ML20195H834
| ML20195H834 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/1988 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8812010083 | |
| Download: ML20195H834 (6) | |
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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY CITY OF AUSTIN. TEXAS
_ DOCKET NO. 50-499 SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. NPF-78 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) has found that:
A.
The application for a license filed by Houston Lighting & Power Company * (HL&P) acting on behalf of itself and for the City Public l
Service Board of San Antonio (CPS), Central Power and Light Company (CPL), and City of Austin, Texas (C0A) (licensees) 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 1, ano all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B.
Construction of the South Texas Project, Unit 2 (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction permit No. CPPR-129 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the l
Act, and the regulations of the Commission; C.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as emended, the provisions of the Act, end the regulations of the Com-mission (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D. below);
D.
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 (11) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with tb Cornmission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I (except ;.s exempted from compliance in Section 2.0. below);
- Houston Lighting & Power Company is autnorized to act for the City Public l
Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company and City of i
Austin, Texas and has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation and maintenance of the facility.
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Houston Lighting & Power Company is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this license in accordance with the Comission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F.
The licensses have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, "Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Comission's regulations; G.
The issuance of this license will not be inimical to the contnon 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 this Facility Operating License No. NPF-78, subject to the conditions for pro-tection of the environment set forth in the Environmental Protec-tion Plan attached as Appendix B, is in accordante with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Comission's regulations and all applicable require-ments have been satisfied; and 1.
The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct and special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accord-ance with the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70.
2.
Based on the foregoing findings, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's Partial Initial Decision (Operating License) (Phase 1), dated March 14, 1984, affirmed in ALAB-799, dated February 6, 1985, the Partial Initial Decision (Operating License) (Phases 11/111), dated June 13, 1986 and the PartialInitialDecision(AuthorizingOperatingLicenses),datedAugust29, 1986, both affirmed in ALAB-849, dated October 8,1986, regarding this facility, Facility Operating License No. NFP-78 is hereby issued to Houston Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company, ano City of Austin, Texas (the licensees) to read as follows:
This license applies to the South Texas Project,(Unit 2, a pres-the facility) owned A.
surized water reactor, and associated equipment by Houston Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company and City of Austin, Texas. The facility is located in Matagorda County, Texas, west of the Colorado River, 8 miles north-northwest of the town of Matagorda 1
and about 89 miles southwest of Houston and is described in the I
licensees' final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended.
l and in the licensees' Environmental Report, as supplemented and amended.
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Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses:
(1) Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, use and operate the facility at the designated location in Matagorda County, Texas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2) The City Public Service Board of San Antonio (CPS), Central Power and Light Company (CPL), and the City of Austin, Texas (C0A),
pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess the facility at the designated location in Matagorda County, Texas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (3) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and 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 j
Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to j
receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source 1
and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for j*
reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrurentation
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and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission 4
detectors in amounts as required; I
(5) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to l
receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemi-4 cal or physical form, for sample analycis or instrument calibra-i tion or associated with radioactive appa.atus or components; and l
(6) HL&P, pursuent to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility authorized herein.
C.
This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the con-ditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR l
Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and I
to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or here-l after in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions speci-i l
fied or incorporated below:
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-4 (1) Maximum Power Level HL&P is authorized to operate the facility at reactor enre power levels not in excess of 3800 megawatts thermal (100% power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein. Pending Commission approval, this license is restricted to reactor core power levels not to exceed 5 percent of full power (190' megawatts thermal).
(2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B. both of which are attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into this license. HL&P shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
(3) Antitrust Conditions Houston Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company and Lity of Austin, Texas shall comply with the antitrust conditions delineated in Appendix C to this license; Appendix C is hereby incorporated into this license.
(4) initial Startup Test Program (Section 14. SER)*
Any changes to the Initial Test Program described in Section 14 of the Final Safety Analysis Report mcde in accordance with the.
provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 shall be reported in accordance with 50.59(b) within one month of such change.
