ML20023B972
| ML20023B972 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/05/1983 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20023B970 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-49244, NUDOCS 8305090436 | |
| Download: ML20023B972 (5) | |
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s THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY (MILLSTONE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1)
DOCKET NO. 50-245 PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE License No. DPR-21 Amendment No. 91*
1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ** (the Comission) has found that:
A.
The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, and Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (the licensees) have submitted to the Comission all technical information required by Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-20, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the rules and regulations of the.Comission to complete the application for a construction permit and facility license dated November 10, 1965, as amended oy Amendments Nos. 5 through 28 (the application);
anc supplemented by Northeast Nuclear Energy Company's telegram dated October 1,1970; and application dated December 8,1982; B.
The Millstone Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 (the facility) has been substantially completed in accordance with Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-20, the application, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Comission, and is now ready for initial loading with nuclear fuel; C.
There are involved features, characteristics and components as to which it is desirable to obtain actual operating experience before the issuance of an operating license for the full term requested in the application;
- Previously amended by License Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 26, 71, 82 and 89, and actions dated October 26, 1970 and June 5,1972.
- 0riginal license issued by the Comission's predecessor, the Atomic Energy Comission, October 7,1970.
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D.
There is reasonable assurance (i)(a) that initial fuel loading can be conducted in accordance with the license without endangering the health and safety of the public, (i)(b) that upon satisfactory completion of installation and testing of the diesel generator, the reactor can be made critical and can be operated at steady state power levels net in excess of 2011 megawatts (thermal) in accordance with this amended license without endangering the
. health and safety of the public; and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; E.
The licensees are financially qualified and Northeast Nuclear Energy Company is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this amended license, in accordance with the regulations of the Commission; F.
The licensees have furnished proof of financial protection to satisfy. the requirements of 10 CFR Part 140; G.
The issuance of this amended license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and H.
The issuance of this amended license is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
2.
Provisional Operating License No. DPR-21 is hereby reissued in its entirety to The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMEC0), and Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (UNECO) to read as follows:
A.
This amended license applies to the Hillstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, a single cycle, boiling light water reactor, and electric generating equipment (the facility). The facility is located in the Town of Waterford, Connecticut, and is des-cribed in the " Final Safety Analysis Report," (Amendment No. 5) as supplemented and amended (Amendment Nos. 6 through 28);
B.
Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commisssion hereby licenses:
(1) CL&P, WMEC0 and NNEC0 pursuant to Section 104b of the.
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,"
to acquire and possess, as their interests appear in the application, sole title to the facility as a utilization facili ty.
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(2)
NNECO acting for itself and as agent for CL&P and WMEC0:
(a) Pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, use, and operate the facility as a utiliza-tion facility at the designated location in the Town of Waterford, Connecticut; (b) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR 70, "Special Nuclear Material," to receive, possess, and use at any one time in connection with operation of the facility up to 4600 kilograms of contained uranium 235 as reactor fuel, 5.5 grams of uranium 235 contained in monitoring systems and 0.5 microcurie Pu-239 as sealed discs:
(c)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR 30, " Rules of General Applicability to Licensing of Byproduct Material," to receive, possess, and use in connection with operation of the facility 2 curies of Co-60 as an encapsulated source,1 millicurie of tritium as a calibration source, 26 millicuries of Co-60 as metal encased in stainless steel, 5.9 curies americium encapsulated as an Am-Be neutron source, one laboratory source containing 3 microcuries americium 241 encapsulated in a plastic disc,12,500 curies antimony 122-124 as ten sealed sources not to exceed 1,250 curies each, two 5-micro-curie cesium 137 sources encapsulated in epoxy cement, l
0.78 microcurie Sr-90 enclosed in laminated mylar discs, and not to exceed 2 millicuries per isotope of any byproduct materials having Atomic Numbers between 3 and 83; and (d)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30 and 70, to possess, but not to separate, such byproduct and special nuclear material as may be produced by operation of the facility.
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C.
This amended license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the following Commission regulations:
t 10 CFR Part 20, Section 30.34 of 10 CFR Part 30, Section 40.41 l
of 10 CFR Part 40, Sections 50.54 and 50.59 of 10 CFR Part 50, and Section 70.32 of 10 CFR Part 70; and is subject to all appli-cable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereaf ter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified below:
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(1) Maximum Power Level NNECO is authorized to operate the facility at steady state reactor core power levels not in excess of 2011 megawatts thermal.
(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendices A and B, as revised through Amendment No.
are hereby incorporated in this amended license.
NNEC0 shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
(3)
Reports NNECO shall make certain reports in accordance with requirements of the Technical Specifications.
(4)
Operating Records NNECO shall keep facility operating records in accordance with the requirements of the Technical Specifications.
(5)
(Previously Paragraph 3.E, " Restriction," relating to Cycle 4, issued by License Amendment No. 26, April 2,1976 --
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(6)
Fire Protection UNECO may proceed with and is required to complete the modifications identified in Paragraphs 3.1.1 through 3.1.18 of the NRC's Fire Protection Safety Evaluation (SE),
dated September 26, 1978 and Supplement No. 1 to the SE dated November 19, 1980 for the facility. These modifications will be completed prior to returning to power operation following the 1980 refueling outage.
NMEC0 is required to implement the administrative controls identified in Section 6 of the SE. The administrative controls shall be in effect by December 31, 1978.
(7)
Physical Protection NNEC0 shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the following Commission-approved documents, including amendments and changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54(p). These approved documents con-sist of information which is required to be protected from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 73.21:
(a)
" Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units No.1 and 2 Physical Security Plan," dated June 16, 1978 as revised August 4,1978 and February 20,1979 (originally approved by License Amendment No. 59, February 23, 1979).
(b)
" Millstone Nuclear Power Station Guard Training and Qualification Plan," dated March 31, 1981, as revised by pages dated May 28, 1981.
This plan shall be fully implemented in accordance with 10 CFR 73.55(b)(4) within 60 days after its approval by the Commission (originally approved by License Amendment No. 82, March 10, 1982).
(c)
" Millstone Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2 Safeguards Contingency Plan" submitted by letter dated June 2, 1982. The plan shall De fully implemented within 30 cays of its approval by the Commission in accordance with 10 CFR 73.40(b) (originally approved by License Amendment No. 90, April 5,1983).
3.
The effectiveness of this amended license is encompassed within the effective period which has been specified for the previously issued license:
"This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire October 7,1973, unless extended
- for good cause shown, or upon the earlier issuance of a superseding operating license."
4.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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fff6/ M-Dennis M. Crutc fiel, Chief Operating Reactors ranch #5 Division of Licensing
Attachment:
Change to the Technical Specifications
- Date of Issuance of this amended license: May 5,1983
- The amended license remains effective because a timely application dateo September 1,1972 for a full-term operating license has been filed with the Commission.
- The original license was issued October 7,1970.
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