ML19312C494
| ML19312C494 | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1977 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7912160052 | |
| Download: ML19312C494 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKETS NOS. 50-269, 50-270 AND 50-287 DUKE POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendments Nos. 41, 41 and 38 to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47 and OPR-55, respectively, issued to Duke Power Company (the licensee), which revised Technical Specifications for operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station Units Nos.1, 2 and 3, (the facilities) located in Oconee County, South Carolina. 'The amendments are effective within 30 days after the date of issuance.
The amendments revise the common Technical Specifications to (1) allow a 72 hour8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> period to restore operability of at least one of two redundant sources of concentrated boric acid and a one hour period to restore the borated water storage tank to operability if they should become unavailable, (2) allow a two hour period for restoration of control rod group overlap, (3) provide a clearer definition of xenon reactivity passing its final peak prior to increasing reactor power above the power level cutoff, (4) allow use of a key-operated shutdown bypass switch during power operation, (5) provide a change in reporting requirements whenever a measured level of radioactivity in any environmental medium exceeds the control station value, and (6) provide administrative changes.
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. The application for the amendments 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 appro-priate 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 amendments.
Prior public notice of these amendments was not required since the amendments do not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has detennined that the issuance of these amendments will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 51.5(d)(4) an enviromental impact statement or negative declaration and enviromental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of the amendments.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated November 1,1976,(2) Amendments Nos. 41, 41 and 38 to Licenses Nos. OPR-38, DPR-47 and DPR-55, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Documant Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Oconee County Library, 201 South Spring Street, Walhalla, South Carolina 29691. A copy of f tems (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.
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Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 16th, day of June 1977.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Operating Reactors 0
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