[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53537-53544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16552]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0134]
Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Monthly notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the
Commission to 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 or combined
license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC),
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person.
DATES: Comments must be filed by September 7, 2023. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by October
10, 2023. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from June 23, 2023, to July 20, 2023. The last
monthly notice was published on July 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0134. 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.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Zeleznock, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-1118; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0134, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject when
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0134.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0134, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject, in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment requests shown in this notice,
the Commission finds that the licensees' analyses provided, consistent
with section 50.91 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) ``Notice for public comment; State consultation,'' are sufficient
to support the proposed determinations that these amendment requests
involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92,
operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendments
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 Commission is seeking public comments on these proposed
determinations. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue any of these license amendments before expiration
of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the
amendment involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period
if 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. If the Commission takes action on any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of either the comment period
or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice
of issuance. If the Commission makes a final NSHC determination for any
of these amendments, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on any amendment before
60 days have elapsed will occur very infrequently.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by any of these
actions may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to that action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice
and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the Commission or
a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a
notice of a hearing will be issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document.
Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates
good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)
through (iii).
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, which will serve to establish 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 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 the amendment
unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety
of the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule
under 10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit
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a petition to the Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR
2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this
notice. Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally
recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-
party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC's public website
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. 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,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (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 proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory
documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is 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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing
system also distributes an email that provides access to the document
to the NRC's 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 document on those
participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants
(or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a
digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed to
obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have 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
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate as previously described, click ``cancel'' when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal 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
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
The following table provides the plant name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of
the licensees' proposed NSHC determinations. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, see the applications
for amendment, which are available for public inspection in ADAMS. For
additional direction on accessing information related to this document,
see the ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of
this document.
License Amendment Request(s)
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD
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Docket Nos........................ 50-317, 50-318.
Application date.................. June 13, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23164A170.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 2-4 of Attachment 1.
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Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendments adopt the
NRC-approved Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF)
Improved Standard Technical
Specifications Change Traveler TSTF-
59-A, ``Incorporate [Combustion
Engineering] NPSD-994
Recommendations into the [Safety
Injection Tank] Specification,''
Revision 1 which would modify
Technical Specification 3.5.1
Condition A to add the condition
where one safety injection tank is
inoperable due to the inability to
verify level or pressure. The
changes also extend the Condition B
allowed outage time from 1 hour to
24 hours when one safety injection
tank is inoperable for reasons
other than Condition A.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jason Zorn, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 101 Constitution Ave.
NW, Suite 400 East, Washington, DC
20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Sujata Goetz, 301-415-8004.
Number.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL
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Docket Nos........................ 50-254, 50-265.
Application date.................. June 8, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23159A249.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-8 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendments request
would modify the Quad Cities
Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and
2, technical specification
requirements to permit the use of
risk informed completion times in
accordance with Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2,
``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF Initiative
4b.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jason Zorn, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Number.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL
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Docket Nos........................ 50-254, 50-265.
Application date.................. June 8, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23159A253.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 23-25 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendments would modify
the Quad Cities Nuclear Power
Station, Units 1 and 2, licensing
basis by the addition of a License
Condition to implement the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-
informed categorization and
treatment of structures, systems
and components for nuclear power
reactors.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jason Zorn, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Number.
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; York
County, SC
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Docket Nos........................ 50-413, 50-414.
Application date.................. June 19, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23170A015.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 9-10 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendments would revise
Technical Specification (TS)
3.7.11, ``Control Room Area Chilled
Water System (CRACWS),'' to modify
the TS Actions for two inoperable
CRACWS trains. The proposed change
provides 24 hours to restore one
CRACWS train to operable status
provided mitigating actions ensure
the control room temperature is
controlled.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Tracey Mitchell LeRoy, Deputy
Mailing Address. General Counsel, Duke Energy
Corporation, 4720 Piedmont Row Dr.,
Charlotte, NC 28210.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Shawn Williams, 301-415-1009.
Number.
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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Lake County, OH
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Docket No......................... 50-440.
Application date.................. June 5, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23156A550.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-9 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendment would adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-276-A,
Revision 2, ``Revise DG [Diesel
Generator] full load rejection
test.'' The proposed change would
modify the notes to Technical
Specification (TS) Surveillance
Requirements (SR) 3.8.1.9, DG
single largest load rejection test,
3.8.1.10, DG full load rejection
test, and 3.8.1.14, DG endurance
and margin test, to require that
these SRs be performed at a
specified power factor of less than
or equal to 0.9 with clarifications
addressing situations when the
power factor cannot be achieved.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Rick Giannantonio, General Counsel,
Mailing Address. Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp., 168 E
Market Street, Akron, OH 44308-
2014.
