ML19290B751
| ML19290B751 | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 11/30/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7912130726 | |
| Download: ML19290B751 (2) | |
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s 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-296 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 28 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-68 issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee), which revised Technical Specifications for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 3, located in Limestone County, Alabama. The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
This amendment changes the Technical Specifications to:
(1) incorporate the limiting conditions for operation during the third fuel cycle, (2) reflect facility modifications made during the current refueling outage to eliminate the low pressure coolant injection loop selection logic (an action which the Commission required to be accomplished and the design for which the Commission approved in Amendment No. 23 to Operating License No. DPR-68 dated May 11,1979),
(3) reflect rerouting of the reactor water cleanup system piping to reduce thermal cyclinq on the feedwater nozzles (and thus provide increased margin against the initiation and p opagation of cracks in these nozzles), and (4) reflect replacement of two of the 11 safety-relief valves with valves of an improved design that will provide a slightly increased simmer margin (i.e., the two replacement valves will be set to relieve at 1150 psig rather than 1125 psig).
The application for the amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and 1553 134 791213072 6
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7590-01 the Comission'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.
Prior public notice of this amendment was not required since the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has determined 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) the application for amendment dated August 6,1979, as supplemented by two letters dated September 26, 1979 and letters dated October 10, 1979 and October c5, 1979, (2) Amendment No. 28 to License No. DPR-68, 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.'M., 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 Comisssion, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Director, Division of Operating Reactors.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 0fa
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Thomas A.
oli o, Ch ef Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Operating Reactors Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 30th day of November 1979, 1553 135