ML082180830
| ML082180830 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 08/04/2008 |
| From: | John Lamb Plant Licensing Branch III-2, NRC/OGC |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML082180827 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-423-OLA, ASLBP 08-862-01-OLA-BD01, RAS 974 | |
| Download: ML082180830 (1) | |
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August 4, 2008 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION LICENSEE: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Incorporated Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 Docket No. 50-423
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF A FINAL NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND LICENSE AMENDMENT FOR A STRETCH POWER UPRATE FOR WHICH A HEARING HAS BEEN REQUESTED This is to inform the Commission that a final no significant hazards consideration determination and license amendment will be issued on or about August 15, 2008, to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Incorporated. This action is being taken in response to the licensees amendment application dated July 13, 2007,1 as supplemented by additional letters,2 and will modify Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 for Millstone Power Station, Unit 3, with a stretch power uprate amendment. The license amendment will allow an increase in the maximum authorized power level from the current licensed thermal power level of 3,411 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3,650 MWt, and make changes to the facility operating license and technical specifications, as necessary, to support operation at the stretch power level, which is an increase of approximately 7 percent.
A hearing on the license amendment was requested by Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone (CCAM) and Nancy Burton on March 17, 2008.3 The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) issued an Order dated June 4, 2008.4 The ASLB Order denied CCAM and Nancy Burtons request for an evidentiary hearing. On June 16, 2008,5 CCAM and Nancy Burton filed an appeal to the Commission regarding the ASLB Order.
The State of Connecticut will be notified.
CONTACT: John G. Lamb, NRR/DORL 301-415-3100 1
DNC Letter (07-450) to the NRC, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Power Station Unit 3 License Amendment Request, Stretch Power Uprate, dated July 13, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML072000386).
2 Supplemental Letters dated: July 13, 2007 (ML072000281); September 12, 2007 (ML072570061); November 19, 2007 (ML073230976); December 13, 2007 (ML073480240); December 17, 2007 (ML073520051); January 10, 2008 (ML080100600, ML080100604, ML080100606, ML080100611); January 11, 2008 (ML080110695, ML080140077, ML080170495, ML080580476);
January 14, 2008 (ML080140570); January 18, 2008 (ML080220506, ML080220527, ML080220530, ML080220541, ML080280375); January 31, 2008 (ML080320308); February 25, 2008 (ML080560392, ML080560615); March 5, 2008 (ML080660108); March 10, 2008 (ML080710377, ML080710391); March 25, 2008 (ML080850894); March 27, 2008, (ML080880268); April 4, 2008 (ML081430014); April 24, 2008 (ML081150679); April 29, 2008 (ML081200643); May 15, 2008 (ML081360625); May 20, 2008 (ML081420443); May 21, 2008 (ML081420824); July 10, 2008 (ML081930274); and July 16, 2008 (ML081990112) 3 ADAMS Accession No. ML080840527 4
ADAMS Accession No. ML081560680 5
ADAMS Accession No. ML081750222