ML20151A643

Notice of Issuance & Availability of Amend 23 to License DPR-3.Preliminary Determination:Noticing of Proposed Licensing Amend Concurrences Encl

ML20151A643
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	03/17/1976
From:	Trammell C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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- NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPEPAT1'SG LICENSE gjf.3. ;; =

Notica is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-i =h-

!5 (the Commission) has issued Amendment No. 23 to Facility Operating ~[

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License No. DPR-3 issued to Yankee Atomic Electric Company which revised L ;pr-

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Technical Specifications for operation of the Yankee Nuclear Power Station [ .. ;3 r:

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located in Rowe, Massachusetts. The amendment is effective an of its '

date of issuance. .

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This amendment changes the requirements in the Technical Specifi- '

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cations to account for the effects of'yenon redistribution.on the I

allowable fraction of full power. _

The application for the amendment complies with the standards and 2; requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and. _.j g the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. Prior ,

public notice of this amendment is 'not required since the amendment does -

not involve a significant hazards consideration.

The Commission has determined that the issuance of this amendment ,

will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR B51.5(d)(4) an environmental statement, negative declaration, -

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or environmentti impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with  :.;s. ;;,

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For further details with respect to this action, see (1,V the =uI application for amendment dated February 19, 1976, and supplement dated ,....

March 3, 1976, (2) Amendment No. 23 to Facility Operating License No. T[7 n

DPR-3, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of ti.- a !J

5 items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public  :=f:)

=g Document Room, 1717 H Street, NW., Washington, D.C., and at the , _

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Attention: Director, Division of Operating Reactors. '

y Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 17th day of March 1976. ,

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- ti:n Charles M. Trammell, Acting Chief 5 Operating Reactors Branch #1 @ '

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PRELIMINARY DETER'.!INAT10N F s

NOTICING OF PROPOSED LICENSING A"END'fENT i=

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LICFNSEE: Yankee Atomic Electric Company (Yankee-Rowe)

REQUEST FOR: RelaxationoftheTechS'eclimits(LinearHeatGenerationRate p

(LHGR)] based on results of additional LOCA analysis. p==

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s PROPOSED ACTION: . Pre-notice Recomended __

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() Determination delayed pending completion of Safety Evaluation

.gs 6:L EASIS FCR DECJSION: On October 15, 1975i we prenoticed our action in connection with the licensee's Core XII reload submittal and related ECCS/FAC analysis. , F-From our review of the limited break spectrum and the very conservative LHGR E.

limits incorporated in the Tech Specs we found operation with Core XII to be [3_. .~~

in compliance with 10 CFR Part 50, 650.46. Accordingly, we issued on December 4, 1975, a license amendment, authorizing operation with Core XII ,

and requested that'the licensee submit additional LOCA analysis for our  :

review. This action involves our continuing review of the Core XII ECCS/FAC analysis and the related LHGR Tech Spec limits, which are the matters previously prenoticed (copy attached). For the above reasons postnoticing of this action is recommended.

PROPOSED NEPA ACTION: () EIS Required

( ) Negative Declaration (ND) and Environmental Impact Appraisal (EIA) Required ,

( X) No EIS, ND or EIA Required j i

() Determination delayed pending completion of EIA [jj E

BASIS FOR DECISION: See back for Decision - - - - -

CONCURRENCES: DATE:

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BASIS FOR DECISION: We have issued an ND and EIA on the potential .

environmental impacts associated with tha Core XII ECCS/FAC analysis .. . . . . . . .

and related Tech Specs with the December 4, 1975 license amendment. '_."*

As stated above, the proposed action involves our continuing review dile.4=

of the same matters. The pending action does not change our previous -

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