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Biweekly Notice: Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations
I. Background
Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission or NRC)
is publishing this regular biweekly
notice. The Act requires the
Commission publish notice of any
amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued and grants the Commission the
authority to issue and make
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immediately effective any amendment
to an operating license upon a
determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant
hazards consideration, notwithstanding
the pendency before the Commission of
a request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from May 6 to
May 19, 2010. The last biweekly notice
was published on May 18, 2010 (75 FR
27825).
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses, Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination,
and Opportunity for a Hearing
The Commission has made a
proposed determination that the
following amendment requests involve
no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.92, this means
that operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed
amendment would not: (1) Involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from
any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. The basis for this
proposed determination for each
amendment request is shown below.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendment before expiration of the 60day period provided that its final
determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment
prior to the expiration of the 30-day
comment period should circumstances
change during the 30-day comment
period such that failure to act in a
timely way would result, for example in
derating or shutdown of the facility.
Should the Commission take action
prior to the expiration of either the
comment period or the notice period, it
will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the
Commission make a final No Significant
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any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that
the need to take this action will occur
very infrequently.
Written comments may be submitted
by mail to the Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch
(RADB), TWB–05–B01M, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, and should cite the publication
date and page number of this Federal
Register notice. Written comments may
also be faxed to the RADB at 301–492–
3446. Documents may be examined,
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), located
at One White Flint North, Public File
Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any person(s)
whose interest may be affected by this
action may file a request for a hearing
and a petition to intervene with respect
to issuance of the amendment to the
subject facility operating license.
Requests for a hearing and a petition for
leave to intervene shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s
‘‘Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10 CFR part
2. Interested person(s) should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the Commission’s PDR,
located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be
accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a
request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene is filed by the above
date, the Commission or a presiding
officer designated by the Commission or
by the Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, will rule on the request and/or
petition; and the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding. The petition
should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted
with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The
name, address, and telephone number of
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the requestor or petitioner; (2) the
nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
right under the Act to be made a party
to the proceeding; (3) the nature and
extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
property, financial, or other interest in
the proceeding; and (4) the possible
effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also identify the specific
contentions which the requestor/
petitioner seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the requestor/petitioner shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the requestor/petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention
at the hearing. The requestor/petitioner
must also provide references to those
specific sources and documents of
which the petitioner is aware and on
which the requestor/petitioner intends
to rely to establish those facts or expert
opinion. The petition must include
sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the
applicant on a material issue of law or
fact. Contentions shall be limited to
matters within the scope of the
amendment under consideration. The
contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the requestor/
petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these
requirements with respect to at least one
contention will not be permitted to
participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide
when the hearing is held. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards
consideration, the Commission may
issue the amendment and make it
immediately effective, notwithstanding
the request for a hearing. Any hearing
held would take place after issuance of
the amendment. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards
consideration, any hearing held would
take place before the issuance of any
amendment.
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All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007). The
E-Filing process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least ten
(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by e-mail at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
requirements for accessing the
E-Submittal server are detailed in NRC’s
‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’
which is available on the agency’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants
may attempt to use other software not
listed on the Web site, but should note
that the NRC’s E-Filing system does not
support unlisted software, and the NRC
Meta System Help Desk will not be able
to offer assistance in using unlisted
software.
