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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-461]
Illinois Power Company, et al.; Withdrawal of Application for
Amendment To Facility Operating License
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted
the request of Illinois Power Company (the licensee) to withdraw its
February 17, 1993, application for a proposed amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF-62 for the Clinton Power Station (CPS), Unit
No. 1, located in DeWitt County, Illinois.
The proposed amendment consisted of three proposed partial
exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J
regarding containment integrated leakage rate testing, three proposed
changes to associated CPS Technical Specification 3/4.6.1.2, ``Primary
Containment Leakage,'' and changes to the CPS Technical Specification
Bases and Operating License No. NPF-62.
One of the three requested exemptions was granted. A partial
exemption from the 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Section III.D.1.(a)
requirement to perform the third Type A test of each 10-year service
period when the plant is shut down for the 10-year plant inservice
inspection was granted in Amendment #83 dated September 8, 1993.
However, requests for partial exemptions from the requirements of
Section III.A.1.(a) (the requirement to stop a containment integrated
leak rate test if excessive leakage is detected) and Section
III.A.5.(b) (acceptance criteria for containment integrated leak rate
tests with respect to determining the frequency of conducting future
tests) was deferred pending resolution of ongoing rulemaking activities
associated with Appendix J.
SECY-94-036 dated February 17, 1994, described the staff's plans
for completion of rulemaking on Appendix J and how plant-specific
requests for contingency and performance based exemptions would compete
for limited staff resources. The SECY paper further stated that the
availability of staff resources for reviewing such exemptions would be
extremely limited. Subsequently, by letter dated August 15, 1994, the
licensee withdrew the amendment request.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on March 31,
1993 (58 FR 16864). However, by letter dated August 15, 1994, the
licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for amendment dated February 17, 1993, and the licensee's
letter dated August 15, 1994, which withdrew the application for
license amendment. The above documents are available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20555, and at the Vespasian Warner Public Library, 120
West Johnson Street, Clinton, Illinois 61727.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Douglas V. Pickett,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor
Projects-III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-23457 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]
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