ML19345C304
| ML19345C304 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/1980 |
| From: | Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML19345C299 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8012040369 | |
| Download: ML19345C304 (2) | |
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,q' x) 7500-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMf1ISSION 00CKETS NOS. 50-282 AND 50-306 NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No.43 to facility operating license No. DPR-42, and Amendment No. 37 to Facility Operating Licen::e No. DPR-60 issued to Northern States Power Company (the licensee), which revised Technical Specifications for operation of Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units Nos.1 and 2 (the facilities) located in Goodhue County, Minnesota. The amendments are effective as of the date of issuance.
The amendments revise the Technical Specifications to replace the current inservice inspection Technical Specifications with an inservice inspection program that meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a.
By letter dated November 14,1980 as supported by the related safety evaluation, the Commission has also granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to the licensee. The relief relates to the inservice inspection program for the facilities. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Part 50. The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
The applications for the amendments and req'a.st for relief 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 Commission has 8012040 y
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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 amend-cents, and letter and safety evaluation granting relief. Prior public notice of the amendments was not required since the amendments do not involve a j
significant hazards consideration.
The Connission has determined that the issuance of these amendments and the granting of this relief will not result in any significant envir-onmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of this action.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the applica-tions for amendments dated September 15, 1976 for Unit 1 and October 12, j
1977 for Unit 2, the licensee's submittals dated February 1,1978, September 15, 1978, June 8, 1979, September 19,1979, April 17,1980 and September 3, 1980, (2) Amendment Nos. 43 and 37 to License Nos. DpR-42 and DpR-60, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of these items are available i
for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Environmental Conservation Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401. A copy of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory l
Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Director, Division of Licensing.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 14th day of November,1980.
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