ML20127J720

Forwards Public Announcement of Issuance of Limited License to Util for Fuel Loading & Startup Testing of Plant

ML20127J720
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	09/09/1970
From:	Harris J US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Johnson, Ramey, Seaborg US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
References
NUDOCS 9211190406
Download: ML20127J720 (2)

Text

_. _ _ _ _ _ .

@ UNITED STATES e W f m 4

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

, ' b' I, wxsmooton. o c. rue 4, f

/

September 9, 1970 -

I'

-- ,j .y Chairman Seaborg ) '

Commissioner Ramey

' Commissioner Johnson ' d g~ /' bj)' 9b Commissioner Thompson

{ Commissioner Larson

! ANNOUNCEMENT OF ISSUANCE OF LOW POWER LICENSE FOR j MONTICELLO PLANT

Enclosed for your information is a public announcement of l issuance of a limited license to Northern States Power i Company for fuel loading and startup testing of the Monti-cello Nuclear Generating Plant in Minnesota. The announce-ment has the approval of the Deputy Director of Regulation.

We plan to distribute it today (September 9).

John A. Harris i

~

John A. liarris, Director Division of Public Information cc: 11. L. I rice, Director of Regulation 4

Date NEW 9211190406 700909 Time b ' ,;

j .

PDR ADOCK 05000263 P PDR l

0 0

\

1 AEC ISSUES LOW Poh'ER LICENSE FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR PLANT IN MINNESOTA A license for limited operation of the Montic'eilo iiu-clear Generating Station in Minnesota has been issued to Northern States Power Company by the AEC's Division of Re-actor Licensing.

Issuance of the license was authorized by a decision of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on August 24 The license permits only fuel loading and start-up testing of the facility watts at power thermal levels up to a maximum of five mega-and without the reactor vessel head in place.

A public hearing conducted by the licensing board to consider the company's application for a full power licenso was held April 28-May 1; June 15-18; and August 5-7 in St.

Paul, Minnesota.

authorization for the low power license, and the board author-D ized its issuance after consideration of the evidence. The proceeding on the full power license is continuing.

The Monticello plant, which was built under an AEC con-struction permit issued in June 1967, is located on a 1325-three miles northwest of Monticello. acre site on the west bank of the water reactor 545,000-

.approximately and will have a not electrical capacity of.The plant uses a kilowatts.

General Electric Company designed and of the plant. built the reactor and turbogenerator portions by the AEC Regulatory Staff to assure that all construction

. satisfactorily necessary forcompleted.

fuel loading and low power testing has been I

4

_ 1.