ML19254D475
| ML19254D475 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7910260026 | |
| Download: ML19254D475 (2) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-259, 50-260 AND 50-296 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY, OPERATING LICENSES The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 53 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-33, Amendment No. 48 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-52 and Amendment th. 25 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-68 issued to Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee), which revised Technical Specifications for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units Nos.1, 2 and 3, located in Limestone County, Alabama.
The amendments are effective as of the ?.te of issuance.
These amendments change the Technical Specifications to (1) allow the count rate in the Source Range Monitor channels to drop below 3 court'_
per second when the entire reactor core is being removed or replaced and (2) delete the sections on respirato-protective equipment which are no longer applicable due to the Commission's amendment of Section 20.103 of 10 CFR 20.
The application for the amendments complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Ac+), and the Commission's rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appro-priate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and reg-ulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendments.
Prior public notice of these amendments was not required since the amendments do not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has deterTained that the issuance of these amendments will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant
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to 10 CFR l51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmenti impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of these amendments.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the appli-cation for amendments dated July 20,1979,(2) Amendment No. 53 to License No. DPR-33, Amendment No. 48 to License No. DPR-52, and Amendment No. 25 to License No. DPR-68, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commissic,'s Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Athens Public Library, South and Forrest, Athens, Alabama 35611. A copy of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
- 20555, Attention:
Director, Division of Operating Reactors.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this llth day of October 1979, FOR THE NUCLEAR REG'JLATORY COMMISSION
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Thomas polito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Operating Reactors
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