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Forwards Amend 149 to License DPR-3 & Safety Evaluation. Amend Revises TS Sections Pertaining to Minimum Water Cover Over Sf,Crane Travel Over Sf & Related Bases
ML20249A784
Person / Time
Site: Yankee Rowe
Issue date: 06/17/1998
From: Fairtile M
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To: Williams F
YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
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TAC-M99527, NUDOCS 9806180236
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June 17,1998 Mr. Frederick N. Williams Plant Superintendent Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367 i

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO.149 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE (POSSESSION ONLY) NO. DPR YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (TAC NO. M99527) l

Dear Mr. Williams:

The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No.149 to Facility Operating License (Possession Only) No. DPR-3 for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS). This amendment is in response to your application dated September 5,1997, as supplemented by letter dated March 30,1998.

This amendment revises the Technical Specification sections pertaining to minimum water cover over spent fuel, crane travel over spent fuel, and the related bases. The purpose of the amendment is to allow loads of up to 80 tons to travel over the spent fuel pool to accommodate the future removal of spent fuel in shipping and/or transfer casks.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. Notice of issuance will be included in the Commission's biweekly Federal Register notice.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Morton B. Fairtile, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning 9806180236 980617 Project Directorate A OM O M000 p Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-29

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SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO.149 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE (POSSESSION ONLY) NO. DPR YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (TAC NO. M99527)

Dear Mr. Williams:

The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No.149 to Facility Operating License (Possession Only) No. DPR-3 for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS). This amendment is in response to your application dated September 5,1997, as supplemented by letter dated March 30,1998, 1

This amendment revises the Technical Specification sections pertaining to minimum water cover over spent fuel, crane travel over spent fuel, and the related bases. The purpose of the amendment is to allow loads of up to 80 tons to travel over the spent fu pool to accommodate the future removal of spent fuelin shipping and/or transfer casxs.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. Notice of issuance will be included in the Commission's biweekly Federal Register notice.

Sincerely, h & F. R &

Morton B. Fairtile, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate l

Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-29 .

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No.149 to License No. DPR-3
2. Safety Evaluation ]

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Mr. Don K. Davis, Acting President Mr. David Rodham, Director and Chief Executive Officer ATTN: Mr. James B. Muckerheide Yankee Atomic Electric Company Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency g 580 Main Street 400 Worcester Road Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 P. O. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-03173 t Thomas Dignan, Esq.

- Ropes and Gray Chairman, Franklin County One International Place Commission l Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 425 Main Street Greenfield, Massachusetts 03101 Mr. Kenneth Heider

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305 South Street 580 Main Street Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Commissioner Richard P. Sedano Vermont Department of Public Service 120 State Street,3rd Floor Montpelier, Vermont 05602 1

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