ML20235V153

Forwards Draft Proposed Full Power License NPF-80 for Unit

ML20235V153
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	03/06/1989
From:	Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Mcknight J NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 8903100060
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'Encloseo is a draft copy of the proposed full power operating license for South Texas Project, Unit 2'(Docket No. 50-499). ' Please-incorporate it into NUDOCS and rend it to the PDR.

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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY CITY OF. AUSTIN, TEXAS 1 DOCKET NO. 50-499 SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. NPF-80

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission or the NRC) has found that:

A. The application for a license filed by the Houston Lighting & Power Company * (HL&P) acting on behalf of itself and for the City Public Service Board of San Antonio (CPS), Central Power and Light Company (CPL), and City of Austin, Texas (C0A) (licensees) complies with the standards and requirements cf the Atomic Er.ergy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, ar,d all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B. Construction of the South Texas Pro.iect, Unit 2, (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No. CPPR-129 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Cocanission; C. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Com-mission (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D. below);

D. There is reasonable assurance: (1) 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 ccepliance with the Comission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Cha Section2.D.below)pterI(exceptasexemptedfromcompliancein

• Houston Lighting & Power Company is authorized to act for the City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company and City of Austin, Texas and has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation and maintenance of the facility.

DRAFT E. Houston Lighting & Power Company is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this license in accordance with the Comission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F. The licensees have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Comission's regulations; G. The issuance of this license will.not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of this facility Operating License No. NPF-80, subject to the conditions for pro-tection of the environment set forth in the Environmental Protec-tion Plan attached as Appendix B, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable rrquire-ments have been satisfied; and I. The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct and special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accor-dance with the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70.

2. Based on the foregoing findings, and approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Comission at a meeting on , the License for Fuel Loading and Low Power Testing, License No. NPF-78 issued on December 16, 1988 is superseded by Facility Operating License NPF-80, hereby issued to Houston Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company, and City of Austin, Texas (the licensees) to read as follows:

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This license surized water applies reactor, to andthe South Texas associated Project,(Unit 2, a pres-the facility) ow equipment by Houston Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of

. San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company and City of Austin, Texas. The facility is located in Matagorda County, Texas, west of the Colorado River, 8 miles north-northwest of the town of Matagorda and about 89 miles southwest of Houston and is described in the licensees' Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and in the licensees' Environmental Report, as supplemented and amended.

B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Comission hereby licenses:

DRAFT (1) Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, use and operate the facility at the designated location in Matagorda County, Texas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2) The City Public Service Board of San Antonio (CPS), Central Power and Light Company (CPL), and the City of Austin, Texas (C0A), l pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess the facility at l the designated location in Hatagorda County, Texas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (3) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess j I and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, i in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts  ;

required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any tine any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipn.ent calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (5) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to

, receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemi- 1 cal or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibra-tion or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (6) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility authorized herein.

C. This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the con-ditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or here-after in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions speci-fied or incorporated below:

(1) Maximum Power Level HL&P is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3800 regawatts thermal (100f power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein.

.3 DRAFT (2) *echr.icel Specifications and Er.virci.iiiental Protection Pihn The Techt:1cti Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Prctection Plan contained in Appendix E .both of which are attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into this 11 cts.be. hL&P shall operate the facility in accordance with the TechrIcel Specifications and the Envircr.nenth1 Protection Plan.

(3) Antitrust Coriciitions Houston Lighting & Power Comp 6ny, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Cetityel Power and Light Company and City of Austire, Texas shall certl y rith the antitrust conditiora, c't.iiritatec in Appt_i dix C to this license; Appendly C is hr:teby incorporated ir.tc this license.

(4) Initici !ttrtup Tes_t P,rogram-(Section 14. SER)*

Any chanper te tic IIitial Test Program described in Section 14 of the Final Safety Analysis Report neede in accordst.cr.1ith the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 she'il Lt. reported in accordance with EC.fo(b) within one month of such change.

(5) Botton.-Mountec li.strument Thimble Tubes (Secticr. ,3.9.P.3, SSER No. 6)*

HL&P shali perferr er inspection of the bottet-rt. cur.tec instrument thimble tebts tf tet 11 weeks of three or fcur reector i.volent pun.p operation T.o ensut e wctr erc' thinning do r.ct exceed 60%. The results of the li.spection shall be prcser.ted to the NRC along with tht. proposec actions.

