ML18018A946

Letter Enclosing a Pleading Entitled Request for Extension of Latest Completion Date.

ML18018A946
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	02/27/1978
From:	Eric Thomas LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
To:	Case E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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REGULATORY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)

D1STRIBUT ION FOR INCOMING MATERIAL 50-4i0 REC: CASF E 6 QRG: THOMAS E B DOCDATE: 02/27/78 NRC LEBOEUF LAMB LEIBY ET AL DATE RCVD: 02/27/78 DOCTYPE: LETTER NOTARIZED: YES COPIES RECEIVED

SUBJECT:

LTR i ENCL i0 FQWARDING PLEADING ENTITLED: "REQUEST FOR EXTENSION QF LATEST COMPLETION DATE" i RE CONSTRUCTION CQMPLETIQN OF UNIT 2.

'LANT NAME: NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2 'REVIEWER INITIAL: X JM DISTRIBUTOR INITIAL:

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Dear Mr. Case:

As counsel for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, X enclose herewith an ori;ginal and 10 copies of a pleading entitled "Request foz Extension of Latest Completi.on Date."

Very truly yours, LEBOEUFq LAMBF LEXBY 8( MACRAE Eugen B. Thomas, Jr.

Partner Attorneys for Niagara Mohawk Power Corpoxat.ion Enclosures

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BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION ) Docket No. 50-410 (Nine Mile Point Unit 2) )

REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF LATEST COMPLETION DATE Pursuant to Section 2.109 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Section 50.55(b) of the Commission's Regulations, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, holder of Construction Permit No. CPPR-112, hereby requests an extension of its latest completion date for Nine Mile Point Unit 2. In support of such request, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation states as follows:

(1) In the aforesaid construction permit, the latest completion date specified is July 31, 1978. At this time, the project is about 20 percent complete and cannot be finished within the time specified in the construction permit; (2) Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation requests that the latest completion date in the construction permit be extended to December 31, 1984;

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(3) In late 1973, the then President of the United States publicly announced the seriousness of the energy crisis confronting'the United States. Immediately thereafter and continuing to, this time, there has been. a reduction in'the,.use of electricity and, consequently, for power demand in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's service area. Accordingly, the need for this facility to produce power has been postponed.

(4) Niagara Mohawk Power, Corporation, along with other P

privately owned public utilities, experienced difficulty in obtaining,, funds for, construction." at rates which were considered reasonable. This lack of funds at reasonable rates has caused the, construction of the facility to be delayed.

(5) In addition to the above, the following unanticipated causes .for delay have occurred during the construction period.

Additional time is required,due to design changes, such as safety/relief valve piping relocation, required. to mitigate Mark II containment dynamic loads. This area is under Commission review, and additional requirements may result from that review.

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Additiona1 time is required due to intensive study of geological features and phenomena as. reported, to the Commission in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's letter dated December 13, 1976.

iii. Additional time is required due to a change ,

from once-through to closed loop circulating water cooling. This change, was reported to the Commission by letter dated July 19, 1976.

iv. Additional time is required due to complete redesign of. electrical raceway systems and major structural changes in the Reactor Building, Control Building, and cable tunnels to implement the Regulatory Guide 1.75 separation requirements.

v. Additional time is required due, to labor problems including work stoppages in 1976 and 1977.

vi. Additional time is required due to shortage of qualified welders, and material procurement delays, such as for the primary containment liner.

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vii. Additional time is required due to a delay in the granting of the original Construction Permit which was not reflected in the previously revised dates for earliest and latest completion of the facility (see Attachment 1).

viii. Additional time is required to implement NRC requirements for flood, protection of ECCS pumps.

ix. Additional time is .required due to the implementation of pipe whip protection require-ments similar to those expressed in Regulatory Guide 1.46 which impacted the schedule for completion of pipe stress analysis and liner fabric'ation.

xo Additional time is required due to the imposition of" Regulatory Guide 1.89 requirements on Class IE Equipment Vendors which has resulted in shortages of acceptable vendors.

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(6) In Niagara. Mohawk Power Corporation's opinion, the requested action involves no significant hazards consideration; good. cause.. has been, shown for the delay; and the extension'f the latest completion date which has been, requested,. is for a reasonable period.

WHEREFORE, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation .requests that the latest date. in.,Construction Permit No. CPPR-112 be. extended until December 31, 1984.

Respectfully submitted, NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION B

Gerald . Rhode Vice President -System Project Management Subscribed and sworn to before me this~~~day of February, 1978.

NOT Y PUBLIC HAZEL J. CARRICK Notary Public in tho Stato of Now YorR Qualified tn Onon. Co. No. 4524460 My Commission spires March 30,19;gg

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LEBOEUF, LAMB,LElBY8 MACRAE l787 N STREET, N.W.

WASHINGTON,D. C. 2OOG6 ARVIN K. UPTON ONC CHASK MANHATTAN O'ZA KUQKNK 8. THOMASl JR. NCW YORKl N, Y, IOOOS LKONARO M, TROSTKN Max'ch 12, 1974 HARRY H. VOIQT WASHINGTON TCLCPNONC LKX K. LARSON 202-872 8888 WAIIIINOTON PAATNCIIS CASLC AOORCSS LALALUlWASHINGTON O. C Daniel M. Head, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D. C. 20545 Re: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Unit 2 AEC Docket No. 50-410

Dear Mr. Head:

During our conference call this morning wi'th counsel for all parties except the Environmental Defense Pund, I mentioned that Niagara Mohawk had one revision to the foxm of proposed construction permit which was distributed by the AEC Regulatory Staff on Pebruaxy 28, 1974.

The Applicant's proposed change concerns the earliest and latest completion dates mentioned in paragraph 3.A. on page 3 of the proposed construction permit. Under the pxesent circumstances, Applicant believes and thereby requests that the earliest completion date be October 1, 1978 and the latest date for completion of the facility be April 1, 1980.

We would appreciate having the Board revise the construction permit in this xespect.

Very truly yours, T EBOEUP, IAMB, LEIBY Sc MACRAE

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Carmine J. Clemente, Esq.

Mrs. Suzanne Weber Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.

Bernard M. Bordenick, Esp.

Secretary, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board

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