ML20205B158

License DPR-51 for Facility

ML20205B158
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear, 05000000
Issue date:	05/21/1974
From:	Giambusso A US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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ML20204E814	List: 0CAN108807, Forwards Securities & Exchange Commission Application to Assume Responsibility for Licensed Operations at Plants,Per 880615 Meeting ML20204E855 ML20205B158
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SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

l ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

. DOCKET NO. 50-313 (ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE UNIT 1)

FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 1 License No. OPR-51

1. The Atomic Energy Commission (the Commission) having found that:

a. The issuance of this license, as amended, to the Arkansas Power and Light Company ("AP&L") and System Energy Resources, Inc.

("SERI") (the licensees") complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amenced (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and all rdquired notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made;

b. Construction of Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No. CPPR 57, and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission;

c. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission;

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 (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Commission;

e. SERI is technically qualified and AP&L is financially qualified to l engage in the activities authorized by this operating license in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission;

f. AP&L has satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, l "Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Commission's regulations; "After a transfer of APAL nuclear personnel to SERI SERI has succeeded AP&L as the operator of Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (the facility).

Consequently, SERI is authorized to act for itself and for AP&L and has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation and maintenance of the facility. Hereinafter, the term licensees k ers-to-bo AP&L and SERI.

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( 9 The issuance of this amended operating license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; l

h. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of Facility Operating License No. OPR-51, as amended, is in accordance with 10 l CFR Part 50, Appendix 0, of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements of said Appendix 0 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 accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, inc19"ng 10 CFR Section 30.33, 40.32, 70.23 and 70.31.

2. Facility Operating License No. DPR-51, as amended, is hereby issued to AP&L and SERI to read as follows:

a. This license applies to Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, a pressurized water reactor and associated equipment (the facility),

owned by AP&L and operated by SERI. The facility is located in l Pope County, Arkansas and is describeri in the "Final Safety Analysis Report" as supplemented and amended (Amendments 1 through

45) and the Environmental Report as supplemented and amended (Supplements 1 through 5).

b. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses: l (1) SERI pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, l "Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities," to

} possess, use, and operate the facility at the designated location in Pope County, Arkansas, in accordance with the procedures and limitat'ons set forth in this license; (2) AP&L, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess the

facility at the designated location in Pope Cot.nty, Arkansas, in accordance with 'the limitations set forth in this license; (3) SERI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess l 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 Analysi', Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) SERI, pursuart to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to l receive, possess and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor sti.rtup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission dstectors in amounts as required; 2

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( (5) SERI, pursuant to the Act and 10CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis l

or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; (6) SERI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30 and 70, to l possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility,

c. This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the following Commission regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I: Part 20. Section 30.34 of Part 30, Section 40.41 of Part 40, Sections 50.54 and 50.59 of Part 50, and Section 70.32 of Part 70; is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereaf ter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:

(1) Maximum Power level SERI is authorized to operate the facility at steady state  !

reactor core power levels not in excess of 2568 megawatts thermal.

( (2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendices A and B, as revised through Amendment No. , are hereby incorporated in the license. SERI sFaT1 operate the facility l in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

(3) AP&La may proceed w o i and is required to complete the  !

modifications iden. ..ad in Paragraphs 3.1 through 3.19 of the NRC's Fire Protecticn Safety Evaluation (SE) on the facility dated August 26, 1978 and supplements thereto.

These modifications shall be completed as specified in Table 3.1 of the Safety Evaluation Report or supplements thereto.

In addition, the licensee may proceed with and is required to complete the modifications identified in Supplement I to the Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Report, and any future supplements. These modifications shall be completed by the dates identified in the supplement.

"Theoriginallicenseeauthorizebtopossess,use,andoperatethefacility was AP&L. Consequently, certain historical references to AP&L remain in the license conditions.

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(4) Physical Protection SERI shall fully implement and maintain in effect provisions l of the following Commission approved documents, including amendments and changes made pursuant to the authoHty of 10 CFR 50.54(p). These approved documents consist of information withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d):

(a) "Arkansas Nuclear One Industrial Security Plan" dated January 11, 1979, as revised by submittals dated January 2, 1981 (Enclosure 2), and April 30, 1981.

(b) "Arkansas Nuclear Station Saferjards Contingency Plan,"

Revision 1 dated February 26, 1980, revised by Revision 2 page changes dated April ?J, 1980, and submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 73.40. The. Contingency Plan shall be fully implemented in accordance with 10 CFR 73.40(b).

(c) "Arkansas Nuclear One Security Force Training and Qualification Plan" as submitted by letter dated September 9, 1980, as revised by pages dated February 5, 1981, and April 27, 1981. This Plan shall be followed in accordance with 10 CFR 73.55(b)(4), 60 days after approval by the Commission. All security personnel, as required in the above plans, shall b2 qualified within two years of this approval. SERI may make changes to l

( this plan without prior Commission approval if the ch6nges do not decrease the safeguards effectiveness of the plan. SERI shall maintain records of and submit l 4 reports concerning such changes in the same manner as required for changes made to the Security Plan and l Safeguards Contingency Plan pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(p).

(5) Systems Intearity SERI shall implement a program to reduce leakage from systems l outside containment that would or could contain highly radioactive fluids during a serious transient or accident to j as low as practical levels. This program shall include the i following:

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1. Provisions establishing preventive maintenance and periodic visual inspection requirements, and l 2. Integrated leak test requirements for each system at a frequency not to exceed refueling cycle intervals.

(6) Iodine Monitoring SERI shall implement'a program which will ensure the  !

capability to accurately determine the airborne todine

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L concentration in vital areas under accident conditions. The program shall include the following:

{ Training of personnel, 1.

2. Procedures for monitoring, and

3. Provisions for maintenance of sampling an:t analyr. .

equipment.

(7) Secondary Water Chemistry Monitorino A secondary water chemistry monitoring program shall be implemented to minimize steam generator tube degradation.

This program shall include:

1. Identification of a sampling schedule for the critical parameters and control points for these parameters;

2. Identification of the procedures used to measure the values of the critical parameters;

3. Identification of process sampling points;

4. Procedures for the recording and management of data;

5. Procedures defining corrective actions for off-control

( point chemistry conditions; an6 l 6. A procedure identifying the authority responsible for the interpretation of the data and the sequence and i timing of administrative events required to initiate a corrective action,

d. This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall l expire at midnight, December 6, 2003. ,

FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION A. Giambusso, Deputy Director  ;

Date of Issuance: May 21 1974 j I i

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