[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23306-23307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11246]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-259]
The Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Denial of Amendment to
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied
a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority (licensee), for an
amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-33 issued to the
licensee for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1,
located in Limestone County, Alabama. Notice of Consideration of
Issuance of this amendment was published in the Federal Register on
February 15, 1997 (62 FR 2194).
The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications (TS) to permit increasing the main steam
safety/relief valve set point tolerance to plus or minus 3%.
The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request to increase
the main steam safety relief valve set point tolerance cannot be
granted at this time. The licensee was notified of the Commission's
denial of the proposed change by a letter dated April 22, 1998.
By May 28, 1998, the licensee may demand a hearing with respect to
the denial described above. Any person whose interest may be affected
by this proceeding may file a written petition for leave to intervene.
A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be
filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Services
Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by the above
date.
A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the
General
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Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and
to General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, ET 10H, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
application for amendment dated December 11, 1996, and (2) the
Commission's letter to the licensee dated April 22, 1998.
These documents are available for public inspection at the
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at
the Athens Public Library, 405 E. South Street, Athens, Alabama.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22 day of April 1998.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick J. Hebdon,
Director, Project Directorate II-3, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-11246 Filed 4-27-98; 8:45 am]
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