[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14357]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311]


PSEG Nuclear LLC; Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility 
Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment Nos. 243 and 224 to Facility Operating License Nos. (FOLs) 
DPR-70 and DPR-75 issued to PSEG Nuclear LLC, which revised the FOLs 
and Technical Specifications for operation of the Salem Nuclear 
Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located at the licensee's site 
on the southern end of Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek 
Township, Salem County, New Jersey. Salem, New Jersey, is located 
approximately 7.5 miles northeast of the site. The amendment is 
effective as of the date of issuance.
    The amendment modified the FOLs and Technical Specifications to 
increase the licensed power level by approximately 1.4% from 3,411 
megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3,459 MWt. The changes are anticipated to 
increase each unit's net electrical output by 16 MWe. The request is 
based on the installation of the CE Nuclear Power LLC Crossflow 
ultrasonic flow measurement system with its ability to achieve 
increased accuracy in measuring steam generator feedwater flow. The 
amendment also included administrative changes to the Salem Unit No. 1 
FOL and the Salem TS Bases.
    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 30, 2001 (66 FR 
8242). 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 
26885).
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
application for amendment dated November 10, 2001, as supplemented by 
letters dated December 5, 2000, March 28 and April 2, 2001, and three 
letters dated April 20, 2001, (LNR-01-0099, LRN-01-0115, and LRN-01-
0123); (2) Amendment Nos. 243 and 224 to License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-
75; (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 25th day of May 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert J. Fretz,
Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-14357 Filed 6-6-01; 8:45 am]
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