ML20072U390
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| Site: | Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png |
| Issue date: | 11/05/1959 |
| From: | Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| FOIA-91-17 NUDOCS 9104190123 | |
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i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A'IOMIC ENERGY CO) MISSION In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-146 Sarton Euclear Erperimental Corporation )
NOTICE OF EEARING ON APPLICATION FOR CONSTRLUTION PERMIT Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and the regulations in Part 2,10 CFR, " Rules of Practice", notice is hereby given that a hearing vill be held to coa-sider the issuance of a construction permit for a 20 megav ; (thermal) facility, to be used for research and development, to Saxton Nuclear Ex.
perimental Corporation under Sections 104b and 185 of the Act. The betring will commence at 10:30 a.m. on December is,1959, and will be held in the Auditorium of the AEC Headquarters, Germantown, Maryland. The application is available for public inspection at the AEC's Public Document Room,1717 H Street. F W., Washington, D. C.
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there ie infsimatier. cufficient to provido_re6. unable assurance that a utilization facility of the type proposed in the application can be constructed and operated at the locatica proposed therein without endangering the health and safety of the public; 2.
Whether theze is rcasonable assurance that the technical infor-mation omitted from and required to complete tne application will be supplied; l
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- 3. Whether the applicant is technicelly qualified to design and construct the proposed facility; 4.
Whether pursuant to Section So.40(b) of the AEC's regulations the applicant is financially qualified to design and construct the facility; and 5
Whether the issuance of a constructico permit vill be inimical to the comanon defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be received in the office of the Secretary, Atcaic Energy Commission, Germantown, Maryland, or in the AEC's Public Document Rocas,1717 E Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.,
not later than thirty days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register, or in the event of a postponement of the hearing date specified above at such time as the Presiding Officer may provide.
Answer to this notice shall be filed by Saxton Nuclear 3rperimental Corporation pursuant to Section 2 736 of the Rules of Practice on or before ?Io -
~0, 1959. In the absence of n e a w tn the eu,n. wc, tne l@
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MC issue e construction permit to tne applicant substantially in the form attached hereto as Annez "A".
Papers required to be filed with the AEC in this proceeding shall be filed by =miling to the Secretary, AS' Mc Energy Commission, Washington 25, D. C., or may be filed in person at the Office of the Secretary, Atcylic Enargy Cossainsion, Germantown, Maryland, or at the ABCs Public Document Rocan,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Pending further order of
3-the Presiding Officer, parties shall file twenty copies of each such paper with the AEC and where service of papers is required on other parties shall serve five copies of each.
Pursuant to Section 182b of the Act notice is hereby 6iven that the report of the Advisory Comunittee on Reactor Safeguards in this matter is available for public inspection at the AEC's Public Docu-ment Rocat. Copies may be obtained by request to the Director, Division of Licensing and Begulation, Washington 25, D. C.
The Constission has designated Samel W. Jensch, Esq., as the Pre-siding Officer to conduct the hearing and to render a decision pursusnt to Section 2 751(a) of the Cossaission's " Rules of Practice".
IDR THE NIOMIC ENERGY C010GSSION H. L. Pri;e Director Division of Licensing and flegulation Dated at Gersymtown, Maryland this
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ANNEK "A" DOCKET No. 50-146_
SATION NUCLEAR EXPERDGDFEAL CORPORATION PIOPOSED CONSTRUCTION PERKIT 1.
Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as==na d, (hereinafter e
referred to as "the Act") and Title 10, CPR, Chapter 1, Part 50,
" Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities," the Atcaic Energy Ccestission (hercinafter referred to as "the conomission")
hereby issues a construction permit to Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation to construct a utilisation facility in accordance with the application and smendments thereto. This permit shall be deemed to contain and be subject to the conditions specified in Sections 50 54 and 50 55 of said regulaticas; is subject to all esplicable provisions of the Act, and rules, regulations and orders of the Commissico now or hereafter in effect; t.sd is subject to' the, ad-ditional conditions specified or incorporated below A.
The earliest date for the ocupletion of the facility is Docerk 1,1961. The latest date for tra ro : Man of A f ac L.- v is December 1,196^.
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.1 date" as upod herein : eant the dAte on vnich construction of the facility is cczapleted except for the introduction of the fuel material.
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The site proposed for the facility is the location at the Barton station of the Pennsylvania Electric Company situated approximately twenty miles southeast of Altoona, Pennsylvania, described in the applicatice.
