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'.'1VISORY COMMITTEE ON
- ACTC SAFEGUARDS Dr. Chester P. Siess Chaiman, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards U. S. Atomic Energy Comnission Washington, D.
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20545
Dear Dr. Siess:
Sixteen copies of the following are transmitted for the Comnittee's information:
Letter to Commonwealth Edison Company dated May 12, 1972, trans-mitting Amendments Nos. 3 and 1 to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30, respectively, authorizing operation of the _ Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Station Units 1 -and 2 each at steady state power levels up to 2260 MWt to meet emergency power demands, a related Federal Register notice and a Discussion and Conclusions of Environmental Impact statement concerning proposed issuance of licenses for emergency operation.
l Sincerely,
, fuh,.Y Donald J. Skovholt Assistant Director for Reactor Operations Division of Reactor Licensing l-
Enclosures:
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973-3446 AEC AUTHORIZES OPERATION OF QUAD-CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION NEAR CORDOVA, ILLINOIS AT 20 PER CENT OF FULL POWER Licenses authorizing temporary operation of Units 1 and 2 of the Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Station near Cordova.
1111nois, at 20 per cent of rated power have been issued to Commonwealth Edison Company and Iowa-Illinois Gas and Elec-tric Company by the Atomic Energy Commission.
At 20 per cent of power, each unit would operate at a thermal power level of 50 2 raegawa tts, resulting in the generation of about 120,000 net electrical kilowatts from each unit.
The AEC's action follows dismissal of a court suit under which the Commission was enjoined from issuing interim licenses for the plants on the basis of special review procedures con-tained in the AEC's regulations.
The suit was filed in U. S.
District Court in Washington.
D.
C., by the Attorney General l
l of Illinois and the Izaak Walton League.
An agreement among the plaintiffs and the license applicants that a closed-cycle i
cooling system would be installed at the station over a period of time resulted in plaintiffs' dismissal of the suit.
The Commission's regulations implementing NEPA provide for authorization of temporary, limited operation -for testing purposes and to meet urgent power needs--following a special environmental review tailored to the limited operation sought.
Under these provisions, the AEC issued a fuel;3%.
loadiniland low power testing license for Unit 1 in October lg
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Si In January 197 2 the AEC Regulatory Staf f>totifi'ed the applicants that it had completed its review $44the ehviro'n-fullpowerandwaspreparedtoissueinterima@fbn.
mental impact of the operation of each unit
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The staff concluded, as a result of its review, that op~ era tioq of the two units at 20 per cent of full power up to Jdhe 15 1972,
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2-would likely result in only a' minimal impact on the environ-ment and that such operation was necessary in view of the-urgent power shortage forecast for this. summer in the Midwest.
A draft detailed statement on-environmental considera-tions relating to operation of the two units at full power was issued for public comment on March 6.
Before issuing its
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final statement, the Regulatory Staff,will carefully evaluate the environmental considerations associated with the proposed.
closed-cycle cooling system.
The Quad-Cities station is located in Rock Island County l
on the east bank of the Mississippi River about three miles i
north of Cordova, Illinois.
Each unit uses a boiling water reactor and each will produce-about 809.000 net electrical kilowatts when operating at full power.
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