ML20148F264
| ML20148F264 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 10/27/1972 |
| From: | Skovholt D US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Minnick L YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8011040734 | |
| Download: ML20148F264 (2) | |
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Westboro, l'assachusetts 01581 ff Change No. 102 Gentlenen:
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Bf letter dated October 12, 1972, and supplenental infonmtion contained in your teletype dated October 25, 1972, you ruauested authorization to replace four runnvable fuel rods in one Com X fu?1 assembly with four y
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%e proposed change, cbsimated Change.No.102, would pennit you to
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Le new fuel rods will be aimilar in all Inspects to the fuel zods in the fuel accombly. Bus, the nuclear characteristics of the new fuel rods ap-pror.inate those of the irradiated fuel rods that will be replaced.
gy-Le You $ntind to carry out a detailed inspection on the four irradiated
[Ep fuel Inds (two preprassuriced and two unproprescurized) as part of
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Yankee's continuing program of fuel perfourance evaluation.
You will ds; pro ptly ruport the inspection findings to the Connissian.
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he 'ibchnical Specifications appended to Licenne 'b. DPR-3 for the
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Yadme Iccctor include a description of tha circaloy clad fuel in the EX panent Core X.
Spacifically, Section 101 in the Schnical Specifi-in cations allouc a total of 96 rer.cyable rods in eidtt fuel aseemblica to facilitate post-irmdiation inapection.
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kt Wa have raviewed ttu infonction you have cubnitted on your evaluation M
of the safety concidarations associated with the mplacerent of four fuel roda in the ftel asserbly from core location J-7.
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r' ruennlyais has confined that the proponed replacenent of four fu21 1 I:
Iods would have a negligible effect on the nuclear characteristics detemined previously by Yankee in the Coru X analysis; hence, the
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c tar; ins of cafety and the consequ2nces of accidents datennined pre-A; viously for op2 rating the runctor in tha Coro X configuration remin d
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be endangpmd. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 50.59 of 10 CFR Part 50,
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