knighton G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Van Brunt E ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8712020047 | |
| Download: ML17303A709 (16) | |
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November 20, 1987 Docket No. 50-530 Mr. E. E.
Van Brunt, Jr.
Executive Vice President Arizona Nuclear Power Project Post Office'Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034
Dear Mr. Van Brunt:
SUBJECT:
PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 3 DRAFT LICENSE The staff is preparing a license for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 3.
Enclosed is a draft copy of the license.
It is being provided for your information, review'nd comment to insure 'that it accurately reflects the commitments required of you as described in the
We request that you review the draft license and provide any comments in writing by November 23, 1987.
Should"you have any questions regarding this draft license, please contact the Palo Verde Unit,3 Project Manager, Mike Davis, at (301) 492-8897.
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Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects
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PALO VERDE SERVICE LIST Mr. E. E.
Van Brunt, Jr.
Executive Vice President Arizona Nuclear Power Project P. 0.
Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 CC:
Arthur C. Gehr, Esq.
Snell 5 Wilmer 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona Mr. James M. Flenner, Ch. Counsel Arizona Coorporation Commission 1200 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Kenneth Berlin, Esq.
Winston 5 Strawn 2550 M Street, NW Ste 500 Washington, D.C.
20037 Ms. Lynne Bernabei Government Accountability Project of Inst. for Policy Studies 1901 Q Street, NW Washington, D.C.
20009 Charles R. Kocher, Esq. Ass't Counsel James A. Boeletto, Esq.
Southern California Edison Company P.O.
Box 800
- Rosemead, California 91770 Mr. Mark Ginsberg, Energy Director Ofc of Economic Planning 5 Development 1700 West Washington - 5th Flr Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Mr. Wayne Shirley Assistant Attorney General Bataan Memorial Building Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 Mr. Ron Rayner P. 0.
Box 1509
- Goodyear, AZ 85338 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations Combustion Engineering, Inc.
7910 Woodmont Avenue Suit 1310
- Bethesda, Md.
29814 Regional Administrator, Region Y
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1450 Maria Lane Suite 210 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Mr. Jay Ball U.S. Nuclear Regulartory Commission P. 0.
Box 239 Arlington, Arizona 85322
Chairman Arizona Corporation Commission P.O.
Box 6019 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency ATTN:
Ys. Clara Palovic, Librarian 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Mr. Charles Tedford, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 111 South Thir'd Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85003
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UNITE0 STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COYiPANY SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COYiPANY PUBLIC SERVICE COYPANY OF NEW HEXICO LOS ANGELES DEPARTHENT OF WATER AND POWER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY DOCKET NO.
STN 50-530 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION UNIT 3 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. NPF-74 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) has found that:
A.
The application for license filed by Arizona Public Service Company on behalf of itself and the Salt River Project Agricultural Improve-ment and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Los Angeles Department of Mater and Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority (licensees) complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
- amended, and the Coneission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B.
Construction of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 3 (facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No.
CPPR-143 and the application, as
- amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Comission; C.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended.
the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D below);
D.
There is reasonable assurance:
(i) that the activities authorized by this operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D below);
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E.
Arizona Public Service Company~ is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this operating license in accordance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F.
The licensees have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, "Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Commission's regulations; G.
The issuance of this license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H.
After weighina the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs, and after considering available alternatives, the issuance of this Facility Operating License No. NPF-74, subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth in the Environmental Protection Plan attached as Appendix B, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable require-ments have been satisfied; and I.
The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Comnission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70.
2.
Pursuant to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Comnission at a meetino held on
, 1987, the license for fuel loading and low power
- testing, License No. NPF-65, issued on March 25, 1987, is superseded by Facility Operating License No. NPF-74 hereby issued to the Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison
- Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and
- Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority (licensees) to read as follows:
A.
This license applies to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 3, a pressurized water reactor and associated equipment (facility) owned by the licensees.
The facility is located on the licensees'ite in Varicopa County, Arizona and is described in the licensees'inal Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; in the related CESSAR Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended through Amendment No. 8; and in their Environmental
- Report, as supplemented and amended.
- Arizona Public Service Company is authorized to act as agent for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, Public Service Company of New Yexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority, and has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility.
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Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated
- herein, the Commission hereby licenses:
(I)
Pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison
- Company, Public Service Company of Hew Yiexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority to possess, and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) to use and operate the facility at the designated location in liaricopa County, Arizona, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, APS to receive,
- possess, and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the licensees'inal Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and the CESSAR Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended through Amendment No. 8; (3)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, APS to
- receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct,
- source, and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor
- startup, as sealed sources for,reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, APS to
- receive, possess, and use in amounts required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (5)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, APS to
- possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility.
C.
This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Coomission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
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(1)
Maximum Power Level.
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3800 megawatts thermal
( 100% power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein and in Attachment 1 to this license.
The items identified in Attachment 1 to this license shall be completed as specified.
Attachment 1 is hereby incorporated into this license.
(2)
Technical S ecifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, both of which are attached
- hereto, are hereby incorporated into this license.
APS shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
(3)
Antitrust Conditions This license is subject to the antitrust conditions delineated in Appendix C to this license.
(4)
Initial Test Pro ram (Section 14 SER and SSER 2
Any changes in the initial test program described in Section 14 of the FSARs (Palo Verde and CESSAR) made in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 shall be reported in accordance with 50.59(b) within one month of such change.
D.
APS has previously been granted an exemption from Paragraph III.D.2(b)(ii) of Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50.
This exemption was previously granted in Facility Operating License NPF-65 pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12.
Mith the granting of this exemption, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as
- amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Comnission.
E.
APS 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 and revisions to such plans made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).
By letter dated December 26, 1986, APS has incorporated Palo Verde Unit 3 into the previously approved plans.
The plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled:
"Palo Verde MB
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Nuclear Generating., Station Security Plan," with revisions submitted through March 10, 1987, including a Chapter 8 Contingency Plan, and "Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Cuard Training and Oualification Plan," with revisions submitted through December 7, 1984.
F.
APS shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire py otection program as described in the Final Safety
. Analysis Report for the facility, as supplemented and amended, and as approved in the SER through Supplement ll, subject to the followirg provision:
APS may make changes to the approved fire protection program without approval of the Comnission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.
G.
Except as otherwise provided in the Technical Specifications or the Environmental Protection Plan, APS shall report any violations of the requirements contained in Section 2.C of this license in the following manner:
Initial notification shall be made within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System, with written follow-up within 30 days in accordance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b), (c), and (e);
H.
The licensees shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Comm'ission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
- amended, to cover public liability claims; and I.
This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on March 25, 2027.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attachments:
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Attachment I 2.'ppendix A-Technical Specifications 3.
Appendix 8-Environmenta1 Protection Plan 4.
Appendix C-Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance:
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