ML19275A638
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| Site: | Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/17/1979 |
| From: | Sohinki S NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
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September [7, 1979 UNITED STATES OF N> ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C'WtISS10*;
PEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY A'!D LICEtiSING BCARD In the llatter of HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY Docket tio. 50-466 (Allens Creek Nuclear Generating
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Station, Unit 1)
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NRC STAFF'S RESP 0:;SE TO AME:iUMENT TO HEW CC!TENTION III SUSNITTED EY F. ii. P0iTH0FF III On May 25, 1979, Mr. Potthoff filed a document in the captioned proceeding entitled "New Contentions Submitted By F. H. Potthoff III."
In that pleading, Mr. Potthoff alleged, inter alia, that wind power (new Contention III) and solar power (new Contention IV) are viable alternatives to the Allens Creek facility.
These contentions were based largely upon statements taken from the 1974 Project Indecendence report.
In a separate cleading filed contemporaneously with this one, the Staff has responded to an anendment to new Contention III subnitted by Mr. Potthoff on August 20, 1979.
In an undated document docketed by the fiRC on August 29, 1979, Mr. Potthoff seeks to amend his new Contention IV concerning solar cells. S Tne Staff continues to oppose the admission of that contention as an issue in controversy for the reasons stated belcw.
SAlthough Mr. Potthoff has designated the undated document an amendment to new Contention III, the Sta#f believes that this designation is in error, since the only contention submitted by Mr. Potthoff which deals with solar power was new Contention IV.
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. Mr. Potthoff now alleges that the Proiect Incecendence report demonstrates the availability of between one million and three million megawatts / year of power frcm photovoltaic cells in 1985.
However, Mr. Potthoff has been aisled by an obvious omission in Figure II-18, " Solar Electric Potential," as set forth on page 144 of the report.
A copy of this figure is attached.
The figure projects the potential for the production of electricity from wind, solar thermal, photovoltaic, and ocean thermal for the period 1930-1985.
The units given are billions of kilowatts per year (kw/yr).
Frcm the data available in this figure it is obvious that the appropriate units for this figure are billions of kilowatt hours per year (kwh/yr).
Iio other interpretation of these units 2
is logical. /
With this correction, the solar photovoltaic energy production figures of 1 or 3 billion kwh/yr reoresent between 114 and 342 Ml of capacity operating at a 100% capacity factor throughout the year.
Since the 114 to 342 MW of solar photovoltaic generating capability represents the. predicted 1935 total for the entire U.S., and since this capacity is significantly less than the Allens Creek facility,1/ it is c.ct possible to argue tnat the Project Independence S or example, assuming that the term kw/yr represents installed capacity, the F
1985 value of 150.9 billion kw would represent, even at an impractically Icw capacity factor of 20%, a new annual energy production of 902 quads per year.
The Project Indecendence report projects a maximum total U.S.
energy consumption (coal, oil, nuciear, hydropower, etc.), in 1935 of cnly 109 quads, (;: age 34), and a total electric generation of just 12.3 quads of distributed electrical generation in tnat year (page 30).
1/ e 1146 MW Allens Creek facility, if assured to operate at no more than Th a 505 capacity factor, trould provide 573 "W/yr of electricity, wnicn is i t ll
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. data support the contention that the Allens Creek facility can be replaced by a system of photovoltaic cells.
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FIGURE 11-18 SOLAR ELECTRIC POTENTIAL leo 1980 1985 170 Wind BAU 2.4 32 1
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UNITED STATES OF A'iEF.ICA fiUCLEAR REG'JLATCP.Y CC:'.'ISSION BEFORE THE ATCMIC SAFETY A'!D LICE"SI"3 20ARD
'In the Matter of
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HOUSTON LIGHTI!;3 & PC'.iER COMPANY
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Docket No.
50-466 (Allens Creek fluclear Generating Station, Unit 1)
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CERTIFICATE OF SER' LICE I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFF'S RESPONSE To AN AMENDMENT TO NEW CONTENTION III SUdMITTED BY F. H. P0TlHOFF III" and "NRC STAFF'S RESPONSE TO AtiENC"ENT TO *:E'.1 CONTENTION III SU3MITTED BY F. H. POTTHOFF III" in tne above-capticned proceeding have been served on the following by deoosit in the United States mail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk by deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission internal mail system, this 1/th day of Sep tember,1979 :
Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq., Chairman
- Jack Newman, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Lowenstein, Reis, Ne nan & Axelrad-Board Panel 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Cornission Washington, D. C.
20037 Washington, D. C.
20555 1
Richard Lowerre, Esq.
Dr. E. Leonard Cheatum-Asst. Attorney General for the Route 3, Box 350A State of Texas Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 P. O. Box 12548 Capitol Station Mr. Gustave. A. Linenberger
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Hon. Jerry Sliva, Mayor U.S. Nuclear Recula tory Ccmmission City of '.lallis, Texas 77435 Washington, D. C.
20555 Hon. John R. Mikeska R. Gordon Gooch, Esq.
Austin Cour.tv Judge Baker & Botts P. O. Box 310 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue,- N.W.
Bellville, Texas 77418 Washington, D. C.
20006 Atomic Safety and Licensing J. Gregory Copeland,-Esq.
Appeal Ecard
- Baker & Botts U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Comnission One Shell Plaza Washington, D. C.
20555 Houston, Texas 77002
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Carro Hinderstein Board Panel
- 8739 Link 7errace U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Houston, Texas 77025 Washington, DC 20555 Occketing and Service Section
- Texas Public Interest Office of the Secretary Research Group, Inc.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission c/o James Scott, Jr., Esq.
Washington, DC 20555 8302 Albacore Houston, Texas 77074 Mr. John F. Doherty 4438 1/2 Leeland Avenue Brenda A. McCorkle Houston, Texas 77023 6140 Darnell Hcuston, Texas 77074 Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Framson 4822 Waynesboro Drive Mr. Wayne Rentfro Houston, Texas 77035 P.O. Box 1335 Rosenberg, Texas 77471 Mr. F. H. Potthoff, III 1814 Pine Village Rosemary M. Lemmer Houston, Texas 77050 11423 Oak Spring Houston, TX 77043 D. Marrack 420 Mulberry Lane Laura Lewis Bellaire, Texas Ti'01 1203 Bartlett d4 Houston, TX Mr. Jean-Claude De Bremaecker 2128 Addison Houston, Texas 77030 Mrs. Karen L. Stade Gregory J. Kainer P.O. Box 395 11118 Wickwood Guy, Texas 77444 Houston, TX 77024 Jon D. Pittman, Sr.
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