ML19323J373
| ML19323J373 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Black Fox |
| Issue date: | 05/30/1980 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Ewing T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF OKLAHOMA |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8006200072 | |
| Download: ML19323J373 (2) | |
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50-556 and 50-557 MAY 3 01980 4
Mr. T. ft. Ewing, Manager Public Service Company of Oklahoma P. O. Box 201 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102
Dear Mr. Ewing:
SUBJECT:
ACRS LETTER CONCERNING NEAR-TERM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATIONS A copy of a letter, dated May 6,1980, addressed to John F. Ahearne, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission from Milton S. Plesset, Chainnan, Advisory Connittee on Reactor Safeguards, concerning Near-Term Construction Permit Applications is enclosed for your infonnation and use.
Sincerely, t'y k i t Y ' L -
Albert Schwencer, Chief Licensing Branch No. 2 Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
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N Public Service Company of Oklahoma MAY 3 01980
'Mr. T. N. Ewing, Manager Andrew T. Dalton. Jr., Esq.
Black Fox Stecion Nuclear Project 1437 South Main Street Public Service Company of Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
!P.. O. Box 201 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102 Joseph R. Farris, Esq.
Green, Feldman, Hall & Woodard cc:
Mr. Vaughn L. Conrad 816 Enterprise Building Public Service Company of Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 P. O. Box 201 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102 Sheldon J. Wol fe, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licens'ing Board Paul M. Murphy, Esq.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Isham, Lincoln & Beale Washington, D. C.
20555 One 1st National Plaza Suite 4200 Dr. Paul W. Purdom, Director Chicago, Illinois 60606 Environmental Studies Group Drexel University fir. Joseph Gallo, Esq.
32nd and Chestnut Streets Isham, Lincoln & Beale Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 105017th Street, N. W.
Washingotn, D. C.
20036 Mr. Frederick J. Shon Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Dr. M. H. Robinson U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Black & Veatch Washington, D. C.
20555 P. O. Box 8405 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 Jan Eric Cartwright, Esq.
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Attorney General Mr. Maynard Human State of Oklahoma General Manager 112 State Capitol Building Western Farmers Electric Cooperative Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 P. O. Box 429 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 ATIN:
Charles S. Rogers, Esq.
Mr. Gerald F. Diddle General Manager Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
P. O. Box 754 Springfield, Missouri 65801 Ms. Carrie Dickerson Citizens Action for: Safe Energy, Inc.
P. O. Box 924 Claremore, Oklahoma 74107
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May 6, 1980 Honorable John F. Ahearne Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
SUBJECT:
NEAR-TERM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Dear Dr. Ahearne:
During its 241st meeting, May 1-3, 1980, the ACk5 reviewed the status of applications for near-term construction permits (NTCPs).
In its review the Committee had the benefit.of discussions with the NRC Staff and with repre-sentatives of the applicants for the NTCPs.
A subcommittee meeting on this subject was held on April 9, 1980.
The six NTCP applicants and the reactor types involved are as follows:
Black Fox Station Units 1 and 2, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, General Electric BWR/6, Mark III pressure suppres-sion containment Skagit Nuclear Power Project, Units 1 and 2, Puget Sound Power
& Light Company, General Electric BWR/6, Mark III pressure suppression containment Pilgrim Station, Unit 2, Boston Edison Company, Combustion Engineering custom NSSS, large dry containment Perkins Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, Duke Power Conpany, Combustion Engineering CESSAR System 80 NSSS, large dry con-tainment Allens Week Nuclear Generating Station, Houston Lighting &
Power Company, General Electric BWR/6, Mark III pressure sup-pression containment Pebble Springs Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Portland General Electric Company, Babcock and Wilcox custom NSSS, large dry containment The NRC Staff has approached this matter primarily by examining the Action Plan and judging the applicability and scheduling of each item to an NTCP.
This procedure has resulted in placing many important items in a category wherein the NRC has yet to develop criteria applicable to construction per-mit applicants. Action Plan item II.A on siting introduces questions whose resolution must be achieved prior to issuance of a construction permit.
Honorable Jcha F. Ahearne May 6, 1980
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Iten II.B on degraded or melted cores bears directly on containrent design, as well as other safety features.
Item II.C on reliability engineering and risk assessment could bear significantly on the design requirements for many important plant systems. There are many other items in the Action Plan and in the ACRS report of April 17, 1980 which also might impact directly on im-p,ortant design aspects of these plants.
Mr. Harold Denton advised the Committee that he envisaged permitting cor.-
struction to proceed if there are no obvious site-related questions in terms of the Report of the Siting Policy Task Force (NUREG-0625) and if the contain-ment design pressure were such as to withstand hydrogen combustion, on the assumption that other design aspects could be changed later if so required.
The utility representatives advised the ACRS that, in their opinion, there
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was a need for the resolution of several policy questions which relate to how and whether construction permit applications will be processed in the near term. The utilities identified the following six policy issues as being in most urgent need of resolution:
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Siting 2.
Emergency planning 3.
Degraded core conditions 4.
Control room design 5.
Management for design and construction 6.
Reliability and risk assessment The utility representatives recommended that a concerted effort be under-taken to develop an acceptable interim approach to resolution by the Conmis-sion of such issues in the next few months.
The ACRS supports this recom-mendation and urges that appropriate Staff resources be made available for this purpose.
An ACRS Subcommittee plans to work actively with the Staff on the topic with the anticipation that the full Committee would review the NTCP matter within a few months.
Sincerely, Milton S. Plesset Chairman
References:
1.
Memorandum from D. F. Ross, NRC, to R. F. Fraley, ACRS,
Subject:
Trans-mittal of NTCP Requirements List, dated April 22, 1980.
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Memorandum from William F. Kane, NRC, to Addressees,
Subject:
Request for Review of Proposed THI-2-Related Requirements for NTCP Applicants, dated April 4, 1980.
3.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "NRC Action Plans Developed as a Result of the TMI-2 Accident," USNRC Report NUREG-0660 Draft 3, dated March 5,1980.
4.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, " Report of the Siting Policy Task Force," USNRC Report NUREG-0625, dated August,1979.