ML20080J088
| ML20080J088 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 02/21/1995 |
| From: | Schrage J COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9502270078 | |
| Download: ML20080J088 (11) | |
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, February 2'. iM5 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
. Washington, D.C. 20555 Attn: I'oeument Control Desk
Subject:
Quad Cities Station Units I and 2 Application for Amendment to Facility Operating Licenses DPR-29 and DPR-30 Revision of the Name of Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric NRC Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265
References:
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R.B. Palmer to USNRC letter dated November 21,1994 (2)
R.M. Pulsifer to D.L. Farrar letter dated January 4,1995 in accordance with 10 CFR 50.90, Commonwealth Edison (Comed) proposes to amend Facility.
Operating Licenses DPR-29 and DPR-30. The proposed amendment requests changes to the name of Iowa-lllinois Gas and Electric Company,25% co-owner of Quad Cities Nuclear Station, to reflect the results of a merger between Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company (I-IG&E), Mid American Energy Company, Midwest Power Systems Inc., and Midwest Resources Inc.
This merger was initially described in a letter from R. Palmer (I-IG&E) to the USNRC dated November 21,1994 (Reference (1)), which requested approval of the merger pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. The NRC staff responded to this in a letter from R. Pulsifer to D.L. Farrar (Comed) dated
. January 4,1995 (Reference (2)). In that letter, the NRC indicated that Commonwealth Edison would submit a License amendment request to reflect the merger.
The amendment request is subdivided as follows:
1.
Attachment A provides a description and safety analysis of the proposed changes to the Operating Licenses.
2.
Attachment B provides marked-up and retyped Operating License pages.
- 3. Attachment C describes Comed's evaluation performed in accordance with 10CFR50.92(c),
which confirms that no significant hazards consideration is involved.
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Attachment D provides the Environmental Assessment.
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This proposed amendment has been reviewed and approved by both Comed Onsite and Offsite Review in accordance with Commonwealth Edison procedures.
r Commonwealth Edison is notifying the State of Illinois of this application for amendment by i
transmitting a copy of this letter and its attachments to the designated State Official.
Commonwealth Edison requests review and approval of this proposed Operating License amendmer,t prior to finalization of the merger. Based upon current information from lowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, Comed believes that the merger will be effectuated as early as June 1,1995. On behalf of Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, Comed requests NRC staff review and approval of this proposed amendment by April 30,1995.
To the best of my knowledge and belief, the statements contained above are true and correct. In some respects, these statements are not based on my personnel knowledge, but upon information furnished by lowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company other Commonwealth Edison, or contractor employees.
Such information has been reviewed in accordance with company practice, and I believe it to be reliable.
Please direct any questions you may have concerning this amendment request to this office.
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Description and Safety Evaluation of the Proposed Changes t
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Evaluation of Significant Hazards Consideration D.
Environmental Assessment cc:
LB. Manin, Regional Administrator - Rill C. Miller, Senior Resident inspector - QCNPS R.M. Pulsifer, Project Manager - NRR Office of Nuclear Safety - IDNS R. IL Palmer, Iowa-Illlinois Gas and Electric Company j
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. NSTE: This is a facsimile of the Cuad Cities Operating License DPR-29. It will be updated whenever cmendments cre issued. It is currentiv undated throuah Amendment 151 dated November.16.1994.
DOCKET NO. 50-254 f&NIMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND MID AMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE l
The Atomic Energy Commission (the Commission) has found that; a.
The application, as amended, complies with the requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the regulations of the Commission set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; b.
Construction of the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-23 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; c.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; d.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this operating license, as amended, can be conduefed without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; e.
The Commonwealth Edison Company and the Mid American Energy Company are technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this operating license, as amended, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; f.
The Commonwealth Edison Company and the Mid American Energy Company have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indeminity Agreements";
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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 t,..e
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In accordance with the requirements of Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50, Facility Operating License No. DPR-29 should be amended to authorized full-power operation subject to the conditions for protection of the environment referred to in paragraph 8 of the Summary and Conclusions section of the Final Environmental Statement dated September 1972 and set forth in the Technical Specifications incorporated herein.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-29, as amended, issued to Commonwealth Edison Company (Commonwealth Edison) and Mid American Energy Company (lowa-lllinois) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
1.
This license app!!es to the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Unit 1, a single cycle, boiling, light-water reactor, and electric generating equipment (the facility) which is jointly owned by Commonwealth Edison and Mid American Energy. The facility is part of the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station located in Rock Island County, Illinois, and is described in the application for construction permit and facility license dated May 31, 1966, and subsequent amendments thereto, including the application amend-ment dated August 30,1968, as amended, for the full-power license and the Environmental Report dated November 12,1970, as supplemented November 1,1971, and thereafter.
