ML20078G642

Notice of Issuance & Availability of Amend 75 to License DPR-24

ML20078G642
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Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/30/1983
From:	John Miller Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLAN 1 UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-266 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued Amendment No. 75 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-24, issued to Wisconsin Electric Power Company (the licensee), which revised the license for operation of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant Unit No. 1 (the facility) located in the Town of Two Creeks, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

The amendment was effective as of the date of its issuance.

The amendment allows repair of steam generators by replacement of major components.

The application for the amendment complies with the standards and require-ments of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commis-sion's rule 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.

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity for Prior Hearing in connection with this action was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on July 12, 1982 (47 FR 30125).

A request for hearing was filed on August 10, 1982 by Wisconsin's Enviromental Decade.

Following a Special Prehearing Conference held on November 19, 1982 on this matter, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) dismissed WED's Petition for Leave to 8310130044 030930 PDRADOCK05000g P

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The ASLB cited WED's failure tc proffer one good contention with adequate bases and WED's willful absence from the Special Prehearing Conference as grounds for dismissal.

Though appealed by WED, the ASLB Order has been upheld by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board (ASLAB) in their March 22, 1983 Decision.

The Commission has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement related to the action and has concluded that there will be no environmental impact attributable to the action beyond that which has been predicted and described in the Comission's Final Environmental Staterrent for the Facility dated May 1972.

For further details with respect to the action see (1) the application for amendment dated May 27, 1982, as supplemer.ted July 27, August 9, 1982 and March 1,1983,(2) Amendment No. 75 to ' License No. DPR-24, (3) the Comission's related Safety Evaluation, and (4) Final Environmental Impact Statement. 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 Joseph P. Mann Public Library, 1516 16th Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

A copy of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon recuest ad-dressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.

20555, Attention: Director, Division of Licensing; a copy of item (4) may be purchased at current rates from the Natforal Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, and from the Sales Office, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.

20555.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 30th day of September,1983.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY E0MMISSION

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's James R. Miller, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Licensing 9

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