If a participant is electronically
submitting a document to the NRC in
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the
participant must file the document
using the NRC’s online, Web-based
submission form. In order to serve
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documents through EIE, users will be
required to install a Web browser plugin from the NRC Web site. Further
information on the Web-based
submission form, including the
installation of the Web browser plug-in,
is available on the NRC’s public Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/
e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
submit a request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format
(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the documents are
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing
system. To be timely, an electronic
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an
e-mail notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the documents on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the agency’s adjudicatory E-Filing
system may seek assistance by
contacting the NRC Meta System Help
Desk through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link
located on the NRC Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/
e-submittals.html, by e-mail at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at (866) 672–7640. The NRC
Meta System Help Desk is available
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have a good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file an
exemption request, in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper
filing requesting authorization to
continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted
by: (1) First class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the
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Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery
service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking
and Adjudications Staff. Participants
filing a document in this manner are
responsible for serving the document on
all other participants. Filing is
considered complete by first-class mail
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
by courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the
service. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from
using E-Filing, may require a participant
or party to use E-Filing if the presiding
officer subsequently determines that the
reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, or the presiding
officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home
addresses, or home phone numbers in
their filings, unless an NRC regulation
or other law requires submission of such
information. With respect to
copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
participants are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice. Nontimely filings will not be entertained
absent a determination by the presiding
officer that the petition or request
should be granted or the contentions
should be admitted, based on a
balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii).
For further details with respect to this
license amendment application, see the
application for amendment which is
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s PDR, located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area
O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available records will be accessible from
the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. Persons who do not have
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access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff at 1–800–397–
4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
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Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC,
Docket Nos. 50–317 and 50–318, Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1
and 2, Calvert County, Maryland
Date of amendment requests: April 5,
2010.
Description of amendments request:
The amendment would make title
changes and corrections within
Technical Specification (TS) 5.0,
‘‘Administrative Controls.’’ Specifically,
the proposed changes would include:
(1) Replacement of the use of plantspecific titles to generic titles consistent
with TS Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
TSTF–65, Revision 1, ‘‘Use of Generic
Titles for Utility Positions,’’
(2) Changes made to more closely
align selected TSs with the Improved
Standard TSs, and
(3) Administrative changes to
specified TSs.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
No.
The first portion of the proposed change,
involving adoption of a generic title vice a
plant specific personnel title, is
administrative in nature. As such, this
change does not involve any change to the
design basis of the plant or of any structure,
system, or component. As a result there is no
change to the probability or consequences of
any previously evaluated accident.
The second portion of the proposed change
involves changes to Technical Specifications
that align them to the words used in the
Improved Standard Technical Specifications
for gaseous effluents to include effluents that
are already routinely monitored. In addition,
the proposed change in requiring either the
operations manager or assistant operations
manager to hold a Senior Reactor Operator
(SRO) license meets the established
standards of American National Standards
Institute N18.1–1971 for individuals filling
the applicable positions. These changes do
not involve any change to the design basis of
the plant or of any structure, system, or
component. As a result there is no change to
the probability or consequences of any
previously evaluated accident.
The third portion of the proposed change
involves administrative changes that do not
involve any change to the design basis of the
plant or of any structure, system, or
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component. As a result there is no change to
the probability or consequences of any
previously evaluated accident.
Therefore, operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed changes will
not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequence of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
No.
The first portion of the proposed change,
involving adoption of a generic title vice a
plant specific personnel title is
administrative in nature. As such, this
change does not result in any physical
alterations to the plant configuration, make
any change to plant operation, or alter any
design function. As a result no new accident
failure mechanisms or single failures are
introduced.
The second portion of the proposed change
involves changes to Technical Specifications
that align those Technical Specifications to
the words used in the Improved Standard
Technical Specifications for gaseous effluent
monitoring to include certain effluents that
are already routinely monitored. In addition,
the proposed change requiring either the
operations manager or assistant operations
manager to hold an SRO license meets the
established standards of American National
Standards Institute N18.1–1971 for
individuals filling the applicable positions.
These changes do not involve any change to
the design basis of the plant or of any
structure, system, or component. As a result
no new accident failure mechanisms or
single failures are introduced.
The third portion of the proposed change
involves administrative changes that do not
involve any change to the design basis of the
plant or of any structure, system, or
component. As a result no new accident
failure mechanisms or single failures are
introduced.
Therefore, operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed changes will
not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequence of an accident
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
No.
The first portion of the proposed change,
involving adoption of a generic title vice a
plant specific personnel title is
administrative in nature. As such, this
change involves no change to the design
bases functions or to the controlling values
of parameters used to avoid exceeding
regulatory or licensing limits. As a result
there is no decrease in any margin of safety
due to this proposed change.
