ML20141A943
| ML20141A943 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinton  (NPF-062) |
| Issue date: | 04/17/1997 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Illinois Power Co |
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| NPF-62-A-114 NUDOCS 9705150064 | |
| Download: ML20141A943 (4) | |
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CLINTON POWER STATION. UNIT N0. 1 i
FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. NPF-62 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission or the NRC) has found that:
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The application for license filed by Illinois Power Company (IP),
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B.
Construction of the Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1 (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No. CPPR-137 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the regulations of the Commission; C.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commis-sion (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.0. below);
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There is reasonable assurance:
(i) that the activities authorized by this 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 the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D below);
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Illinois Power Company is technically qualified to engage in the activ-ities authorized by this operating license in accordance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F.
IP has satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140,
" Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Commission's regulations; Amendment No. 4, 114 9705150064 970509 i
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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 benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of Facility Operating License No. NPF-62, 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 Comission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and I.
The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR' Parts 30, 40, and 70.
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Based on the foregoing findings regarding this facility, and pursuant to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Comission at a meeting on April 10, 1987, Facility Operating License No. NPF-62, which supersedes the license i
for fuel loading and low power testing, License No. NPF-55, issued on September 29, 1986, is hereby issued to Illinois Power company to read as follows:
'A.
This license applies to the Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1, a boil-
-ing water nuclear reactor and associated equipment (the facility),
owned by Illinois Power Company.
The factitty is located in Harp Township, DeWitt County, approximately six miles east of the city of Clinton in east-central Illinois and is described in the licensee's Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and in the licensee's Environmental Report-0perating License Stage, as -
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Subject to the condition and requirements incorporated herein, the Comission hereby licenses:
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Illinois Power Company (IP), pursuant to Section 103 of the Act
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and 10 CFR Part 50,'to possess, use and operate the facility at the designated location in Harp Township, DeWitt County, i
Illinois, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2) Deleted t
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IP, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and to 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; L
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An exemption was previously granted pursuant to 10 CFR 70.24. The exemption was granted with NRC material license No. SNM-1886, issued
. November 27, 1985, and relieved IP from the requirement of having a criticality alarm system.
IP is hereby exempted from the criticality alarm system provision of 10 CFR 70.24 so far as this section applies
- to the storage of fuel assemblies held under,this license.
These exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety,.and are consistent with the comon defense and security. The exemptions in items (b) and (c) above are granted _ pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12. With these exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Comission.
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IP shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Comission-approved physical security plan, gua~rd training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled:
"Clinton Power Station Physical Security Plan," with revisions submitted through May 27, 1993; "Clinton Power Station j
Training and Qualification Plan," with revisions submitted through May 27, 1993; and "Clinton Power Station. Safeguards Contingency Plan,"
with revisions submitted through May 27, 1993. Changes made in accordance with 10 CFR 73.55 shall be implemented in accordance with the schedule set forth therein; F.
IP shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report as amended, for the Clinton Power Station, Unit No.1, 1
and as approved in the Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-0853) dated February 1982 and Supplement Nos. I thru 8 thereto subject to the following provision:
a IP may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Comission 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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Except as otherwise provided in the Technical Specifications or Environmental Protection Plan, IP shall report any violations of the requirements contained in Section 2.C of this license in the following manner:
initial notification shall be made within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System with written followup within thirty days in accordance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b), (c), and (e).
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IP shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accord-ance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
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This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on September 29, 2026.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original signed by:
Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
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Attachments 1 and 2 2.
Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-1235)
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Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan 4.
Appendix C - Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance: April 17, 1987 i
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