[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78714-78715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27894]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457; NRC-2021-0200]
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1
and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the
request of Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, to withdraw its
application dated August 2, 2021, as supplemented by letter dated June
6, 2022, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77, issued to the licensee for operation of the
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Will County, Illinois. The
proposed amendments would have revised Technical Specification (TS)
3.7.9, ``Ultimate Heat Sink [UHS]'' for an inoperable UHS due to the
average water temperature to allow utilization of existing margin in
the design analysis to offset the increase in the TS UHS temperature.
The proposed amendments also would have revised TS 3.7.9 Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.7.9.2 to delete the temporary allowance for the UHS
average water temperature of 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit ([deg]F) until
September 30, 2021.
DATES: December 22, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0200 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0200. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the ``For Further
Information Contact'' section of this document.
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(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-
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415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession
number for each document referenced is provided the first time that it
is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
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except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6606, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request by
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, (the licensee) to withdraw its
August 2, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21214A331), as supplemented by
letter dated June 6, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22157A438),
application for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 issued to the licensee for operation of
the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Will County, Illinois.
The proposed amendments would have revised TS 3.7.9, ``Ultimate
Heat Sink [UHS]'' for an inoperable UHS due to the average water
temperature to allow utilization of existing margin in the design
analysis to offset the increase in the TS UHS temperature. These
amendments would have also revised TS 3.7.9 SR 3.7.9.2 to delete the
temporary allowance for the UHS average water temperature of 102.8
[deg]F until September 30, 2021.
On November 2, 2021, the NRC published in the Federal Register a
notice (86 FR 60484) that the NRC would consider the amendment request.
Dated: December 19, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Projects Branch III, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2022-27894 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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