[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69090-69091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30686]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-369, 50-370, 50-413, and 50-414]
Duke Energy Corporation, McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and
2; North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, Saluda River
Electric Cooperative, Inc. for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1; and
North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1, Piedmont Municipal Power
Agency for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2; Notice of Issuance of
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17, NPF-35, and NPF-
52 for an Additional 20-Year Period
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License Nos.
NPF-9, NPF-17, NPF-35, and NPF-52 to Duke Energy Corporation (the
licensee), the operator of the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and
2 (McGuire, Units 1 and 2), and North Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation and Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc. for Catawba
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 (Catawba, Unit 1), and North Carolina
Municipal Power Agency No. 1 and Piedmont Municipal Power Agency for
Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2 (Catawba, Unit 2). Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF-9 authorizes operation of McGuire, Unit 1, by
the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the McGuire,
Unit 1, renewed license and its Technical Specifications. Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF-17 authorizes operation of McGuire,
Unit 2, by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of
3411 megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the
McGuire, Unit 2, renewed license and its Technical Specifications.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 authorizes operation of
Catawba, Unit 1, by Duke Energy Corporation at reactor core power
levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal in accordance with the
provisions of the Catawba, Unit 1, renewed license and its Technical
Specifications. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-52
authorizes operation of Catawba, Unit 2, by Duke Energy Corporation at
reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal in
accordance with the provisions of the Catawba, Unit 2, renewed license
and its Technical Specifications.
McGuire, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized water nuclear reactors
located in Mecklenburg County, 17 miles northwest of Charlotte, North
Carolina. Catawba, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized water nuclear
reactors located in York County, 18 miles southwest of Charlotte, North
Carolina.
The applications for the renewed licenses complied with the
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission's regulations. As required by the Act and
the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, the Commission has
made appropriate findings, which are set forth in each license. Prior
public notice of the action involving the proposed issuance of these
renewed licenses and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding the
proposed issuance of these renewed licenses was published in the
Federal Register on July 16, 2001 (66 FR 37072).
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the Duke
Energy Corporation's license renewal applications for McGuire, Units 1
and 2, and Catawba, Units 1 and 2, dated June 13, 2001, as supplemented
by letters dated March 1, March 8, March 11, March 15, April 15, June
25 (two letters), June 26, July 9, October 2, October 28, November 5,
November 14, November 18, November 21, and December 16, 2002; (2) the
Commission's safety evaluation report, dated August 14, 2002, and March
2003 (NUREG-1772); (3) the licensee's updated final safety analysis
report; and (4) the Commission's final environmental impact statement
(NUREG-1437, Supplements 8 and 9), dated December 2002. These documents
are available at the NRC's Public Document Room, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, first floor, Rockville, Maryland 20852, and can
be viewed from the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room at (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html).
Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17,
NPF-35, and NPF-52 may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Director,
Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs. Copies of the safety
evaluation report (NUREG-1772), and the final
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environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplements 8 and 9) may be
purchased from the National Technical Information Service, Springfield,
Virginia 22161-0002 (http://www.ntis.gov), 1-800-553-6847, or the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html), 202-512-1800. All orders should clearly identify the NRC
publication number and the requestor's Government Printing Office
deposit account number or VISA or MasterCard number and expiration
date.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December 2003.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program,
Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-30686 Filed 12-10-03; 8:45 am]
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