[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40937-40943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17439]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2011-0151]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Background
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the
Commission or NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act
requires the Commission publish notice of any amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued and grants the Commission the authority to issue
and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license
upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no
significant hazards consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before
the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from June 16, 2011 to June 29, 2011. The last
biweekly notice was published on June 28, 2011 (96 FR 37845).
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0151 in the subject line
of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form
will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal Rulemaking Web
site, http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or contact information,
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the NRC cautions you against including any information in your
submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
You may submit comments by any one of the following methods.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0151. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-
492-3668; e-mail [email protected].
Mail comments to: Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
You can access publicly available documents related to this notice
using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine
and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's
PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC
are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public
can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the
NRC's public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there
are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the
NRC's PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail
to [email protected].
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2011-0151.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination,
and Opportunity for a Hearing
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the following
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration. Under
the Commission's regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.92, this means that operation of the facility
in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) Involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The basis
for this proposed determination for each amendment request is shown
below.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-
day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-day
comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result,
for example in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the
Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment
period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the Commission make a final No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will
occur very infrequently.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person(s) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a
request for a hearing and a petition to intervene with respect to
issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license.
Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be
filed in accordance with the Commission's ''Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested person(s)
should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at
the Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. NRC
regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the
NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If
a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by
the above date, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the
Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition;
and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or an
appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The name, address, and telephone
number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of the
requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/petitioner's
property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the
possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the
proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The petition must
also identify the specific contentions which the requestor/petitioner
seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the
requestor/petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention and on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The requestor/petitioner must also provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert
opinion. The petition must include sufficient information to show that
a genuine dispute exists with the
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applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall be
limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under
consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would
entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/petitioner who
fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at least one
contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If
the final determination is that the amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance
of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing
held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139,
August 28, 2007). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit
and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should
contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
[email protected], or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to request (1)
A digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant
(or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and
access the E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will
be submitting a request or petition for hearing (even in instances in
which the participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds
an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic
Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but should
note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software,
and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance
in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System,
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC
Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission form,
including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on
the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others
who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the agency's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web site
at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by e-mail at
[email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants
filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by
first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a
participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer
subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
http://ehd1.nrc.gov/EHD, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are
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requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their
filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of
such information. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not to
include copyrighted materials in their submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60
days from the date of publication of this notice. Non-timely filings
will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer
that the petition or request should be granted or the contentions
should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii).
For further details with respect to this license amendment
application, see the application for amendment which is available for
public inspection at the Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint
North, Room O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. Publicly available documents created or received at the
NRC are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), Docket Nos. 50-
334 and 50-412, Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 and 2, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania Docket No. 50-346, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power
Station, Unit 1, Ottawa County, Ohio
Date of amendment request: April 29, 2011.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
revise the Technical Specifications (TSs) to define a new time limit
for restoring inoperable reactor coolant system (RCS) leakage detection
instrumentation to operable status, establish alternate methods of
monitoring RCS leakage when one or more required monitors are
inoperable, and make TS Bases changes that reflect the proposed changes
and more accurately reflect the contents of the facility design basis
related to operability of the RCS leakage detection instrumentation.
The proposed changes are consistent with Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) approved Revision 3 to Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)
change traveler TSTF-513, ``Revise [Pressurized-Water Reactor] PWR
Operability Requirements and Actions for RCS Leakage Instrumentation''.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis
of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is
presented below:
1. Does the Proposed Amendment Involve a Significant increase in
the Probability or Consequences of an Accident Previously Evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change clarifies the operability requirements for
the RCS leakage detection instrumentation and reduces the time
allowed for the plant to operate when the only TS-required operable
RCS leakage detection monitor is the containment atmospheric gaseous
radiation monitor. The monitoring of RCS leakage is not a precursor
to any accident previously evaluated. The monitoring of RCS leakage
is not used to mitigate the consequences of any accident previously
evaluated.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of
an accident previously evaluated.
