[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 27312] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-12624] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-458] Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), to withdraw its November 20, 1998, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 for the River Bend Station, Unit No. 1, located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The proposed amendment would have established a new Technical Specification (TS), TS 3.10.9, ``Control Rod Pattern--Cycle 8,'' added to Section 3.10, ``Special Operations.'' The new TS 3.10.9 was requested as a result of a plant-specific configuration where control rods were inserted into the reactor core for neutron flux suppression surrounding fuel assemblies that were identified as having possible fuel cladding defects. The new requirement was intended to be effective for the remainder of fuel cycle 8, which has been completed, and was to be in force when rod withdrawal operations begin from a condition of 100 percent rod density to 20 percent rated thermal power. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69338). However, by letter dated April 8, 1999, the licensee withdrew the proposed change. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 20, 1998, and the licensee's letter dated April 8, 1999, which withdrew the application for license amendment. The above documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, located at the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Government Documents Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of May 1999. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Robert J. Fretz, Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 99-12624 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P