ML19261D923
| ML19261D923 | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/1979 |
| From: | Ziemann D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7906290021 | |
| Download: ML19261D923 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPHISSION DOCKET NO. 50-245 NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY THE HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 61 to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-21, issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, The Hartford Electric Light Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, and Connecticut Light and Power
~ Company (the licensees), which revised the 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 provisions of the Appendix A Technical Specifications to (1) authorize use of 148 8x8R type fuel assemblies, (2) change the safety limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio (MCPR) from 1.06 to 1.07, (3) change the Cycle 7 (Reload 6) operating limit "CPRs for various transients, (4) change the Maximum Average Planar Linear Heat Generation Rate Limits, (5) delete the dropped control rod reactivity worth in Specification 3.3.B.3, and (6) revise the stepoint, maintenance, and surveillance requirements on the safety-relief valves.
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7590-01 The application for the amendment complies 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 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Amendment to Provisional Operating License in connection with this action was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on April 13, 1979 (44 FR 22229). No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following notice of the proposed action.
The Commission has determined that the issuance of this amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmcntal impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of this amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated March 5, 1979, (2) Amendment No. 61 to License No. DPR-21, and (3) the Commission'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 2306 ;55
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, the Waterford Public Library, Rope Ferry Road, Route 156, Waterford, Connecticut 06385. A single 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 29th day of May,1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Wh,%
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Dennis L. Zieman Chief Operating Reactors Branch #2 Division of Operating Reactors 2306 356
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