[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4956]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304]
Commonwealth Edison Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Amendment to
Facility Operating Licenses
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted
the request of Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) to
withdraw its November 7, 1996, applications for proposed amendments to
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48, issued to the
licensee for operation of the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and
2, located in Ogle County, Illinois. Notice of Consideration of
Issuance for these amendments was published in the Federal Register on
December 18, 1996 (61 FR 66704-05).
The first proposed amendment would have modified the facility
technical specification (TS) surveillance requirements from verifying
greater than or equal to 17 percent steam generator secondary side wide
range water level to greater than or equal to 17 percent steam
generator secondary side narrow range water level. The second proposed
amendment would have changed the TS values for the reduced power range
neutron flux high setpoint trip that are specified when one or more
code main steam safety valves are inoperable. The third proposed
amendment would have clarified the TS operability requirements for the
residual heat removal loops during core alteration operations. By
letter dated February 12, 1998, ComEd withdrew the amendment requests
because they are no longer needed. By letter dated February 13, 1998,
ComEd certified that they have permanently ceased operations at Zion
Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2. Since ComEd has permanently
ceased operations at Zion Station, the license amendment requests
submitted on November 7, 1996, are no longer needed.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The three
applications for amendment dated November 7, 1996, and (2) the staff's
letter dated February 23, 1998.
These documents are available for public inspection at the
Commissions Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at
the Waukegan Public Library, 128 N. County Street, Waukegan, Illinois
60085.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of February 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lawrence W. Rossbach,
Project Manager, Project Directorate III-2, Division of Reactor
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-4956 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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