ML17037C324

Nine Mile Point Unit 1 - Letter Responding to the July 5, 1973 Letter Requesting Comment on the AEC Draft Environmental Statement Relating to the Conversion of the Current Provisional Operating License to a Full-Term License

ML17037C324
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	09/06/1973
From:	Phillips T A US Federal Power Commission
To:	Muller D R US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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~rtAECDISXBUTIONFORPART50DOCKETMA"XAL(TEt1PORARYFORM)CONTROLNO:6874FILE:ENVIROFROM:FederalPowerCommission,Washington,D.C.20426T.A.PhillipsDATEOFDOC9-6-73DATEREC'D9-11-73MMOOTHERTO:CLASSUNCLASSXXXD.R.MullerPROPINFOORIG1signed'NPUTCCOTHERNOCSREC'DSENTAECPDRSENTLOCALPDRXDOCKETNO:50-220DESCRXPTION:LtrfurnishingcommentsonDES...rENCLOSURES:rACKNOWLEDGEDONOTPE>>~ENineMilePointUnit8'FORACTION/INFORMATION9-11-73fodBUTLER(L)W/CopiesCLARK(L)W/CopiesGOLLER(L)W/CopiesKNIEL(L)W/CopiesSCI1WENCER(L)W/CopiesSTOLZ(L)W/CopiesVASSALLO(L)W/CopiesSCHEMEL(L)W/CopiesNIEMANN(L)W/1CopiesDICKER(E)W/CopiesKNIGHTON(E)"W/CopiesYOUNGBLOOD(E)W/Copies~GAN(E)W/4CopiesW/CopiesW/CopiesW/CopiesINTERNALDISTRIBUTION~GFXLECPOGC,ROOMP-506A~TZING/STAFFCASEGIAMBUSSOBOYDMOORE(L)(BWR)DEYOUNG(L)(PWR)~KOVHOLT(L)P.COLLINSREG.OPR~ILE&REGION(3)MORRISSTEELETECHREVIEWHENDRIESCHROEDERMACCARYKNIGHTPAWLICKISHAOSTELLOHOUSTONNOVAKROSSIPPOLITOTEDESCOLONGLAINAS~BENAROYAVOLTERDENTONGRIMESGAK1ILLKASTNER~LLARDSPANGLERENVLROMULLER~DICKERKNIGHTONYOUNGBLOODREGANPROJECTLDRDITTMANESSLICASSTHIGGS(L)GEARIN(L)GOULBOURNE(L)LEE(L)MAIGRET(L)SERVICE(L)SHEPPARD(E)SMITH(L)TEETS(L)WADE(E)WILLIAMS(E)WILSON(L)~ATLNDBRAI'OMANSALTZMANPLANSMODONALDDUBEINFOC.MILES-LOCALPDROsweoN.Y.-DTIE(ABERNATHY)1"-NSIC(BUCHANAN)1-ASLB(YORE/SAYRE/WOODARD/"H"ST.16-CYSACRSHOLDINGrtAEXTERNALDISTRIBUTION~(1)M@83)-NATIONALLAB'~N~1-R.Schoonmaker,OC,GT,D-323'1-R.CATLXN,E-256-GT1-CONSULTANT'SNEWMARK/BLUME/AGBABIAN1-GERALDULRXKSON.~~OIQK~l-Pennington1-PDR-SAN/LA/NY1-GERALDLELLOUCHEBROOKHAVENNAT.LAB1-AGMED(WALTERKOESTERHM-C-427-GT1-RDMULLER..F-309GT pc'l>>"(>tt(>>gpFIly4,',l~',.~C,<,pII<~(li>,fq,',tgi4g.S'g~)ggifIfhII'ltII OlERALPOWERCOMMISSIONWASHINGTON,D.C.20426INREPLYREFERTOI50-220Mr.DanielR.MullerAssistantDirectorforEnvironmentalProjectsDirect'orateofLicensingU.S.AtomicEnergyCommissionHashington,D.C.20545~EF'XZ)973~)(np6)gg

DearMr.Muller:

