ML19336A229

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Safety Evaluation Re 800711 Amend Application for Licenses SNM-1802 & SNM-1833,raising Possession Limit to 6,000 Kg U-235.Change in Allowed Inventories Will Not Affect Nuclear, Environ or Safety.Issuance of Amend Recommended
ML19336A229
Person / Time
Site: 07002609, 07002885
Issue date: 09/23/1980
From: Crown W, Stevenson R
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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ML19336A227 List:
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NUDOCS 8010220108
Download: ML19336A229 (1)


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j WASWNGTON, D. C. 20555 g

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SEP 2 31980 DOCKET NOS.:

70-2609 and 70-2885 APPLICANT:

Comonwealth Edison Company (CEC)

FACILITY:

La Salle County Nuclear Power Station' Units 1 and 2

SUBJECT:

REVIEW 0F AMENDMENT APPLICATION DATED JULY 11, 1980

Background

Commonwealth Edison Company (CEC) is presently licensed to possess 3000 kilograms of U-235 contained in fuel and accessories for eventual use in each of the subject facilities (3000 kg U-235 under License SNM-1802 and 3000 kg under SNM-1833).

Each facility has a spent fuel pool with capacity for 1080 assemblies, and there is a joint new fuel pool with l

capacity for 620 assemblies.

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'DiscOssion The subject application concerns transfers of fuel assemblies between Unit 1 and Unit 2 to permit modification of assemblies to address a i

j potential fretting problem with the water rods.

Because of the transfers, an excessive number of license transfers under 10 CFR 70.54 have been required to hold the U-235 weight for each license under 3000 kilograms.

CEC requests that the weight-limit under each license bs raised from 3000 to 6000 kilograms. No physical change in the fuel storage arrangements is involved. ~ The change in allowed inventories would not affect the radiological safety, nuclear safety, or other safety or environmental assessments forming the basis for issuance of each license.

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Recommendation l

l Issuance of the license amendments requested by CEC is recommended.

l R. L. Stevenson Uranium Process Licensing Section Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety Approved.by:

W. T. Crow, Section Leader 8010220108 L