2.
Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses Commonwealth Edison and Mid American Energy, pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", to own the facility, as their interests appear in the application, and hereby licenses Commonwealth Edison, acting for itself and as agent for Mid American Energy:
A.
Pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", to possess, use, and operate the facility as a utilization facility at the location designated in the application, in accordance with the procedures and limitations described in the application and in this license; Am. 38 B.
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive,
'02/03/77 possess and use at any time special nuclear materials, not including plutonium, as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for operation as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; i
Am. 38 C.
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, 02/03/77 possess and use at any time up to 8 kilograms of plutonium for use in connection with operation of the facility; t nea quad sinend.g.
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NOTE: This is c teceimNe'of the Cuad Cities Operating License DPR-30 ' It will be updated whenever cmendments tre leeued. It is currently updated through Amendment 147 dated November 16.1994.03 9,
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COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND MID AMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE j
u, The Atomic Energy Commission (the Commission) has found that:
a.
The' application, as amended, complies with the requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, l
as amended (the A::t), and the regulations of the Commission set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; l
b.
Construction of the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-24 and the application,.
j as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission set forth 4
in 10 CFR Chapter I; c.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; d.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this operating license, as
. l amended, can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Commission;
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The Commonwealth Edison Company and the Mid American Energy Company are technically'
' and financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this operating license, as
- amended, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission i
f.
The Commonwealth Edison Company and the Mid American Energy Company have satisfied the l
applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and indeminity Agreements";
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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 4
NOTE:03 In accordance wth the Amendment Approval letters for Amendments 142 and 144 to DPR-30 (R.A. Capre letters dated June 10,1994 and July 6,1994), the license amendments are effective j
as of the date of leeuence (June 10,1994 and July 6,1994) and implemented following completion l
of Unit 2 Cycle 13 (Q2C13) and prior to the startup from the Unit 2 refueEng outage (Q2R13). As such, the Technical Specification pages which were revised by Amendments 142 and 144 wlH be inserted into Appendix A (Technical Specifications) of DPR-30 in accordance wnh the schedule l
requirements stated in the Amendment Approvalletter.
1 Amendment 145 (which was approved by R.A. Capre letter dated July 13,1994) was partisty Implemented on January 20,1995 (reference E.S. Kraft to USNRC letter dated January 20,1995).
i The complete amendment wlE be implemented fogowing completion of Unit 2 Cycle 13 (Q2C13) l and prior to startup from the Unit 2 esfueung outage (Q2R13).
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DPR-30 h.
In accordance with the requirements of Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50, Facility Operating License No. DPR-30 should be amended to authorized full-power operation subject to the conditions for protection of the environment referred to in paragraph 8 of the Summary and Conclusions section of the Final Environmental Statement dated September 1972 and set forth in the Technical Specifications incorporated herein.
Facility Operating License No. DPR-30, as amended, issued to Commonwealth Edison Company (Commonwealth Edison) and Mid American Energy Company (lowa-lilinois) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
1.
This license applies to the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Unit 2, a single cycle, boiling, light-water reactor, and electric generating equipment (the facility) which is jointly owned by Commonwealth Edison and Mid American Energy. The facility is part of the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station located in Rock Island County, Illinois, and is described in the application for construction permit and facility license dated May 31, 1966, and subsequent amendments thereto, including the application amendment dated August 30,1968, as amended, for the full-power license and the Environmental Report dated November 12,1970, as supplemented November 1,1971, and thereafter.
2.
Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses Commonwealth Edison and Mid American Energy, pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", to own the facility, as their interests appear in the application, and hereby licenses Commonwealth Edison, acting for itself and as agent for Mid American Energy:
A.
Pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", to possess, use, and operate the facility as a utilization facility at the location designated in the application, in accordance with the procedures and limitations described in the application and in this license; B.
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and use at any time special nuclear materials, not including plutonium, as reactor fuel, in accordance Am. 36 with the limitations for storage and amounts required for operation as described in 02/03/77 the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amendmend; 2
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ATTACHMENT C SIGNIFICANT IIAZARDS CONSIDFRATION l
Commonwealth Edison Company has evaluated the proposed Operating License Arnendment and has
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determined that it does not represent a significant hazards consideration. Based on the criteria for j
defming a significant hazards consideration established in 10 CFR 50.92, operation of Quad Cities j
Station Units 1 and 2 (Q_uad Cities) in accordance with the proposed amendment will not:
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. Involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated c
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The proposed changes are purely administrative in nature, and as such do not affect any accident precursors or initiators. Therefore, the proposed changes do not increase the probability of any previously evaluated accident. Similarly, the proposed changes do not affect any equipment or procedures used to mitigate the consequences of an accident.