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NRC Project Manager, Telephone Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Docket No......................... 50-416.
Application date.................. June 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23158A043.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-9 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendment would modify
technical specifications to adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-505, Revision
2, ``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b''
(ML18183A493) for Grand Gulf
Nuclear Station, Unit 1. The NRC
staff provided a model safety
evaluation for this TSTF on
November 21, 2018 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML18267A259).
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Docket No......................... 50-416
Application date.................. June 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23158A044
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 23-25 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The proposed amendment would modify
the licensing basis for Grand Gulf
Nuclear Station, Unit 1. The
proposed change would add a license
condition to allow the
implementation of the provisions of
10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-informed
categorization and treatment of
structures, systems and components
for nuclear power reactors.'' The
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69 allow
adjustment of the scope of
equipment subject to special
treatment controls such as quality
assurance, testing, inspection,
condition monitoring, assessment,
and evaluation. For equipment
determined to be of low safety
significance, alternative treatment
requirements can be implemented in
accordance with this regulation.
For equipment determined to be of
high safety significance,
requirements will not be changed or
will be enhanced. This allows
improved focus on equipment that
has high safety significance
resulting in improved plant safety.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 3; Burke County, GA
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Docket No......................... 52-025.
Application date.................. May 25, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23145A265.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 9-10 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The requested amendment proposes an
exception to Regulatory Guide 1.163
that would allow the specified
frequency for the first periodic
Type A integrated leak rate test to
be performed prior to the earlier
of initial Mode 4 entry for Unit 3
Cycle 2 and midnight on May 31,
2025.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham
Mailing Address. LLP, P.O. Box 306, Birmingham, AL
35201.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Cayetano Santos, 301-415-7270.
Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket Nos........................ 50-390, 50-391.
Application date.................. June 28, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23179A086.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages E4-E6 of the Enclosure.
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Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendments would revise
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2, Technical Specification (TS)
3.8.3, ``Diesel Fuel Oil, Lube Oil,
and Starting Air,'' by relocating
the current stored diesel fuel oil
and lube oil numerical volume
requirements from the TS to the TS
Bases so that it may be modified
under licensee control. Technical
Specification 3.8.3, Conditions A
and B would be modified so that
they are entered when the stored
diesel fuel oil and lube oil
inventory. respectively, is less
than a 7-day supply, but greater
than a 6-day supply for one or more
diesel generators. Additionally,
Surveillance Requirements 3.8.3.1
and 3.8.3.2 would be revised so
they verify the stored diesel fuel
oil and lube oil inventory,
respectively, are greater than or
equal to a 7-day supply for each
diesel generator. The requested
changes are in accordance with
Technical Specification Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-501-A,
Revision 1, ``Relocate Stored Fuel
Oil and Lube Oil Volume Values to
Licensee Control.'' The proposed
amendments would also make
editorial changes to TS 3.8.3 to be
consistent with the Westinghouse
Standard Technical Specifications
and TSTF-501-A, Revision 1. Lastly,
the proposed amendments would
revise TS 3.8.1, ``AC Sources--
Operating,'' Surveillance
Requirement 3.8.1.4 by relocating
the skid-mounted day tank specific
numerical volume requirement from
the TS to the TS Bases and
replacing it with a requirement to
maintain a minimum 1-hour supply of
fuel oil.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, David Fountain, Executive VP and
Mailing Address. General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 6A West Tower, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN
37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Number.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket Nos........................ 50-445, 50-446.
Application date.................. April 19, 2023, as supplemented by
letter dated June 8, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23109A333, ML23159A200.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 18-20 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendments would add a
license condition to allow for the
implementation of the provisions of
10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-informed
categorization and treatment of
structures, systems and components
for nuclear power reactors.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan,
Mailing Address. Lewis and Bockius, 1111
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Dennis Galvin, 301-415-6256.
Number.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of the last monthly 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.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these
actions, were published in the Federal Register as indicated in the
safety evaluation for each amendment.
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 in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment
and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers
indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will provide
the ADAMS accession numbers for the application for amendment and the
Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the ``Obtaining Information
and Submitting Comments'' section of this document.
License Amendment Issuance(s)
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2;
Will County, IL
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Docket Nos........................ 50-456, 50-457.
