ML19209A273
| ML19209A273 | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1979 |
| From: | Ziemann D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7910030259 | |
| Download: ML19209A273 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-245 CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY THE HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO PROVISIONAL OPMATING LICENSE AND GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE INSFyrTION TESTING REQUIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 64 to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-21, issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, The Hartford Electric Light Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Cmpany, and Connecticut Light and Power Company (the licensees), which revised Technical Specifications for operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No.1 (the facility) located in Waterford, Connecticut. The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
The amendment revises the Technical Specifications to replace the current inservice inspection and testing Technical Specifications with an inservice inspection and testing program that meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a.
By letter dated September 19, 1979, as supported by the related safety evaluation, the Conmission has also granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to the licensee. The relief relates to the inservice inspection (testing) program for the facility. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Part 50.
The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
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7590-01 The application for the amendment and request for relief comply with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Comission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment, and letter and safety evaluation granting relief.
Prior public notice of the amendment was not required since the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has determined that the issuance of this amendment and the granting of the relief will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of these actions.
For further details with respect to these actions, see (1) the application transmitted by letter dated May 27, 1977, and the information submitted by letter dated February 28, 1979, (2) Amendment No. 64 to License No. DPR-21, (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation, and (4) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated September 19, 1979. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., and at the Waterford Public Library, Rope Ferry Road, Route 156, Waterford, Connecticut 06385. A copy of items 1087 218
7590-01 (2), (3) and (4) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Director, Division of Operating Reactors.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 19th day of September,1979.
FOR TliE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dennis L. Ziemann, ief Operating Reactors Branch #2 Division of Operating Reactors 1087 219