ML20125D800
| ML20125D800 | |
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| Site: | 05000130 |
| Issue date: | 05/14/1969 |
| From: | Morris P US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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- 0~,g, WASHINGTON. D.C. 20545 NORTHERN STATES PORER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-130-AMENDED PROVISIONAL FACILITY LICENSE License No. DPR-11 Amendsient No. 4
- 1. The Atomic Energy Commission ("the Commission") has found that:
A. The application for license aman &nent complies with the require-ments of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (hereinafter, "the Act"), and the Commission's regulations set forth in Title 10, Chapter I, CFR; B. There is reasonable assurance that the reactor facility can be possessed in the described condition at the location designated in the application without endangering the health and safety of the public; y
-{ . C. The Northern States Power Company is technically and ff nancially qualified to engage in the activities authorized by the amended provisional facility license in accordance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of the amended license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; E. The Northern States Power Company has furnished proof of financial protection which satisfies the requirements of 10 CFR Part 140; and F. Prior public notice of the proposed issuance of this amended license for possession of the deactivated Pathfinder nuclear.
reactor and its nuclear fuel does;not' involve significant hazard - considerations- different from those previously evaluated.
- 2. Provisional Facility License No. DPR-ll, as amended, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: , ,
A. This license applies to the controlled recirculation boiling
' water reactor owned by the Northern States Power Comipany (hereinafter, "NSP") and designated by NSP as the Pathfinder 8506120473 850214 PDR FOIA PAYB5-54 PDR
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. nuclear reactor. The facility is located near Sioux Falls, l South Dakota, and is described in NSP's application dated March 30, 1959, and amendments thereto including Amendment No. 47 dated November 25, 1968, as modified by Amendment No.
48 dated March 10, 1969 (herein collectively referred to as "the application").
) B. Subject to the conditi~ons and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses NSP:
, '(1) Pursuant to Section 104.b of the Act and Title.10, Chapter I, CFR, Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", to possess, but not to operate, the reactor as a utilization facility;
~(2) Pursuant to the Act and Title 10, Chapter I, CFR, Part 70, "Special Nuclear Material", to possess and store at any one time up to (a) 800 kilograms of contained uranium-235 and (b) 224 grams of plutonium encapsulated as two 1-curie and two 6-curie plutonium-beryllium neutron sources; and i (3) Pursuant to the Act and Title 10, Chapter I, CFR,4 Part-30, " Rules of General Applicability to Licensing of Byproduct Material", to possess and store at any one time up to 200 curies ~of antim'ny-124 as antimony'-beryllium neutron sources, and to possess, but not to separate, such byproduct material as may have been produced by operation of the facility or may
.be contained in the component parts of the facility.
C .~ This lf. cense shall be deemed to contain and be subject to the conditions specifit:d in 10 CFR Part 20, Section 30.34 of 10 CFR Part 30, Sections 50.54 and 50.59 lof 10 CFR Part 50 and Section 70.32 of 10 CFR Part 70 of the Commission's regulations, and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and rules, regu-lations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect and to the additional conditions specified below: (1) NSP shall not reactivate the facility or any system which is open to the reactor pressure vessel without prior approval of the Commission. (2) NSP shall not dispose of the facility or the property occu-pied by the facility without prior approval of the Commission. 4 f l
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(;, ( ( (3) Technical Specifications
.The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, desig-nated as Change.No. 19, are hereby incorporated in this license. NSP shall maintain the reactor in accordance with the Technical Specifications. No changes shall be made in the Technical Specifications except as otherwise permitted by this license, by the Act, and by the Commission's rules and regulations.
. (4) Records In addition to the records heretofore required under this license and by applicable AEC regulations, including Section 20.401 of 10 CFR Part 20, NSP chall keep the following:
- a. Records of inspections of the deactivated facility, including the results of surveys of radioactivity levels.
- b. Records-showing radioactivity released or discharged into f~ the air or water beyond the effective control of NSP as measured at or prior to the point of such release or discharge.
(5) Reports , In addition to those reports required by applicable AEC regulations, NSP shall submit the following: _l 1
- a. A report of any indication or occurrence of a possible :
unsafe condition relating to the facility or to the public. For each occurrence, NSP shall promptly notify by tele-
- . phone or telegraph the Director of the appropriate AEC l I
[ Regional Compliance Office listed in Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 20, and shall submit within 10 days a report l l in writing to the Director, Division of Reactor Licensing, ! ! with a copy to the Regional Compliance Office. l.- E b. A report to the Director, Division of Reactor Licensing, of the status of the deactivated Pathfinder facility, including the results of the surveys of radioactivity levels and the status of the special nuclear and byproduct i I e
( ( . materials stored on the Pathfinder nuclear reactor facility site. The first report shall be filed six months after - issuance of this amended facility license and each six
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months thereafter until such time as NSP files with the Commission's Division of Reactor Licensing its plan for dismantling of the facility, pursuant to Section 50.82 of 10 CFR Part 50, and receives Commission approval thereof. D. This provisional facility license, as amended, is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight, March 12, 1970. FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION t Peter A. Morris, Director Division of Reactor Licensing
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UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-130
- NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDED PROVISIONAL FACILITY LICENSE
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The Atomic Energy Commission has issued Amendment No. 4, set forth below, to Provisional Facility License No. DPR-ll. The provisional license as previously issued authorized Northern Staties Power Company (NSP) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to possess and operate the Pathfinder nuclear reactor located near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The amendment, effective as of the date of issuance, authorizes NSP to possess, but not to operate, { the deactivated Pathfinder facility and incorporates revised Technical , Specifications in the amended license. The amendment was issued in accordance with NSP's Application Amendment No. 47 dated November 25, 1968, as modified by Amendment No. 48 dated March 10, 1969, and application for byproduct material license dated March 10, 1969. Within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the applicant may file a request for a hecring, and any person whose interest may be affected by the issuance of this amended license may file a petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the Conmission's " Rules of Practice" (10 CFR Part 2). If a request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene is filed within s 9
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