ML20140B511

Forwards EA & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Util 950728 Application for Amend to Allow Credit for Soluble Boron in Spent Fuel Criticality Analyses

ML20140B511
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	06/04/1997
From:	Wetzel B NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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ML20140B518	List: ML20140B511 ML20140B550
References
TAC-M93072, TAC-M93073, NUDOCS 9706060243
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, e June 4, 1997

! Mr. Roger 0. Anderson, Director  !

l Licensing and Management Issues I Northern States Power Company l

414 Nicollet Mall l Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 l I

SUBJECT:

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING 0F NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR i

THE ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS ALLOWING CREDIT FOR SOLUBLE BORON IN SPENT FUEL POOL CRITICALITY ANALYSES - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. M93072 AND M93073) l

Dear Mr. Anderson:

Enclosed is a copy of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No

. Significant Impact related to Northern States Power Company's (NSP) application for amendments dated July 28, 1995, as revised February 21, 1997, for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units Nos.1 and 2.

The proposed amendments would revise the technical specifications for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant to allow credit for soluble boron in )

spent fuel criticality analyses. ]

This assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, ,

ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Beth A. Wetzel, Project Manager Project Directorate III-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Doc,ket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306 C{

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4 Mr. Roger 0. Anderson, Director Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Northern States Power Company Plant cc: ,

J. E. Silberg, Esquire Tribal Council Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Prairie Island Indian Community 2300 N Street, N. W. ATTN: Environmental Department Washington DC 20037 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, Minnesota 55089  ;

Plant Manager Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Mike McMullen [5]

Plant Environmental Review Coordinator Northern States Power Company EPA Region 5 1717 Wakonade Drive East 77 West Jackson Boulevard l Welch, Minnesota 55089 Chicago, IL 60604-3507 j Adonis A. Neblett  ;

Assistant Attorney General )

Office of the Attorney General l 455 Minnesota Street ,

Suite 900 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2127 l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commis,sion Resident Inspector's Office 1719 Wakonade Drive East Welch, Minnesota 55089-9642 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1 801 Warrenville Road l Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Mr. Jeff Cole, Auditor / Treasurer Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408 Red Wing, Minnesota 55066-0408 Kris Sanda, Commissioner Department of Public Service 121 Seventh Place East Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2145 Site Licensing Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, Minnesota 55089 November 1996

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