ML20211N056
| ML20211N056 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 02/19/1987 |
| From: | Miraglia F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20211N059 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8702270429 | |
| Download: ML20211N056 (2) | |
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7590-01 ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, ET AL PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 3 DOCKET NO. STN 50-530 ORDER EXTENDING CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Southern California Edison Company, El Paso Electric Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Public Power Authority are the holders of Construction Permit CPPR-143 issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Consnission on May 25, 1976, for construction of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 3.
Construc-tion of the facility is substantially complete at the applicants' site in Maricopa County, Arizona, approximately 34 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona.
On September 8,1986, Arizona Public Service Company (APS) filed a request for an extension of the completion date. The extension has been requested because construction has been delayed by the following factors:
1.
Palo Verde, Units 1, 2 and 3 have been constructed on a sequential schedule. Delays in construction, testing and operations of Units 1 and 2 to assure safety have resulted in modifications and delays impacting the sequential schedule for completion of Unit 3.
2.
Although, at the current time, basic construction of Palo Verde, Unit 3 is substantially complete, and preoperational testing is at an advanced stage, additional time will be required for completion in a safe manner. Unit 3 is expected to be ready for fuel load toward the end of the first quarter of 1987.
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i Additionally, APS states that extension of the latest date for completion of Palo Verde. Unit 3 to December 31, 1987, will preclude the need for requesting further amendments of CPPF-143 if there should be any slippage in the expected Unit 3 fuel load date due to unforeseen circumstances.
This action involves no significant hazards consideration; good cause has been shown for the delays; and the extension is for a reasonable period, the bases for which are set forth in the staff's evaluation dated February 19, 1987.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Comission has determined that extending the construction completion dates will have'no significant impact on the environment (52 FR 4694).
The NRC staff safety evaluation of the request for extension of the l
construction permit is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555 and the Phoenix Public Library, Business, Science and Technology Department, 12 East j
McDowell Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
IF IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the latest completion date for Construction Permit No. CPPR-143 is extended from November 1, 1986 to December 31, 1987.
1 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION chakW(x Frank J liragl a, Director Division of PWR Licensing-B j
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Date of Issuance: February 19, 1987 l
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