96-15016. GPU Nuclear Corporation; Notice of Denial of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 30103-30104]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-15016]
    
    
    
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    NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
    [Docket No. 50-219]
    
    
    GPU Nuclear Corporation; 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 GPU Nuclear Corporation, (licensee) for an amendment to 
    Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 issued to the licensee for 
    operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, located in 
    Forked River, New Jersey. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this 
    amendment was published in the Federal Register on December 7, 1995, 
    (60 FR 62895).
        The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to modify the 
    License Condition 2.C(5) to utilize a visual inspection technique in 
    accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 
    Code, Section XI, and to eliminate the requirements to docket 
    inspection results and the need to obtain NRC restart authorization for 
    each refueling outage.
        The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
    granted and has advised the licensee that the proposed amendment is 
    denied because the licensee has not provided adequate justification to 
    resolve the staff's concern over the long-term behavior of the core 
    spray sparger system. The licensee was notified of the Commission's 
    denial of the proposed change by a letter dated June 7, 1996.
        By July 15, 1996, 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 Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, 
    2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the licensee.
        For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The 
    application for amendment dated October 26, 1995, and (2) the 
    Commission's letter to the licensee dated June 7, 1996.
        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 Ocean County Library, Reference Department, 101 Washington Street, 
    Tom's River, NJ 08753.
    
        Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 1996.
    
        For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Donald S. Brinkman,
    Acting Project Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor 
    Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
    [FR Doc. 96-15016 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/13/1996
Department:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-15016
Pages:
30103-30104 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 50-219
PDF File:
96-15016.pdf