ML20245J818

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amends to Licenses DPR-42 & DPR-60 & Proposed NSHC Determination & Opportunity for Hearing on 890406 Request to Revise Tech Spec Fuel Enrichment Limits Permitted in Storage Pool

ML20245J818
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Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	06/05/1989
From:	De Agazio A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l

NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY DOCKETS NOS. 50-282 AND 50-306

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NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING f

i The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos.

'DPR-42 and DPR-60, issued to the Northern States Power Company (the licensee),

f.or operation of the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units Nos. I and 2, located in Goodhue County, Minnesota.

In accord'ance with the licensee's application for amendme'nts dated April 6, 1989, the amendments would change the fuel enrichment limits permitted in the storage pool from 3.9 wt% U-235 (39.0 gm U-235/ axial em of fuel assembly) average to 4.25 wt% U-235.

The enrichment increase will result in a longer fuel cycle for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant.

Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regul6tions.

By J019,27,' I989,the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for e907030182 890605 PDR ADOCK 05000282 p

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s hearing and a' petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2. 'If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chainnan of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition, and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue, a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding and how that interest may be offected by the results of th'e proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:

(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and.

extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend th* petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first pre-hearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.

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scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene, which must include a list of the contentions that are sought to be

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litigated in the matter and the bases for each cor.tention set forth with reason-

-i able specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supple-ment which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention j

will not be permitted to participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity

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to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.

A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pashington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Un4n at 1-800-325-6000 (in Missouri 1-800-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Lawrence A. Yandell (petitioner's name and telephone number);

(date petition was mailed); (plant name); and (publication date and page number i

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of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice).

A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Jay Silberg, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or re' quest should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 30 CFR' 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).

If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendments after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public comment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.

For further details with respect to this action see the application for amendments dated April 6, 1989, which is available for.public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the Minneapolis Public Library, Technology and Science l

Department, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day ofJune 1989.

I FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Albert De A zio, Acting Dir o

Project Directorate III-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V

& Special Projects Office of Nucelar Reactor Regulation

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