ML20034A220
| ML20034A220 | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 04/17/1990 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML20034A220 (6) | |
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TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, ET AL.*
DOCKET NO. 50-445 l
COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT NO. 1 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No NPF-87 i
1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission)'has found that:
A.
The application 4 r a license filed by Texas Utilities Electric Company (TV Electric) acting for itself and as igent for-Texas Municipal Power Agency (licensees), complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),1 3
and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I.and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; 8.
Construction of the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit No. 1 (the facility), has been substantially completed in conformity with j
Construction Permit No. CPPR-126 and the application, as amended, l
the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission-i C.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.0 below);
D.
There is reasonable assurance: (1) that the' activities authorized I
by this operating license can be conducted without endangering the i
health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations set i
forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D below; e
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" The current owners of the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station are: Texas Utilities Electric Company and Texas Municipal Power Agency.
Transfer:of-ownership from Texas Municipal Power Agency to Texas Utilities Electric Company was previously authorized by Amendment No. 9 to Construction Permit
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CPPR-126 on August 25, 1988 to take place in 10 installments as set forth in the Agreement attached to the application for Amendment dated March 4, 1988.
At the completion thereof, Texas Municipal Power Agency will no longer retain any ownership interest.
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TV Electric is technically qualified to engage in the activitiet authorized by this operating license in accordance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F.
The licensees have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR 140,
" Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Commission's regulations; G.
The issuance of this license will not.be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H.
After weighing the environmental,-economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and' considering available alternatives, the issuance of Facility Operating License No. NPF-87 subject to the conditions for protection of-the; environment set forth herein, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and I.
The receipt, possession, and use of-source, byproduct, and,special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30 40 and 70, exceptthatanexemptiontotheprovisionsof70.24Isgr,antedas described in paragraph 2.0 below.
2.
Based on the foregoing findings regarding this facility, Facility Operating License No. NPF-87 is hereby issued to the licensees, to read as follows:
A.
This license applies to the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station,-
Unit No. 1, a pressurized-water nuclear reactor and associated equipment (the facility), owned by the licensees.
The facility is located on Squaw Creek Reservoir in Somervell County, Texas about 5 miles north-northwest of Glen Rose.. Texas, and.about 40 miles south-west of Fort Worth in north-central Texas and is described in the licensees' Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and the licensees' Environmental Report, as supplemented and amended.
'3 B.
Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses:
(1) PursuanttoSection103oftheAciand10CFRPart50," Domestic Licensing and Production and Utilization Facilities," TV Electric to possess, use, and operate the. facility at the designated location in Somervell County, Texas in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2) Pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, " Domestic Licensing and Production and Utilization Facilities," Texas.
Municipal Power Agency to possess the facility et the designated location in Somervell County, Texas in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; i
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3-(3) TU' Electric, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and use at any time, special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for sterage and amounts required for reactor operation, and described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) TV Electric, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to *eceive, possess, and use, at any time, any byproduct, source, and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (5) TV Electric, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40-and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required, any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical. form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (6) TU Electric, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear-materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility, C.
This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the condi-tions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
(1) Maximum Power Level TU Electric is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal in accordance with the conditions specified herein.
(2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby i
incorporated into this license.
TU Electric shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan, (3) Antitrust Conditions Applicants as defined in Appendix C shall comply with the antitrust conditions delineated in Appendix C to this license; Appendix C is hereby incorporated into this license.
4 D.
The foljowing exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security.
Certain special circumstances are present and these exemptions are otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12.
(1) The facility requires a technical exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Section III.D.2(b)(ii).
The justifi-cation for this exemption is contained in Section 6.2.5 of Supplement 22 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated January 1990.
The staff's environmental assessment was published on November 14, 1989 (54 FR 47430).
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), and 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii) and (iii), the Comanche Peak. Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 is hereby granted an exemption from the cited requirement and instead, is required to per'mrm the overall air lock leak test at pressure P,has~been performed that could affect the air prior to establisinng containment integrity if air lock maintenance lock sealing capability.