2. Does the Proposed Change Create the Possibility of a New or
Different Kind of Accident from any Accident Previously Evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change clarifies the operability requirements for
the RCS leakage detection instrumentation and reduces the time
allowed for the plant to operate when the only TS-required operable
RCS leakage detection monitor is the containment atmospheric gaseous
radiation monitor. The proposed change does not involve a physical
alteration of the plant (no new or different type of equipment will
be installed) or a change in the methods governing normal plant
operation. The proposed change maintains sufficient continuity and
diversity of leak detection capability that the probability of
piping evaluated and approved for Leak-Before-Break progressing to
pipe rupture remains extremely low.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from
any previously evaluated.
3. Does the Proposed Change Involve a Significant Reduction in a
Margin of Safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change clarifies the operability requirements for
the RCS leakage detection instrumentation and reduces the time
allowed for the plant to operate when the only TS-required operable
RCS leakage detection monitor is the containment atmospheric gaseous
radiation monitor. Reducing the amount of time the plant is allowed
to operate with only the containment atmospheric gaseous radiation
monitor operable increases the margin of safety by increasing the
likelihood that an increase in RCS leakage will be detected before
it potentially results in a gross failure.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
requested amendments involve no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: David W. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy
Corporation, 76 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308.
NRC Branch Chief: Jacob I. Zimmerman.
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G, the licensee), South
Carolina Public Service Authority, Docket No. 50-395, Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Fairfield County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request: March 18, 2011.
Description of amendment request: The proposed change would
relocate several requirements of Technical Specification (TS) Section
6.0, Administrative Controls, to the new Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit 1 Quality Assurance Program Description.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis
of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is
presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes involve the relocation of several
administrative requirements from the TS to a document subject to the
controls of 10 CFR 50.54(a), and is, therefore, administrative in
nature. The relocated requirements involve review and audit,
procedure review and approval, and record retention requirements.
The change will not alter the physical design or operational
procedures associated with any plant structure, system, or
component. The change does not reduce the duties and
responsibilities of the organizations performing the review, audit,
and approval functions essential to ensuring the safe operation of
the plant.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of
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accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are administrative in nature. The changes
do not alter the physical design, safety limits, or safety analysis
assumptions, associated with the operation of the plant.
Accordingly, the changes do not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated
because the proposed changes do not introduce a new or different
accident initiator or introduce a new or different equipment failure
mode or mechanism.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes conform to NRC regulatory guidance
regarding the content of plant Technical Specifications. The
guidance is presented in the Final Policy Statement published on
July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), and Administrative Letter AL 95-06. The
relocation of these administrative requirements will not reduce the
quality assurance commitments as accepted by the NRC, nor reduce
administrative controls essential to the safe operation of the
plant. Future changes to these administrative requirements will be
performed in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(a), consistent with the
guidance identified above. Accordingly, the relocation results in an
equivalent level of regulatory control.
Therefore, these changes do not involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety because the proposed changes do not reduce the
margin of safety that exists in the present Technical
Specifications.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: J. Hagood Hamilton, Jr., South Carolina
Electric & Gas Company, Post Office Box 764, Columbia, South Carolina
29218.
NRC Branch Chief: Gloria Kulesa.
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, South Carolina Public Service
Authority, Docket No. 50-395, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1,
Fairfield County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request: May 2, 2011.
Description of amendment request: The proposed change would revise
Technical Specifications (TS) 3.4.6.1, ``RCS Leakage Detection
Systems'', to (1) Define a new time limit for restoring inoperable
Reactor Coolant System (RCS) leakage detection instrumentation to
operable status, and (2) Establish alternate methods of monitoring RCS
leakage when one or more required monitors are inoperable.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.91(a), the licensee (i.e., SCE&G) has provided
its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration,
which is presented below:
1. Does the Proposed Change Involve a Significant Increase in
the Probability or Consequences of an Accident Previously Evaluated?
