ML20207C241

Concludes That Proposed Transferee Qualified to Be Holder of License & Responsible for Control of Licensed Activities in Accordance w/10CFR50.Commission Consents to Proposed Transfer of Control from Util to Sys Energy Resources,Inc

ML20207C241
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	12/20/1986
From:	Bernero R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Kingsley O MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 8612300086
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,-\ f. WASHINGTON,0. C. 20555 k  %) / December 20, 1986 Docket No. 50-416 Mr. Oliver D. Kinosley, Jr. 1 Vice President,' Nuclear Operations l Mississippi Power & Light Company l

Post Office Box 23054 i Jackson, Mississippi 39205 l .

Subject:

AUTHORIZATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OVER LICENSED ACTIVITIES l

4 Re: Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 l

4 By application dated September 2, 1986, as amended by letters dated October 4, 13 and 24, 1986, and as supplemented by letters dated November 20, 21 and December 2 and 3, 1985, the Mississippi Power & Light Company (MP&L), Middle South Energy Inc. (MSE, recently renamed System Energy Resources, Inc., SERI) .

and the South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA), (joint licensees),

requested, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, the NRC's written consent to the transfer of control over licensed activities from MP&L to SERI. The requested action would transfor the responsibility and authority for operation and control of t

licensed activities concerning the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (GGNS) from MP&L to SERI. MP&L has heretofore been licensed to operate the GGNS, Unit 1, pursuant to license NPF-29. MP&L has also acted as an agent for SERI and SMEPA in the operation of Unit 1. SERI and SMEPA own 90% and 10%, respec- -

tively, of the GGNS; ue requested action does not involve any change in l ownership of the GGNS. Notice of the request for consent to the transfer of .

l control was published in the Federal Register on November 3, 1986 (51 FR {

l 39927). An environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact was '

l published in the Federal Register on December 9, 1986 (51 FR 44395).

The request was made for the purpose of allowing the licensed activities now being perforined by MP&L to be shifted to SERI (formerly MSE), which heretofore was limited to ownership of 90% of the GGNS but will now also be the operating entity for the GGNS. Specifically, the transfer has been requested to: (1)

, enable the GGNS management to focus its full attention on the GGNS versus also l .

having responsibility for certain non-nuclear activities in the present organizational structure; (2) permit management to focus on the development of human resources needed for nuclear plant operations and construction; (3) l enable certain corpo-rate support functions to be more effectively focussed on ,

the requirements of a nuclear generating company; and (4) enable a consolidation -

of the responsibility for control of licensed activities to be brought within '

the organization which is also the principal owner of the GGNS rather than within a contracted agent.

l The NRC has evaluated, in a safety evaluation report accompanying Amendment ,

No. 27 to license NPF-29 as issued on December 20, 1986, the technical '

qualifications and staffing for the SERI organization, the arrangements to P

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ensure continuance of emergency planning. activities, arrangements to ensure continuance of offsite power supplies, arrangements to ensure adequate control of activities within the site exclusion area, and financial aspects of operation of GGNS, Unit 1. The Commission's review, in this regard, deals only with the requested transfer of responsibility and authority for control and other non-antitrust related issues; a later review will deal with those antitrust aspects raised in the licensees. September 2, 1986 submittal. The antitrust license conditions applicable-to MP&L are not affected by the transfer of control. As noted in the safety evaluation report, the staff found that the proposed SERI nuclear organization and staff and their associated technical qualifications are acceptable and that there is reasonable assurance that licensed activities will be conducted in accordance with the Commission's regulations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.80, the Comission has determined that: (1) The

proposed transferee, Systems Energy Resources, Inc. (SERI), is qualified to be ,

! the holder of the license and responsible for the control of licensed activities; t and (2) transfer of the license is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations and orders issued by the Comission pursuant thereto.

1 Accordingly, the Comission hereby consents to the proposed transfer of control from MP&L to SERI.

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a 1 ensure continuance of emergency planning activities, arrangements to ensure continuance of offsite power supplies, arrangements to ensure adequate control of activities within the' site exclusion area, and financial aspects of operation of'GGNS, Unit 1. The, Commission's review, in this reoard, deals only with the requested transfer, of responsibility and authority for control and other non-antitrust related issues; a later review will deal with those antitrust aspects raised in the : licensees September 2,1986 submittal. The antitrust license conditions applicable to MP&L are not affected by the transfer of control. As noted in the safety evaluation report, the staff found that the proposed SERI nuclear organization and staff and their associated technical qualifications are acceptable and that there is reasonable assurance that t

licensed activities will be conducted in accordance with the Commission's regulations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.80,'the Commission has determined that: (1) The proposed transferee, Systems Energy Resources, Inc. (SERI), is qualified to be the holder of the license and responsible for the control of licensed activities; and (2) transfer of the license.is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.

Accordingly, the Commission hereby consents to the proposed transfer of control from NP&L to SERI.

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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Mississippi Power & Light Company Grand Gulf Nuclear Station cc:

Robert B. McGehee, Esquire The Honorable William J. Guste, Jr.

Wise, Carter, Child, Steen and Caraway Attorney General t P.O. Box 651 Department of Justice '

Jackson, Mississippi 39205 State of Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire Bishop Liberman, Cook, Purcell Office of the Governor and Reynolds State of Mississippi 120017th Street, N.W. Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Washington, D. C. 20036 Attorney' General Mr. Ralph T. Lally Gartin Building Manager of Quality Assurance Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Middle South Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 61000 Mr. Jack McMillan, Director New Orleans, Louisiana 70161 Division of Solid Waste Management Mississippi Department of Natural Mr. Larry F. Dale, Director Resources Nuclear Licensing and Safety Bureau of Pollution Control Mississippi Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10385 P.O. Box 23054 Jackson, Mississippi 39209 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Alton B. Cobb, M.D.

Mr. R. W. Jackson, Project Engineer State Health Officer Dechtel Power Corporation State Board of Health 15740 Shady Grove Road P.O. Box 1700 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877-1454 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. Ross C. Butcher President Senior Resident Inspector Claiborne County Board of Supervisors U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Route 2, Box 399 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Mr. Ted H. Cloninger Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Regional Administrator, Region II and Support U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mississippi Power & Light Company 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Post Office Box 23054 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. J. E. Cross Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Site Director Mississippi Power & Light Company P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Mr. C. R. Hutchinson GGNS General Manager Mississippi Power & Light Company Post Office Box 756 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150