ML20151Y741
| ML20151Y741 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 02/10/1986 |
| From: | Novak T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC) |
| References | |
| CON-#186-053, CON-#186-53 OL, NUDOCS 8602130119 | |
| Download: ML20151Y741 (3) | |
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v 7590-01 DOCMETED
'J5hiaC NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Y RR Q m a TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, ET AL.
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DOCKET NO. 50-445 Cl_.
ORDER EXTENDING LATEST CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE The Texas Utilities Electric Company, Texas Municipal Power
- Agency, Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.,
Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc. (Applicants) are the holders of Construction Permit No. CPPR-126 issued by the Atomic Energy Commission O on December 19, 1974 for construction of the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Unit 1, a nuclear facility utilizing a Westinghouse Electric Corporation nuclear steam supply system presently under construction at the Applicants' site in Somervell County, Texas.
By letter dated January 29, 1986, as supplemented on February 4, 1986, the Applicants filed a request for extension of the latest construction completion date specified in Construction Permit No. CPPR-126 to August 1, 1988.
The Applicants state that, although construction on Comanche Peak Unit I was essentially completed early in 1985, major efforts to reinspect and reanalyze various structures, systems, and components are currently underway.
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being conducted by the Applicants' Comanche Peak Response Team to
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Effective January 20, 1975, the Atomic Energy Commission was abolished and its regulatory authority transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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' verify both design and construction adequacy as well as to respond to numerous issues raised in the operating license proceeding,- by the NRC's Technical Review Team, and by other sources.
This activity has been ongoing since the fall of 1984.
The Applicants anticipate that it will not be complete before the second quarter of 1986.
Because of uncertainties associated with these activities and with the hearing process, the Applicants request an extension until August 1, 1988 to cover such contingencies.
As discussed more fully in the staff's related Evaluation of Request dated February 10, 1986, we have concluded that good cause has been shown for the delay, and that the requested extension is for a reasonable period.
We have further concluded that the requested extension involves no significant hazards consideration, and therefore no prior public notice is required.
The NRC staff has prepared an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact which was published in the Federal Register on February 7, 1986 (51 FR 4834).
The NRC staff has concluded that this action will not have a significant impact on the
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quality of the human environment and therefore no environmental impact statement need be prepared.
The Applicants' letter dated January 29, 1986, as supplemented on February 4, 1986, and the NRC staff's letter and avaluation dated February 10, 1986 issued in support of this Order are availab.* for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 II Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,
and at the Somervell County Public Library, On the Square, Glen Rose, Texas 76043.
ti IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the latest completion date for CPPR-126 be extended to August 1,1988.
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)9 c>w Thomas M. Novak Acting Director Division of PWR Licensing-A Date of Issuance: February 10, 1986 S
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