Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NFP-90, issued February 7, 1996, and held by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) for the operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification (TS) 4.2.1, ``Fuel Assemblies''; TS 3.5.1 ``Accumulators''; Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.5.1.4; TS 3.5.4, ``Refueling Water Storage Tank''; and SR 3.5.4.3, to increase the maximum number of tritium producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) and to delete outdated information related to the tritium production program. The NRC staff is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed license amendment.