(5) Safety Parameter Display System (Section 18. SSER No. 6)*
Before startup after the first refueling outage HL&P shall modify the critical safety function displays to provide the status of the radioactivity control safety function and to continuously display the status boxes that sumarize plant safety status.
- The parenthetical notation following the title of many licensa conditions denotes the section of the Safety Evaluation Report and/or its supplements wherein the license condition is discussed.
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Exemptions The following exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and certain special circumstances are present. With the granting of these exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provi-sions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Comission.
(1) The facility requires a schedular exemption from the requirements of General Design Criterion 4, Appendix A to 10 CFR 50. The staff has described in detail in Supplement 4 to the Safety Evaluation Report the technical basis associated with this
' O. ion. The staff's environmental assessment was published unJuly)2,)1987(52FR25095).Therefore,pursuantto10CFR50.12(a (1, 10 project Unit 2, is hereby granted an exemption from the require.
ments of General Design Criterion (GDC) 4. Appendix A to 10 CFR 50 with respect to the dynamic loading effects associated with the postulated pipe breaks described in detail in Section 3.6 of Supplement 4 to the Safety Evaluation Report. These dynamic loading effects include pipe whip, jet impingement, and break-associated dynamic transients. Specifically, this eliminates the need to install jet impir;,ement barriers and pipe whip restraints associated with postuleted pipe bruks in the pressurizer surge line, and the accumulator injection lines.
This exemption will expire 6 months following completion of the current GDC-4 rulemaking changes or at the end of the second refueling outage, whichever occurs earlier.
(2) The facility requires a technical exemption from the require-ments of 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Section Ill.D.2(b)(ii). The justification for this exemption is centeined in Section 6.2.6 of Supplement 3 to the Safety Evaluation Report. The staff's environmental assessment was published on July 2, 1987 (52 FR 25094). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1),
10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii) and (iii), the South Texas Project Unit 2 is hereby granted an exemption from the quoted require-ment and instead, is required to perform the overall air lock leak test at pressure P prior to establishing containment integrity if air lock m$intenance has been performed that could affect the air lock sealing capability.
(3) The facility was previously granted exemption from the criticality monitoring requirements of 10 CFR 70.24 (See Materials License No. SMM-1983 dated August 30, 1988 and Section !!!.E. of the SER dated August 30,1988). The South Texas Project Unit 2 is hereby exempted from the criticality monitoring provisions of 10 CFR 70.24 as applied to fuel assemblies held under this license.
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Fire Protection HP&L shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the l
approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety i
j Analysis Report through Amendment No. 55 and the Fire Hazards Analysis Report through Amendment No. 7, and submittals dated i
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April 29, May 7, 8 and 29. June 11, 25 and 26,1987, and as approved l
i in the SER (NUREG-0781) dated April 1986 and its Supplements, subject to the following provision:
HL&P may make changes to the approved fire >rotection program without prior approval of the Commission, only if tiose changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and raintain safe shutdown in l
i the event of a fire.
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Physical Security HL&P shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of i
the physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans previously approved by the Comission and all t
j anendments and revisions to such plans made pursuant to the authority under 10 CFR 50.00 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The plans, which contain i
Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, art entitled:
"South Texac Project Electric Generating Station Physical Security Plan," with revisions / amendments submitted through September 30, 1988; "South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Security Personnel 1
Qualification and Training Plan" with revisions submitted through j
March 4, 1988; and "South Texas Project Electric Generating Station i
Safeguards Contingency Plan," with revisions / amendments submitted
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through July 18, 1988.
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Reporting To The Commission Except as otherwise provided in the Technical Specifications or
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Environmental Protection Plan, HL&P shall report any violations of i
the requirements contained in Section 2.C of this license in the following manner:
initial notification shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency i
l Notification System with written follow-up within 30 days in accord-
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ance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b), (c), and (e).
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Financial Protection I
The licensees shall have and maintain financial protection of such l
1 type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance l
with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
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