ML19273B485

Intervenor Miami Valley Power Project'S First Set of Interrogatories to Applicant.Queries Concern Reed Rept,Const Costs,Decommissioning Expenditures & Projected Capacity Factor.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19273B485
Person / Time
Site:	Zimmer
Issue date:	03/02/1979
From:	Kosik L MIAMI VALLEY POWER PROJECT
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NUDOCS 7904060483
Download: ML19273B485 (6)

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INIERVENCR MIAMI VALEY POWER PFCIECr'S FIRST SET OF INTER?JMICRIES 'ID APPLICANT Inter /enor Miami Valley Power Project (MVpP) hereby propounds the followirq interrogatories to Applicant to be answered fully in writing, under oath, within fourteen (14) days after service hereof in accordance with the following instructions:

1. " Describe in detail" shall mean give all data, calculaticns and assurptiens used in fonnulating the answur.

2. These interrcgatories request all knowled;;e or information in the possession of Applicant and/or in the possessicn of Applicant's agents, representatives, and, unless privileged, attorneys.

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Interrocatories

1. Describe in detail the method projected for financing the deconnissionirg of the Zimer Nuclear Power Station.

2. Describe in detail hcw financing the deccmnissioning of the Zimner Power Station will affect the rate base.

3. If the standards for mininun amounts of low level radiation discharge are lowered by a factor of ten, what would be the resulting extra costs of construction and operation of the Zinmer Power Station?

4. Describe in detail what effect on costs of construction and operation of the Zimner Power Station the recent discrediting of the Rasnussan Report will have.

5. Describe in detail what effect en costs of construction and operation of the Zimer Pcwer Station Ceneral Electric's Reed Report will have.

6. Describe in detail the projected method and costs of disposal of nuclear waste materials, inclurHng transportation and actual disposal, for each year ja which the Zimner Power Station will be operating.

7. Describe in detail all construction costs for the Zimer Pcwcr Station.

8. Describe in detail all operating costs for the Zinmer Power Station for each year in which it will be operating.

9. Describe in detail the projected capacity factor of the Zinner Power Station for each year of operaticn. Clearly indicate what effects aging of the Station will have en the capacity factor.

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10. Describe in detail the fuel sources for the Zi.wcr Power Staticn for each year of its cperaticn.

11. Describe in detail the ecsts of fuel for the Zinner power Staticn for each year of its cperaticn.

12. Describe in detail the quantity of fuel that will be needed by the Zimner Pcuer Station during each year of its operaticn.

13. Describe in detail the guarantees the Applicant has that fuel will be available for each year of cperatien of the Zimer Pcwer Station.

14. Describe in detail how increases in costs of fuel during the years in which the Zimner Pcwer Station is operating will be financed.

15. Describe in detail all costs for reprocessing spent fuel if this will be done.

16. Describe in detail the projected method and costs that Applicant will incur in the decmmissioning of the Zimner Power Station.

17. Describe in detail the plans and their costs for evacuatien of the area near the Zimer Power Station in case of energency.

18. Describe in detail the difference in costs of construction and of cperation between the Zimner Power Station and a coal-fired station of equal generatirg capacit'/.

19. How many years does Applicant project that the Zinner Power Station will be operatirg?

20. Describe in detail projected methods and costs of providira replacenent pcwer during periods of time when the Zimner Pcuer Station is incperative due to a shutdown. How does Applicant intend to finance such costs?

21. How will the excess funds generated by utilination of the no malined acccuntirg method affect the rate base for each year of operation of the Zim er Power Staticn?

22. rescribe in detail projected rate increases to custcmers of each applicant cc pany (separated by ccr:pany) for each year in which the Zinner Power Staticn will be operating. Indicate which parts of the rate increases are related to construction, to operation, to deccnmissioning and to disposal of nuclear waste material of the Zinmer Power Station.

23. Describe in detail the reasons for which Applicant cancelled .

plans to construct Zimer II and describe in detail why each of those reascns do not apply to Zinmer I.

24. Eescribe in detail any financial savires that will accrue to Applicant's custcmers by buildirg and operating the Zimner Power Station.

On what basis were these figures detemined?

25. Describe in detail hcw the fuel adjustment clause will be used to pass along to custcmers increases in the costs of fuel during the years the Zinmer Power Station is operating.

