[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5811]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-286]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc; Notice of Issuance of Amendment 
to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 205 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-64 issued to 
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee), which revised the 
Technical Specifications (TSs) for operation of the Indian Point 
Nuclear Generating Unit No. 3 located in Westchester County, New York. 
The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
    The amendment modified the TSs by replacing them with Improved 
Standard Technical Specifications. The amendment also changed 
requirements regarding setpoints or allowable values associated with 
power range flux, pressurizer pressure, overtemperature delta T, 
overpower delta T, low reactor coolant loop flow, high pressurizer 
water level, steam generator water level, containment pressure, auto 
stop oil pressure, high steam line differential pressure and high steam 
flow; it extended the allowable time to restore an inoperable power 
operated relief valve to service; it extended the frequency for the 
pressure isolation valve leakage testing surveillance from 18 to 24 
months; it changed current TS requirements by focusing on ensuring 
containment integrity at individual component level rather than at a 
zone level; and it added main steam check valve operability conditions.
    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 as 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 to Facility 
Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with this 
action was published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 (66 FR 
388). 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 the amendment will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment (66 FR 
11609).
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
application for amendment dated December 11, 1998, as supplemented 
December 15, 1998, May 17, 1999, August 16, 2000, September 8, 2000, 
September 14, 2000, September 27, 2000, November 30, 2000, January 8, 
2001, and January 11, 2001, (2) Amendment No. 205 to License No. DPR-
64, (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation, and (4) the 
Commission's Environmental Assessment. Documents may be examined, and/
or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland, and accessible electronically through the ADAMS Public 
Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site (http://www.nrc.gov).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of February 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
George F. Wunder,
Project Manager, Section, Directorate 1, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-5811 Filed 3-8-01; 8:45 am]
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