ThisisinresponsetoyourletterdatedJuly5,1973,requestingcommentontheAECDraftEnvironmentalStatementrelatingtotheconversionofthecurrentprovisionaloperatinglicensetoafull~termlicensetotheNiagaraMohawkPowerCorporationfortheNineMilePointNuclearStationUnit1(DocketNo.50-220).ThefollowingcommentsaremadeincompliancewiththeNationalEnvironmentalPolicyActof1969,andtheApril23,1971,GuidelinesoftheCouncilonEnvironmentalQuality,andreviewtheneedforthecapacityofthe610-megawattNineMilePointNuclearUnit1withregardtotheadequacyandreliabilityoftheaffectedelectricpowersystemsandrelatedmatters.Inpreparationofthesecomments,theFederalPowerCommission'sBureauofPowerstaffhasconsideredtheAECDraftEnvironmentalState-ment;theApplicant'sEnvironmentalReportandSupplementsthereto;relatedreportsmadeinresponsetotheCommissionIsStatementofPolicyonReliabilityandAdequacyofElectricService(DocketNo.R-362);andthestaff'sanalysisofthesedocumentstogetherwithrelatedinformationfromotherFPCreports.Thestaffgenerallybasesitsevaluationoftheneedforaspecificbulkpowerfacilityuponlong-termconsiderationsaswellasupontheload-supplysituationforthepeakloadperiodimmediatelyfollowingtheavailabilityofthefacility.ItshouldbenotedthattheusefullifeoftheNineMilePointunztisexpectedtobe30yearsormore.DuringthatperiodtheunitwillmakeasignificantcontributiontotheadequacyofpowersupplyintheApplicant'sservicearea.TheNineMilePointNuclearUnit1hasbeenincommercialoperationsinceDecember1969.DuringtheperiodfromDecember1969toDecember31,1971,theunitproduced4,858billionkilowatt-hoursofelectricenergy,andduring1972theunitproducedanadditional3,242billionkilowatt-hours.

uQGQV0332~AC1i"-:;3"-'iseni~awl.-&RI' Mr.DanielR.MullerTheApplicantisamemberoftheNewYorkPowerPool(NYPP),whichcoordinatestheoperationofmembers'ulkpowersystemswhosecombinedserviceareasservetheentireStateofNewYork.TheApplicantisalsoamemberoftheNortheastPowerCoordinatingCouncil(NPCC),whichcoordinatestheplanningofthemembers'eneratingandtransmissionfacilitiesintheareawhichincludestheStateofNewYork,NewEnglandandth'eprovincesofNewBrunswickandOntario.NPCChasestablishedareliabilztycriterionequivalenttoalossofloadprobabilityofoneday'ntenyears.Members'oftheNYPPhaveagreedthattomaintainthisstandard,eachmemb'ersystemw'illmaintaininstalledcapacityatleastequaltothatrequiredtomeetan18percentreserveduringitsmostrecentannualpeakload.TheBureauofPower'taffhasanalyzed,theeffecto'fthecapacityofNineMilePointNo.1onthewinter-peakingApplicant'ssystemforthe1973-1974WinterPeakPeriodandthesummer-peakingNYPPforthe1974SummerPeakPeriod.ThefollowingtabulationsshowtheeffectoftheNineMileUnit1onthesesystems.NIAGARAMOHAWKSYSTEM1/1973-74WINTERPEAKLOADPERIODWithUnit1WithoutUnit1TotalOwnedCapability,Dec.31,1972,MWShareofRosetonNo.1,MWShareofRosetonNo.2,MWShareofFitzpatrickNo.1,MWShareofBlenheim-Gilboa,MWOtherPurchasesTotalCapability,MWEstimatedPeakLoad,MWReserveMWReserve,%ofPeakLoad325124024029555016466,22252001,02219.72,64124024029555016465,61252004127.91/NiagaraMohawkForm12ReportFor1972.

HfI'll)ggy~IIJ<+$Jlt>lli<(4*Ah$Jll.'):irh9'<3!iai.<~At~V Mr.DanielR.MullerNEWYORKPOWERPOOL1974SUMMERPEAKPERlOD1/WithUnit1WithoutUnit1fTotalCapability-.MegawattsNetPeakLoad.-MegawattsReserveMargin-Megawatts.',<<ReserveMargin-PercentofPe'akLoad27,6712250062/5,66525.827,06122,0062/5,05523.01/DataSource:NPCCReport383-2datedApril1,1973.2/CoincidentPeakLoadof21,930megawattsincreasedby76MWasaresultoftransactionswithsystemsoutsideNYPP.TheNiagaraMohawkreserveof19.7%withNineMilePointiswithintherangeusuallyfoundsatisfactory,butthebarenumericalvalueisdeceptive.Ofthe1,646MWlistedunder"OtherPurchases,"270MWissuppliedby.RochesterGas&ElectricCompany,whointurnisrelyingonapurchaseof207MWfromPowerAuthorityoftheStateofNewYork.However,RochesterGas&ElectricCompany,'accordingtoits1972Form12ReporttotheFederalPowerCommission,willonlyhavea5.2%reserveatthetimeofits1973-74winterpeak.Consequently,ofthe1,022megawattreservethatNiagaraMohawkappearstohavewithNineMilePointNo.1,270megawattscan,beconsideredofdoubtfulreliability.WithoutNineMilePoint,NiagaraMohawkwouldhaveonlya7.9%reserve,morethanhalfofwhichwouldbedependentonapurchaseofdoubtfulreliability.XtisthereforeessentialforNiagaraMohawk'sadequacyofservicetohaveNineMilePointNo.1inoperationatitsfullrated610megawatts.TheApplicant'ssystemisintegratedwithallNewYorkStatesystemsthroughtheNYPPandthesummer-peakingpoolindicatesreservesof25.8percentofpeak,loadresponsibilitywiththecapacityofUnit1and23.0percentwithouttheunit.Duringtheweekofthesummerpeaksin1971and1972theNYPPexperiencedunavailablecapacitytotalling3,326megawattsand3,581megawatts,respectively,duetoscheduledmaintenance,forcedoutages,delaysinavailabilityofnewunitsandvariationofhydroconditionsfrommedianvalues.Xftheaverageofthecapacitylossesexperiencedduringthe1971and1972summerpeaksexistedatthetimeofthe1974summerpeak,thereservesontheNYPPsystemwouldbereducedto10.0percentwithUnit1and7.3percentwithouttheunit.

