ML20248J945
| ML20248J945 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1989 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY CITY.0F. AUSTIN,. TEXAS DOCKET NO. 50-499' SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. NPF-80 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission or the NRC) has found that:
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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 of.the Atomic Erergy Act of 1954, as i
amended (the Act), and the Comission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly mede; i
B.
Construction of the South Texas Project, 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 Comission; i
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The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Com-mission (exceptasexemptedfromcomplianceinSection2.D.below);
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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 ccmpliance with the Comission's regulations set Section 2.D. below)pter I (except as exempted from compliance in forth in 10 CFR Cha
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- 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.
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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; i
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The. licensees have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements," of the Comission's regulations; 1
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The issuance of this license will not be inimical to the comon defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H.
After weighing the environmental, economic, technical and other i
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 Comission's regulations and all applicable require-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.
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Based on the foregoing findings, and approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at a meeting on March 28, 1989, 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 i
Power and Light Company, and City of Austin, Texas (the licensees) to read as follows:
j This license applies to the South Texas Project,(Unit 2, a pres-the facility) own A.
surized water reactor, and associated 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.
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Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Comission hereby licenses:
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y (1) Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) pursuant to i
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),
pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess the facility at the designated 70 cation in Matagorda County, Texas, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this ifcense; (3) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and use at any time special nuclear material as reactur fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operatien, 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 t
receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source
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and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for-
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reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation J
and radiation monitoring equipment celibraticn, and as fission detectors in amounts as required;
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f (5) HL&P, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to q
receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, i
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 i
authorized herein.
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This license shall be deemed to contain and 14 subject to the con-ditions specified in the CommissM'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 ordars of the Commission now or here-after in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions speci-
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fied or incorporated below:
1 (1) Maximum Power Level HL&P is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3800 megawatts thermal (100% power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein.
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m (2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendit A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, both of wht:h are attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into tnis license. HL&P shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection.
Plan.
(3) Antitrust Conditions l
1 Houstori Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company and City of Austin, l
Texas shall comply with the antitrue conditions delineated in Appendix C to this license; Appendix C is hereby incorporated I
into this ifcense.
(4) Initial Startup Test program (Section 14 SER)*
q Any changes to the Initial Test Program described in Section 14 of the Fiaal' Safety Analysis Report made in accordance with the c
provisiens of 10 CFR 50.59 shall be reported in accordance with l
.50.59(b*j within one month cf such change.
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Exemptions The following exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger
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life or property or the common defense and security, and certain
.special circumstances are present. With the granting of these a
exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provi-sions of the Act, and the rules. and regulations of the Commissi:on.
-(1) The facility requires a technical exemption from the require-mentsof10CFRPart50,AppendixJ,SectionIII.D.2(b)(ii).
J The justification for this exemption is contained in Section 6.2.6 of Supplement 3 to the Safety Evaluation Report. The staff's environmental assessment was published on December 16},
1988 (53 FR 50605). Therefore,pursuantto10CFR50.12(a)(1
- The parenthetical notation following the title of many license conditions denotes the section of the Safety Evaluation Report and/or its supplements wherein the license condition is discussed.
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10CFR50.12(a)(2)(ii)and(iii),theSouthTexasProjectUnit2
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t is hereby granted an. exemption.from the quoted requirement and 1
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 sealing capability..
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(2) The facility was previously granted exemption from the criti-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 C 10 CFR 70.24 as applied to fuel assemblies held under this license.
(3) The facility requires a temporary exemption.from the schedular requirements of the decommissioning' planning rule, 10 CFR i
50.33(k)and10CFR50.75. 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 pursuantto10CFR50.12[a)(1),50.12(a)(2)()ii)and50.12(a)(2)(v),
published on December 16 1988(53FR50604. Therefore, the South Texas Project, Unit 2 is hereby granted a temporar exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k)y
-and 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.
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Fire Protection HL&P shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire. protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report 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 following provision:
HL&P may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission, only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.
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Physical Security HL&P shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards
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contingency plans previouslispproved by the Comission and all
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amendments and revisions to such plans made pursuant.to the authority l
under10CFR50.90and10CFR50.54(p). The plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled:
" South Texas Project Electric Gener3 ting Station Physical Security Plan," with revisions / amendments submitted through September 30, i
1 1988; " South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Security Personnel Qualification and Training Plan" with revisions submitted through March'4, 1988,-and " South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Safeguards Contingency Plan," with revisions / amendments submitted through July 18, 1988.
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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 contained 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 days in accord-ance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b), (c), and (e).
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Financial Protection The licensees shall have and maintain financial protection of such l
type and in such amounts as the'Comission shall require in accordance l
with Section 170 of the Atomic. Energy Act of 1954, as' amended, to l
cover public liability claims.
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_ Effective Date.and Expiration This license is effective as of the date of issuence and shall expire at midnight on December 15, 2028.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION N.. QMW l
homas E. Murley, Director ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Technical Specifications (NUREG-1346) t 2.
Appendix B, Environmental Protection Plan j
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Appendix C, Antitrust Conditions
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Date of Issuance:
March 28, 1989
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