ML19254F191
| ML19254F191 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1979 |
| From: | Ziemann D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7911070301 | |
| Download: ML19254F191 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-255 CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE AND GRANTING 0F RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTION (TESTING) REOUIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commissicn) has issued Amendment No. 53 to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-20, issued to Consumers Power Company (the licensee), which revised the Technical Speci-fications for operation of the Palisades Plant (the f acility) located in Covert Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.
The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
The amendment revises the Technical Specifications to replace the current inservice inspection and pump testing Technical Specifications with an inservice inspection and pump testing program that meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a.
By letter dated October 15, 1979, as supported by the related Safety Evaluation, the Commission 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 inservice inspection and pump 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 the relief comply with the standards and requirements 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 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 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 for amendment dated June 13, 1978, as revised by the licensee's letter dated March 6, 1979, (2) Amendment No. 53 to License No. DPR-20, (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation, and (4) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated October 15, 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 Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 South Rose Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006.
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7590-01 itens (2), (3) and (4) 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 15th day of October,1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CfNMISSION f ' lp.
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