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The facility authorized for construction is a li6ht vater C.
moderated and cooled, pressurized water reactor to be operated primarily for research and development with steam supplied to an existing 10 megawatt turbine generator, as described in the application.
The applicant may proceed to desi6n and construct the fa-D.
cility described in the application and amendments thereto without,further authorization. However, this does not consti.
tute final approval of any tecinical specification of the fa-cility as distinguished from the general design concept pro-Before the license is issued to operate the facility, posed.
the Commission.m.tst finally approve all technical specifications.
If the applicant desires final approval of any particular technical specification prior to the issuance of the license to operate, he r.ay request that the Connaission grant specific approval of any technical specification by appropriate amend-ment to this permit.
This permit *.' provisional to the extent that a Pm me authorizin6 2.
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1w 19 facility will not be issu-a m.
Saxton Nuclear Experiawmte.' Cor;sration han nubmitted to r,hu Coa.C.-
sion (by smendment to the application) the complete, Final Hazards Summary Report (portions of which may be submitted and evaluated from time to time) and the Comaission has found that the final design provides reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public vill'.not be endangered by operation of the facility in accordance with the specified procedures, i
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l U on ocupletion (as defined in Paragraph 1.A. above) of the con-3 P
struction of the facility tu accordance with the terms and con.
ditions of this permit, upon the filing of any additional infor-nation needed to bring the original application up to date, upon filing of prool' d' rinancial protection as required by Section 170 of the Act and the Commission's regulations, and upon a finding that the facility authorized has been constructed in conformity with the application, as amended, and in conformity with the pro-visions of the Act and the rules and re6ulations of the Cosmission and in the absence of any good cause shown to the Caennission why the granting of a license would not be in accordance with the Act, the Commission vill issue a Class 104 license to Saxtcn Nuclear Experimental Corporation pursuant to Section 104(b) of the Act, which license shall expire six years from its date of issuance or five years from the date the reactor first achieves criticality, whichever is earlier.
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Ext. 3446 AEC TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON ISSUANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR SA). TON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION REACTOR The Atomic Energy Commission has directed the holding of a public hearing on December 15, 1959, to consider the appli-cation of the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation of Reading, Penna., for a construction permit to build a 20 megawatt (thermal) reactor near Altoona, Penna.
The facility is to be.a light water moderated, pressur-ized water reactor to be operated primarily for research and
-development, but with steam supplied to an existing 10 megawatt turbine generator of the Pennsylvania Electric Company for the production of electric power.
Initial rated power capacity is 5,000 electrical kilowatts.
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Sannel W. Jensch, the Commission's Hearing Examiner, har been designated by the Commission to conduct the hearing.
Notice of the hearing will be published in the Federal Register on November 13, 1959.
The notice-states that, in the
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absence of good cause shown to the contrary, the Commission staff will recommend issuance of a construction permit to the applicant.
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2-Petitions for leave to intervene may be filed with the Conadssion within 30 days after date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register.
The site proposed for the facility is the Saxton Station of the Pennsylvania Electric Company, about 22 air miles south of Altoona, Penna.
The earliest date scheduled by the applicant for conpletion of construction is December 1,1961, and the latest is December l',
1962.
The general purpose of the project is to conduct a research and developnent program involving the operation of,a small developmental nuclear reactor under utility company operat-ing conditions.-
Primary emphasis will be on achieving lower nuclear power costs by developing more efficient and cheaper fuels and by lowering future nuclear power plant capital costs.
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, which will design and build the reactor, will take the initiative in planning and conducting investigations aimed at improving the econondes of water reactors.
Westinghouse and Saxton will jointly work out detailed test and' operating procedures.
The Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation is a stock corporation organized to own and operate the reactor facility.
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owned by four domestic oversng subsidiaries of the Gev m "M.
Utilities CorporrH-
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These companies art tile Pennsylvania Elcetric cut;Eny, cf Johns town, penna. ; the htcopolitan Edison Company of Muhlen-berg Township, Berks County, Penna., the New Jersey Light & Power Company of Denv!11e, N. J. and the Jersey Central Power & Light Company of Asbury Park, N.J.
The proposed construction permit, if issued, will be converted to a five-year operating license after a further public hearing, provided the Commission finds that final design of the facility provides reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by its operation.
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