ML20092C922

Amend to 800219 Application for Ol,Revising Term of OL to 40 Yrs Commencing from CP Issuance Date.Organizational Structures Updated.Justification Provided.Organizational Info Encl

ML20092C922
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	06/18/1984
From:	Koester G KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
KMLNRC-84-091, KMLNRC-84-91, NUDOCS 8406210379
Download: ML20092C922 (4)

Text

KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY T>E ELECTAC COMPANY OLENN L MOESTEft va m.,n,,T . uca.. June 18, 1984 1

Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555 KMLNRC 84-091 Re: Docket ',io. STN 50-482 Ref: Letter (LNRC-022 from GLKoester, KG&E, to HRDente,n, NRC, dated February 19, 1980 Subj: Revis'.on to Operating License Application

Dear Mr. Dentoa:

The reference letter transmitted an amendment to Kansas Gas and Electric Company's application for an operating license for the Wolf Creek Gener-ating Station, Unit No.1 (WCGS) . Attached is a revision to the applica-tion requesting that the term of the operating license for the Wolf Creek Generating Station be forty years, commencing from the date of issuance of the construction permit. The organization structures described in the application have changed slightly, but have not been updated.

KG&E finds that no significant adverse environmental impact is anticipated as z. result of increasing the operating life of the Wolf Creek Generating Station to forty years. This conclusion is justified for the following reasons:

1) The Wolf Creek Generating Station is located in a rural area where the population growth over the forty-year lifetime is expected to be small.

2) Having the WCGS available for a forty year term would maintain system capacity, promote fuel diversification and defer capital costs and environmental impacts of replacement capacity.

3) Environmental considerations associated with a forty-year operating period do not change significantly. As characterized by the NRC staff in the WCGS Final Environtrental Statement (NUREG-0878) ,

operational impacts to tha aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems from operation of various plant processes are small. Additionally, extension of these minimal environmental impacts would be largely offset by elimination of impacts associated with the acquisition of replacement capacity.

8406210379 840618 A PDR ADOCK 05000 fy A 1

)

i 201 N. Market - Wichita, Kansas - Mail Address: RO. Box 208 i Wichita, Kansas 67201 - Telephone: Area Code (316) 261-6451

r KMLNRC 84-091 Mr. Harold R. Denton June 18, 1984

4) A forty-year operating lifetime would extend the socioeconomic benefits from operation of the plant. The creation of direct and indirect jobs and sustained tax benefits would continue to outweigh the small adverse impacts from land use and the continued demand for community services. Accident risks, human health

' effects and impacts for the balance of the fuel cycle will con-tinue to be low.

The magnitude of the plant impact is not expected to vary significantly over the extended lifetime of forty years. The WCGS plant was designed

- for a forty-year life and its operation over this period of time is not expected to compromise any safety limits or design parameters.

Yours very truly,

$/

GLK:cks Attach cc: JCollins, Reg. IV PO'Connor HBundy L

e

• OATH OF AFFIRMATION STATE OF KANSAS )

) SS:

COUNTY OF SEDGWICK )

I, Glenn L. Koester, of lawful age, being duly sworn upon oath, do depose, state and affirm that I am Vice President - Nuclear of Kansas Gas and Electric Company, Wichita, Kansas, that I have signed the foregoing letter of . transmittal, know the contents thereof, and that all statements contained therein are true.

KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY By ./,#f( (lf Glenn L. Koes'ter

~

Vice President - Nuclear E.D. Prothro, Assistant Secretary STATE OF KANSAS )

) SS:

COUNTY OF SEDGWICK )

BE IT REMEMBERED that on this 18th day of June, 1984 , before me, Evelyn L. Fry, a Notary, personally appeared Glenn L. Koester, Vice President - Nuclear of Kansas Gas and Electric Company, Wichita, Kansas, who is personally known to me and who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged the execution of the same for and on behalf of and as the act and deed of said corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the

.- . . . ate and year above written.

M:..

hl@o"ne.c}f l

Ii s/d' Fry, Nota E[elyn

~

AV if l,[CommissionexpiresonAugust 15, 1984.

OFFICERS d

• President: Charles W. Ellis Clay Center, Kansas Vice President: James F. Schmidt Solomon, Kansas Secretary: Phillip A. Lesh Norton, Kansas Treasurer: Allen D. Paull Ellsworth, Kansas Executive Otes Allison Committee Meade, Kansas Members:

Wilbur C. Reed Benton, Kansas Max Kolarik Caldwell, Kansas Executive Vice President: Charles Ross Topeka, Kansas Legal Counsel: John Philip Kassebaum Wichita, Kansas KEPCo is not owned, controlled or dominated by any alien, any foreigh corporation, or any foreign government. It is making this application in its own' behalf and not as agent or representative of any other person.

e. ' Class and period of license applied for and use to which facilities will be put The license hereby applied for is a class 103 operating license

.as defined by 10 CFR 50.22. It is requested for a period of forty (40) years from the date of issuance of the WCGS operating license. Applicants further request such additional source, special nuclear, and by-product material ' licenses as may be necessary or appropriate tc the possession, and operation of the licensed facilities.

Rev. 1 14 6/84

\;