ML19308C009

Initial Decision Ordering Issuance of Provisional CP

ML19308C009
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Site:	Crane
Issue date:	11/12/1969
From:	Bond J, Williams C, Wolman A Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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Decision IN TIIE MATTEI? OP.IEI SEY CENTI: AL POWEl! & LIGIIT

tute the COMPANY AND METI

OPOf ITAN EDISON COMPANY

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APPEARANCES:

Gerald Charnoff. Esq nnel struce W. Churchill. Esq. on behalf nt the Appll-cants Jersey Central Power & I.h:ht Company nnd StetropoHinn 1-:di<nn Unmpany.

James P.11urray, Jr., Hay.. Xcil J. Xctenuan. Esq nsul Troy R. Conner, Jr Esq.,

on behalf of the U.S. Atomic I:nergy Commiolon. Itegulatory Staff.

j INITIAL DECIstON I

t PRELIIIINARY STATE 31ENT

1. This

& Light (proceeding involves the application of Jersey Central Power ompany and Metropolitan Edi-on Comtmny (Applicants) for a provi ional con-truction lu rmit to construct a pressurized water reactor designed for initial operation at core power h rels un to 2.152 megawatts (thermal). The facilitv, designated as Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 2. (hereinafter. Unit :?) will be located on a site at Three Mile Island adjacent to Unit 1. a nuclear electric. eeneratine plant which is now under conctruction by Metropolitan Edison Cons pany.The island site in the Susm channa 1:iver is la Dauphin County aboht 10 miles southeast of IIarri hnre. Pennsviva nia. The a pplicat ioii has been reviewed hv the 1:cculatorv Stair (Sta T) of the Atomic En-crgy Conuni-sion (Commission) an'd the Advisory Conunittee on I!e-nethr Safecuards (ACl:S).hoth of which concluded that there is ren-sonable assurance that t he described facility can be constructed and op-crated at the proposed site without undue risk to the health and safety of the public.

2. In accordance with the requirements of the Atomic Encrev Act and the Conunission's reculations. and pursuant to the Notice of IIcar-ing publi.-hed in the Federal llegister on Aucu t 27,1969 at:n Fed.

Iteg.1:1709, a public hearine was held before this Atomic Sa fety and Licensing floard (Ibard) o'n October n.1969 in Middletown. Pennsvl-vania, to consider whether a provi ional construction permit shouhfhe issued to the Applicants. The parties to the proceedine were the Ap-niicants and the Staff. No petitions for leave to intervene were filed.

Pursuant to Section 0.715(a) of the Commission's I!nles of Practice, Dr. Arthur Socolow, an area resident who attended throughout the hearine, prescuted a limited appearance statement expressine concern relating to protection of the facility from nircraft wine the nearby Olmsted State Airport. Mr.ATna M. Gern-ky, representine the Pennsylvania Department of IIcalth.stari7mTt mutually satisfactory programs relatine to radiological health and emergency procednirs have been established in cooperation with the Applicants and the U.S.

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Public Health Service. Snisequent ';o ine hearine proposed findine t aim ne t.

and con,cIncious were filed by the.\\pptfant-and the Statr.

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3. Thu is not a conte-ted nweednic as delined in Section 2.Un) of at ion.a i

the Commis-mn s unies of Practice..\\cconlingly, the lloard is in.

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structed by the lhdes and in the Notice of Ilearine to consider the i-the Tiu.

sues of whether the application and the reennt of the proceedine c..n.

lation.e tain su0icient infonnation. and the review by the Statt has been :nic.

neare-t quate to support the timlinz< pn> pored to be made and the provi-ional popular.

constructional pennit pnipo-ed to be issued by the 1)irector of iteenia.

accoma tion.The fimlinc3 and the pennit proposed by the Director of Iteenb.

sible ai tion were published in and with the Notice of Ifearine. The post hear.

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ing pleadings of the parties propo<e adirmat ve conc us ons upon t Engine.

issues; they are supported hv and in accordance with the reliabic.

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probative, and subst antial evidence in t he record.

