ML19347A481
| ML19347A481 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 04/03/1979 |
| From: | Ziemann D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7904190371 | |
| Download: ML19347A481 (3) | |
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t 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0fNISSION DOCKET NO. 50-29 YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 57 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-3, issued to Yankee Atomic Electric Company (the licensee), which revised the Technical Specifications for operation of the Yankee Nuclear Power
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Station (Yankee-Rowe) (the facility) located in Rowe, Franklin County,
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Massachusetts. The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.
The amendment revises the provisions in the Technical Specifications for the facility to permit movement of a temporary gate and shielding panels over the spent -fuel pit and authorizes implementation of the modifications of the spent fuel pit as described in the licensee's application, Proposed Change No.158, Supplement No. 3 as supplemented.
The modifications involve:
(1) installation of a stainless steel ifner in the spent fuel pit, (2) installation of a full width division wall with gate across the. north and of the pit, (3) installation of spent
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i fuel rack supports, (4) provisions to enlarge the enclosed area of the spent fuel pit building, (5) installation of a temporary gate in the existing gate support brackets, (6) installation of shielding between the spent fuel-and the temporary gate, and (7) addition of a redundant pump to the spent fuel pit cooling system and associated piping modifications.
In addition, the amendment deletes the provisions to permit moving of temporary support brackets and a shielded work platform since they are no longer required.
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2-The application for the amendment 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 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.
The Commission's " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Amendment to Operating License" in connection with the licensee's request to expand the spent fuel storage capacity from 391 fuel assemblies to 721 assemblies was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 21, 1978 (43 FR 42825). As indicated in this Notice, the Commission's
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staff has determined that the modifications approved by this amendment have a utility independent of the proposed increase in spent fuel storage capacity. Therefore, based on the above consideration, the
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, Commission's staff has (1) app 'v'ed the modifications described above separately from considerat)
'f the p'roposed increase in spent fuel storage capacity and (2) a
'rmined thct prior public notice of this amendment was not required
'nce the amendment does not involve a significant Sazards consideratiu The Commissica has determined that the issue, of this amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 351.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be
-prepared in connection with issuance of this amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the t..
application for amendment dated February 7,1979 (Supplement No. 3 f
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(2) Amendment No. 57 to License No. OPR-3, (3) the Commission's related it. _
Safety Evaluation, and (4) Notice of Proposed Issuance of Amendment to il '~
Operating License, dated September 11,1978 (43 FR 42825, September 21, 1978). All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Greenfield Community College,1 College Drive, Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301. A copy of items (2), (3) and (4) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
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of Operating Reactors.
vated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 3rd day of April,1979.
..FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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