ML20203B559
| ML20203B559 | |
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| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 04/15/1986 |
| From: | Cadman W, Doyle A, Ellis C KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT CO., KANSAS ELECTRIC POWER CORP, INC., KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
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| TAC-61304, NUDOCS 8604180208 | |
| Download: ML20203B559 (18) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:__ . . - . Enclosure to EMINRC 86-065
- UNITED S'IATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGUIA'IORY 03EISSICN In the Matter of )
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EANSAS GAS AND EIECIRIC ) cmPANY, et al, )
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Wolf Creek Generatirq ) Station, Unit No. 1 ) APPIICATION 'IO AMEND FACIII'lY OPERATING IICENSE NO. NPF-42 Kansas Gas and Electric Canpany ("EG&E"), Kansas City Power & Light Ctznpany ("ECPL") and Kansas Electric Ibwer Cooperative, Inc. ("EEPOO") (collectively " Owners") are the holders of Facility Operatirg License No. NPF-42, dated June 4,1985 ("the operatirq license") . 'Ihe operating licence authorizes IC&E, KCPL and KEPOO to pmaaaaa the Wolf Creek Generatirq Station, Unit No.1 ("WOGS") and authorizes EG&E as agent for the Owners, to use and operate WOGS in accordance with the pivceidres and limitations set forth in the operating license. ! 'Ihe owners have jointly established a new oorporation, the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ("the Operating Corporation") to operate l WOGS. 'Ihe owners intend that after receipt of all myy regulatory approvals, the Operating Corporation at 12:01 A.M. January 1, 1987, will asstune all responsibilities for operating WO:E now held by IG&E under the operating license. Ownership of WOGS will remain with the owners and will not be transferred to the Operating Corporation. 8604180208 e60415- 2 PDR ADOCK 0500 P
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Pursuant to 10CFR50.80 arx150.90, the Owners hereby request that the Nuclear Regulatory Niaaion amend the operating license to authorize the Operatirg corporation to assume the operating responsibilities for WOGS now held by IC&E. The amendment would becme effective on a date certain after receipt of all nanamaary regulatory approvals (see III. below). Specifically, the Owners request that: (1) Pursuant to Section 103 of the Atmic Energy Act of 1954 as amended ("the Act") and 10 CFR Part 50 "Dcanestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities," the Operating Cw.yv,.ation be authorized to pnaaaaa, use and operate WOGS at the designated location in Coffey County, Kansas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in the crg=.ating license; (2) The Operating corporation, pursuant to the Act and 10 CER Part 70, be authorized to receive, pnaaaaa 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 Safety Analysis Report, as supplenmented and amended; (3) The Operatiry Corporation, pursuant to the Act and 10 CER Parts 30, 40 and 70, be authorized to receive, pnaaaaa, and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed
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sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipnent calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4) The Operating Corporation, pursuant to the Act and 10 CPR Parts 30, 40 and 70, be authorized to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chaminal or physical form, for sanple analysis or instrument Calibration or ma w inted with radioactive apparatus or w = d.s; and
(5) 'Ihe Operating Corporation, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, be authorized to Paaaa, but not separate, sudi byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be prrwhM by the operation of NOGS. Set forth below is the information in support of this application. I. GENERAL INFORMEPI N CONCERNING OPERATING CORPORATI N A. Name: Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporaticm B. Address: Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 C. non,,iption of Business or Wmation: -
'Ihe Operating Corporation is a corporation established to operate, maintain, repair, hiumminate and darrmanianim WOGS in accordance with the operating license. 'Ihe Operating Cummation was established by the owners to assume all responsibilities for operating WOGS now held by IG&E under the operating license.
D. Organization and Mar %=nt. of Wating Corporation:
'Ihe Operating Corporation is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Its principal office is located in Burlington, Kansas.
All of the Operating CuiAtion's directors and principal officers are citizens of the United States. 'Ibeir rwnaa and addr*aaaa are as follows: Directors
- 1. Wilson K. Cadman Kansas Gas and Electric Ocupany 201 North Market Street Post Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201
- 2. Arthur J. Doyle Kansas City Power & Light Ocupany 1330 Baltimore Avenue Kansas City, Miceri 64141
- 3. Crm:;as L. Ross IQuvas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
INrt Office Box 4877 Topeka, Kansas 66604
- 4. Kent R. Brown Kansas Gas and Electric Company 201 North Market Street Post Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201
- 5. J. Michael Evans Kansas City Power & Light Company 1330 Baltimore Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64141 1
- 6. Charles W. 'Ibrrill Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Post Office Box 4877 Topeka, Kansas 66604
- 7. Glenn L. Koester Kansas Gas and Electric Campany 201 North Market Street Post Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201
- 8. Charles J. Ross Kansas City Power & Light Campany 1330 Baltimore Avenue l Kansas City, Missouri 64141
- 9. James S. Haines, Jr.