The second portion of the proposed change
involves changes to Technical Specifications
that align those Technical Specifications to
the words used in the Improved Standard
Technical Specifications for gaseous effluent
monitoring to include certain effluents that
are already routinely monitored. In addition,
the proposed change requiring either the
operations manager or assistant operations
manager to hold an SRO license meets the
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established standards of American National
Standards Institute N18.1–1971 for
individuals filling the applicable positions.
As such, these changes involve no change to
the design bases functions or to the
controlling values of parameters used to
avoid exceeding regulatory or licensing
limits. As a result there is no decrease in any
margin of safety due to these proposed
changes.
The third portion of the proposed change
involves administrative changes that do not
involve any change to the design basis of the
plant or of any structure, system, or
component. As such, these changes involve
no change to the design bases functions or to
the controlling values of parameters used to
avoid exceeding regulatory or licensing
limits. As a result there is no decrease in any
margin of safety due to these proposed
changes.
Therefore, operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed changes will
not involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendments request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Carey Fleming,
Sr. Counsel—Nuclear Generation,
Constellation Generation Group, LLC,
750 East Pratt Street, 17th floor,
Baltimore, MD 21202.
NRC Branch Chief: Nancy L. Salgado.
Carolina Power and Light Company,
Docket No. 50–261, H. B. Robinson
Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2,
Darlington County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request: March 5,
2010.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed change would revise H. B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant’s
Technical Specifications (TS) Section
3.3.2, ‘‘Engineered Safety Feature
Actuation System (ESFAS)
Instrumentation,’’ to allow the
performance of maintenance activities
for an inoperable containment pressurehigh high channel. The proposed
change to TS 3.3.6, ‘‘Containment
Ventilation Isolation Instrumentation,’’
corrects an error related to table
references.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. The Proposed Change Does Not Involve
a Significant Increase in the Probability or
Consequences of an Accident Previously
Evaluated.
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The proposed changes to TS 3.3.2 are
intended to allow for the performance of
maintenance activities required to return an
inoperable channel to service with the
instrumentation and plant in a condition that
reduces the probability of an inadvertent
transient or the need for a plant shutdown.
Therefore, the proposed change reduces the
probability of an accident because the
likelihood of accident initiation is decreased.
The emergency safety features that are
actuated by the Containment Pressure-High
High channels are Main Steam Line Isolation,
Containment Spray, and Containment Phase
B isolation. These safety features are
intended to reduce the consequences of
design basis accident scenarios. These safety
features are still expected to function as
designed. Actuation from containment
pressure exceeding the High High trip
setpoint will still occur with one trip signal
bypassed based on the input from the other
five channels. Should an additional failure
result in the inability to actuate based on
Containment Pressure-High High, there are
other means to actuate these safety features
in a timely manner. Main Steam Line
Isolation based on High High containment
pressure is only important for the assumed
main steam line break inside containment.
For such an accident, main steam line
isolation will still automatically occur from
either High Steam Flow in Two Steam Lines
Coincident with Tavg-Low, or High Steam
Flow in Two Steam Lines Coincident with
Steam Line Pressure-Low. In regard to
Containment Spray and Containment Phase B
Isolation, the operator can manually initiate
these functions if automatic actuation did not
occur and containment conditions warranted
actuation. Therefore, there will not be a
significant increase in the consequences of
analyzed accidents.
The proposed change to TS 3.3.6 is an
administrative correction and there will be
no actual changes to plant design or
operation.
Therefore, operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed amendment
would not involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated.
2. The Proposed Change Does Not Create
the Possibility of a New or Different Kind of
Accident From Any Previously Evaluated.
As described above, the proposed change
to TS 3.3.2 would allow a single Containment
Pressure-High High channel to not be in the
trip condition for maintenance purposes for
a limited period of time (up to six hours).
This is a condition that is already allowed
during the first six hours of the action
statement.
