ML20141H438
| ML20141H438 | |
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| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
| Issue date: | 01/04/1986 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
. SUPPORTING AMEN 0 MENT NO. 128 TO LICENSE NO..OPR-49
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IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CONPANY CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE CORN BELT POWER COOPERATIVE DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER DOCKET NO. 50-331 L 1. 0 INTRODUCTION.
By a letter dated-November 13, 1985, the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company (the licensee) requested changes to the Duane Arnold Energy-Center (DAEC) Technical Specifications (TS).
During the implementation of Amendment No. 109, dated January 14, 1985, incorporating
' Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications (RETS) to the DAEC, various problems have been noted which require corrections to the previously-approved TSs.. These corrections are needed to reflect actual operation or design of the DAEC systems,~or to provide clarification to the plant operations personnel, or to correct some typographic errors.
.These corrections'should have been included in the application for-Amendment.No. 109 but were not noted until near the final implementation of;the RETS program.
2.0 EVALUATION The staff has: evaluated the' proposed changes and finds that the requested changes are primarily. administrative in nature, are provided for.
clarification, and do not violate'the intent of the NRC staff's model
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-RETS for the Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) in NUREG-0473, Revision 2, February.1, 1980.
Based on'our evaluation,'we find:that the proposed changes will not L
remove or. relax any existing requirements related to the implementation of the RETS, and'the~RETS~will continue to meet the intent'of our-requirements for radiological effluents from BWRs.
Therefore, we find the proposed changes acceptable.
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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
S This amendment involves administrative procedures or requirements.
Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
4.0 CONCLUSION
We have concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that (1)
.there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor:
C. Nichols Dated:
January 4, 1986
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