ML20211P029
| ML20211P029 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 09/08/1999 |
| From: | Zimmerman R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | FLORIDA POWER CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20211P033 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9909130124 | |
| Download: ML20211P029 (8) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION et al.
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Docket No. 50-302
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(Crystal River Unit 3)
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ORDER APPROVING THE TRAN3FER OF LICENSE AND A CONFORMING AMENDMENT l.
Florida Power Corporation (FPC), owner of 90.4473 percent of Crystal River Unit 3 (CR-3),
has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility as reflected in Operating License DPR 72. The City of Tallahassee (the City), one of the several joint owners of the facility, holds a 1.3333-percent ownership interest in CR-3. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) issued License No. DPR-72 on December 3,1976, pursuant to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50). The facility is located in Citrus Coun*;, Florida.
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By application dated December 29,1998, as supplemented on June 18,1999 (collectively hereinafter referred to as the application), FPC requested approval of the proposed transfer of the City's rights under the Operating License for CR-3 to FPC. FPC also requested approval of a conforming amendment to reflect the transfer.
According to the application, the City has agreed to sell its 1.3333-percent ownership interest in CR-3 to FPC, subject to obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals. FPC would continue to have exclusive responsibility for the management, operation, and maintenance of 9909130124 990908 PDR ADOCK 05000302 P
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. CR-3. The conforming amendment would remove the City from the Facility Operating License and indicate that the City is no longer a licensee.
Approval of the transfer and conforming license amendment was requested pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 50.90. Notice of the application for approval and an opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal Reaister on February 26,1999 (64 FR 9544). No hearing requests were filed.
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i Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in writing. Upon review of the information submitted in the application, the NRC staff has determined that FPC is qualified to hold the license with respect to the additional ownership interest of the City, and that the transfer of the license, to the extent it is held by the City, to FPC is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by
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The NRC staff has further found that the application for the proposed license amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; the facility will operate in conformity with the application, the prov sions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by the proposed license amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public and that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Cornmission's regulations; the issuance of the proposed license amendment will not be inimical to the comrnon defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and the issuance of the proposed license amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations, and all applicable requirements have been satisfied. The findings previously set forth herein are supported by a Safety Evaluation dated Septosaber 8,1999.
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Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,1611, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,42.U.S.C. Sections 2201(b),2201(i), and 2234, and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the license transfer referenced above is approved, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The use of assets in the City's existing non qualified decommissioning trust fund for CR-3 (Decommissioning Trust Fund) shall be limited to the expenses related to decommissioning of CR-3 as defined by the NRC in its regulations and issuances, and as provided in the CR-3 license and any amendments thereto.
(b) Decommissioning Trust Fund investments in the securities or other obligations of the City or FPC, or affiliates thereof, or their successors or assigns, shall be prohibited.
i in addition, except for investments tied to market indexes or other non-nuclear sector mutual funds, investments in any entity owning one or more nuclear power plants I
shall be prohibited.
- (c) No disbursements or payments from the Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be made by the trustee until the trustee has first given the NRC thirty (30) days notice of payment. No disbursements or payments from the Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be made if the trustee receives prior written notice of objection from the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC.
1 (d) The agreement governing the Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be amended, to the i
extent neceosary, to be consistem with this Order. It then shall not be modified in any material respect without prior written consent of the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC.
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4 (e) FPC shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the maintenance of, and disbursal of funds from, the Decommissioning Trust Fund is in accordance or consistent with the application, this Order, and the supporting safety evaluation.
(f) After receipt of all required regulatory approvals of the transfer of the City's interest in CR-3 to FPC, FPC shall inform the Director, OMice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, in writing, of such receipt within five business days, and of the date of the closing of the sale and transfer of the City's interest to FPC no later than seven business days prior to the date of closing. Should the transfer not be completed by December 31,1999, this Order shall become null and void, provided, however, on application and for good cause shown, such date may be extended.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), a license amendment that makes changes, as indicated in Enclosure 2 to the cover letter forwarding this Order, to conform the license to reflect the subject license transfer is approved. Such amendment shall
- be issued and made effective at the time the proposed license transfer is completed.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial application dated December 29, 1998, and supplement dated June 18,1999, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Coastal Region Library,8619 W.
Crystal Street, Crystal River, Florida 34428.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of September 1999.
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FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION CITY OF ALACHUA CITY OF BUSHNELL 4
CITY OF GAINESVILLE CITY OF KISSIMMEE CITY OF LEESBURG CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH AND UTILITIES COMMISSION CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH CITY OF OCALA QRLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSION AND CITY OF ORLANDO SEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. INC.
j CITY OF TALLAHASSEE DOCKET NO. 50-302 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No.
License No. DPR-72 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that.
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A. The application for amendment by Florida Power Corporation et al. (the licensees),
dated December 29,1998, as supplemented June 18,1999, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),
and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
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Accordingly, the Operating License is amended as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment.
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This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented witilin 30 days from the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORi COMMISSION
. Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Operating License Date of issuance:
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TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-72 DOCKET NO. 50-302 Replace the following page of Operating License No. DPR-72 with the attached page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contains vertical lines indicating the areas of change.
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AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 2 License No. DPR-72 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) having found that:
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The application filed by Florida Power Corporation, City of Alachua, City of Bushnell, City of Gainesville, City of Kissimmee, City of Leesburg, City of New Smyrna Beach and Utilities Comission, City of New Smyrna Beach, City of Ocala, Orlando Utilities Commission and City of Orlando, Sebring Utilities Comission* Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., and City of Tallahasse[*(the licensees) as supplemented by letter dated December 9, 1976,-complie; with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the l
Comission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;
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Construction of the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant J
(facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-51 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Comission; The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as l
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- As of the effective date of Amendment No. 140
, Sebring Utilities Comission.is no longer a licensee under this license, I
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