ML20091F380
| ML20091F380 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/1991 |
| From: | Black S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20091F382 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9112060090 | |
| Download: ML20091F380 (5) | |
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WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-482 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 53 License No. NPF-42 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has found that:
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The application for amendment to the Wolf Creek Generating Station
'(the facility) Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 filed by),
the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (the Corporation dated April 23, 1991, complies with the standards and requirements ofLthe Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations set.forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;
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The facility will-operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Comission; C.-
Tnere is reasonable assurance:
(1)thattheactivitiesauthorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Comission's regulations; D.
The issuance of this license amendment will not be inimical to the-common defense and security or to the-health end safety of the public;
'and:
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..The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Comission's regulations and 'all aoplicable requirements have been satisfied.
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Accordingly,_by Amendment No. 53, the license is amended by the addition of a footnote that acknowledges the transfer of the Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KG&E) possession-only interest in the operating license-to a successor company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kansas Power and Light Company (KPL).
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The license amendment is effective as of the consummation of the pending merger between Kansas Gas and Electric Company and a subsidiary of Kansas Power and Light-Company, provided that the merger is completed on or before March 31, 1992.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION hCY 2mx J
Suzanne C. Black, Director Project Directorate IV-2 Division of Reactor Projects lll/IV/V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Pages 2, 3, 4 of License Date of Issuance:
November 19, 1991
~*Pages 2, 3, and 4 are attached, for convenience, for the composite license to reflect this change.
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The licensees have satisfied the applicable provisions of.10 CFR Part 4
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 bene-fits of the-facility against environmental and other costs and con-sidering available alternatives, the issuance of this Facility Oper-ating License No, NPF-42, subject to the conditions for-' protection of.
the~ environment set forth in the Environmental Protection Plan = attached as Appendix-B, 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 nu--
clear material as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70.
2, Pursuant to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission _ at a meeting -
on June 3,1985, the License for fuel Loading and. Low Power T_esting,
~ License No, NPF-32, issued on March-11, 1985.,is superseded by facility Operating License No. NPF-42 hereby issued to Kansas Gas anJ Electric Company, Kansas City Power & Light Company, and-Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (the licensees) to read as follows:
A-The license applies to the Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit No. 1, a pressurized water nuclear reactor and associated equipment (the facility), owned by Kansas Gas and Electric Company!, Kansas City l
Power &. Light Company,'and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Inc.,
and operated by the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. - The facili+v is located in Coffey County, Kansas, approximately 28 miles east
,wtheast of Emporia, Kansas, and is described _in the licensees'
" Final Safety Analysis Report," as supplemented and amended, and in the licensees' Environmental Report,-as supplemented and amended.
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Subject to the. conditions and requirements _ incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (the Operating Corporation), Kansas Gas and Electric ComW..y.(KG&E),
Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL),_-and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc, (KEPCO):
3 Kansas Gas and Electric Company, which owns a 4M undivided interest in the Wolf Creek Nuclear. Operating Corporation and a 4R undivided interest.in a possession-only license-for the Wolf Creek Generating Station, has merged with
-and into a wholly owned subsidiary of The-Kansas Power-and Light Company.
This subsidiary, originally named KCA Corporation, was renamed " Kansas Gas-and Electric Company" upon consummation of the merger.
Accordingly, the name
" Kansas Gas and Electric Company" as it appears in this license refers to
_the post-merger Kansas Gas and Electric Company and not the former entity of the same name.
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(1) Pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50 " Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities," the Operating Corporation, to possess, use and operate the facility at the designated location in Coffey County, Kansas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2) KG&E, KCPL and KEPCO to possess the facility at the designated location in Coffey County, Kansas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (3) The Operating Corporation, 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 storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended.
(4) The Operating Corporation, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 3b, 40 and 70, to receive, 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) The Operating Corporation, 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) The Operating Corporation, 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.
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This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapt-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 The Operating Corporation is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal (100% power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein and in Attachment I to this license.
The activities identified in Attachment I to this license shall be completed as specified. is hereby incorporated into this license.
Amendment No. 53
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(2)- Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised
'through Amendment No.
, and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, both of which are attached hereto.
are hereby incorporated into the license.
The Operating Corporation shall operate the facility in accordance with the' Technical Specifications _and the Environmental Protection Plan.
(3); Antitrust Conditions Kansas _ Gas & Electric Company and Kansas City Power & Light Company _shall comply with the antitrust conditions delineated in Appendix C to.this license.
(4) Environmental Qualification (Section 3.11, SSER #4, Section 3.11, SSER #5)*
All electrical equipment within the scope _of 10 CFR 50.49 shall be_ qualified by November 30, 1985.
(5): Fire Protection (Section 9.5.1, SER, Section 9.5.1.8, SSER #5)
-(a) The' Operating Corporation shall maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in.the SNUPPs Final Safety Analysis Report for the facility through Revision 17,:the Wolf Creek site addendum through Revision 15, and as approved in the SER through Supplement 5,~ subject-to' provisions:b & c below.
(b)' The licensee may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval. of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain-safe shutdown in-the-event of a fire.
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- The parenthetical-notation :following the title of many license conditions -
denotes the section of the Safety Evaluation Report and/or its supplements wherein the license condition is discussed.
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