Mr.DanielR.MullerDuringthe1974summerperiod,theavailabilityofemergencypowersuppliesfromtheneighboringNEPOOL1/andPJM2/poolsmaybelimitedbytheneedsofthosesystemstomaintainplannedreservelevels.ThelimitedcapacityoftheintexconnectionsandthepredominantlythermalsystemsofNEPOOLandPJM,whicharesubjecttoforcedoutages,fuelshortagesandoperatingrestrictionsduetoairqualitylimitations,indicatethatlittlecapacityreservewouldbeavailablefromtheseareas.Thewinter-peakingOntarioHydrosystemhasindicatedreservesaftermaintenanceof31.3percentofpeakload,totalling3,490mega-watts,andi,sconsideredtheonlyavailablesourceofemergencypowersupply.TheNineMilePointUnit1iscompletedandhasbeenproducingelectricpowex'ince1969.InviewofthesubstantialpurchasesofpowernecessarybytheApplicanttomeetitssystemdemands,theBureauofPowerstaffrecommendsthatthefull-tennoperatinglicensebeissuedtotheApplicantforthisunit.Powerpurchasesareanexpedientformeetingelectricsystemdemandsduringconstructionofnewunits;however,purchasesarenotasatisfactorysubstituteforadequatebase-loadownedgeneration.Regionalreliabilityisgreatlyimprovedwheneachelectricsystemhasadequateinstalledgeneratingcapacitytomeetitssyst:emdemandsandprovidereservecapacity.rTheuseofgeothermalpowerasanalternativetothenuclearunitwasnotconsidered,accordingtotheDraftEnvironmentalStatement(page9-1).Inlightofthefactthatgeo)ljermalsourcesareknowntoexistinNewYorkandneighboringstates,-adiscussionofthisalternatewouldbeappropriate.HydroelectricpowerasasubstitutefortheNineMilePointNuclearunitwouldbeimpracticalandinadequate.AlthoughthetotalgeneratingcapacitythatcouldbemadeavailableinNewYorkbytheadditionof'eneratorsatexistinghydrositesandthedevelopmentofnewsitesissome1,292megawatts,4/'hiscapacitywouldbescatteredoveralaxgenumberofsites.Thetotalaverageannualenergyavailablefxomallthesites;4/wouldbeapproximatelyequaltotheannualenergyobtainable.1/NewEnglandPowerPool.2/Pennsylvania<<NewJersey-MarylandInterconnection.3/ThermalSpringsoftheUnitedStatesandOtherCountriesoftheworld-ASummary.GeologicalSurveyProfessionalPaper492.U.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice,1965.4/HydroelectricPowerResourcesoftheUnitedStates,January1,1972.FederalPowerCommission,FPCP-42.

I~ Mr.DanielR.MullerfromNineMilePointNo.1.However,itisnotconsidered'feasibletodevelopalargenumberofsmallhydroelectric"sitesduetoenvironmental,considerationsandpublicreaction.'heBureauofPowerstaffconsidersthattheNineMilePointUnit1isneededontheApplicant'ssystemtomeettheprojectedloads.,InviewofthesubstantialpowerpurchasesrequiredbyNiagaraMohawkPowerCorporationto'eetloadsandtheseriousconsequencesofinadequateinstalledgeneratingcapacity,thestaffconsidersitprudentthatafull-termlicensebeissuedtotheApplicantforthecontinuedoperationoftheNineMileNuclearStationUnit1.Verytrulyyours,TA.hillipChief,BureauofPower

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