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Create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated because:
The proposed changes are administrative in nature and therefore have no effect on the accident analyses or system operation. Therefore, the possibility of a new or different kind of acciant is not created.
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Involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety because:
The proposed changes do not involve a relaxation of the criteria used to establish safety limits, a relaxation of the bases for limiting safety system settings, or a relaxation of the bases for limiting conditions of operation. The proposed changes are administrative in nature without consequence to the safety of the plant. Therefore the proposed changes do not impact the margin of safety.
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ATTACIIMFNT D ENVIRONMFNTAL ASSFRiMENT Commonwealth Edison has evaluated the proposed amendment against the criteria for the identification oflicensing and regulatory actions requiring an environmental assessment in accordance with 10 CFR 51.21. It has been determined that the proposed change meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion as provided in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). This conclusion has been determined because the proposed changes do not pose a significant hazards consideration and do not involve a significant increase in the amounts or changes in the types of effluents released offsite. The proposed change does not involve a significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure.
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l ATTACHMENT A DESCRIPTION AND SAFETY ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES A. DESCRIPTION AND THE PROPOSED CHANGE The proposed License Amendment would change the name of Iowa-lllinois Gaa and Electric Company to Mid American Energy Company in all applicable locations of Facility Operating Licenses DPR 29 and DPR-30 (Quad Cities Nuclear Station Unit 1 and Unit 2). This willimplement the results of a merger between Iowa-lllinois Gas and Electric Company (1-lG&E), Mid American Energy Company, and Midwest Power Systems Inc.and Midwest Resources Inc. This merger was initially described in a letter from R. Palmer to the USNRC dated November 21,1994, which requested approval of the merger pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. The NRC staff responded to this in a letter from R. Pulsifer to D.L. Farrar dated January 4,1995. In that letter, the NRC indicated that Commonwealth Edison would submit a License amendment request to reflect the merger.
B.
DESCRIPTION AND BASIS OF THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT The current Quad Cities Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 Facility Operating Licenses (DPR-29 and DPR-30) recognize the dual ownership of Quad Cities Station between Commonwealth Edison Company (75% ownership) and lowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company (25% ownership).
Construction of Quad Cities Station Units 1 and 2 was authorized by the AEC by issuance to Commonwealth Edison Company (Comed) of provisional construction permits on February 15,1967 for Units 1 and 2 (CPPR-23 in AEC Docket 50-254 and CPPR-24 in AEC Docket 50-265). On July 18,1968, the AEC amended these construction permits to authorize Comed to own 75% undivided interest in Quad Cities Station Units 1 and 2, and I-!G&E to own an undivided 25% interest in Quad Cities Station Units 1 and 2.
These units were completed and licensed for full power operation on December 14,1972. The full power Operating Licenses recognized both Comed and I-lG&E as co-owners of Quad Cities Station Units 1 and 2, and Comed as the operator of the two units.
C.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEED FOR AMENDING THE OPERATING LICENSE in a letter from R. Palmer (1-lG&E) to the USNRC dated November 21,1994, I-lG&E requested approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 for a planned merger between Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company (1 lG&E), Mid American Energy Company, Midwest Power Systems Inc., and Midwest Resources Inc. The NRC staff notified Comed in a letter from R. Pulsifer to D.L. Farrar, dated January 4,1995. In that letter, the NRC indicated that Comed, the f acility operator and acting agent ft.r I-lG&E, would submit a license amendment request to reflect the results of the mergen in the applicable locations of the Operating Licenses for Quad Cities Station Units 1 ar.d 2.
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. D. ' DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDED OPERATING LICENSE The proposed changes revise the name of Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric to Mid American Energy Company in the following locations of the Operating Licenses for Quad Cites Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 (DPR-29 and DPR-30):
Operating License title Section e.
Section f.
Section h.
Section h.1 Section h.2 E.
BASES FOR THE AMENDED OPERATING LICENSE The proposed changes to the Operating Licenses for Quad Cities Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 are administrative in nature, and wi!! not affect the operation of the units. The safe operation of Quad Cities Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 will still be the responsibility of Comed, as required by the Operating Licenses. Comed will act as the agent for Mid American Energy Company in matters related to the operation of Quad Cities Station Unit 1 and Unit 2. In addition, Mid American Energy Company will assume all fiduciary responsibilities previously required of Iowa-lllinois Gas and Electric Company by Section f. of the Operating Licenses.
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SCHEDULE Comed requests approval of this proposed amendment prior to finalization of the merger. Based upon current information from lowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, Comed believes that the merger will be effectuated as early as June 1,1995.
On behalf of Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, Comed requests NRC review and approval of this proposed amendment by April 30,1995.
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