[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60714-60724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18515]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0148]
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 October 5, 2023. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by November
6, 2023. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from July 21, 2023, to August 17, 2023. The last
monthly notice was published on August 8, 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-2023-0148. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay Goldstein, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-1506; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0148, 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-2023-0148.
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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section. 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. For the convenience of the reader, instructions about
obtaining materials referenced in this document are
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provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
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-2023-0148, 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 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
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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 Requests
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Arizona Public Service Company, et al; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Maricopa County, AZ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-528, 50-529, 50-530.
Application date....................... June 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23180A222.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 16-17 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments would
revise the technical
specifications (TSs) with the
following changes:
Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.5.1.2 for TS 3.5.1, ``Safety
Injection Tanks (SITs)--
Operating''; SR
3.5.2.2 for TS 3.5.2, ``Safety
Injection Tanks (SITs)--
Shutdown''; Limiting
condition for operation (LCO)
for TS 3.5.2; and LCO
for TS 3.6.5, ``Containment
Air Temperature.'' The
amendments would revise the
SIT volumes as design values
expressed in cubic feet from
the loss-of-coolant accident
analyses, with no instrument
uncertainties included.
Additionally, the amendments
would revise the containment
air temperature LCO limit to
reflect the design-basis
accident analytical limit,
without instrument
uncertainty. These changes are
administrative, in that SIT
design volumes and containment
air temperature analytical
values remain unchanged.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
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Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Carey Fleming, Senior Counsel,
Address. Pinnacle West Capital
Corporation, 500 N. 5th
Street, MS 8695, Phoenix, AZ
85004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-395.
Application date....................... June 08, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23159A233.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Section 5.4 (Page 59) of the
Enclosure and Pages 1-3 of
Attachment 6.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendment would
modify the Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station (VCSNS)
emergency plan by extending
emergency response
augmentation times; relocating
the Emergency Operations
Facility and Joint Information
Center; defining ``Facility
Activation'' criteria;
revising the minimum staffing
definition for the Emergency
Response Facilities; extending
facility activation
requirements after declaration
of an Alert of higher
classification; reorganizing
the VCSNS Emergency Plan based
on emergency preparedness
functions and removing
references to chemistry,
firefighting, first aid/
rescue, and site access
control functions while being
on shift; and reducing the
level at which the dispatch of
Offsite Survey Teams are
required.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing W. S. Blair, Senior Counsel,
Address. Dominion Energy Services,
Inc., 120 Tredegar St., RS-2,
Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. G. Ed Miller, 301-415-2481.
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-341.
Application date....................... June 13, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23164A232.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 22-25 of Attachment 1-1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendment will
modify Fermi 2 updated final
safety analysis report (UFSAR)
to describe the methodology
used to address the impact of
potential debris sources from
a postulated high-energy line
break on the emergency core
cooling system suppression
pool strainer performance. The
amendment will revise the
licensing basis as described
in the UFSAR to allow the use
of a risk-informed
methodology. The Fermi
technical specifications are
unaffected by this change.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jon P. Christinidis, DTE
Address. Electric Company, Expert
Attorney--Regulatory, 1635
WCB, One Energy Plaza,
Detroit, MI 48226.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Surinder Arora, 301-415-1421.
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Duke Energy Florida, LLC; Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating
Station; Citrus County, FL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-302.
Application date....................... June 09, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23180A051.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 3-6 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed supplemental
License Amendment Request
(LAR) proposes to add License
Condition 2.C.21 that approves
the License Termination Plan
(LTP) and adds a license
condition that establishes the
criteria for determining when
changes to the LTP require
prior NRC approval.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Gregory Di Carlo, Vice
Address. President/General Counsel,
NorthStar Group Services,
Inc., 15760 West Power Street,
NA1A, Crystal River, FL 34428.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Timothy Barvitskie, 301-415-
2480.
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1;
Wake and Chatham Counties, NC
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-400.