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4. Jersey Central Power & Licht Company nnd 3Tet ropolitan Edi<on n ildli'-

i surver-Company will share the financing and ownership of Unit 2 in the ratio-aml.N of 25 percent and 75 percent, re-pectively. Each of the.1,pplicants i-the ch, an operating utility engaged in the generation, transmissmn and s;de of electric power. The.\\pplicants are two of four whollv-owned -nh.

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sidiaries of General Public Utilities Corporation (GPID. a Pennsyh more E j

vania corporation regidered muler the Public Utility llohling Com-

8. Ti pany.\\ct of 1935. Each of the A pplica nts is financially sound and plan-t to liimnce its share of the costs of construction of the proposed facility nent

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lie arni as part of its overall const ruction pn> gram. Funds to meet construction requirements will be provided hv internal sources and capital contrihu-react o..

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tions from GPU and hv the dahi of debt securities in such a manner a-which -

I to maintain a. onnd and con-ervative capital >t ruct ure.

5. 3fetropolitan Edi-on Company is responsible for engin*rine.de-the pr:

in for.1 sign, construction. operation and maintenance of Unit 2. 3Ietropolit.ui The pn Edison Company has S5 years

• cxperience in the desien, construction.

and operation of cicetric generating stations, and is riow constructind corro-wit ham Three 31ile Island Nnelear Station Unit L The GPU Nuclear. Power coola n-l Activities Group, with nuclear experience in operatine power reactni-thetie:c at Saxton and Oyster Creek, will provide technical assistance and

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l guidance to the Three 31ile Island Project Director..Tobu G. 3riller, who is Vice President and Chief Engineer of 3fetropolitan Edi-"o assurr

taime, Company. The nuclear steam supply system is being designed an 1 imme.F I

fabriented by the Babcock & Wilcox Compauv. llurns and I oc. Inc..

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has been engaged as the project architect-engiiicer except in the areas direet h of cooling tower desien and interfaces between Unit 1 and Unit 2 for peraini which Gilbert Associates. Inc., has been engaged. United Engineer-contah and Constructors. Inc.. is the construction manager for both fnIt I the unL and Unit 2. Applicants will rely also on assistance in design. qu,ality system-assurance.and structures to be provided h Picka rd A Lowe Associate.

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3 31Pll Associates. and Schupack & Associates. The reconi supports the i solved Staffs conclusion that "the applicants are technically qualified to m the i design and buihl the Three 3 file Island Nucicar Station Unit 2".

10. 'l G. The Unit 2 reactor will operate initiallv nt. core powers up to velop t.

2,452 31wt and is designed for an expected uliimate capacity of 2,772 i

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i ne prolmed findings 3fwt.This higher power has been used as the design basis for the con-t t he StalT.

taininent amt the engineered safety features, and it ha.s bien ined by I in Section 2.4(n) of the Sta11'and the.\\pplicants in the accident analyses aint in the evalu-dy, the Board is in' ation of all maior structmes, systems, and components which bear sie l g to consider the is.

nificantiv on the acceptabilitv of the site. The exchision di3tance for f ahe proceedine con-the Thre'c 31ile Islami site is @>00 feet. Itased upon the combined pol"I-e Staff has been ade-lation of the 3Iiddletown-8teelton communities (22,1.30) with their

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e nml the provisional nearest boundarv at 2.2 miles, the.ipplicants have prepo-ed a low I

r Director of itegula-population zone'rmlins of two iniles. The plant design will take into Director of Reenla-account local hydrolucical comlitions earthquakes, tornados. and os-If t

aring. The post-hear-sible aircraft impacts. The.ipplicants will provide protection agam.-t conclusions upon the the Probable 31aximma Flood (P31F) as calculated by the Corps of be with the reliable, Engineers.

