ML20062B232

Notice of Issuance of Amend 15 to License DPR-72 & Negative Declaration

ML20062B232
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Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	07/24/1978
From:	Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7810250211
Download: ML20062B232 (3)

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_ UNITED STATES NUCLEAR RE UL'ATORY C FNISSION DOCKET N . 50-302 '

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CITY 0P ALACFUA CITY 0F BUSHiiELL i CITY OF GAINESVILLE

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9 The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has is7ued Amendment No.15 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-72, i'; sued.to

the Florida Power Corporation City of Alachua, City of Bushnell, City of Gainesville, City of Kissir=ee, City of Leesburg, City of New Scyrna Beach and Utilities Comission, City of New Smyrna Beach, City of Ocala, Orlando Utilities Comission and City of Criando, Sebring Utilities k Comissien, Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., and the City of Tallahassee (the licensees) which revised the license and its appended i Technical Specifications for operation of the Crystal River Unit No. 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (the facility) located in Citrus County, Florida.

The amendment is effective as of. the date of issuance. l This amendment: 1) authorizes Florida Power Corporation (FPC) to receive and possess at the facility four spent fuel assemblies frca -

l Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, which FPC is expected to reouest

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', 7590-01 Commission authorization to use as fuel in the facility's reactor

, during the remainder of Cycle 1 operation; and 2) revises the t

Technical Specifications to reflect a change in the reactor vessel surveillance capsule installation and removal schedule. ~

The applications for the amendment comply with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's r' ules and regulations. The Comr.ission 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

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the license amendment. Prior public notice of this amendment was not

, required since tha anendeent does not involve a significant hazards

. . . _ _ consideration.

The Commission has prepared an environmental impact appraisal for Item 1, above, of this amendment and has concluded that an environ-mental impact statenent for this particular action is not warranted because there will be no significant environmental impact attributable to the action other than that which has already been predicted and s_ described in the Commission's Final Environmental Statement for the facility dated May 1973.

The Commission has determined that the issuance of Item 2, above, 1

l of this amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 351.5(d)(4) an environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of this amendment.

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7590-01 For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the applications for amendment dated M2y 30,1978 (Proposed Change No. I f

28) and June 28, 1978, (2) Amendment No.15 to License No. DPR-72,  !

and (3) the Comission's related Safety Evaluation / Environmental Impact Appraisal. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and at the Crystal River Public Library, Crystal River, Florida. A copy of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Director, Division of Operating Reactors.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 24th day of July 1978.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATOR OMISSION

~' ~ I Robert W. Reid, Chief l

Operating Reactors Branch #4 Division of Operating Reactors W.'

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