ML20062J194

Board Notification 93-001:notifies of 930202 Emergency Motion to Stay Issuance of low-power OL Requesting Listed Items Including Issue Order Staying Issuance of License

ML20062J194
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	02/03/1993
From:	Roe J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Rogers, Selin, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Docket No. 50-446 Board Notification 93-01 l i

L MEMORANDUM FOR: The Chairman .

Comissioner Rogers l Comissioner Curtis l Commissioner Remick -:

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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel and All Parties j FROM: Jack W. Roe, Director .

Division of Reactor Projects III/IV/V  !

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation j !

SUBJECT:

NEW-INFORMATION POTENTIALLY RELEVANT AND MATERIAL TO THE i COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC-COMPANY. i (COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION - UNIT 2)

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l In conformance with the.Comission's policy on notification of the Comission i of new, relevant, and material information, this memorandum calls = attention .to  !

the information presented below.  !

On February 2, 1993, the NRC received an " Emergency. Motion to Stay Issuance of .l Low-Power Operating License" filed by Kohn, Kohn, and Colapinto (Motion). t The Motion requested that the Comission (1) issue an order staying the  !

issuance of the low power license; (2) grant? petitioners the opportunity to 't review withheld information related to settlement agreements between Texas 1 Utilities Electric Company and the former minority owners of Comanche Peak i Steam Electric Station (CPSES); (3) stay issuance of the low power license. '!

until a final determination is made on the Construction Permit Amendment -  ;

Proceedings for CPSES, Unit 2; and (4) that petitioners be granted oral 'I argument on their motion..

l The staff reviewed the Motion and deter;nined that it did not' identify any-significant safety issues. Enclosed is a memorandum from ,

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MEMORANDUM FOR: FILE j FRON: Thomas E. Murley, Director ,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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REQUEST FOR $TAY OF ISSUANCE OF THE-LOW POWER OPERATING LICENSE FOR COMANCHE i t PEAK UNIT 2 On February 2, 1993, the NRC received an " Emergency Motion to Stay Issuance of Low-Power Operating License" (Motion). The Motion was filed by Kohn, Kohn and' >

Colapinto. The Motion requested that the Commission 1) issue an order staying the issuance of the low power license; 2) grant petitioners the opportunity to review withheld documentation related to settlement agreements between TU Electric and the former minority owners of Comanche Peak;.3) stay issuance of the low power license until a final determination is made on the Construction Permit Amendment Proceedings for Unit 2; and 4) that. petitioners be granted  ;

oral argument on their motion.

I have been advised by the Office of the General Counsel that's stay is.not in effect. The staff and I have reviewed the Motion and determined that it does -

not identify any significant safety issues. The Petitioners have provided no evidence of any safety concerns, but have only. speculated that such concerns may exist.

4 On the basis of 1) the advice from the Office of General Counsel, 2) the review conducted by the staff and myself, and 3) the Regional Administrator's February 1, 1993 memorandum stating that there are no known safety concerns that should preclude issuing a low power license for Comanche Peak Unit 2, I  ;

have decided it is appropriate to issue the low power license on this date.

Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i

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! Regional Administrator, Region IV i- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chief, Texas Bureau of Radiation Control l 611 Ryan. Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 . Texas Department of. Health ,

Arlington, Texas 76011 1100 West 49th Street-Austin, Texas 78756~ q j Mrs. Juanita Ellis,' President . .

Citizens Association for Sound Energy Honorable Dale McPherson - .

1426 South Polk .

County Judge

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! Mr. Roger D.- Walker, Manager i Regulatory Affairs for Nuclear Office of the Secretary (2) l'

Engineering Organization U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission i Texas Utilities Electric Company Washington, D.C.:'20555 . ,

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Dallas, Texas 75201-j Adjudicatory File'(2)- .;

1 Texas Utilities Electric Company Atomic. Safety and Licensing Board  ;

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, 3 Metro Center, Suite 610 Washington, D.C. 20555 l Bethesda, Maryland 20814 .

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! William A. Burchette, Esq. Panel (1) i Counsel for Tex-La Electric U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission o i Cooperative of Texas Washington, D.C. 20555 j Jorden, Schulte, & Burchette . .

1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W. William Brown i Washington, D.C. 20007 Regional' Counsel l

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Administrative Judge ,

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Concission Washington, D.(. '0555 Peter S. Lam .

Administrative Judge ,

Atomic Safety and L .ensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Michael D. Kohn Stephen M. Kohn Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, P.C.

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Board Member Citizens for Fair Utility Degulation 7600 Anglin Drive Forth Worth, TX 76140 R. Micky Dow Sandra Long Dow dba Disposible Workers of Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Department 368 '

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J. Taylor, EDO J. Sniezek, DEDR H. Thompson, DEDS J. Mitchell, EDG T. Murley, NRR -

F. Miraglia, NRR J. Partlow, NRR W. Russell, NRR' T. Martin, RGN-I S. Ebneter, RGN-II A. Davis, RGN-III J. Milhoun, RGN-IV J. Martin, RGN-V i L. Chandler M OGC (3)

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S. Burns, OCAA  :

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Office of the General Counsel NRR Division Directors NRR Deputy Directors  ;

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