[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68160-68166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20670]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[[NRC-2023-0165]
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 November 2, 2023. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by December
4, 2023. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from August 18, 2023, to September 14, 2023. The
last monthly notice was published on September 5, 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-2023-0165. 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
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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: Kathleen Entz, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2464; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0165, 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-2023-0165.
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-2023-0165, 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
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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 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.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
Will County, IL; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-454, 50-455, 50-456, 50-457.
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Application date.................. June 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23158A296.
Location in Application of NSHC... Page 2 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would extend
the completion time from 1 hour to
24 hours for Condition B of
Technical Specification 3.5.1,
``Accumulators.'' The changes are
consistent with Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF)
traveler TSTF-370, ``Risk Informed
Evaluation of an Extension to
Accumulator Completion Times for
Westinghouse Plants.''
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 Joel Wiebe, 301-415-6606.
Number.
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; 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; Entergy Operations, Inc.;
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-368, 50-416, 50-458.
Application date.................. July 27, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23208A211.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 10-12 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would revise
technical specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-205-A,
Revision 3, ``Revision of Channel
Calibration, Channel Functional
Test, and Related Definitions'' for
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-
2), Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
Unit 1 (Grand Gulf), and River Bend
Station, Unit 1 (River Bend). The
proposed changes would revise ANO-
2, Grand Gulf, and River Bend TS
definitions for CHANNEL CALIBRATION
and CHANNEL FUNCTIONAL TEST. In
addition, the TS definition of
LOGIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST would
be revised for Grand Gulf and River
Bend.
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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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and
2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-275, 50-323.
Application date.................. July 13, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23194A228.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 5-7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would revise
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''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18183A493).
The NRC issued a final revised
model safety evaluation approving
TSTF-505, Revision 2, on November
21, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession
No. ML18269A041).
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and
Mailing Address. Electric Co., 77 Beale Street, Room
3065, Mail Code B30A, San
Francisco, CA 94105.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Application date.................. August 2, 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 [Technical Specifications] to
Address GSI [Generic Safety Issue]-
191 Issues,'' into the Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and
the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units
1 and 2, TS by adding a new TS
3.6.16, ``Containment Sump,'' and
adding an Action to address the
condition of the containment sump
made inoperable due to containment
accident generated and transported
debris exceeding the analyzed
limits. The action provides time to
correct or evaluate the condition
in lieu of an immediate plant
shutdown.
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 Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
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, 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.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 1; Calvert County, MD; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2; Calvert County, MD; Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation,
LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego County, NY
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Docket No(s)50-317, 50-318, 50-410
Amendment Date.................... August 21, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23151A347.
Amendment No(s)................... Calvert Cliffs 347 (Unit 1), 325
(Unit 2); Nine Mile Point 194 (Unit
2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments incorporated the NRC-
approved Technical Specification
Task Force (TSTF) Improved Standard
Technical Specifications Change
Traveler TSTF-295-A, ``Modify Note
2 to Actions of PAM [Post-Accident
Monitoring] Table to Allow Separate
Condition Entry for Each
Penetration.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD; Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3; York
County, PA; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear
Power Plant; Wayne County, New York
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-317, 50-318, 50-277, 50-278, 50-
244.
Amendment Date.................... August 30, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23158A195.
Amendment No(s)................... Calvert Cliffs--348 (Unit 1), 326
(Unit 2); Peach Bottom--343 (Unit
2), 346 (Unit 3); Ginna--156.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised the technical
specifications (TSs) for each
facility based on Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-273-A, Revision 2,
``Safety Function Determination
Program Clarifications,'' dated
July 16, 1999 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML040611069). The NRC approved TSTF-
273-A, Revision 2, on August 16,
1999 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16237A031). These amendments
revised TSs to add explanatory text
to the programmatic description of
the safety function determination
program to provide clarification
that when determining loss of
function, a loss of power does not
need to be considered.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; York
County, SC; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1
and 2; Mecklenburg County, NC; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Oconee County, SC; Duke Energy
Progress, LLC; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2; Brunswick
County, NC; Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric
Plant, Unit No. 2; Darlington County, SC; Duke Energy Progress, LLC;
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Wake and Chatham Counties,
NC
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-261, 50-269, 50-270, 50-287, 50-
324, 50-325, 50-369, 50-370, 50-
400, 50-413, 50-414.
Amendment Date.................... August 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23195A078.
Amendment No(s)................... Brunswick 312 (Unit 1), 340 (Unit
2); Catawba 317 (Unit 1), 313 (Unit
2); Harris 198 (Unit 1); McGuire
328 (Unit 1), 307 (Unit 2); Oconee
428 (Unit 1), 430 (Unit 2), 429
(Unit 3); Robinson 276 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments adopted Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-554, Revision 1,
``Revise Reactor Coolant Leakage
Requirements.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2; Manitowoc County, WI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-266, 50-301.
Amendment Date.................... August 21, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23160A064.
