ML20117B847
| ML20117B847 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/1996 |
| From: | Gates W OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20117B851 | List: |
| References | |
| LIC-96-0125, LIC-96-125, NUDOCS 9608270189 | |
| Download: ML20117B847 (3) | |
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..A BBB Omaha PubHcPowerDistrict 444 South 16th Street Mau Omaha NE 68102-2247 August 23, 1996 LIC-96-0125 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-137 Washington, DC 20555-0001
References:
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Docket No. 50-285 2.
Letter from OPPD (W. G. Gates) to NRC (Document Control Desk) dated July 15, 1996 (LIC-96-0099).
SUBJECT:
Application for Amendment of Operating License Enclosed please find the Omaha Public Power District's (OPPD) " Application for Amendment of Operating License." OPPD proposes to revise Paragraph 2.B(2) of License No. DPR-40 to allow source materials in the form of depleted or natural uranium as reactor fuel and to revise Technical Specification (TS) 4.3.2 to include depleted uranium in describing the reactor core. The proposed revision to TS 4.3.2 is identical to the revision submitted by Reference 2 in all respects except that depleted uranium is being added as an acceptable fuel material.
Using natural or depleted uranium in fuel rods near the exterior of the reactor core reduces neutron leakage to the reactor pressure vessel thereby decreasing radiation induced embrittlement. The proposed changes are consistent with Amendment 171 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 for the Palisades Plant.
Attachment A contains pages reflecting the requested changes to License No.
DPR-40 and Technical Specification 4.3.2.
Attachment B provides the
" Discussion, Justification and No Significant Hazards Consideration."
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3 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission LIC-96-0125 Page 2 If you have additional questions, or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me or members of my staff.
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L. R. Wharton, NRC Project Manager W. C. Walker, NRC Senior Resident Inspector B. E. Casari, Director - Environmental Health Division, State of Nebraska t
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m UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Omaha Public Power District Docket No. 50-285 (Fort Calhoun Station Unit No. 1)
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AFFIDAVIT W. G. Gates, being duly sworn, hereby deposes and says that he is the Vice President in charge of all nuclear activities of the Omaha Public Power District; that as such he is duly authorized to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the attached information concerning the Application for Amendment dated August 23, 1996 revising Paragraph 2.B of License No. DPR-40 to allow the use of source material as reactor fuci and revising the description of the reactor core to allow the use of depleted uranium as fuel material; that he is familiar with the content thereof; and that the matters set forth therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.
W5 W. G. Gates Vice President STATE OF NEBRASKA ss COUNTY OF DOUGLAS Subscribedandsworntgbeforeme/3000Sh
, 1996.
a Notary Public in and for the State of Nebraska on this 673F day of TLlL/
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