Therefore, no new accident initiators or
precursors are introduced by the proposed
change.
The proposed change to TS 3.3.6 is an
administrative correction and there will be
no actual changes to plant design or
operation.
Therefore, operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed amendment
would not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any
previously evaluated.
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3. The Proposed Change Does Not Involve
a Significant Reduction in the Margin of
Safety.
As described above, the proposed change
to TS 3.3.2 would allow a single Containment
Pressure-High High channel to not be in the
trip condition for a limited period of time (up
to six hours) to allow an effective means of
maintenance to return an inoperable channel
to service. It is expected that safety systems
will continue to function as designed with a
single channel not in trip and therefore there
will be no impact on the accident analyses
or a reduction in the margin of safety.
The proposed change to TS 3.3.6 is an
administrative correction and there will be
no actual changes to plant design or
operation.
Therefore, operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed amendment
would not involve a significant reduction in
the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: David T.
Conley, Associate General Counsel II—
Legal Department, Progress Energy
Service Company, LLC, Post Office Box
1551, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602.
NRC Acting Branch Chief: Douglas A.
Broaddus.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, et al.,
Docket Nos. 50–413 and 50–414,
Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2,
York County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request:
September 3, 2009.
Description of amendment request:
The amendments would revise the
Technical Specification (TS) Section
3.7.10, ‘‘Control Room Area Ventilation
System (CRAVS),’’ to allow movement of
irradiated fuel with only one CRAVS
train OPERABLE.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
The proposed changes do not adversely
affect accident initiators or precursors nor
alter the design assumptions, conditions, or
configurations of the facility. The proposed
changes do not alter or prevent the ability of
structure, systems and components (SSCS) to
perform their intended function to mitigate
the consequences of an initiating event
within the assumed acceptance limits. This
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is a revision to the TS for the control room
ventilation system which is a mitigation
system designed to minimize unfiltered air
inleakage into the control room and to filter
the Control Room atmosphere to protect
occupants following an accident previously
analyzed. The Control Room ventilation
system is not an initiator or precursor to any
accident previously evaluated. Therefore, the
probability or consequences of any accident
previously evaluated are not increased.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
This revision will not impact the accident
analysis. The change will not alter the
requirements of the Control Room ventilation
system or its function during accident
conditions. No new or different accidents
result from the changes proposed. The
changes do not involve a physical alteration
of the plant (i.e., no new or different type of
equipment will be installed) or significant
changes in methods governing normal plant
operation. The changes do not alter
assumptions made in the safety analysis. The
proposed changes are consistent with the
safety analyses assumptions. Therefore, it is
concluded that these changes do not create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in margin of safety?
The proposed changes do not alter the
manner in which safety limits, limiting safety
system settings or limiting conditions for
operations are determined. The safety
analysis acceptance criteria are not affected
by these changes. The proposed changes will
not result in plant operation in a
configuration outside the design basis for an
acceptable period of time without
compensatory measures. The proposed
changes do not adversely affect systems that
respond to safely shutdown the plant and to
maintain the plant in a safe shutdown
condition. It is therefore concluded that the
proposed changes do not involve a
significant reduction in the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Lisa F.
Vaughn, Associate General Counsel and
Managing Attorney, Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC, 526 South Church
Street, EC07H, Charlotte, NC 28202.
NRC Branch Chief: Gloria Kulesa.
Energy Northwest, Docket No. 50–397,
Columbia Generating Station, Benton
County, Washington
Date of amendment request: March
29, 2010.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed change revises the
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Technical Specifications (TSs) to delete
channel check surveillance
requirements in TS 3.3.6.1, ‘‘Primary
Containment Isolation Instrumentation,’’
for the traversing in-core probe (TIP)
isolation instrumentation.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change revises TS 3.3.6.1 by
eliminating a channel check SR [surveillance
requirement]. The controls and requirements
of TS[s] otherwise continue to be enforced.