Kansas Gas and Electric Ocupany 201 North Market Street Post Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201
- 10. A. Drue Jennings Kansas City Power & Light Campany 1330 Baltimore Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64141 l
- 11. James T. Clark Kansas Gas and Electric Campany 201 North Market Street Post Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201
- 12. Bernarti J. Beaudoin Fansas City PcWer & Light Ocupany 1330 BalHurre Avenue Kansas City, Mi - ri 64141
- 13. (To be designated)
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Cw.yw.ation Ibst Office Box 411 Burlingtal, Kansas 66839 Principal Officers (To be designated) President and 011ef Fvar'tive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Ibst Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 A. Drue Jennings ceneral Counsel and secretary Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation c/o Kansas City Power & Light Ccxnpany 1330 Baltimore Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64141 Forrest T. Rhodes Vice President Nuclear Operations Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Richarti M. Grant Vice President Quality Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 John A. Bailey Vice President Engineering and Technical Services Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Fansas 66839
'Ihe stock of the Operating Cupv1.ation is owned by IG&E, ICPL ard IGPOO l in y1.vev1.ticr1 to their r =;+11ve ownership shares of WOGS, i.e. IC&E (47%), t NCPL (47%) and IGPCO (6%) . Five members of the Board of Directors are designated by IC&E C". .__1... Pathan, Brown, Koester, Haines, and Clark), five members by NCPL (Manars. Doyle, Evans, C.J. Ross, Jennings, and.Beaudoin) and two by KEPCO (Messrs. C.L. Ross and Terrill) . 'Ihe thirteenth director is the President and 011ef Executive Officer of the Operating Corporation as elected by the remaining members of the Board of Directors. 'Ihe members of the Board of Directors elect one of their members as & airman of the Board to preside at meetings of the Board.
E. Tedinical Qualifications:
'Ihe technical qualifications of the Operating Corporation to carry out I
its responsibilities under the operating license will be the same as the technical qualifications of IG&E. As of 12:01 A.M. January 1, 1987 (a==ing prior receipt of tw===ary regulatory approvals), all IG&E Nuclear Depa1.im=uit employees, all other IG&E enployees assigned full-time to WOGS matters , and such NCPL and KEPOO enployees who are assigned full-time to WCGS will automatically h enployed by the Operating Corporation. Also, as of 12:01 A.M. January 1,1987 (a===ing prior receipt of maavy regulatory approvals), all IG&E enployees who perform services related to j the IG&E Nuclear Depa1.L=uit on a part-time basis and who are requested by the Operating Corporation for transfer to it and agreed to by IG&E will autanatically harv== enployed by the Operating Corporation.
