ML19276E055
| ML19276E055 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7903020248 | |
| Download: ML19276E055 (2) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO MISSION DOCKET NO. 50-271 VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 50 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-28, issued to Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (the licensee), which revised the Technical Specifications for operation of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (the facility), located near Vernon, Vemont. The amendment is effective as of the date of its issuance.
The amendment revised the Technical Specifications to incorporate requirements for establishing and maintaining the drywell to suppression chamber differential pressure and suppression chamber water level, to maintain the margins of safety established in the NRC staff's " Mark I Containment Short Term Program Safety Evaluation", NUREG-0408. Operation in accordance with the conditions specified in NUREG-0408 has been previously authorized in 43 FR 13118, March 29,1978.
The applications for 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 Comission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Comission'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.
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7590-01 The Comission has detennined 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 and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) applications for amendment dated December 10, 1976, April 14, 1977 and May 16, 1978, (2) Amendment No. 50 to License No. DPR-28, (3) the Comission's related Safety Evaluation and (4) the Commission's Order for Modification of License dated February 13, 1976. 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 Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont. A single copy of items (2), (3) and (4) 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 31 day of January 1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i
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Thonas A' Jppolito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Operating Reactors 1
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