ML19269E359
| ML19269E359 | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/12/1979 |
| From: | Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7906270261 | |
| Download: ML19269E359 (3) | |
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s 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-336 NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY, ET AL NOTICE 0F ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 52 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-65, issued to to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company The Connecticut Light and Power Company,, The Hartford Electric Light Company, and Western Massachusetts Electric Company, which revised Technical Specifications for operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 2, located in the Town of Waterford, Connecticut. The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
The amendment authorizes Cycle 3 operation at 2560 MWt with modified (sleeved and reduced flow) guide tubes for the control element assemblies, credit taken for charging pump flow in the loss-of-coc.lant accident analysis, a new reactor protection system trip from a reactor coolant pump speed sensing signal, installation of a new neutron shield; and revises the Appendix A Technical Specifications by:
(1) incorporating changes resulting from the analyses of Cycle 3 reload fuel at 2700 MWt; (2) adding a contain-ment air recirculation system response time; (3) approving operation 2131 191 7906270fg/
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7590-01 at reduced power level with inoperable main steam line safety valves; and (4) removing the completed special steam generator surveillance requirements.
The applications f or the amendment 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. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License in connection with operation at 2700 MWt (a 5 percent increase above the current licensed power level was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on February 21, 1979 (44 FR 10556). Action on the power level increase is postponed until the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards review is completed.
No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice of proposed action. Prior public notice of the other I
actions mentioned above was not required since these actions do not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has determined that the issuance of tnis amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR $51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or s
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7590-01 3-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 applications for amendment dated December 16, 1977, December 15, 1978, February 12, 1979 and March 2, 1979 as supplemented on nunerous other dates, (2) Amendment No. 52 to License No. DPR-65, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation.
All of the'2 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. 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, this12thday of May 1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4./
da Robert W. Reid, Chief Operating reactors Branch #4 Division of Operating Reactors t
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