Application date....................... May 31, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23151A724.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 18-20 of the Enclosure.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The license amendment request
proposes to certain technical
specifications (TSs) to align
with those in Revision 5 of
NUREG-1431, ``Standard
Technical Specifications--
Westinghouse Plants.''
Specifically, the proposed
amendment will modify TS
Surveillance Requirement (SR)
4.6.1.1 to eliminate the
requirement to perform
periodic position verification
for containment penetrations
that are maintained locked,
sealed, or otherwise secured
closed, as well as adopt TS
Task Force (TSTF) Improved
Standard TS (ISTS) Change
Traveler No. 45 (TSTF-45-A),
Revision 2, ``Exempt
Verification of Containment
Isolation Valves that are Not
Locked, Sealed, or Otherwise
Secured.'' The proposed
amendment will also revise
Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant
TS 3.3.3.5 to increase the
completion time for inoperable
Remote Shutdown System
components to a time that is
more consistent with their
safety significance and remove
the requirement to submit a
Special Report. The proposed
amendment will also relocate
the content in Table 3.3-9 and
Table 4.3-6 in accordance with
TSTF-266-A, Revision 3,
``Eliminate the Remote
Shutdown System Table of
Instrumentation and
Controls.'' The proposed
amendment will update SR
4.3.1.1, Table 4.3-1 to
address the application of the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program (SFCP) to establish
the Frequency for performance
of the Analog Channel
Operational Test of select
Reactor Trip System
instrumentation. Additionally,
changes are also proposed to
the Administrative Controls
Section of the TS to reflect
current organizational titles
as well as remove reporting
requirements that are
redundant to existing
regulations.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Tracey Mitchell LeRoy, Deputy
Address. General Counsel, Duke Energy
Corporation, 4720 Piedmont Row
Dr., Charlotte, NC 28210.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Michael Mahoney, 301-415-3867.
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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(s)........................... 50-440.
Application date....................... August 07, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23220A044.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 4 and 5 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendment would
remove the table of contents
from the technical
specifications and place it
under licensee control.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Rick Giannantonio, General
Address. Counsel, Energy Harbor Nuclear
Corp.,168 E. Market Street,
Akron, OH 44308-2014.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Holtec Indian Point 2, LLC,
and Holtec Indian Point 3, LLC; Indian Point Station Units 1, 2 and 3;
Westchester County, NY
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-003, 50-247, 50-286.
Application date....................... November 17, 2022, as
supplemented by letter dated
July 11, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML22321A148, ML23192A100.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 16-19 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The license amendment request
proposes to replace the Indian
Point Energy Center
Permanently Defueled Emergency
Plan and associated
Permanently Defueled Emergency
Action Level Technical Bases
Document (EAL) with an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation Only Emergency
Plan and associated EAL
scheme.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Erin Connolly, Corporate
Address. Counsel--Legal, Holtec
International, Krishna P.
Singh Technology Campus, 1
Holtec Blvd., Camden, NJ
08104.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Karl Sturzebecher, 301-415-
8534.
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Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Holtec Indian Point 2, LLC,
and Holtec Indian Point 3, LLC; Indian Point Station Units 1, 2 and 3;
Westchester County, NY
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-003, 50-247, 50-286.
Application date....................... November 02, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML22306A126.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 21-24 of the Enclosure.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... This license amendment request
proposes to revise the Indian
Point Energy Center Renewed
Facility Licenses and Appendix
A, ``Permanently Defueled
Technical Specifications and
Bases'' and the Indian Point
Unit 3 Appendix C, ``Inter--
Unit Fuel Transfer Technical
Specifications'' to reflect
removal of all spent nuclear
fuel from the Indian Point
Unit 2 and Indian Point Unit 3
Spent Fuel Pits to dry cask
storage within the site's
controlled Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Erin Connolly, Corporate
Address. Counsel--Legal, Holtec
International, Krishna P.
Singh Technology Campus, 1
Holtec Blvd., Camden, NJ
08104.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Karl Sturzebecher, 301-415-
8534.