D. Extinctions The following exenptiens cre authorized by law and will not er c'tr.str life or property or the consion ceft.n:e and security, and certain Luciel circumstances are present. With the granting of these exernptions, the fttility will operate, to the extert cuthorized herein, in cci.forrity with the application, as emt.r.ced, the provi-sions of the Act, and the rules and reguletter.s of the Commission.

(1) The facility requires t technical exemption from the require-nents of 10 CFR Part 50, Apperdix J,Section III.D.2(b)(ii).

The justification fcr this exemption is ccrteired in Section 6.P.6 cf Suppleraent 3 to the Safety Evaluhtien Report. The staff's environmental assessnent was published on Cecerter 16 1988 (53 FR 50605). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)DI ,

• The parenthetical notation following the title of r.cny license conditions denotes the section of tre Stft.ty Evasuntion Report anc/cr its supplernents wherein the license condition is distbss(c'.

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, 1 l 10 CFR'50.12(a)(2)(11) and (iii), the South Texas Project Unit 2.

is hereby granted an exemption from the quoted requirement and

-instead, is required to perform the overall air lock leak test at pressure P prior to establishing containment integrity if air lock maint$ nance has been performed that could affect the air. lock se611ng capability. j (2) The facility was previously granted exemption from the criti-- 1 cality monitoring requirements of 10 CFR 70.24 (See Materials-License No. SNM-1983 dated August-30,1988 and Section III.E. of.

the SER dated August 30,1988). The South Texas Project Unit 2.

is hereby exempted from the criticality monitoring provisions of 10 CFR 70.24 as applied to fuel assemblies held under this 1.icense.

(3) The facility requires a temporary exemption from the schedular requirements of the decommissioning planning rule, 10 CFR 50.33(k) and 10 CFR 50.75. The justification for this exemption is contained in Section 22.2 of Supplement 6 to the Safety Evaluation Report. The staff's environmental assessment was-published on December 16, 1988 (53 FR 50604). Therefore, pursuantto10CFR50.12(a)(1),50.12(a)(2)(iii)and50.12(a)(2)(v),

the South Texas Project, Unit 2 is hereby granted a temporar exemptionfromtheschedularrequirementsof10CFR50.33(k)yand 10 CFR 50.75 and is required to submit'the decommissioning plan for both South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 on or before July 26, 1990.

(4) The facility requires a temporary exemption from~ the schedular requirements of the property insurance rule,10 CFR 50.54(w)(5)(1).

The justification for this exemption is contained in Section 22.1 of Supplement 6 to the Safety Evaluation Report. The staff's environmental assessment was published on December 9 1988 (53 FR 49804). Therefore ursuantto10CFR50.12(a)(1),

50.12(a)(2)(1) and 50.12(a)(2)(v , the South Texas Project. Unit 2 is hereby granted a temporary exem requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w)(5)ption from the schedular (1) until co pending rulemaking extending the implementation date specified in the rule, but not later than April 1, 1989. Upon completion of such rulemaking, the licensee shall comply with the provisions of such rule.

E. Fire Protection HP&L shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the i approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Peport through Amendment No. 62 and the Fire Hazards Analysis Report through Amendment No. 7, and submittals dated April 29. May 7, 8 and 29, June 11, 25 and 26, 1987, and as approved in the SER (NUREG-0781) dated April 1986 and its Supplements, subject to the follering provision:

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HL&P may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Comission, only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.

F. Physical Security HL&P shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the physical security, guard training and qualification, and safe-guards contingency plans previously approved by the Comission and all amendments and revisions to such plans made pursuant to the authority under 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are en' titled:

" South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Physical Security Plan," with revisions /emendments submitted through September 30, 1988;

" South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Security Personnel Qualification and Training Plan" with revisions submitted through March 4, 1968, and " South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Safeguards Contingency Plan," with revisions / amendments submitted through July 18, 1988.

G. Reporting To The Commission Except as otherwise provided in the Technical Specifications or Environmental Protection Plan, HL&P shall report any violations of the requirements conteined in Section 2.C of this license in the following manner: initial notification shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System with written follow-up within 30 dayc),and(e).

ancewiththeproceduresdescribedin10CFR50.73(b), (s in accord-H. Financial Protection The licensees shall have and maintain financial protection of such

, . type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.

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I. Effective Date and Expiration This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on . I FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

1. Appenaix A, Technical Specifications (NUREG-1346)

2. Appendix B, Environn. ental Protection Plan

3. Appendix C, Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance:

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