The purpose of this meeting is for Xcel Energy to discuss a future license amendment request submittal for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Xcel Energy is proposing to combine IFBA and gadolinium neutron absorbers in the Westinghouse 422V+ fue

The purpose of this meeting is for Xcel Energy to discuss a future license amendment request submittal for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Xcel Energy is proposing to combine IFBA and gadolinium neutron absorbers in the Westinghouse 422V+ fuel assembly design for Prairie Island operations and fuel storage. Xcel Energy plans to describe its preliminary conclusion on the effects of this proposed change, a proposed schedule for submittal, and discuss the scope of the NRC staff's review including a spent fuel pool criticality safety analysis license amendment request.

Portions of the meeting may include discussion of proprietary information and will be closed to the public.