[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12741]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339]
Virginia Electric and Power Company; Notice of Partial Denial of
Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has
partially denied a request by Virginia Electric and Power Company,
(licensee) for an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4
and NPF-7 issued to the licensee for operation of the North Anna Power
Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Louisa County, Virginia. Notice
of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in the
Federal Register on December 4, 1996 (61 FR 64396).
The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications (TS) to permit the insertion of four
demonstration fuel assemblies into the reactor core of either North
Anna 1 or North Anna 2, as described in the licensee's submittal. The
four lead test assemblies, fabricated by Framatome Cogema Fuels, will
incorporate several advanced design features, including: a debris
filter bottom nozzle, mid-span mixing grids, a floating top end grid, a
quick disconnect top nozzle, and use of advanced zirconium alloys for
fuel assembly structural tubing and for fuel rod cladding. A portion of
the amendment request included a proposal to amend Section 6.9.1.7.b by
adding one sentence. Because the non-specific sentence does not specify
methods used to determine core operating limits, the proposal to add
the sentence to the TS is denied.
The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot
fully be granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's partial
denial of the proposed change by a letter dated May 9, 1997.
By June 16, 1997 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 Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555, and to Michael W. Maupin, Esq., Hunton and Williams, Riverfront
Plaza, East Tower, 951 E. Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219,
attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
application for amendment dated September 4, 1996, as supplemented
February 3, 1997, and (2) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated
May 9, 1997.
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 Alderman Library, Special Collections Department, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2498.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of May 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Reinhart,
Acting Project Director, Project Directorate II-1, Division of Reactor
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-12741 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am]
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