[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30103-30104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15016]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-219]


GPU Nuclear Corporation; Notice of Denial of Amendment to 
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a request by GPU Nuclear Corporation, (licensee) for an amendment to 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 issued to the licensee for 
operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, located in 
Forked River, New Jersey. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this 
amendment was published in the Federal Register on December 7, 1995, 
(60 FR 62895).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to modify the 
License Condition 2.C(5) to utilize a visual inspection technique in 
accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 
Code, Section XI, and to eliminate the requirements to docket 
inspection results and the need to obtain NRC restart authorization for 
each refueling outage.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
granted and has advised the licensee that the proposed amendment is 
denied because the licensee has not provided adequate justification to 
resolve the staff's concern over the long-term behavior of the core 
spray sparger system. The licensee was notified of the Commission's 
denial of the proposed change by a letter dated June 7, 1996.
    By July 15, 1996, 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.
    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, Attention: Docketing and Services 
Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, 
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by the above 
date.
    A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the 
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Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and 
to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, 
2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The 
application for amendment dated October 26, 1995, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated June 7, 1996.
    These documents 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 Ocean County Library, Reference Department, 101 Washington Street, 
Tom's River, NJ 08753.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald S. Brinkman,
Acting Project Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-15016 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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