ML20217E726
| ML20217E726 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 09/24/1997 |
| From: | Pulsifer R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Johnson I COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9710070153 | |
| Download: ML20217E726 (5) | |
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,,,,,+f September 24, 1997 Ms. Irene Johnson, Acting Manager Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove, IL 60515
SUBJECT:
CRITERIA FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 70.24 -
QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2
Dear Ms. Johnson:
By letter dated September 17, 1997, Commonwealth Edison Company (Comed, the licensee) stated Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, meets the requirements of 10 CFR 70.24 and will be requesting an exemption from this rule in October 1997. Your exemption application under the provisions of 10 CFR 70.14 should verify that Quad Cities meets the following criteria:
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Plant procedures do not permit more than three boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies to be in transit between their associated shipping cask and dry storage rack at one time.
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The k-effective of the fresh fuel storage racks filled with fuel of the maximum permissible U-235 enrichment and flooded with pure water does not exceed 0.95, at a 95 percent probability, 9E percent confidence level.
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If optimum moderation of fuel in the fresh fuel storage racks occurs when the fresh fuel storage racks are not flooded, the k-effective corresponding to this optimum moderation does not exceed 0.98, at a 95 percent probability, 95 percent confidence level.
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The k-effective of spent fuel storage racks filled with fuel of the maximum permissible U-235 enrichment and filled with pure water does not exceed 0.95, at a 95 percent probability, 95 percent confidence level.
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The quantity of forms of special nuclear material, other than nuclear fuel, that are stored on-site in any given area is less than the quantity necessary for a critical mass.
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Radiation monitors, as required by General Design Criterion (GDC) 63, are provided in fuel storage and handling areas to detect excessive
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The maximum nominal U-235 enrichment is five weight percent.
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Ro'ert M. Pulsifer, Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-254, 50-265 cc: see next page
I. Johnson Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station
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Michael I. Miller, Esquire Document Control Desk-Licensing Sidley and Austin.
Commonwealth Edison Company One First National Plaza 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Chicago, Illinois 60603
-Downers Grove Illinois 60515
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Mr. L. William Pearce Station Manager Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 22710 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Quad Cities Retident Inspectors Office 22712 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Chairman Rock Island County Board
-of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Rock Island County Office Bldg.
Rock Island, Illinois 61201 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety
.1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III.
801.Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Richard J. Singer Manager - Nuclear MidAmerican Energy Company 907 Walnut-Street P.O. Box 657
. Des Moines, Iowa 50303
. Brent E. Gale, Esq.
Vice President-- Law and Regulatory Affairs MidAmerican Energy Company One RiverCenter Place 106 East Second Street
.P.O. Box 4350 Dav:nport,' Iowa 52808