[Federal Register: November 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 218)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-259]

 
Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Withdrawal of Application 
for Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or NRC) has 
granted a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to withdraw 
its June 2, 1995, application for an amendment to Facility Operating 
License DPR-33 issued to TVA for the operation of the Browns Ferry 
Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, located in Limestone County, Alabama. The 
application was revised by letter dated March 6, 1997, and was 
supplemented by letters dated April 11, 1997, and March 13, 1998. 
Notice of consideration of issuance of this amendment was published in 
the Federal Register on August 16, 1995 (60 FR 42609). The application 
also requested similar amendments to Facility Operating Licenses DPR-52 
and DPR-68 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 2 and 3 respectively. 
The requested actions for Units 2 and 3 have been approved.
    The proposed amendment, submitted in custom Technical Specification 
(TS) format, would have revised the custom TSs for Unit 1 to include 
changes associated with the implementation of the Power Range Neutron 
Monitor (PRNM) upgrade, and to incorporate changes related to the 
implementation of Average Power Range Monitor (APRM) and Rod Block 
Monitor technical specification improvements and Maximum Extended Load 
Line Limit (MELLL) Analysis. A general revision to the application was 
submitted on March 6, 1997, and parallel changes in Improved TS (ITS) 
format were submitted on April 11, 1997, and revised by a submittal 
dated March 13, 1998.
    On July 14, 1998, NRC approved the conversion from custom TSs to 
ITSs (Amendment No. 234) for Unit 1. On October 5, 1998, TVA informed 
the staff by letter that because the custom TSs are no longer in use, 
the Unit 1 TS changes previously proposed in custom format for PRNM/
MELLL are no longer needed. Also, because TVA has no firm schedule for 
the restart of Unit 1, the PRNM/MELLL proposed changes in ITS format 
also are being withdrawn. Furthermore, since TVA does not now have a 
firm schedule for the restart of Unit 1, any changes associated with 
the PRNM/MELLL will be resubmitted prior to Unit 1 restart.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated June 2, 1995, and March 6, 1997, and 
TVA's letters dated April 11, 1997, and March 13, 1998, which 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 Athens Public Library, 
405 E. South Street, Athens, Alabama.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of November 1998.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Albert W. De Agazio,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate II-3, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-30256 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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