ML19249D555
| ML19249D555 | |
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| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
| Issue date: | 09/04/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML19249D555 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET N0. 50-331 IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, ET AL.
NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OP_ERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear' Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has issued Amendment No. 54 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-49 issued to Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Central Iowa Power Cooperative, and Corn Belt Power Cooperative, which revised the Technical Specifications for oper-ation of the Duane Arnold Energy Center, located in Linn County, Iowa. The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
The amendment will:
(1) modify the scram insertion time specifications to provide for a faster scram than currently assumed and to be more restrictive than the current specification, (2) modify the specification on operating limit minimum critical power ratios, based upon the faster scram, to be less restrictive than the current specification.
The application for the amendment complies with the standards and require-ments of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Conmission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.
Prior public notice of this amendment was not required since the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has determined that the issuance of this amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR Section 51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration 19 09 Mo P30 g
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. and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of this amendment.
For furtner details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated De'cember 27, 1978, as supplemented May 23, 1979, August 15, 1979 and August 17,1979,(2) Amendment No. 54 to License No. DPR-49, and (3) the Comission's related Safety Evaluation. 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 Cedar Rapids Public Library, 426 Third Avenue, S.
E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401. A copy of items (2) and (3) 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 4th day of September 1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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N2 Thoma Ippolito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Operating Reactors A
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