ML20154D280

Order Extending Const Completion Date from 850101 to 990701, Per Util 841102 & 860310 Requests

ML20154D280
Person / Time
Site:	Satsop
Issue date:	05/16/1988
From:	Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Shared Package
ML20154D271	List: ML20154D266 ML20154D280 ML20154D323 ML20154D351
References
NUDOCS 8805190128
Download: ML20154D280 (6)

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WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY l l

PUGET SOUND POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY J THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY  ;

WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM NUCLEAR PROJECT NO. 3 DOCKET NO. 50-508 ORDER EXTENDING CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE Washington Public Power Supply System is the current holder of j Constrstion Permit No. CPPR-154,* issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 11, 1978, for construction of WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 3 (WNP-3).

The facility is presently under construction at the applicant's site in south-eastern Grays Harbor County, Washington, On November 2, 1984, the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS or the applicant) filed a request for an extension of the completion date. On March 10, 1986, the applicant requested a revision to the date requested in the

! earlier submittal. The extension has been requested because construction has  !

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1. The temporary lack of demand for the energy to be produced by WNP-3;

2. The temporary inability to firance the continued construction from l

Benneville Power Administration (BPA) revenues; j 1

3. Recomendations of the BPA to WPPSS that the construction restart be i 1 delayed until 1994 due to the latest regional planning; l

4. The c.110wance of a 54-month construction period to complete WNP-3 and a margin of uncertainties such as those associated with regional l I

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l making a revised construction completion date of July 1, 1999. l Although the applicant has not submitted a specific requert to have WNP-3 be made a deferred plant pursuant to the Comission's Policy Statenent on Deferred Plants, 52 FR 38077, October 14, 1987, it has provided all the l

information necessary to allow the staff to conclude that WNP-3 is a deferred plant. Accordingly, the NRC staff has determined that WNP-3 is a deferred plant as defined by the Comission in the policy and that it is, therefore, subject to any applicable provisi,ons of the policy set forth there.

Good cause has been shown for the delays; the causes were beyond the control of the applicant; and the requested extension is for a reasonable period, the bases for which are set forth in the staff's evaluation of the reauest for extension.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Comission has determined that extending the r,onstruction completion date will have no significant impact on the environnent (53 FR 16799 dated May 11, 1988).

The NRC staff safety evaluation of the request for extension of the construction permit is available for public inspection at the Comission's  ;

1 Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document Roon at W. H. Memoris Library, 125 Main Street, South, Montesano, Washington 28523.

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I IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the, latest completion date for Construction Permit No. CPPR-154 is extended from January 1, 1985 to July 1, 1999.

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7590-01 tlASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY <

PUGET SOUND POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM NUCLEAR PROJECT NO. 3 DOCKET NO. 50-508 ORDER EXTENDING CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE Washington Public Power Supply System is the current holder of Construction Permit No. CPPR-154,. issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 11, 1978, for construction of WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 3 (WNP-3).

The facility is presently under construction at the applicant's site in south-  :

eastern Grays Harbor County, Washington, On November 2, 1984, the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS or the applicant) filed a request for an extension of the coupletion date. On l March 10, 1986, the applicant requested a revision to the date requested in the i earlier submittal. The extension has been requested because construction has been delayed by the fo11 ewing events

1. The temporary lack of demand for the energy to be produced by WNP-3;

2. The temperary inability to finance the continued construction fron

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) revenues; 1 i j 3. Reconmendations of the BPA to WPPSS that the construction restart be i delayed until 1994 due to the latest regional planning;  !

4. The allowance of a 54-month construction period to complete WNP-3 and a margin of uncertainties such as those associated with regional l

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load growth or time to startup the project to full construction making r revised construction completion date of July 1, 1999.

Although the applicant has not submitted a specific request to have WNP-3 be made a deferred plant pursuant to the Comission's Policy Statement on Deferred Plants, 52 FR 38077, October 14, 1987, it has provided all the information necessary to allow the staff to conclude that WNP-3 is a deferred plant. Accordingly, the NRC staff has determised that WNP-3 is a deferred plant as defined by the Comission in the policy and that it is, therefore. l subject to any applicable provisions of the policy set forth thert.  !

Good cause has been shown for the delays; the causes were beyond the control of the applicant; and the requested extension is for a reasonable period, the bases for which are set forth in tne staff's evaluation of the  !

request for extension.

1 Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Comission has determined that extending I l

the construction completion date will have no significant impact on the l environment (53 FR 16799 dated May 11, 1988).

The NRC staff safety evaluation of the request for extension of the construction permit is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Docunent Room, 1717 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document Room at W. H. Memorial Library, 125 Main Street, South, Montesano, Washington 28523. ,

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1 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the latest completion date for Construction  !

Permit No. CPPR-154 is extended from January 1, 1985 to July 1, 1999.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i

rk Dennis M. Crutchfie d, Dir or Division of Reactor Projec s - III, .

IV, Y and Special Projects l i Date of Issuance: May 16, 1988 l j

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