(2) The facility was previously granted an exemption from the criti-cality monitoring requirements of 10 CFR 70.24 (see Materials License No SNM-1912 dated December 1,.1988 and Section 9.1.1 of Supplement 22 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated January 1990).
The staff's environmental assessment was published on November 14, 1989 (54 FR 47432).
The Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 is hereby exempted from the criticality monitoring provisions of 10 CFR 70.24 as applied to fuel assemblies held under this license.
(3) The facility requires a temporary exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k) and 10 CFR 50.75. -The justificationforthisexemptioniscontainedinSection20.6of Supplement 22 to the Safety Evaluation Report dated January 1990.
The staff's environmental assessment was published on November 14, 1989 (54 FR 47431).
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), 50.12(a)(2)(iii) and 50.12(a)(2)(v), the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 is hereby granted a -
temporary exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k) and 10 CFR 50.75 and is required to submit a decommissioning funding report for Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 on or before July 26, 1990.
E.
With the exception of 2.C(2) and 2.C(3), TU Electric sha11' report any violations of the requirements contained in Section 2.C of this license within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
Initial notification shall be made in-accordance with-the provisions of 10 CFR 50.72 with written follow-up in accordance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b), (c), and (e).
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In order to ensure that TU Electric will exercise the authority as l
the surface landowner in a' timely manner and that the requirements of i
10 CFR Part 100.3 (a) are satisfied, this license is subject to the additional conditions specified below:
(Section 2.1.1, SER) 1 (1) For that portion of the exclusion area which is within 2250 ft of any seismic Category I building or within 2800 ft of either reactor containment building, TU Electric must prohibit the i
exploration and/or exercise of subsurface mineral rights', and if the subsurface minera1' rights owners attempt to exercise their rights within this area, TU Electric must immediately institute immediately effective condemnation proceedings to obtain the mineral rights in this' area.
(2) For the unowned subsurface mineral rights within the exclusion area not covered in item (1), TV Electric will prohibit the exploration and/or. exercise of mineral rights until and unless-the licensee and the owners of the mineral rights enter into an agreement which gives TU Electric absolute authority to determine all activities--including times of arrival and locations of personnel and the authority to remove personnel and equipment
--in event of emergency.
If the mineral rights owners attempt to exercise their rights within this area without first entering into such an agreement, TU Electric must institute immediately i
effective condemnation proceedings to obtain the mineral rights in this area.
(3) TU Electric shall promptly notify the NRC of any attempts by subsurface mineral rights owners to exercise mineral rights, including any legal proceeding initiated by mineral rights owners against TU Electric.
G.
TV Electric shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final-Safety Analysis Report through Amendment 78 and as approved in the SER (NUREG-0797) and its supplements through SSER 24, subject to the following provision:
TV Electric may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the r
Commission only if those changes would not' adversely affect.the ability to achieve and maintain-safe shutdown in the event of a fire.
H.
TV Electric shall fully lmplement and maintain in effect all provisions of the physical security, guard training and qual-
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ification, and safeguards contingency plans, previously approved by the Commission, and all amendments made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).
The plans, which contain safeguards information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled: " Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Physical Security Plan" with revisions submitted through November 28, 1988; " Comanche t
- 6-Peak Steam Electric Station Security Training and Qualification Plan" with revisions submitted through November 28, 1988; and
" Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Safeguards Contingency Plan" with revisions submitted through January 9,1989.
I.
The licensees shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims, J.
Amendment No. 9 to Construction Permit CPPR-126, issued August 25, 1988, authorized the transfer of 6.2% ownership interest in the facility from Texas Municipal Power Agency to TU Electric, such transfer to take place in 10 installments as set forth in the Agreement attached to the ap-plication for amendment dcted March 4, 1988.
At the completion of such r
transfer of interest, Texas Municipal Power Agency shall no lon a licensee under this license and all references to " licensees"ger be i
shall exclude Texas Municipal Power Agency.
K.
This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at Midnight on February 8, 2030.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION t
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l Thomas E. Murley, Director -
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Attachments / Appendices:
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Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-1399) 2.
Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan 3.
Appendix C - Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance: April 17, 1990
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