ML20128B121

Notice of Hearing on Application for Provisional Operating License.*

ML20128B121
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	03/09/1970
From:	Mccool W US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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NUDOCS 9212030567
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4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATOMIC LSERGY C0} MISSION In the Matter of )

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NORTdLPd STATLS POWER COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-263

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(Monticello Suclear Cencrating )

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NOTICE OF liLARISG ON APPLICATION FOR A PROVISICSAL OPERATING LICESSE 5 Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the regulations in Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", and Part 2, "hulcs of Practice", not.c is hereby given that a hearing will be held on April 28,1970, at 10:00 a.m. , local tiec, in the

'n'right County Courthouse, Euff alo, Minnesota, to consider the application of the Northern States Power Company (applicant) for _

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the issuance, pursuant to 5104 b, of the Act, of a provisional operating license which would authorize the operation of a boiling water reactor, known as the Monticello Uuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, at steady state power levels up to 1670 ceFavatts (thermal) at the applicant's Monticello Nuclear Generating Planc located in Wright County, Minnesota, approximately three miles northwest of Monticello, Minnesota. The term of the provisional operating licence would be for a period of not more than eighteen months, r

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j unicss extended for good cause shovn. The Atomic Energy Com=ission (Commission) has determined that this public hearing should be held in view of the substantial public interest expressed, ihe hearing will be conducted by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Loard designated by the Cote.ission consisting of Dr. John C. Geyer, Lalticore, Maryland; Dr. Eugene Creuling, Durham, North Carolina; and Valen tine L. Deale , Esq. , Washington, D. C. , Chairman. Dr.

Kolf Eliassen, Stanford, California, has been designated as a technically qualified alte rnate , and James P. Glcason, Esq.,

Washington, D. C. , has been designated as an alternate qualified in the conduct of administrative proceedings.

Construction of Unit 1 of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant was authorized by Provisional Construction Permit CPPR-31 issued by the Cot:1ssion on June 19, 1967, following a public he a rin g .

1 A prehearing conference will be held en April 7,1970, at 10:0J a.m. , local time, at the same location as the public hearing to consider pczcinent matters in accordance with the Con =ission's

" Rules of Practice",10 CFR Part 2, including Section II of Appendix A.

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( Tne issues to be considered at the hearing will be the following:

1. Vacther the applicant has submitted to the Commission all technical information required by Provisional Cons truction Permit No. CPPR-31, the Act , and the rules and regulations of the Commission to complete the application for the provisional operating license;

2. Whether construction of Unit 1 has procccded, and there is reasonabic assurance that it will be com-plcted, in conformity with Provisional Construc * ' un Permit ;o. CPPR-31, the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regula-tions of the Concission;

3. Whetherthereisrdasonableassurance(1)thatthe activitics authorized by the provisional operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with rules and regulations of the Co==ission; l

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4 Whether the applicant is technically and financially . ,

qualified to engage in the activitics authorized by

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the provisional operating license in accordance with the rulet, and regulations of the Commission;

5. ITncther the applicant has furnished to the Co==ission proof of financial protection in accordance with 10 "

CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Ecquirements and indemnity Agreccents", of the Co= mission's regulations ;

6. Whether there is reasonable assurance that Unit 1 will be ready for initial loading with nuclear fuel -

within ninety days from the date of issuance of the provisional operating license; and

7. Whether issuance of the provisional operating' license under the terms and conditions proposed .will be inimical

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to the co=non defense and security or to .the health and safety of the public.

As they become available, the application, the proposed provisional ' operating license,- the applicant's. summary of the application, the report of the Co= mission's Advisory Committee ,

on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) and the Safety Evaluation by the ,

Commission's regulatory staff will be placed in the Co= mission's'

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where they will be available for inspection by members of the public. Copics of this notice of hearing, the proposed provi-sional operating license, the ACRS report, the applicant 's summary of the application and the regulatory staff's Safety Evaluation will also be available at the Office of the C2erk, Wright County -

Courthouse, Luffalo, Minnesota, for inspection by members of the p6blic on "ondays to Fridays between the hours of 9:00-a.m. and-5:00 p.m. Copies of the proposed provisional operating license, the ACRS report and the regulatory staff's Safety Evaluation may be obtained by request to the Director of the Division of Reactor Licensing, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545.

Any person who wishes to make an oral or written statement -

in this proceeding setting forth his position on the issues i

specified, but who does not wish to file a petition for leave to intervene, may request permission- to make a limited appearance j- pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 52.715 of the Co= mission's

' " Rules of Practice".

- Limited appearances will be permitted at the tine of the hearing in the discretion of the Board, within such limits and on such conditions as may be fixed by the Board.

- Persons desiring to make a limited appearance are requested to L.6 e._-_

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• t inform the Secretary, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545, by April 2,1970.

Any person whose interest may be affe .ted by the proceeding '

who does not wish to make a limited appet.rance and who wishes to -

participate as a party in the proceeding must file a petition for leave to intervene.

Petitions for leave to intervene, pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 52.714 of the Co= mission's " Rules of Practice", must be received in the Office of the Secretary, United States. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545,' Attention: Chie f ,

Public Proceedings Branch, or the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 li Stt 'et, N.- W. , Washington, D. C. , not later than April 2,19 70. The petition shall set forth the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, how that interest may be affected by Co= mission action, mad the contentions of the petitioner in i

reasonably specific detail. A petition which sets forth conten-

tions- re.ating only to matters outside the- Commission's jurisdic-tion will be denied. A petition for leave to intervene which is -

not timely filed will be denied unless the petitioner shows _ good cause for failure to file it on time.

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.j A persen permitted. to intervene becomes a party to the pro-cceding, and has all the rights of the app'licant and the regulatory.

staf f to particip' ate fully in the conduct of the hearing. For i

exampic, he may examino and cross-examine witnesses. A person permitted to cake a limited appearance does not become a party,_ -]

but may state his position and raise questions which he would like  !

i to have answered to the extent that the questions are within the I

scope of the hearing as specified in the issues set out ab ove .

A member of the public does not have the right to-participate .

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the right of liticed appearance.

An answer to this notice, pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 52.705 of the Commission's " Rules of Practice", must be filed by the applicant. on or before April 2,1970.

Papers required to be flled in this proceeding'may be filed by mail or telegram addreased to the Secretary, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D..C. 20545, Attention:

Chief, Public -Proceedings Branch, or may be filed by delivery to the Co==ission'n Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W.,

Washington, D. C.

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Pending further order of tite- Board, parties arel required

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to -file, . pursuant to the provisions - of 10 CFR $2.708 of the Commission's " Rules of Pract. ce", an original and: twenty con - j formed copics of each such paper with. the Commission. e With respect to this proceeding, the Commission has; delegated:

to the Atomic Safety and Licensing' Appeal Board the authority-and ts.2 review function which would otherwise be exercised and performed by the Comission. The Cocmission has established- the 7 Appeal Board pursuant to 10 CFR 52.785 of the Commission's " Rules I of Practice" and has made the delegation pursuant to subparagraph (a)(1) of this section. The Appeal Board is composed of the..

Chairman and Vice-Chairman of .the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel and a third member who is technically qualified and f

designated by the. Commission. The Commisston has designated Dr. Lawrence R. Quarles, Charlottesville, Virginia, as this third member.

UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY- COMMISSION -

By:

W..B; McCool.

Dated at Vachington, D. C. Secretary this 9th day of March, 1970.

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