Response: No
The proposed change clarifies the operability requirements for
the RCS leakage detection instrumentation, provides appropriate
allowed operating times and compensatory measures when RCS leakage
detection monitors are inoperable, and revises the TS LCO [Limiting
Condition for Operation], Actions, and Bases to conform more closely
with the corresponding STS [Standard Technical Specification]
requirements. The monitoring of RCS leakage is not a precursor to
any accident previously evaluated. The monitoring of RCS leakage is
not used to mitigate the consequences of any accident previously
evaluated.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of
an accident previously evaluated.
2. Does the Proposed Change Create the Possibility of a New or
Different Kind of Accident from any Accident Previously Evaluated?
Response: No
The proposed change clarifies the operability requirements for
the RCS leakage detection instrumentation, provides appropriate
allowed operating times and compensatory measures when RCS leakage
detection monitors are inoperable, and revises the TS LCO, Actions,
and Bases to conform more closely with the corresponding STS
requirements. The proposed change does not involve a physical
alteration of the plant (no new or different type of equipment will
be installed) or a change in the methods governing normal plant
operation. The proposed change maintains sufficient continuity and
diversity of leak detection capability that the probability of
piping evaluated and approved for Leak-Before-Break progressing to
pipe rupture remains extremely low.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from
any previously evaluated.
3. Does the Proposed Change Involve a Significant Reduction in a
Margin of Safety?
Response: No
The proposed change clarifies the operability requirements for
the RCS leakage detection instrumentation, provides appropriate
allowed operating times and compensatory measures when RCS leakage
detection monitors are inoperable, and revises the TS LCO, Actions,
and Bases to conform more closely with the corresponding STS
requirements. The proposed change maintains sufficient continuity
and diversity of leak detection capability (consistent with the STS)
that an increase in RCS leakage will be detected before it
potentially results in gross failure.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: J. Hagood Hamilton, Jr., South Carolina
Electric & Gas Company, Post Office Box 764, Columbia, South Carolina
29218.
NRC Branch Chief: Gloria Kulesa.
Previously Published Notices of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments
to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notices were previously published as separate
individual notices. The notice content was the same as above. They were
published as individual notices either because time did not allow the
Commission to wait for this biweekly notice or because the action
involved exigent circumstances. They are repeated here because the
biweekly notice lists all amendments issued or proposed to be issued
involving no significant hazards consideration.
For details, see the individual notice in the Federal Register on
the day and page cited. This notice does not extend the notice period
of the original notice.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-
425, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, Burke County,
Georgia
Date of amendment request: March 3, 2011.
Brief description of amendment request: The proposed amendments
would revise license and Technical Specifications (TSs) 3.3.1,
``Reactor Protection System Instrumentation,'' and TS 3.3.2,
``Engineered Safety Features Actuation System (ESFAS)
Instrumentation.'' Specifically, the amendment would correct a non-
conservative error associated with the ESFAS Permissive P-14, ``Steam
Generator Water Level High-High'' instrument setpoint and associated
allowable value. The proposed change is described in Technical
Specification Task Force Traveler TSTF-493-A, Revision 4, ``Clarify
Application of Setpoint Methodology for LSSS [Limiting Safety System
Setting]
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Functions,'' Option A as described in the Notice of Availability
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2010 (75 FR 26294). TSTF-
493-A revises the Improved Standard TS to address Nuclear Regulatory
Commission concerns that the TS requirement for LSSS may not be fully
in compliance with the intent of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.36.
Date of publication of individual notice in Federal Register: May
24, 2011 (76 FR 30206)
Expiration date of individual notice: Comments, June 23, 2011;
Hearing, July 25, 2011.
Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility
Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration
Determination, and Opportunity for A Hearing in connection with these
actions was published in the Federal Register as indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the action see (1) The
applications for amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3) the Commission's
related letter, Safety Evaluation and/or Environmental Assessment as
indicated. All of these items are available for public inspection at
the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. Publicly available documents created or received at the
NRC are accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS) in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS
or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS,
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by
e-mail to [email protected].
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287,
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Oconee County, South
Carolina
Date of application of amendments: June 29, 2009, as supplemented
June 24, 2010, February 15, 2011, June 6, 2011, and June 15, 2011.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments authorize changes
to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, to allow the use of fiber
reinforced polymer on masonry brick walls for uniform pressure loads
resulting from a tornado event.
