ML20205P640

Requests That Util Provide Definite Operating Plan Re Potential Decommissioning of Plant within 30 Days of Ltr Date

ML20205P640
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Saint Vrain
Issue date:	11/04/1988
From:	Heitner K Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Robert Williams PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO
References
TAC-69515, NUDOCS 8811080248
Download: ML20205P640 (4)

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Docket No. 50 267 I

Mr. R. O. Williams, Jr.

senior Vice President Nuclear Operations  :

Public Service Corrany of Colorado  ;

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Dear Mr. Williars:

$UBJECT: POTENTIAL DEC0tet!$$10N!kG Of FORT ST. '.?AIN j (TACNO.69515) l The staff has reviewed the raterial presented by Public Service Cospany of Colorado (PSC) during the eetting of Octcber 13 and 14,19FS, on potential i decert:issicr.tr.g of Fort St. Vrairi (FSV). During this teeting PSC stated that  :

the future of FSV was uncertain, and the extent of future nuciear operations -

was being evaluated. Possible options for FSV included not conducting the i fourth refueling, ar4 beginning defuelirg at the erd cf the current operating cy cie.

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The staff riotes that a nurber of PSC's ccerittents are related to the schedule for the fourth refueling. These irclude the corsaiteents to irplement thc  !

requirer.ents of MUREG 0737 Supplerent I as er.crerated in our Confiroatory i Order dated August 2,1985 and :(dified Noverter 18,19E6. Otter intertent corr 11trents related to the continued creration are included in our letttr of i August 30,1968 as reissued Septester 15, 1988.  !

j lt is the staff's intentions that each cf these corritrents be appropriately l ccrpitted as part of the fourth refueling outage. Tre staff specifically  ;

erphasi:es the implementation cf the Technical Specificaticn Upgrade Prograr<

(TSUP) at the fourth refueling, as the rest isportant step in irprcvir.g plant t l operattunal safety if PSC desires to cease nuclear pcwer operativi. at the  ;

fourth refueling, T5UP should still be irplesented to cover all SPUTDCVU and ,

REFUELING conditions. This reflects PSC's projection that the defueling crera. l tion could extend for two or three yttes af ter power operation was ccrplettd.

l I l We also note that in recent licensing correspondence, PSC's statetents on the I future of F5Y have not been consistant. PSC's letter dated Septester 27,1966 (P-tE342) requested a delay to conduct certain evaluations requested by tte i staff ' depending on the future of Fort St. Vrain...'. A second PSC letter .

! dated Septerter 29,19f.8 (P 88353) r.ade specific coseitsents for the "...fif th  !

refueling outage, scheduled for Jaruary thru February 1991".  !

It is tre staff's position that continued operation of FSV withcut a definitine l l plan for that operation is unacceptable. There is oc basis for approving delays based on the absence of a definite operating plan. Therefore the staff l

requests that PSC provide a definite operating plan within 30 days of the ,

date of this letter. The operating plan should define PSC's intentiot.5 i I

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Mr. R. O. Williams, Jr. November 4,1988 concerning the future operation of Fort St. Vrain. If PSC wishes to r.:odify or change any previous commitn;ents to the staff, it should be done in reference to this operating plan. If PSC wishes to modify or change any current or

. outstanding requests from the staff for additional inforniation it snould also be done in reference to this operating plan.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requiren;ents contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB ciearance is not requred under P.L. g6-511.

Sincerely, Kenneth L. lleitner, Project Manager '

Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of fiuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page i i l

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Mr. D. W. Warembourg, Manager Albert J. Hazle, Director Nuclear Engineering Division Radiation Control Division Public Service Company Department of Health of Colorado 4210 East lith Avenue P. O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80220 Denver, Colorado 80201-0840 Mr. David Alberstein,14/159A Mr. R. O. Williams, Jr., Acting Manager GA Technologies, Inc. Nuclear Production Division Post Office Box 85608 Public Service Company of Colorado San Diego, California 92138 16805 Weld County Road 19-1/2 1 Platteville, Colorado 80651 l

, - Mr. H. L. Brey, Manager Nuclear Licensing and Fuel Division Mr. P. F. Tomlinson, flanager l Public S evice Corpany of Colorado Quality Assurance Division P. O. Box 840 Public Service Company of Colorado Denver, Colorado 80201-0840 16805 Weld County Read 19-1/2 Platteville, Colorado 80651 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l'r. R. F. Walker P. O. Box 640 Public Service Cocpany of Colorado Platteville, Colorado 30651 Post Office Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201-0840 Kelley, Stansfield & 0'Donnell Public Service Corpany Building Cormitment Control Progran l Room 900 Coordinator i 550 15th Street Public Service Company of Colorado l Denver, Colorado 80202 2420 W. 26th Ave. Suite 100-0 l Denver, Colorado 80211 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Chairman, Board cf County Corsaissioners of Weld County, Colorado Greeley, Colorado 80631 Pegional Representative sediat, ion Programs Environnental Protection Agency 1 Denver Place 999 18th Street, Suite 1300 Denver, Colorado 80202-2413

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!!r. R. O. Williams, Jr. -2 November 4,1988 concerning the future operation of Fort St. Vrain. If PSC wishes to modify or change any previous corrmitments to the staff, it should be done in reference to this operating plan. If PSC wishes to irodify or change any current or outstanding requests from the staff for additional inforn.ation it should also be done in reference to this operating plan.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, Cf'd clearance is not requred under P.L.96-511.

Sincerely,

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