Amendment Date.................... July 13, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23087A076.
Amendment No(s)................... 232 (Unit 1) and 232 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments revised Technical
Specifications Surveillance
Requirement 3.7.9.2 to allow an
ultimate heat sink temperature of
less than or equal to 102.8 degrees
Fahrenheit ([deg]F) until September
30, 2023.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station,
Units 2 and 3; Grundy County, IL
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Docket Nos........................ 50-237, 50-249.
Amendment Date.................... July 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23144A314.
Amendment Nos..................... 281 (Unit 2) and 274 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments support the
transition from Framatome ATRIUM
10XM fuel to Global Nuclear Fuel--
Americas, LLC (GNF) GNF3 fuel at
Dresden Nuclear Power Station.
Specifically, the amendments
revised Technical Specification
5.6.5, ``Core Operating Limits
Report (COLR),'' paragraph b, to
remove eight Westinghouse topical
reports that will no longer be used
and add two reports that support
the General Electric Standard
Application for Reactor Fuel
analysis methodology to the list of
approved methods to be used in
determining the core operating
limits in the COLR. The amendments
approved the use of Framatome
RODEX2A methodology with an
additional thermal conductivity
degradation penalty in mixed core
thermal-mechanical calculations.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No......................... 50-341.
Amendment Date.................... June 26, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23122A233.
Amendment No...................... 223.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment adopted Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-582, Revision 0, RPV
[Reactor Pressure Vessel] WIC
[Water Inventory Control]
Enhancements. The technical
specifications related to RPV WIC
are revised to incorporate
operating experience and to correct
errors and omissions in TSTF-542,
Revision 2.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Pope
County, AR
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Docket Nos........................ 50-313, 50-368.
Amendment Date.................... June 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23142A202.
Amendment Nos..................... 279 (Unit 1) and 332 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments revised the required
number of qualified onsite dose
assessors for the on-shift
emergency response organization
(ERO) in the Arkansas Nuclear One
Emergency Plan utilizing the
minimum staff ERO guidance
specified in NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1,
``Criteria for Preparation and
Evaluation of Radiological
Emergency Response Plans and
Preparedness in Support of Nuclear
Power Plants,'' Revision 2.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Oswego County,
NY
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Docket No......................... 50-220.
Amendment Date.................... June 23, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23131A424.
Amendment No...................... 249.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The amendment revised Technical
Specification (TS) 3.3.1, ``Oxygen
Concentration,'' to adopt the
inerting/de-inerting requirements
of Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-568,
Revision 2, ``Revise Applicability
of BWR [Boiling Water Reactor]/4 TS
3.6.2.5 and TS 3.6.3.2,'' which
require inerting the primary
containment to less than 4 percent
by volume oxygen concentration
within 72 hours while in the power
operating condition.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
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Docket Nos........................ 50-348, 50-364.
Amendment Date.................... July 3, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23136B154.
Amendment Nos..................... 246 (Unit 1) and 243 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendments... By letter dated September 21, 2022,
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc. requested changes to the
technical specifications (TSs) for
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8 for Joseph M.
Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley),
Units 1 and 2, respectively. The
NRC issued Amendment Nos. 229 and
226, dated October 6, 2020, for
Farley, Units 1 and 2,
respectively. Those amendments set
the values in the Farley, Units 1
and 2, TSs Tables 4.3-1 through 4.3-
5. Those values were determined in
WCAP-18414-P, Revision 0, ``J. M.
Farley Units 1 and 2 Spent Fuel
Pool Criticality Safety Analysis.''
Amendments Nos. 229 and 226 set
WCAP-18414-P, Revision 0, as the
Analysis of Record (AoR) for both
Farley, Units 1 and 2, spent fuel
pool (SFP) criticality.
Subsequently, SNC found errors in
WCAP-18414-P that necessitate
changes to Farley, Units 1 and 2,
TSs Table 4.3-3 and Table 4.3-4.
This amendment makes those changes
and will make WCAP-18414-P,
Revision 3, the AoR for both
Farley, Units 1 and 2, SFP
criticality.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1
and 2; Surry County, VA
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Docket Nos........................ 50-280, 50-281.
Amendment Date.................... June 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23136B139.
Amendment No(s)................... 313 (Unit 1) and 313 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendments would revise
the Surry subsequent renewed
facility operating license and
technical specification (TS) to
make a number of editorial changes
and corrections, including removal
of the TS and license conditions
associated with a one-time plant
modification.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: July 31, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-16552 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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