Date of Issuance: June 27, 2011.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 90 days from the date of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 373, 375, and 374.
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55:
Amendments revised the licenses and the technical specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: December 14, 2010 (75
FR 77908), and renoticed May 25, 2011 (76 FR 30399).
The supplements dated June 24, 2010, February 15, 2011, June 6,
2011, and June 15, 2011, provided additional information that clarified
the application, did not expand the scope of the application as
originally noticed, and did not change the staff's original proposed no
significant hazards consideration determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated June 27, 2011.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Exelon Generating Company, LLC, Docket No. 50-219, Oyster Creek Nuclear
Generating Station, Ocean County, New Jersey
Date of application for amendment: June 25, 2010, as supplemented
by letters dated October 18, 2010, December 1, 2010, March 9, 2011, and
May 16, 2011.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revises the Oyster
Creek Nuclear Generating Station Technical Specifications (TSs)
governing actions to be taken if a single emergency diesel generator
(EDG) is inoperable. Specifically, the amendment removes the
requirement to test the other EDG daily. Instead, the licensee is
required to either test the other EDG once, or determine that it is not
inoperable due to a common cause failure.
Date of issuance: June 16, 2011.
Effective date: As of its date of issuance, and shall be
implemented within 60 days.
Amendment No.: 278.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-16: The amendment
revised the License and Technical Specifications
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: January 11, 2011 (76 FR
1647). The supplements dated October 18, 2010, December 1, 2010, and
March 9, 2011, provided additional information that clarified the
application, did not expand the scope of the application as originally
noticed, and did not change the NRC staff's original proposed no
significant hazards determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated June 16, 2011.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. J. Bradley Fewell, Associate General
Counsel, Exelon Generation Company LLC, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Branch Chief: Harold Chernoff.
Exelon Generating Company, LLC, Docket No. 50-219, Oyster Creek Nuclear
Generating Station, Ocean County, New Jersey
Date of application for amendment: June 11, 2010, as supplemented
by letter dated May 6, 2011.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revises the
administrative requirements for the Responsibility and Review and Audit
sections of the Environmental Technical Specifications for consistency
with the fleet Quality Assurance Topical report.
Date of issuance: June 28, 2011.
Effective date: As of its date of issuance, and shall be
implemented within 60 days.
Amendment No.: 279.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-16: The amendment
revised the License and Technical Specifications
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 2, 2010 (75 FR
67402). The supplement dated May 6, 2011, provided additional
information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed, and did not change
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the NRC staff's original proposed no significant hazards determination.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated June 28, 2011.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Florida Power and Light Company, Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251, Turkey
Point Plant, Units 3 and 4, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Date of application for amendments: June 25, 2009, as supplemented
by letters dated July 21, July 30, August 26, 2009, February 10, March
15, April 14, April 28, May 21, June 11, June 23, June 25, September 2,
September 15, October 13, December 14, 2010, and May 11, 2011.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments revised the
licensing bases to adopt the alternative source term as allowed in
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.67.
Date of issuance: June 23, 2011.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
by the completion of the Cycle 26 refueling outage for Unit 3 and Cycle
27 refueling outage for Unit 4.
Amendment Nos.: Unit 3-244 and Unit 4-240.
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41:
Amendments revised the Operating Licenses and the Technical
Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: December 29, 2009 (74
FR 68870). The supplements dated July 21, July 30, August 26, 2009,
February 10, March 15, April 14, April 28, June 11, June 23, June 25,
September 2, September 15, October 13, December 14, 2010, and May 11,
2011, provided additional information that clarified the application,
did not expand the scope of the application as originally noticed, and
did not change the staff's original proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as published in the Federal Register. The
supplement dated May 21, 2010, changed the scope of the application as
originally noticed. Due to the changes, the application was renoticed
and published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2010 (75 FR 39978).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated June 23, 2011.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Allen G. Howe,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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