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7. A comprehensive pre-operational enviromnental monitoring pro-gram has been in progress at this site for some time in connection with

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the Three 3Iile Island Unit 1. The.\\pplicants will continue to co-operate with interested government accheies concerning radiological Tiet mpolitan Ed.ison

>f Unit 2 in the ratios surveys and in accordance with recommendations of the Fish and Wildlife Service. This record includes evidence from the.\\pplicants i

rf the.\\pplicants is and StalT which indicates that the Sn-quehanna River basin as well as ransnnssmn aml sale r wholiv-owned sub-the Chesapeake Hav can acconunodate the in3tallation of the proposed (GPII). a Pennsyl-plant and an additional number of other such plants without causing tility Holding Com-total or emnulative concentrations of r..dioloeical ellinents to exceed dly sound and plans more than a small fraction of the value3 set forth in lo CFR Part 20.

8. The propo<ed facilitv incorporates munerons svrtems. compo-

.he proposed facility nents and features for the protection of plant pyrsomiel amt the pub-

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2o racet constructmn md capit al contrihu-lie and is similar in de.-ign to plants mcorporatnig pres.,urized water In such a manner as reactors which have been previously approved for construction by the Commisdon..\\n impm tant safet v feature is t he contnimnent svstem are.

which will completelv encio.-e the icactor and major conyponchts of for engineerine, de-the primary coolant svstem. The containment, system consi-ts of a re-r it 2. Metropolitan inforced pre-tres-ed c'oncrete >tructure with a tapor tiuht steel liner.

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The prestre.-sed temlons will be grouted to lumnie protection against is now con-tructme II corrosion. The containment structure is desiened to accommodate, dmlU Nuclear Power without loss of integrity, functional loads resulting from a los+of-iieal arsistanee and coolant accident occurrine simultaneou-It with the maximum hypo l

g power reactors thetical cart h<piake and normal operating loads.

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9. The proposed facility has two separable cooling systems which letropolitan Edison assure adeepmte core cooline and pressure reduction within the con-heing desiened and tainment structure even if a lo.-s-of-coolant accident shouhl occur. For

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immediate short-term cooline an emergency core cooline svstem will

' except in the areas inject cool borated water into each of 'the primarv coollmt' loops and iit I and Unit 2 for directly into the reactor vessel. therchv linnting tile fuel pin clad tem-t

. United Engineers peratures and fis< ion product. release into the containment. For coolin

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e in design, qualit v the unlikelv event of a major accident, there are two independent spray A Lowe.\\ssociates.

systems which deliver cool borated water into the contaimnent at-record supports the mosphere. The e svetems will provide borated water containing dis-Lically qualified to t

solved sodium thiluulphate and sodium hydroxide to remove iodine

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10. The.ipplicants and the Stati recognize that in order to de-a capacity of 2,772 velop the final design of the facility further information and data will

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to Coinnu i\\t;y be needed. Such additional informat,on and data will in. leschip.11.s research and develolonent projects in the course of tin. tinal.I.-

14 5" work for the plant. In additmn, haric work in pil ogre.-s i, esi ic,(,.,

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provide some conhrmarma that the proposed de3 ens an. con.cnain,.

n. Upon con-idet fhe inajor areas of renearch and development include In. xenon o -

lat ms, core thermal and hydraulic terts, fnel nul elad, failun. hw '

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rnup fuel terts, mternal vent valves, control rod drive te-t...a tMuhe npplicat'

-'tiformation, and t t_ rouch steam uonorator, in-core neutron detector test. hhmdT;E b

forces on reactor internals, chemical spray system, and ettect s of r.oh 8dequate to supp" I1;cEulation. ad olvsis. The ohjeettres of these programs have been defined. an.i i

I schedule for the furnishine of information prior to completion of c..n.

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j struction of the pmposed facility has been e tabli-hed.

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11. Applicants have established a comprehensive quality assurai:.r pro-ram which is consistent with the intent of, and which has 1,.a evaCiated by the Statt in accordance with, the AEC's " Quality.\\-.

