ML19322B068

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Notice of Issuance & Availability of Amends 8,8 & 5 to Licenses DPR-38,DPR-47 & DPR-55,respectively
ML19322B068
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Site: Oconee  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 07/16/1975
From: Purple R
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML19322B065 List:
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NUDOCS 7911290593
Download: ML19322B068 (2)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C05NISSION DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270 AND 50-287 q

DUKE POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY W

OPERATING LICENSES Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendments No. 8, 8, and 5 to Facility Operating Licenses No. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, respectively, issued to Duke Power Company which revised Technical Specifications for operation I

of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, located in Oconee i

County, South Carolina. The amendments are effective as of the date of issuance.

These amendments (1) modify the rod withdrawal limit curves to I

include limitations associated with maintaining potential ejected control rod worth within previously established limits (including following control rod interchange) and. limitations associated with maintaining shutdown margin, (2) delete the sepaiate specification on maximum inserted cantrol rod worths, but include the limits and bases therefor in (1) above, (3) incorporate an additional restriction on the regulating control rod positions prior to criticality to assure that the ejected rod worth does not exceed 1% delta k/k at hot ::ero pow 2r, and (4) permit the rod

-limits to be exceeded for a maximum period of two hours, provided that shutdown margin requirements are maintained and corrective measures are taken immediately to achieve a rad pattern consistent with the limit curves.

The application for the amendments complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),and i

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,r 2-s 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 amendments.

Prior public notice of the.e amendments is not required since the amendments do not involve a significant hazards consideration, For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendments dated May 9, 1975, (2) Amendments No. 8, 8, and 5 to Licenses No. DPR-38, DPR-48, and DPR-55, with Changes No. 18,

13, and 5 and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of these items are l

available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

and at the Oconee County Library, 201 South Spring Street, Walhalla, South Carolina 29691.

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 Reactor Licensing.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 16th day of July 1975.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Q

Robert A. Purple, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Reactor Licensing e

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