ML20137B244
| ML20137B244 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/1997 |
| From: | Miraglia F NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9703210227 | |
| Download: ML20137B244 (3) | |
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l 7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION l
In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-321 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, ET AL.
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Units 1 and 2)
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i ORDER APPROVING SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, INC.,
AS EXCLUSIVE OPERATOR l
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Georgia Power Company (GPC), Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal
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Electric Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton, Georg1a (the Owners), are the holders of Facility Operating License No. DRP-57 for Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant (Hatch) Unit 1 and Facility Operating License No. NPF-5 for l
Hatch Unit.2. These licenses generally authorize GPC to possess, use, and operate - and the other Owners to possess but not operate - the Hatch facility in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
In its capacity as licensed operator, GPC acts for itself and on behalf of the Owners. The Hatch facility is located in Appling County, Georgia.
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l By letter dated September 18, 1992, as supplemented October 6, 8, 15, 23, and November 13 and 20, 1992, March 5, May 24, June 10, and December 20, 1993, April 6 and July 28, 1995, and September 11, October 1, December 13, 19, and j
23, 1996, GPC requested approval, and amendments to the licenses for Southern 1
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l the Hatch facility and to have exclusive responsibility and control over its physical construction, operation, and maintenance. Southern Nucioar and GPC are wholly owned subsidiaries of The Southern Company.
Southern Nuclear was I
formed in December 1990 for the purpose of consolidating into a single organization personnel within The Southern Company's electric system engaged in nuclear operation.
Southern Nuclear is the exclusive operator of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, located near Dothan, Alabama.
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l Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80(a), the transfer, assignment, or disposal of any right under a license is subject to the NRC's written consent. On the basis of information provided by GPC and other information before the Commission, it'is determined that the proposed transfer of authority under the i
Hatch licenses to the extent Southern Nuclear becomes the operator of the Hatch facility with exclusive responsibility and control over its physical construction, operation, and maintenance, subject to the conditions set forth herein, is consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and j
orders issued by the Commission, and Southern Nuclear is qualified to hold the l
licenses to the extent described above. These findings are supported by a Safety Evaluation, dated March 17, 1997.
The staff has evaluated the application and relied on.GPC and Southern.
Nuclear commitments in a letter dated December 23, 1996, which iterated j
commitments made in a licensee letter dated February 1,1995, with respect to an enforcement action related to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant that, 1
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<e the Southern Nuclear employee who formerly served as the Vogtle General I
Manager through August 1990, will not hold a line management position involving NRC licensed activities at GPC and Southern Nuclear plants until the NRC is provided prior written notice and the individual has satisfactorily completed certain management training.
That commitment is accordingly confirmed in this Order for Hatch.
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Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 103, 104b, 105, 161b, 1611, and 184, l
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 2133, 2134, 2135, I
l 2201(b), 2201(o), and 2234, and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the l
request that Southern Nuclear be permitted to become the operator of the Hatch facility and to have exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility, discussed above, is approved subject to the following conditions:
(1) The Southern Nuclear employee who formerly served as the General Manager - Vogtle through August 1990, will not hold a line management position at Hatch until:
(a) Satisfactory completion of training in management communications and responsibilities; and, (b) Written notice is provided to the NRC sixty (60) days prior to his assignment to such a position; and, (2) If Southern Nuclear does not assume responsibility rnd control over physical construction, operation and maintenance of the facility within 60 days of the date of this Order, this Order shall become null and void. However, upon written application and for good cause shown, this date may be extended.
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4 ro e l' Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.35, an Environmental Assessment was prepared and published in the Federal Reaister on November 3, 1992 (57 FR 49724).
As required by 10 CFR 51.32, this assessment documents the Commission's determination that this action will have no significant impact on the quality j
of the human environment and nothing has occurred since its publication to i
alter this finding.
l This order is effective.upon issuance.
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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 12D')N I
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this 17th, day of; March 1997.
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