ML082550004

Transmittal Letter, Environmental Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Request for Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 for Lead Fuel Assemblies

ML082550004
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	09/26/2008
From:	Balwant Singal Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Edington R Arizona Public Service Co
Singal, Balwant, 415-3016, NRR/DORL/LPL4
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ML082540499	List: ML082550004
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TAC MD8330
Download: ML082550004 (3)

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September 26, 2008

Mr. Randall K. Edington Executive Vice President Nuclear/CNO Mail Station 7602 Arizona Public Service Company P. O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT:

PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RE: REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 50.46 AND 10 CFR 50, APPENDIX K, FOR LEAD FUEL ASSEMBLIES (TAC NO. MD8330)

Dear Mr. Edington:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to the Arizona Public Service Company request for temporary exemption dated March 8, 2008, as supplemented by letter dated September 10, 2008, that would allow up to eight lead fuel assemblies manufactured by AREVA NP with fuel rods clad with M5 to be inserted into the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 reactor core during operating Cycles 15, 16, and 17.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-3016.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Balwant K. Singal, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. STN 50-528

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page

Pkg ML082540499, Letter (NRR-106) ML082550004, EA (NRR-042) ML082540472 OFFICE DORL/LPL4/PM DORL/LPL4/LA NRR/DLR/RERB/BC OGC DORL/LPL4/BC DORL/LPL4/PM NAME BSingal JBurkhardt BPham RHolmes MMarkley BSingal DATE 9/12/08 9/11/08 9/12/08 9/24/08 9/26/08 9/26/08 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station 7/2/2008 cc: Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mr. Douglas Kent Porter Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4125 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 S. 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Mr. Scott Bauer, Director Regulatory Affairs Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Dwight C. Mims, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Plant Improvement Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7605 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. John C. Taylor Director, Nuclear Generation El Paso Electric Company 340 E. Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Mr. James Ray Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Mr. Geoffrey M. Cook Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy., Bldg. D21 San Clemente, CA 92672

Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 E. Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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