[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 193 (Friday, October 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57075-57076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4939]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-285]
Omaha Public Power District; Notice of Denial of Amendment to
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has
denied a request by Omaha Public Power District (the licensee), for an
amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 issued to
the licensee for operation of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1,
located in Washington County, Nebraska.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published
in the Federal Register on April 26, 2005 (70 FR 21459).
By letter dated March 31, 2005, the licensee requested an amendment
to revise the Renewed Facility Operating License and Technical
Specifications (TSs) to increase the license core power. Fort Calhoun
Station, Unit No. 1, is currently licensed for a rated thermal power of
1500 megawatts thermal (MWt). Through the use of more accurate
feedwater flow measurement equipment, approval was sought to increase
this core power by 1.5 percent to 1522 MWt. The power uprate would be
based on the use of the CROSSFLOWTM system for determination
of main feedwater flow and the associated determination of reactor
power through the performance of the power calorimetric currently
required by the Fort Calhoun Station TSs.
The OPPD license amendment request to increase core power is based
on Westinghouse topical report CENPD-397-P-A, ``Improved Flow
Measurement Accuracy Using Crossflow Ultrasonic Flow Measurement
Technology,'' for new and future uses of the CROSSFLOW ultrasonic flow
meter. The topical report provided several assessments with respect to
that topical report to justify the power increase. Because the
licensee's license amendment request is based on CENPD-397-P-A and the
NRC staff has suspended its approval, as explained in the NRC staff's
letter to Westinghouse dated September 26, 2007, of the use of this
topical report in license amendment requests, the NRC staff has
concluded that the licensee's request cannot be granted. The licensee
was notified of the Commission's denial of the proposed change by a
letter dated September 27, 2007.
By 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, 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
pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.309.
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 20555-0001 Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area
O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, by the
above date. A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene
may also be transmitted directly to the Secretary of the Commission by
means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-1101 or by e-mail to
[email protected]. A copy of any petitions should also be sent to
the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Copies of petitions may also be transmitted
directly to the Office of the General Counsel by means of facsimile
transmission to 301-415-3725 or by e-mail to [email protected]. A
copy of any petitions should also be sent to James R. Curtiss, Esq.,
Winston & Strawn, 1700 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-3817, Senior
Counsel for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The
application for amendment dated March 31, 2005, and (2) the
Commission's letter to the licensee dated September 27, 2007.
Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's
PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and will be
accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room link at the
NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing
documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff
by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
[email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of September 2007.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy J. McGinty,
Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 07-4939 Filed 10-4-07; 8:45 am]
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