ML17333A178

License NPF-51 for Facility

ML17333A178
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	04/24/1986
From:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML17333A179	List: ML17333A178 ML20198J033
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 Enclosure 2

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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY DOCKET NO.

STN 50-529 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION UNIT 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. NPF-51 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 Water 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 Commission'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'enerating Station, Unit 2 (facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No.

CPPR-142 and the application, as

amended, the provisions of the Act and the regulations of the Commission; 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);

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 Prote'ction Requirements and Indemnity Agreements", of the Commission's regulations; G.

The issuance qf this license will not be inimical to the common defense and s'ecurity or to the health and safety of the public; H.

After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs, and after considering available alternatives, the issuance'f this Facility Operating License No. NPF-51, subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth in the Environmental Protection Plan attached as App'endix B, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements 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 Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70.

2.

Pursuant to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at a meeting held on April 23, 1986, the license for fuel loading and low power

testing, License No. NPF-46, issued on December 9, 1985, is superseded by Facility Operating License No. NPF-51 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 Mater and

Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority (licensees) to read as follows:

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>c erv>ce 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 Mexico, 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.

A.

This license applies to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2, a pressurized water reactor and associated equipment (facility) owned by the licensees.

The facility is located on the licensees'ite in Yiaricopa 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.

B.

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 Improve-ment 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 (ower Authority to possess, and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) to use and operate the facility at the designated location in Haricopa 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, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radia-tion monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4)

Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 30, 40 and 70, APS to

receive, possess and use in amounts as 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.

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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 Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:

( I)

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 I to this license.

The items identified in Attachment I 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) 0 eratin Staff Ex erience Re uirements (Section 13.1.2, SSER 9

• APS shall have a licensed senior operator on each shift who has had at least six months of hot operating experience on the same type of plant, including startup and shutdown experience and at least six weeks at power levels greater than 205 of full power.

(5)

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.

e parent et>ca notation following the title of many license conditions denotes the section of the Safety Evaluation Report and/or its supplements wherein the license condition is discussed.

(6)

Fire Protection Pro ram (Section 9.5. 1, SSER 6, SSER 7 and SSER 8

APS shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report for the facility, as supple-mented and amended, and as approved in the SER through Supplement 8, subject to the following provision:

APS 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.

(7)

Inservice Ins ection Pro ram Sections 5.2.4 and 6.6, SER and Prior to September 10,

1986, APS shall submit the inservice inspection program for Unit 2 for NRC review and approval.

(8)

Su lement No. I to NUREG-0737 Re uirements APS shall complete the items listed in Attachment 2.

D.

(I)

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-46 pursuant to 10 CFR 50. 12.

(2)

APS has previously been granted a partial exemption from those portions of General Design Criterion 4 of Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50 which require protection of structures,

systems, and components against certain dynamic effects associated with postulated reactor coolant system pipe breaks.

This exemption was granted on November 29, 1985 (50 FR 50020) pursuant to 10 CFR 50. 12 for a period ending with the completion of the second refueling outage for PVNGS-2 or the adoption of the proposed rulemaking for modification of GDC 4 whichever occurs first.

With the granting of these exemptions, 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).

The plans, which

contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled:

"Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Security Plan,"

with revisions submitted through November 20, 1985, including a

Chapter 8 Contingency P'lan and "Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Guard Training and gualification Plan," with revisons submitted through July 2, 1985.

F.

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 descr ibed in 10 CFR 50.73(b),

(c) and (e);

G.

The licensees 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; and H.

This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on December 9, 2025.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Attachments:

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Attachment 1

2.

Attachment 2

3.

Appendix A-Technical Specifications 4.

Appendix B-Environmental Protection Plan 5.

Appendix C-Antitrust Conditions rre ise Director Office of uclear Reactor Regulation Date of Issuance:

April 24, 1986

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ATTACHMENT 1 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 OPERATING LICENSE NPF-51 This attachment identifies items which must be completed to the NRC staff's satisfaction in accordance with the schedule identified below.

1.

Prior to entering Mode 1 for the first time, APS shall a.

Have installed and operable a Post Accident Sampling System which meets the provisions of NUREG-0737

( II.B.3).

b.

Have completed a review of the surveillance procedures applicable to the change of mode, and determined that the procedures demonstrate t$e operability of the required systems with respect to all acceptance criteria defined in the Technical Specifications.

l c.

Have dispatched written notification to the NRC Regional Administrator, Region V, that the action defined in (a) and (b) above, has been completed for Mode I entry.

2.

APS shall perform compensatory

measures, complete testing and make operable all elements of the Radiation Monitoring System in accordance with the schedule and commitments presented in ANPP letters 34129 and 36152, dated November 29, 1985 and April 15, 1986, respectively.

3.

APS shall submit the following information concerning the charging pumps to the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in accordance with the schedules and commitments presented in ANPP Letters 34127 and 34174, dated November 29, 1985 and December 5, 1985, respectively:

a.

An evaluation of the effects of gas binding an operating charging pump assuming that the pump has a preexisting crack in the block.

If this postulated condition will lead to a failure of the pump to deliver the required flow, APS shall also include with the evaluation a proposed course of action regarding this outcome.

b.

An evaluation and implementation schedule, for staff approval, regarding the long-term solution which considers alternative hardware changes that may be necessary to eliminate the need for venting hydrogen from the suction of the charging pumps.

4.

APS shall implement the resolution of the design adequacy of masonry walls in accordance with the commitments provided in ANPP letter 36301, dated April 18, 1986.

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ATTACHMENT 2 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 OPERATING LICENSE NPF-51 APS shall complete the following requirement of NUREG-0737 Supplement No. I on the schedule noted below:

By October 30, 1986, the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) shall be ready for operation.

The system shall not be used by the operators for accident evaluation until the NRC staff has approved its use.

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