'Ihe same IG&E organization and staff which is currently responsible for operating WOGS will continue those responsibilities as part of the operating L
Corporation. 'Ihe change in organization is shown by the comparison of Attachment 1 (Technical Specifications, Figure 6.2-1 as proposed in letter KMLtmC 86-037 dated 3/4/86) with Attachnent 2 (which includes the proposed modifications to Technical Specifications Figure 6.2-1) . As shown by this comparison, the changes between the current and proposed structure are that J (1) the Directors of Nuclear Operations, Engineering and Technical Services and Quality, become Vice presidents of the Operating Corporation; (2) a General Counsel and Secretary have been added to the Operating Corporation organization; (3) the Construction Division has been merged into the Engineerity and Technical Services Branch; and (4) some other minor title changes are reflected. The Operating Corporation's Vice Presidents, the ] Director Adninistrative Services and the Nuclear Safety Review Conmittee (with the newly created General Counsel and Secretary) will report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Operating Corporation rather than to KG&E's Vice President Nuclear. The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Operating Corporation will report directly to the Board of Directors of the Operating Corporation rather than KG&E's Vice President Nuclear reporting to KG&E's Group Vice President Technical Services who in turn reports to KG&E's President and Chairman of the Board. There will be no charge in the nunbers and qualifications of personnel who operate NCGS as a result of the change. Therefore, implenentation of the change proposed by this Application will cause no change in the current technical qualifications. 4
F. Financial Qualifications Pursuant t6 contractual agaeE=ds among the Owners, all costs for the operation, maintenance, repair, decontamination and d--minaioning of Wo3S incurred or accrued are liabilities of the Owners when incurred or accrued and are borne by IC&E, KCPL and KEPOO in pwpusLion to their ownership interests in WO3S. 'Ihis is the sa:ne arrary==it that currently governs allocation and payment of WOGS costs. The only change as a result of the 1 proposed arrary==4L is that the owners will reimburse the Operating ) l Corporation for the costs of operating WOGS in proportion to their ownership interest instead of KCPL and EEPCD reimbursing IG&E for the costs of operating Wa:S in pwputLion to their ownership interests. Since the Operating Corporation is a jointly owned subsidiary of the Owners, there is no substantive difference between the proposed and current arrangements. The Operating Corporation is a generating subsidiary of two investor-owned utilities (IC&E arri KCPL) and a non-profit electric cocpuative corporation (KE N O). It is also an entity that generates electricity and recovers the costs of this electricity indirectly through rates established l by separate regulatory authorities. Therefore, the Operating Corporation is an " electric utility" as defined in 10CFR50.2 and is not subject to the requit=umis of 10CFR50.33(f) . Even if the Operating Corporation were subject to those requirements, the contractual obligations dicmacul above give the operating Corporation the same financial qualifications as IG&E, KCPL and KEPCO.
'l G. Statement of Ptar w for Which Transfer is Requested
'Ihe Owners request that the authority to operate NOGS be transferred to the Operating Corporation in order to enhance the coordination of policies and responsibilities for operation of NOGS among the Owners and to centralize cuhul of Ntris operation.
H. Nature of Transaction Newmaitating or Making Desirable , the License Transfer An Ownership Ap.---mi executed on nar,amhar 28, 1981, by the Owners i provided that NOGS would be operated by IC&E as Operating Agent for the I owners in accordance with the provisions of the operating license and the l policies determined by nemann Facilities and Management nrmnittees. By Ef.=Es=ud. made as of April. 15, 1986, the Owners agreed to establish the Operating Corporation to operate, maintain, repair, dscv:s aminate and j h iamion NOGS. l I. Restricted Data 1
'Ihis Application does not contain any Restricted Data or other defense information, and it is not expected that any will harma involved. However, the Operating Corporation agrees that it will appropriately safeguard such information if it does becczne involved and it will not permit any individual to have amaaa to Restricted Data until the civil service nr=niaaion shall have made an investigation and report to the Nuclear Regulatory nc=nimaion on the character, associations and loyalty of such individual, and the Nuclear Regulatory nr=niaaion shall have determined that permitting such person to have ama== to Restricted Data will not endanger the ocenon defense and security.
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II. ANALYSIS OF NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CCNSIIERATION h application to anend the operating license to authorize the operating cm.ym.ation to aa==a respcmsibilities for operating NOGS involves no significant hazards consideration as demonstrated by the following analysis. 'Ibe tests for determining whether a supoeimi amendment involves no significant hazards ocnsideration are set forth in 10GR50.92(c) .
'Ihe p ==4 amendment involves no change in NCX3S, the manner in which WCGS is operated, or the pu6mnsl who operate NOGS. 'Ihe s upused change will involve no alterations to the facility itself and no substantive modifications to plant p --Wres. 'Iherefore, the propoad amendment involves no iru=&se in the probability or consequences of an accident
] previously evaluated. Nor does it create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident fremt any accident previously evaluated or involve any reduction in a margin of safety. III. EFFECTIVE DNTE
- 'Ihe an==' tion of responsibilities for the operation of NOGS by the
! Operating Corporation requires the approvals of other regulatory authorities in addition to the Nuclear Regulatory h inaion, including the Kansas
, Corporation h4=aion. Until all r==maq approvals have been obtained, the transfer of responsibilities cannot be inplanented. 'Ihe Owners intend { that the Operating Corporation will assume all responsibilities for j operating M.GS now held by IG&E as of 12:01 A.M. January 1,1987. 'Ihe ! Owners will therefore seek to obtain all r_+ w ry approvals prior to that time. 'Iherefore, the owners request that the Nuclear Regulatory hinaion approve the proposed operating license amendment but delay the effectiveness of the amendment until 12:01 A.M. Jaluary 1,1987. Should it s $aag =ntly l appear that other regulatory approvals cennot be obtained prior to that time, IG&E (on behalf of the Owners and the Operating Corporation) will s w Lly notify the h iaaien.