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surance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants" which was recentlJ p.:".

that the Director I

lished as a proposed Appendix 11 to 10 CFR Part TA Applirau to the Jersey O '

quality assurance organization,includine the (iPU 3Ianager of Q.i u-Faison Compan cated and conctructed in accordance with applicableity Assurance, will under totheNotice at >

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specifications. The quality assurance program encompasses overaJ o 769 and 9.F direction, guidance and surveillance over the quality a+urance pr v hecision shaU tices to be observed by the reactor.,upplier, the architect-engineer. ::..-

action of the t const ruct ton manager, and their subcontractors.

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19. The facility will be located 2% miles from Olmsted State Air-own motion or port. Although the probability of an aircraft incident at the Thne 31ile lsland Nuclear Station is remote the vital structures of the > tat on i

will be de3igned to withstand a signilicant range of aircraft strike loadings, including such secondary etTects as missiles, fire, pic--un-and temperat ure. Dr. Socolowbtatement inquired about the capahihiv of the containment buihline ami other critical compcments to wiia stand an impact of a larger than the de4ign basis aircraft (200.om tha.

The responsive evidence presented by the parties, in addition to th a concermne the low probability of impact,is persuasive that these t-i j

littic likelihood that any aircraft, impact on the facility conhl. cau+

l the release of radioactivltv. This view re ts upon an evahiation of the f

conservative design of the containment to withstand impact. and ih,e vahto of the additional protection provided to the reactor and the pri-i I

mary cooling svrtem hv shiehl walls inside the containment. In a.i.h-tion', under adferse weather conditions involvine poor visibility, I uni-

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ings by all large aircraft using Olmsted Airport would he under i

instnunent flight regulations which then would not permit flightunrr

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13. The activities to he conducted under the provisional construction i

permit will be within the jurisdiction of the United States, myl all of the directors and principal ollicers of the Applicants are I m,ted l

States citizens.The Applicants are not owned.controlicd or donu,nated

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by an alien, a forcien corporation or a foreign government. The ar-ttvities to be conducted do not involve any restricted data, but the t

Applicants have agreed to safeguard any such data which might become involved in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.:R(i). Sposi j

nuclear material for use as fuel in the propmed facility will be subject s.

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to Commission regulations and will be obtained from sources of sup-ill be developed hv of the final drigii ply such that there wi!! be no diversion of such innterial to unauthor-kress is expected to ized uses.

Coxcrxsioxs bs are con ervative.

f ble t he xenon n-..il.

14. Upon consideration of the entire record in this proceeding and

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the findingsof fact and statements set forth above.the lioard concludes clad failure. high that the application and the record of the proceeding contain sullicient x

ar test. bloudown information, and the review of the application hv the Staff has been and effects of rad.

adequate to support the findings proposed to be niade by the Director

>cn defined, and a of 1:cgulation, and the issuance of the provisional construction permit I

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as proposed by the Director of Itegulation.

r quality assurance Onnr.n iul which has been Pursuant to the Act and tl ission s regulations,ir i

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that the Director of l!eculat,ic Conun. ion issue a promional con truct,s On was recently pub.

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it 50. Applicants, to the Jersey Central Power and Light Company and the 3fetropolitan

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Falison Company subjtantiall,y in the form det forth in Appendix "A" h

ility will be fabri-i thdotice of 1Icarme in this proceeding.

Iicable codes and It is Frirrnu: Onnmn. in accordance with 10 CFR Sections 9JCO.

icompasses overall 250 f the Connaission's 1:ules of Practice, that ihis Initial Dec.2 and 9.7G1ision shah he et ective inunediately and shall constitute the final lv assurance prac-iitect engineer, th'e action of the (,omnn[: sion 1.~i davs after the date of issuance, subject to the review thereof and further decision of the Cominission upon its

)!msted State Air-wn m tion or upon exceptions filed nnsaant to the cited rules.

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turesof the station ATo) ic Sayrty Axn Licrxsixa BoAnn, of aircraft strike Cr.unu:y su.1A3ts.

ciles, fire. pres <ure Ann, M or.3rax.

g bout the capability J. D. Boxn, Chan, man.

mponents to witli, rait (900,000 lbs.).

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icility couhl cause i evaltiation of the l

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ractor and the pri-l lainment. In addi-(

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