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Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Holtec Indian Point 2, LLC,
and Holtec Indian Point 3, LLC; Indian Point Station Units 1, 2 and 3;
Westchester County, NY
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-003, 50-247, 50-286.
Application date....................... January 17, 2023, as
supplemented by letter dated
July 11, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23024A046; ML23194A044.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 4-7 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... These license amendment
requests propose to revise the
Holtec Indian Point Unit 1, 2
and 3's renewed facility
license to reflect the
requirements associated with
security changes for the
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation Facility. The
proposed plan will supersede
the currently approved
Physical Security, Training &
Qualification and Safeguards
Contingency Plan.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Erin Connolly, Corporate
Address. Counsel--Legal, Holtec
International, Krishna P.
Singh Technology Campus, 1
Holtec Blvd., Camden, NJ
08104.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Karl Sturzebecher, 301-415-
8534.
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Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-282, 50-306.
Application date....................... June 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23173A069.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 11-12 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments would
revise Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant Technical
Specification (TS) 3.7.8,
``Cooling Water (CL) System,''
required actions for Condition
B from verification of
operability of both CL pumps
that supply the operable CL
header to verification of the
operability of a safeguards CL
pump supplying the operable CL
header. The proposed amendment
would also remove reference to
an expired one-time allowance
for the completion time for TS
3.7.8 required action B.1.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Peter M. Glass, Assistant
Address. General Counsel, Xcel Energy,
414 Nicollet Mall--401-8,
Minneapolis, MN 55401.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Brent Ballard, 301-415-0680.
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Salem
County, NJ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-272, 50-311.
Application date....................... June 23, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23174A186.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 127-130 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendment would
revise the Salem Nuclear
Generating Station, Units 1
and 2, Technical Specification
6.8.4.f, ``Primary Containment
Leakage Rate Testing
Program,'' by replacing the
reference to Regulatory Guide
1.163 with a reference to
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Report NEI 94-01, Revision 3-A
and the conditions and
limitations specified in NEI
94-01, Revision 2-A.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Francis Romano, PSEG--Services
Address. Corporation, 80 Park Plaza, T-
10, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. James Kim, 301-415-4125.
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-387, 50-388.
Application date....................... June 08, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23159A160.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 9-11 of Enclosure 1.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments would
modify various technical
specification requirements on
control rod withdrawal order
and conditions to protect
against a postulated control
rod drop accident during
startup and low power
conditions and include
associated formatting changes
to the technical
specifications.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Damon D. Obie, Esq, 1780 Hughes
Address. Landing Blvd., Suite 800, The
Woodlands, TX 7738.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Audrey Klett, 301-415-0489.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Hamilton
County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2;
Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Unit 1; Rhea County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Rhea County, TN
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Application date....................... August 02, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23214A385.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 3-5 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments would
adopt Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
TSTF-567-A, Revision 1, ``Add
Containment Sump TS to Address
GSI [Generic Safety Issue]-191
Issues.'' The amendments would
revise the TS to address the
condition of the containment
sump made inoperable due to
containment accident generated
and transported debris
exceeding the analyzed limits.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing David Fountain, Executive VP
Address. and General Counsel, Tennessee
Valley Authority, 6A West
Tower, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
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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, was 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 Issuances
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Arizona Public Service Company, et al; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Maricopa County, AZ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-528, 50-529, 50-530.
Amendment Date......................... August 09, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23199A294.
Amendment No(s)........................ 221 (Unit 1), 221 (Unit 2), and
221 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments adopted
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
107, Revision 4, ``Separate
Control Rods that are
Untrippable versus
Inoperable,'' and,
additionally, provided an
action for limited duration
loss of some position
indication for multiple
control element assemblies, in
lieu of Limiting Condition for
Operation (LCO) 3.0.3 entry.
The amendments modified
Technical Specification LCO
3.1.5, ``Control Element
Assembly (CEA) Alignment,''
Conditions A through D.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2;
Will County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-456, 50-457.
Amendment Date......................... July 26, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23188A129.
