ML20211K032
| ML20211K032 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1999 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| ML20211K012 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9909070089 | |
| Download: ML20211K032 (2) | |
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+9.....,o SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NOS. 68 AND 68 TO l
FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. NPF-87 AND NPF-89 i
TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION. UNITS 1 AND 2 f
DOCKET NOS. 50-445 AND 50-446
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By application dated May 14,1999, Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric /the licensee) requested changes to the Facility Operating Licenses (FOLs) for the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2. The proposed changes would revise the FOLs to incorporate the new corporate name of the licensee,"TXU Electric Company."
2.0 BACKGROUND
The licensee's May 14,1999, application stated that:
On May 14,1999, the Board of Directors of Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric) will meet to approve a change in the name of the corporation from
" Texas Utilities Electric Company" to "TXU Electric Company." The sole shareholder will approve the name change simultaneously therewith. Upon approval of the name change by all necessary corporate action, TU Electric will file assumed name certificates with the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas and the Dallas County (Texas) Clerk, Office of the Recorder, in order to conduct business under the 1
new name. Within several business days after the filing of the assumed name certificates, TU Electric will file Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation In order to effectuate the name change with the Secretary of State of Texas. The name change will be effective upon the filing and acceptance of the Articles of Amendment by the Texas Secretary of State. The corporate name is being changed for commercial reasons.
When the FOLs for CPSES, Units 1 and 2, were issued, the only owners of CPSES, Units 1 and 2, were the licensee and the Texas Municipal Power Agency. A transfer of Texas Municipal Power Agency's ownership share to the licensee was approved by the NRC and appears as a license notation in the FOLs. As indicated by letter dated October 4,1993, the Texas Municipal Power Agency has completed transfer of its share of ownership in CPSES, Units 1 and 2, to TU Electric. Accordingly, TU Electric is the sole owner of CPSES, Units 1 and 2.
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2 3.0 EVALUATION The licensee's May 14,1999, application stated that:
The proposed change is solely administrative in nature and involves only a corporate name change. This change is being submitted to the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90 only for the purpose of updating the affected OL [ Operating License) documents. The proposed change does not alter any technical content of the OLs or any technical content of the CPSES Technical Specifications requirements, nor does it have any programmatic effect on the TU Electric Operational Quality Assurance Program for CPSES. The change will have no impact on the design, function or operation of any plant structure, system or component, either technically
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or administratively. TU Electric does not anticipate that this corporate name change will require the approval of any Texas agency.
In view of the preceding statements, the NRC staff believes that the proposed amendments are administrative in nature and no substantive changss to the licensee's arrangements or ability to own, operate, or decommission CPSES, Units 1 and 2, will result from amending the licenses to reflect the name change. No transfer of the licenses is being proposed in the application. The NRC staff, therefore, concludes that the amendments to the FOLs to reflect the corporate name change of the licensee, from " Texas Utilities Electric Company" to "TXU Electric Company," are acceptable.
4.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Texas State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no comments.
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21,51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared and published in the Federal Reaister on August 9,1999 (64 FR 43229). Accordingly, based upon the environmental assessment, the NRC staff has determined that the issuance of these amendments will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
6.0 CONCLUSION
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The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: D. H. Jaffe Date:. August 31, 1999
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