26. Describe in detail all security ccsts incurred in regard to the Zinmer Power Station for constmetion, for operaticn, for disposal of nuclear wuste materials and for deccnmissioning.

27. Describe in detail the difference between the original projected capacity factor for the Zinmer Power Station and the present projected capacity facter for the Zinmer Power Station.

28. Describe in detail all costs of insurance for the Zinner Power Staticn for each year of its cperation. Describe the nonetary limits of the insurance. Describe how these costs will be financed by Applicant.

29. Describe in detail the estimated price per pound of uranit:n for each year that the Zim er Pcwer Station will be cperating. Indicate enrichment ccsts as well.

30. Has any uranitn been purchased for the Zim er Power Staticn at the present time? If so, for what period of time will that uranit= be used? At what price per pound uns the uraniin purchased? Frcm whan was it purchased?

31. In 1975, what were the projected de. ands for electricity in kilowntts of the Applicants' c;stcmers for each year fran 1975 through 2020? (Indicate each canpany separately.) Describe in detail all data, asst =ptions and calculations used.

32. What uns the actual increase in d eand fcr electricity in kilcuntts of Applicants' custaners for each year frcm 1975 :Prough 19787 (Indicate each canpany separately.)

33. A 1975 Federal Power Ccrmission Task Force study indicated that growth in drand for electricity is attributable to an increase in pcpu-laticn, an increase in real incane per capita and a decreas.a in the price of electricity relative to other ccamodities. Please state what data, in regard to the above three factors, has been used to project darand estimates for electrical use frcm 1975 through 2020.

34. How have increased costs of providing electricity affected d rand over the period of years frcm 1975 through 1978?

35. How will projected rate increases for the cost of electricity affect estimated denand for the years 1979 th cunh 2020?

36. Describe in detail the method and scurces of capitalination for constructicn and for operaticn of the Zinmer Pcwur Statien. Include interest rates en any loans.

Respectfully sulmittui kI.eah S. Y.

Kcsik fhY Rtrch 2, 1979 AttcIT.ey for m'FP

. CERTIFICATE CF SERVICE I hereby certify that a ccpy of these Interrogatiories were served upcn the follcwing by ordinar/ U.S. : nail en the second (2nd) day of l' arch - lW9:

Charles Bechhoefer, Esq. Stephen M. Schinki, Esq.

Chai=an, Atanic Sc.fety Ccunsel for the NEC Staff and Licensing Board Office of the Executive US Nuclear Regulatory Cannissicn Legal Director Washington, D.C. 20655 US Nuclear Regulatory Ccrmission Washincten, D.C. 20555 Dr. Frank F. Hocper, Menber Atanic Safety and Licensing Board William J. Moran, Ecq.

School of Natural Resources Ceneral Counsel University of Michigan Cincinnati Gas and Electric Canpany Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Post Office Box E60 Cincinnati, Chio 45201 Mr. Glenn O. Bright, Menber Atanic Safety and Licensiry Board Troy B. Conner, Jr.

US Nuclear Regulator / Cant.ission Counsel for Cincinnati Gas and Electric Washirgton, D.C. 20555 Canpany Ccnners, Mccre & Corber Richard S. Sal =an, Esc. Suite 1050 Chairnan, Atanic Safety and 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue Licensing Appeal Board Washington, D.C. 200C6 US Nuclear Regulatory Cannission Washirgton, D.C. 20555 Mr. Chase R. Stephens Docketing and Service Section Dr. Inwrence R. Quarles Office of the Secretary Atanic Safety and Licensing US Nuclear Regulator / Ccrmissicn Appeal Board Washington, D.C. 20555 L3 Nuclear Regulatory Cannissicn Washirgton, D.C. 20555 William Peter Heile, Esq Assistant City Solicitor Michael C. Farrar, Esq City of Cincinnati Atanic Safety and Licensirg Box 214 Appeal Board Cincinnati, Chio 45202 US Nuclear Regulatory Cannission Washirgten, D.C. 20555 Jchn D. Woliver, Esq Clement Ccunty Canrunity Council Chairnan, Atcmic Safety and Licensing Board Box 151 Panel Batavia, Chio 45103 US Nuclear Regulatory Cannission Washington, D.C. 20555

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