The proposed change does not affect any
plant equipment, test methods, or plant
operation, and does not affect the initiation
of any analyzed accident sequence. The
allowance to un-isolate a penetration flow
path is preserved and will not have a
significant effect on the mitigation of any
accident previously evaluated because the
penetration flow path can be isolated, if
needed, by a dedicated operator. The option
to isolate a TIP penetration continues to be
preserved and ensures the penetration will
perform as assumed in the accident analysis.
Operation in accordance with the proposed
TS will ensure that all analyzed accidents
will continue to be mitigated as previously
analyzed.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change does not involve a
physical alteration to the plant (i.e., no new
or different type of equipment will be
installed) or a change to the methods
governing normal plant operation. The
changes do not alter the assumptions made
in the safety analysis.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change will not affect the
operation of plant equipment or the function
of any equipment assumed in the accident
analysis. The allowance to un-isolate a
penetration flow path will not have a
significant effect on a margin of safety
because the penetration flow path can be
isolated manually, if needed. The option to
isolate a TIP penetration is preserved, and
will continue to ensure the penetration will
perform as assumed in the accident analysis.
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Therefore, the proposed changes do not
involve a significant reduction in the margin
of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: William A.
Horin, Esq., Winston & Strawn, 1700 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006–
3817.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T.
Markley.
Energy Northwest, Docket No. 50–397,
Columbia Generating Station, Benton
County, Washington
Date of amendment request: March
31, 2010.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed change revises the
Technical Specifications (TSs) to add a
channel check surveillance requirement
to TS 3.3.6.1, ‘‘Primary Containment
Isolation Instrumentation,’’ for the
reactor pressure vessel low water level
isolation signal to the primary
containment isolation valves.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
Adding a channel check surveillance for
the main steam low water level isolation
function does not increase the probability or
consequences of a previously evaluated
accident. The proposed change does not
impact the logic or performance of the
isolation function. The proposed change
increases assurance that the isolation
function will be operable by providing
increased monitoring.
Therefore the proposed change does not
increase probability or consequences for an
evaluated accident.
2. Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
No modifications are being made under the
proposed change that create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident. Overall
system reliability is improved due to more
frequent monitoring.
Therefore the proposed change does not
create the possibility of new or different
accidents.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
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Response: No.
The addition of a channel check
surveillance provides increased assurance of
operability of the MSIV [main steam isolation
valve] low water level isolation function.
Therefore the proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: William A.
Horin, Esq., Winston & Strawn, 1700 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006–
3817.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T.
Markley.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC,
Docket No. 50–461, Clinton Power
Station, Unit No.1, DeWitt County,
Illinois
Date of amendment request: April 2,
2010.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would revise
the Exelon Nuclear Radiological
Emergency Plan Annex for Clinton
Power Station (CPS), Unit No. 1, Table
B–1, ‘‘Minimum Staffing Requirements
for the On-Shift Clinton Station
[Emergency Response Organization]
ERO,’’ to increase the Non-Licensed
Operator (NLO) staffing from two to
four, allow in-plant protective actions to
be performed by personnel assigned to
other functions, and replace a
Mechanical Maintenance person with a
NLO.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the CPS
Emergency Plan Table B–1, ‘‘Minimum
Staffing Requirements for the On-Shift
Clinton Station ERO,’’ were evaluated against
plant operations during design basis
accidents, Radiation Protection (RP)
personnel tasks associated with design basis
accidents, and the CPS radiological accident
assessment. The reallocation of functions
between ERO responders and the addition of
two NLOs does not reduce the minimum
number of on-shift staffing, nor does it
reduce or impede the tasks that are required
to be performed during an emergency event.
This change does not reduce the
functionality of tasks required to be
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performed; therefore, since all personnel will
be trained and qualified to perform all
assigned tasks, this change does not reduce
the effectiveness of the ERO’s performance or
the CPS Emergency Plan in mitigating the
consequences of any accident.