- 9 IV. CNSENT IG&E, NCPL and EEPOo hereby consant to the ===ition of i
responsibilities by the Operating cm m ation as described above. It is requested that, after the effective date of the amendment, all ev==wiications be sent to: 1 (To be designated) President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operatirq Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Additionally, it is requested that copies of all such evemniications be sent to: Mr. Glenn L. Koester Vice President Nuclear Kansas Gas and Electric owpany 201 North Market Street Ibst Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201 1 Mr. J. Michael Evans Vice President - System Power Operations Kansas City Power & Light Otmpany 1330 BalHmnre Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64141 Mr. Charles L. Ross Executive Vice President Kansas Electric Power Cecismative, Inc. Post Office Box 4877 Topeka, Kansas 66604 , Jay E. Silberg, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Ibtts & Trowbridge i 1800 M Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20036 i 1 i l
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IN WI'INESS NHEREOF, Kansas Gas and Electric Ctmpany has caused its name to be hereunto signed by Wilson K. h n, its 01 airman of the Board and President, and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by Eldred D. Prothro its Assistant Secretary, en this 15th day of April,1986. Im % AND C By' Y W11sen x. caaman 01 airman of the Board and President ATTEST: Eldred D. Prothro , Assistant Secretary STATE OF IGNSAS )
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Wilson K. Cadman, being first duly sworn, on his oath, states that he is 01 airman of the Board and President of Kansas Gas and Electric Ctanpany, that he is authorized on the part of said Corporation to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory himion this application; that he has read all of the statements contained in such application; and that all such statements made and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. t S
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y . im Wilson K. h n Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County above named this 15th day of April,1986 Notary'Public
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IN WTINESS WHEREOF, Fansas City Power & Light thTany has caused its name to be hereunto signed by Arthur J. Doyle, its Chairman of the Board and President, and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by 9 mal P. Cowley, its Secretary, m this 15th day of April,1986. IGNSAS CITY ICWER & LIGfr CCHPANY By I ^c _ M Arthur J. IV ~ Chairman the and dent ATIEST: ~
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Arthur J. Doyle, being first duly sworn, on his oath, states that he is ruimn of the Board and President of Kansas City Power & Idght Company, that he is authorized on the part of said Corporation to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory hi== ion this application; that he has read all of the statements contained in such application; and that all such statements made and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. ArthurJ[l/DoyW l ] Subscribed ard sworn to before me, a Notary Public in a'nd for the State and County abcVe named this 15th day of April 1986. Ef] 3- f ff D
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-l IN WI'INESS WHEREOF, Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. has caused its name to be hereunto signed by Charles W. Ellis, its President, and its seal to be affixed hereto by R.D.- W , its Secretary, en this 15th day of April, 1986.
IGNSAS EIECIRIC POWER CDO , INC. By / A /A / '.
~ Charles W. Ellis President ATIEST:
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) ss 000NIY OF COFEY Charles W. Ellis, being first duly sworn, on his oath, states that he is President of Kansas Electric Power Ccepa.wtive, Inc. that he is authorized on the part of said Cooperative to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory h i m ien this application; that he has read all of the statements contained in such application; and that all such statements nade and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
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1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, has caused its name to be hereunto signed by Forrest T. Rhodes, its Vice President Nuclear Operations, an3 its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by A. Drue Jennings, its General Counsel and Secretary, on this 15th day of April, 1986. WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION By Forrest T. Rhode3 Vice President '.uclear Operations ATTEST:
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Forrest T. Rhodes, being first duly sworn, on his oath, states that he is Vice President Nuclear Operations of Wolf Creek tbclear Operating Corporation, that he is authorized on the part of said Corporation to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory C%mnission this application; that he has read all of the statenents contained in such application; and that all such statenents made and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, infonnation and belief. Forrest T. Rhodes Subscribed and sworn t. before me, a Notary Public in and for the. State and County above named this 15th day of April, 19p6.
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