ML20004F217

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Notice of Issuance & Availability of Amend 6 to License DPR-22
ML20004F217
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Site: Monticello Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 06/03/1981
From: Ippolito T
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8106160625
Download: ML20004F217 (2)


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,e 7590-01 UNITED STATES N'JCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-263 NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDfiENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND GRANTING OF RELIEF The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 6 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-22, issued to Northern States Power Company, which revised Technical Specifications for operation of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (the facility) located in Wright County, M.innesota.

The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.

The amendment revises 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 and to

~ incorporate several changes of an administrative nature.

By letter dated April 10, 1981, 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 facility. The ASME Code requirements are incor-parated by reference into the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR

50. The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.

The application for the amendmeat complies with the standards and require-ments of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as requi7ed by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations 8106160 G 5

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in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.

Prior public notice of this amendment was not required since the amendment does not involve a significant hazards et nsideration.

The Commission has detcrmined that the issuance of this amendment and the granting of this relief will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 151.5(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 application for amendment dated August 30, 1977, the licensee's submittals dated March 15,1978, August 28, 1973, January 5,1979, February 26, 1979, July 27,1979, March 5,1980, and July 16, 1980, (2) Amendment No. 6 to License Nc. DPR-22, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation.

All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, NW., Washington, D. C. and at the Environmental Conservation Library, Minneapolis Public Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota. A copy of items (2) and (.3) may be obtained l

upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, j

Washington, D. C.

20555, Attention: Director, Division of Licensing.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 3rd day of June 1981.

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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Thomas Ippolito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #2 Division of Licensing

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