[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14700]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-397]
Washington Public Power Supply System; Notice of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating License
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued
Amendment No. 145 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21 issued to
Washington Public Power Supply System (the Supply System, or the
licensee), which revised the Technical Specifications for operation of
the Nuclear Project No. 2, located in Benton County, Washington.
The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
The amendment revised the technical specifications to reflect the
replacement of the existing reactor recirculation (RRC) flow control
system with an adjustable speed drive (ASD) system. In addition, the
proposed technical specification changes will reflect replacement of
the existing analog-hydraulic flow control system with dual channel,
variable frequency ASDs and a digital recirculation flow control system
that would vary RRC flow by varying RRC pump speed.
The application for the amendment complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made
appropriate findings are required by the Act and the Commission's rules
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license
amendment.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity
for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal
Register on March 4, 1996 (61 FR 8307). No request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice.
The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to
the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact
statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has
concluded that the issuance of this amendment will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
application for amendment dated October 26, 1995, as supplemented by
letters dated March 12, 1996, May 8, 1996, and May 16, 1996, (2)
Amendment No. 145 to License No. NPF-21, and (3) the Commission's
related Safety Evaluation and Environmental Assessment. All of these
items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., and at the Richland Public Library,
955 Northgate Street, Richland, Washington 99352. A copy of items (2)
and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555, Attention: Director,
Division of Reactor Projects III/IV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of June 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy G. Colburn,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-14700 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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