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Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for

Wed, Nov 23 2005 11:00:00 GMT

State of Minnesota: NRC Draft Staff Assessment of a Proposed Agreement Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and

Wed, Nov 23 2005 11:00:00 GMT

By letter dated July 6, 2004, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota requested that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) enter into an Agreement with the State as authorized by section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act).

Under the proposed Agreement, the Commission would discontinue, and Minnesota would assume, portions of the Commission's regulatory authority exercised within the State. As required by the Act, NRC is publishing the proposed Agreement for public comment. NRC is also publishing the summary of a Draft Staff Assessment of the Minnesota Program. Comments are requested on the proposed Agreement and the NRC Draft Staff Assessment which finds the Program adequate to protect public health and safety and compatible with NRC's program for regulation of agreement material.

The proposed Agreement would release (exempt) persons who possess or use certain radioactive materials in Minnesota from portions of the Commission's regulatory authority. The Act require

Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1; FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility

Wed, Nov 23 2005 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE or the licensee) to withdraw its March 28, 2005, application for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF86 for the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook), located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Seabrook Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.9.13, ``Spent Fuel Assembly Storage,'' to reflect a revised criticality safety analysis. This analysis was intended to support a twozone spent fuel pool (SFP) consisting of BORAFLEX[reg] and BORAL[reg] fuel assembly storage racks. Additionally, the proposed change would have created TS 3/4.9.15, ``Spent Fuel Pool Boron Concentration,'' to support the planned SFP changes.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24653). However, by letter dated October 24, 2005, FPLE wit

Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and

Wed, Nov 23 2005 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR22 issued to the Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC or the licensee) for operation of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello) located in Wright County, Minnesota.

The proposed amendment, requested by NMC in its application dated June 29, 2005, represents a full conversion from the Current Technical Specifications (CTS) to a set of Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) based on NUREG1433, ``Standard Technical Specifications General Electric Plants BWR/4,'' Revision 3, dated April 2001. NUREG1433 has been developed by the Commission's staff through working groups composed of NRC staff and industry representatives, and has been endorsed by the NRC staff as part of an industrywide initiative to standardize and improve the Technical Specifications (TSs) for nuclear power plants. As part of this submittal, the licensee has applied the cri

In the Matter of: Williams Industrial Services Group, LLC, 2076 West Park Place, Stone Mountain, GA 30087;

Wed, Nov 23 2005 11:00:00 GMT

Williams Industrial Services Group, LLC, (Williams) and its subsidiaries (collectively known as Williams Group) perform services for multiple reactor facilities regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission). Williams assumed the contractual obligations of Williams Service Group, LLC, formerly known as Williams Power Corporation (WPC), relating to services performed for NRC licensees. Williams' headquarters are located in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

On May 22, 2000, the NRC's Office of Investigations (OI) began an investigation into alleged employment discrimination, during March 2000, by WPC at FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company's (FENOC) Perry and DavisBesse Nuclear Power Plants. A predecisional enforcement conference (PEC) was held with FENOC and WPC at the NRC Region III office on September 26, 2001. Subsequent to the PEC, a supplemental investigation was conducted by OI Report No. 32000025S and an apparent violation concerning the completeness and accuracy