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Amendment No(s)................... 272 (Unit 1) and 274 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised Technical
Specification (TS) 3.2.4,
``Quadrant Power Tilt Ratio
(QPTR),'' and TS 3.3.1, ``Reactor
Protection System (RPS)
Instrumentation,'' to allow the use
of an alternate means of
determining power distribution
information. Specifically, these TS
changes allow the use of a
dedicated on-line core power
distribution monitoring system
(PDMS) to perform surveillance of
core thermal limits. The PDMS to be
used at Point Beach is the
Westinghouse proprietary core
analysis system called Best
Estimate Analyzer for Core
Operations--Nuclear.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2; Manitowoc County, WI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-266, 50-301.
Amendment Date.................... August 28, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23208A095.
Amendment No(s)................... 273 (Unit 1); 275 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised the licensing
basis described in the Point Beach
Final Safety Analysis Report to
allow the use of a risk informed
approach to address safety issues
discussed in Generic Safety Issue
(GSI) 191, ``Assessment of Debris
Accumulation on PWR [Pressurized
Water Reactor] Sump Performance,''
and respond to Generic Letter (GL)
2004-02, ``Potential Impact of
Debris Blockage on Emergency
Recirculation during Design Basis
Accidents at Pressurized Water
Reactors.'' In addition to the
license amendments, an exemption
was simultaneously approved to
allow use of a risk-informed
methodology instead of the
traditional deterministic
methodology to resolve the concerns
associated with GSI- 191 and
respond to GL 2004-02 for Point
Beach. The exemption has separately
been forwarded to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed 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.................... August 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23093A028.
Amendment No(s)................... 220 (Unit 1), 203 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments allowed the use of
four Accident Tolerant Fuel Lead
Test Assemblies (LTAs) to be placed
in limiting core locations without
completion of representative
testing for up to two cycles of
operation in Vogtle, Unit 2, except
that the LTAs may not be placed in
core regions that have been shown
to be limiting with respect to the
control rod ejection analysis. The
amendments revised License
Condition 2.D, and the following
technical specifications (TS): (1)
TS 3.7.18, ``Fuel Assembly Storage
in the Fuel Storage Pool,'' (2) TS
4.2.1, ``Fuel Assemblies,'' and (3)
TS 4.3, ``Fuel Storage,'' for
Vogtle, Units 1 and 2.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Virginia Electric and Power Company, Dominion Nuclear Company; North
Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Louisa County, VA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-338, 50-339.
Amendment Date.................... August 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23181A135.
Amendment No(s)................... 295 (Unit 1), 278 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised the North
Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2,
technical specifications to
eliminate the Refueling Water
Chemical Addition Tank and allow
the use of sodium tetraborate
decahydrate to replace sodium
hydroxide as a chemical additive
(buffer) for containment sump pH
control.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed 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 31, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23165A250.
Amendment No(s)................... 237.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment allowed the use of
hard hat mounted portable lights as
the primary emergency lighting
means in certain fire areas for
illuminating safe shutdown
equipment and access and egress
routes to the equipment.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Circumstances or
Emergency Situation)
Since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has
issued the following amendment. The Commission has determined for this
amendment that the application for the amendment 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.
Because of exigent circumstances or emergency situation associated
with the date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the
Commission to publish, for public comment before issuance, its usual
notice of consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of NSHC. The Commission has
provided a reasonable opportunity for the public to comment, using its
best efforts to make available to the public means of communication for
the public to respond quickly, and in the case of telephone comments,
the comments have been recorded or transcribed as appropriate and the
licensee has been informed of the public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level, the Commission may
not have had an opportunity to provide for public comment on its NSHC
determination. In such case, the license amendment has been issued
without opportunity for comment prior to issuance. If there has been
some time for public comment but less than 30 days, the Commission may
provide an opportunity for public comment. If comments have been
requested, it is so stated. In either event, the State has been
consulted by telephone whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that
NSHC is involved.
The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has
made a final determination that the amendments involve NSHC. The basis
for this determination is contained in the documents related to each
action. Accordingly, the amendment has been issued and made effective
as indicated. For those amendments that have not been previously
noticed in the Federal Register, within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may
be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and
petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the guidance concerning the
Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part
2 as discussed in section II.A of this document.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that the
amendment satisfies 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 this amendment. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.12(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 these actions, see the
amendment and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and
safety evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession
number indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will
provide the ADAMS accession number 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.
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-341.
Amendment Date.................... August 17, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23229A012.
Amendment No(s)................... 224.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised Technical
Specification 3.6.3.1, ``Primary
Containment Oxygen Concentration,''
to adopt Technical Specification
Task Force (TSTF) traveler TSTF-
568, Revision 2. The license
amendment is issued under emergency
circumstances as provided in the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) of
because failure to act in a timely
way would result in the derating or
shutdown of Fermi 2.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No)....... No.
Public Comments Requested as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: September 20, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor G. Cusumano,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-20670 Filed 10-2-23; 8:45 am]
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