Amendment No(s)........................ 233 (Unit 1); 233 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
``Steam Generator (SG)
Program'' and the ``Steam
Generator (SG) Tube Inspection
Report'' technical
specifications based on
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
577, Revision 1, ``Revised
Frequencies for Steam
Generator Tube Inspections''
(TSTF-577), and the associated
NRC staff safety evaluation of
TSTF-577.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Byron Station, Units 1 and 2; Will
County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-454, 50-455.
Amendment Date......................... July 20, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23122A302.
Amendment No(s)........................ 233 (Unit 1), 233 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
technical specifications (TSs)
2.1.1, ``Reactor Core SLs
[Safety Limits],'' and 4.2.1,
``Fuel Assemblies.'' The
changes will allow a
previously irradiated accident
tolerant fuel (ATF) lead test
assembly (LTA) to be further
irradiated during Byron, Unit
2, Cycle 25. No technical
changes are made to the Byron,
Unit 1, Operating License. The
Byron, Unit 1, Amendment No.
is administratively
incremented because the TSs
are common to both units.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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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 No(s)........................... 50-317, 50-318.
Amendment Date......................... August 08, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23188A040.
Amendment No(s)........................ 346 (Unit 1); 324 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
``Steam Generator (SG)
Program'' and the ``Steam
Generator (SG) Tube Inspection
Report'' technical
specifications based on
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
577, Revision 1, ``Revised
Frequencies for Steam
Generator Tube Inspections''
(TSTF-577), and the associated
NRC staff safety evaluation of
TSTF-577.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
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 No(s)........................... 50-237, 50-249.
Amendment Date......................... August 03, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23174A150.
Amendment No(s)........................ 282 (Unit 2); 275 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
control rod scram time limits
in Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3,
technical specification table
3.1.4-1, ``Control Rod Scram
Times.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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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 No(s)........................... 50-254, 50-265.
Amendment Date......................... August 07, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23178A074.
Amendment No(s)........................ 296 (Unit 1); 292 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments adopted
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler 416
(TSTF-416), Revision 0, ``Low
Pressure Coolant Injection
(LPCI) Valve Alignment
Verification Note Location.''
The adoption of TSTF-416
revised TS 3.5.1, ``ECCS
[Emergency Core Cooling
Systems]--Operating'' by
moving the LPCI valve
alignment note from
Surveillance Requirement
3.5.1.2 to Limiting Condition
for Operation 3.5.1.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant;
Wayne County, New York
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-244.
Amendment Date......................... July 21, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23191A059.
Amendment No(s)........................ 155.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
``Steam Generator (SG)
Program'' and the ``Steam
Generator (SG) Tube Inspection
Report'' technical
specifications based on
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
577, Revision 1, ``Revised
Frequencies for Steam
Generator Tube Inspections''
(TSTF-577), and the associated
NRC staff safety evaluation of
TSTF-577.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Hope Creek Generating Station; Salem County, NJ; PSEG
Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Salem
County, NJ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-354, 50-272, 50-311.
Amendment Date......................... August 14, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23192A821.
Amendment No(s)........................ 234 (Hope Creek), 347 (Salem
Unit 1), 328 (Salem Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the Hope
Creek and Salem technical
specifications (TSs) to remove
TS Section 5.5, Meteorological
Tower Location. The amendments
removed the reference to the
figures removed from the TSs
by the previously approved
amendments.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 3; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)........................... 52-025.
Amendment Date......................... July 31, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23158A243.
Amendment No(s)........................ 192.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment removed the
contents of Combined License
(COL) Appendix C,
``Inspections, Tests,
Analyses, and Acceptance
Criteria,'' and make
appropriate revisions to the
COL that references this
appendix.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)........................... 52-026.
Amendment Date......................... July 19, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23158A207.
Amendment No(s)........................ 189.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... This amendment involved changes
to the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Unit 4,
Combined License (COL)
Condition 2.D.(9) specifically
to include exceptions that
temporarily delay the
effectiveness of certain
technical specification (TS)
requirements prior to initial
criticality of the reactor
core while in operating Modes
4, 5, and 6, as well as
changes to COL Appendix A, TS
Limiting Condition for
Operation 3.0.7, to apply
these exceptions.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date......................... July 31, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23158A018.
