ML20151A628

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Amend to License DPR-3 Per Util 750925 Request for Tech Specs Revisions Re Spent Fuel Storage Rack W/Reduced Spacing Between Fuel Assemblies

ML20151A628
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	11/24/1975
From:	Wambach T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20151A626	List: ML20151A622 ML20151A628
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NUDOCS 8011030815
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.a FAC HIsY CPE Gil!!G LICENSE The Nuclear !iegulatory Commission (the Coznission) is considering the issuance of an rc:ndrent to Facility Operating License '!c. DPP.-3 issued to Yankee Atoric Elcetric Company (the licensee) for operation of the Y:nkee

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N'uclear Pot!cr Station (the ft.cility), a pressurized-t ater reactor located

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in !io.e, Masscchusetts, and current.ly authorized for operation at pot:er lercls up to 600 l~lt.

In accordance ' lith the licensee's rc;p)ication for a license ar.cndr:ent date ' Septer.ber 25, 1975, the umend.ent could add previsions in the Technical Speci!ications relcted to the desi;;n of spent fuel ntorage racks. The licen_en propcse. to replacc n:o of the existing three storage racks which ha ce,

c.,..bir e e: ors;c ccycity of C6 Juel asseriGics ti t 'c anc.lin e c r

slo ar:m fixed y>ison (ihrr,j curtrin rocks dich ' r.ve a cr.pacity of 2 5 n.c er bli es S c.~a increased en acity tuuld be acccuplished as a result of c

t' ; e reauced center-to-center spacing cF the assemblics in the design of t;. pi c-posed spc ; feel storcLe rcchs. The existing third fuel storage

". chi ca he - ' cr.nucity ta 105 fuci 'u..blies will be retnined and for s;o-,. of :sse:M ies tha t a.n c a 1.ininn 1:urnup of 20,000 '1lD/!rn.

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Prior to issuance of the proposed license cucndment, the Co:anission v:ill have nade the findings required by the Aten.ic Encrgy /ct of 1954, vs a::anded (the Act), and the Cominnion's rulen and regulations.

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Dy JAt; 1 196, R, the licensee ray fiie a request for a hearing an! r.:iy person chose interest nay be affected by this pycceeding inay file a requat for

t. hearing in the m nn of a petition for 1 cave to intervenc

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rith respect to the issuance of the a::.endn.or.t to the subj ect facility.

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opcrating, license.

Petiticns for.! eave to intervere nust be filed unfer ceth or affirration in accordance with the previsionr. of Section 2.714 of 10 CFR Part 2 of the Co.nnission's re.alations.

A petition for lenvc to inteiro,e nest set forth the interest of the petitioncr i-the proceeding, h r.-

that interest aay be af fected by the rustilt: of th m nec eding, and the p;t '.ioner's contentions with respec4 t o the pr: p.d li < m ing r etion.

S.:,_:, '. e t it ic s r.as t be flif ed in Leconh'nec ':ith inc nrovi;

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FFF'JJ hhGISIF.:ot ico end Secticn 2. M 4, : n ' tr.ust l'e fil::.'.ith th" See: ry of t';

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20333, Attent ion:

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/. cep) of the petition rnd/or rer,uest for a hearing should h-sent to the E:c.c rutive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Her,ulutcry Cor/aission,1lashin!;t on, 9.C.

20555 cnd to Frederic Greennend, Esquire, Ncv England Electric 5"ste:,, 20 Turnpite Road,1lcstboro, l'assachusetts 01581, the attorr.cy for the licensee.

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z.g 5.9 A petition for leave to. intervene must be accompanied by a supporting

..m.es affidavit which identifies the specific aspect or aspects of the proceeding

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as to which intervention is desired and specifies with particularity the

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facts on which the petitioner relies as to both his interest and his con-tentions with regard to each aspect on which intervention is re' quested.

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jurisdiction will be denied.

All petitions will be acted upon by the Commission or licensing board if=)

MEE designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and at.al R

Licensing Board Panel. Timely petitions will be considered to determine

==g whether a hearing should be noticed or another appropriate order issued-regarding the disposition of the petitions.

In the event that a hearing is held and a person is permitted to

' ntervene, he becomes a party to the proceeding and has a right to' parti-i cipate fully in the conduct of the hearing.

For example, he may present i

evidence and examine and cross-examine witnesses.

For further details with respect to this action, see

.the appli-cation for, amendment dated September 25,'1975, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's.Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., h'ashington, D.C.,

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. and at the Greenfield Public Library, 402 Main Street, Greenfield, Massachusetts. The license amendment and the Safety Evaluation, when issued, may bo inspected at the above locations and a copy may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co==ission, Washington, D.C.

20555, Attention: Director, Division of Reactor Licersing.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this NOV 2 41975 FOR TIE NUCLEAR REGULAERY COMMISSION is( Tha.mbctch Thomas V. Wambhch,-.: Acting Chief Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Reactor Licensing i

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