Amendment No(s)........................ 219 (Unit 1), 202 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
licensing basis to support a
full scope application of the
Alternative Source Term (AST)
radiological analysis
methodology and modifies TS
1.1, ``Definitions''; TS
3.3.6, ``Containment
Ventilation Isolation
Instrumentation''; TS 3.4.16,
``RCS [Reactor Coolant System]
Specific Activity''; TS 3.9.1,
``Boron Concentration''; TS
3.9.2, ``Unborated Water
Source Isolation Valves''; TS
3.9.3, ``Nuclear
Instrumentation''; and TS
3.9.4, ``Containment
Penetrations''; consistent
with Technical Specification
Task Force (TSTF) Travelers
TSTF-51-A, ``Revise
containment requirements
during handling irradiated
fuel and core alterations,''
Revision 2 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML993190284); TSTF-471-A,
``Eliminate use of term CORE
ALTERATIONS in ACTIONS and
Notes,'' Revision 1 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML19101A215);
and TSTF-490-A, ``Deletion of
E Bar Definition and Revision
to RCS Specific Activity Tech
Spec,'' Revision 0 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML052630462).
The proposed amendments revise
the licensing basis to use an
AST in evaluating the offsite
and Control Room (CR)
radiological consequences of
the Vogtle, Units 1 and 2,
design basis accidents (DBAs).
TSTF-51 revises certain TSs to
remove the requirements for
certain engineered safety
features (ESF) systems to
operate after sufficient
radioactive decay of
irradiated fuel has occurred
following a plant shutdown.
TSTF-471 eliminates the use of
the defined term CORE
ALTERATIONS from TS 3.9.1,
``Boron Concentration''; TS
3.9.2, ``Unborated Water
Source Isolation Valves''; and
TS 3.9.4, ``Containment
Penetrations.'' TSTF-490
replaces the current limits on
primary coolant gross specific
activity with limits on
primary coolant noble gas
activity.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1;
Limestone County, AL; Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Unit 2; Limestone County, AL; Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3; Limestone County, AL; Tennessee Valley
Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Hamilton County, TN;
Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Hamilton
County, TN
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-327,
50-328.
Amendment Date......................... July 24, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23171A886.
Amendment No(s)........................ Browns Ferry 331 (Unit 1), 354
(Unit 2), 314 (Unit 3);
Sequoyah 365 (Unit 1), 359
(Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised certain
Technical Specification (TS)
surveillance requirements
(SRs) by adding exceptions to
the SRs for when automatic
valves or dampers are locked,
sealed, or otherwise secured
in the actuated position, in
order to consider the SR met
based on TS Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-541, Revision 2,
``Add Exceptions to
Surveillance Requirements for
Valves and Dampers Locked in
the Actuated Position.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station,
Unit 1; Coffey County, KS
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-482.
Amendment Date......................... July 26, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23130A290.
Amendment No(s)........................ 235.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised Technical
Specification (TS) 5.5.9,
``Steam Generator (SG)
Program,'' and TS 5.6.10,
``Steam Generator Tube
Inspection Report,'' based on
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
577, Revision 1, ``Revised
Frequencies for Steam
Generator Tube Inspections''
(ADAMS Accession No.
ML21060B434) and the
associated NRC staff safety
evaluation (ADAMS Accession
No. ML21098A188).
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station,
Unit 1; Coffey County, KS
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-482.
Amendment Date......................... August 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23201A121.
Amendment No(s)........................ 236.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
technical specifications
related to reactor coolant
system operational leakage and
the definition of the term
``LEAKAGE'' based on Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-554,
Revision 1, ``Revise Reactor
Coolant Leakage Requirements''
(ADAMS Accession No.
ML20016A233), and the
associated NRC staff safety
evaluation (ADAMS Accession
No. ML20322A024).
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: August 23, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jamie Heisserer,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-18515 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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