The probability of a reactor accident
requiring implementation of the CPS
Emergency Plan has no relevance in
determining whether the proposed change
reduces the effectiveness of the CPS
Emergency Plan. The Planning Basis section
of NUREG–0654, Revision 1, ‘‘Criteria for
Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological
Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness
in Support of Nuclear Power Plants,’’
describes how to address the likelihood of an
event during the development of an
emergency response plan. According to
NUREG–0654, Revision 1:
The overall objective of emergency
response plans is to provide dose savings
(and in some cases immediate life saving) for
a spectrum of accidents that could produce
offsite doses in excess of Protective Action
Guides (PAGs). No single specific accident
sequence should be isolated as the one for
which to plan because each accident could
have different consequences, both in nature
and degree. Further, the range of possible
selection for a planning basis is very large,
starting with a zero point of requiring no
planning at all because significant offsite
radiological accident consequences are
unlikely to occur, to planning for the worst
possible accident, regardless of its extremely
low likelihood.
Therefore, while the proposed changes will
not impact the probability or consequences of
any previously evaluated accident, [Exelon
Generation Company, LLC] EGC did not
consider the risk insights regarding any
specific accident initiation or progression in
evaluating the proposed change.
Process improvements made by CPS
associated with the activation of the ERO will
ensure emergency responders will be
available on-site in the allotted timeframe.
Additionally, CPS successfully demonstrated
the capability to fully staff and activate the
ERO facilities in a September 16, 2004, offhours augmentation drive-in drill. This drill
confirmed that the CPS ERO is capable of
being staffed, with the proposed staffing, in
the allotted amount of time.
The proposed changes do not adversely
affect accident initiators or precursors nor
alter the design assumptions, conditions, and
configuration, or the manner in which the
plant is operated and maintained. The
proposed changes do not adversely affect the
ability of structures, systems, or components
(SSCs) to perform their intended safety
functions in mitigating the consequences of
an initiating event within the assumed
acceptance limits.
The proposed changes do not affect the
source term, containment isolation, or
radiological release assumptions used in
evaluating the radiological consequences of
any accident previously evaluated. Further,
since the changes are simply a reallocation of
responsibilities from one group of trained
and qualified individuals to another, the
proposed changes do not increase the types
and amounts of radioactive effluent that may
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be released off site, nor significantly increase
individual or cumulative occupational or
public radiation exposures.
Therefore, the probability of an accident is
not impacted, nor is there a significant
impact on the consequences of an accident
previously evaluated, introduced by the
proposed changes.
2. Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not involve the
addition or modification of any plant
equipment. Moreover, the proposed changes
will not alter the design configuration, or
method of operation of plant equipment
beyond its normal functional capabilities.
CPS ERO functions will continue to be
performed as required. The proposed
modification of ERO assignments does not
create any new credible failure mechanisms,
malfunctions, or accident initiators.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from those that have been
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not alter or
exceed a design basis parameter or safety
limit for any system or component. No
change to the setpoint or environmental
condition of any SSC or the manner in which
any SSC is operated is proposed. The
proposed changes do not affect any of the
assumptions used in any accident analysis,
nor do they affect any operability
requirement for equipment important to
plant safety. The requirements of 10 CFR
50.47, ‘‘Emergency plans,’’ paragraph (b) and
10 CFR 50, Appendix E, ‘‘Emergency
Planning and Preparedness for Production
and Utilization Facilities,’’ will continue to
be met.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not
involve any reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. Bradley J.
Fewell, Associate General Counsel,
Exelon Nuclear, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Branch Chief: Stephen J.
Campbell.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–311,
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit
No. 2, Salem County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: March
29, 2010.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would revise
the Technical Specifications (TSs) to
allow a one-time replacement of the 2C
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while Salem Unit 2 is at power.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
During the replacement of the existing 2C
125VDC battery, a temporary, TS operable
battery will provide the same function as the
battery being removed. The temporary battery
has been analyzed to comply with the
required design functions of the existing 2C
125VDC battery. The temporary battery will
be subjected to all required TS surveillance
testing prior to being utilized to confirm
operability. The temporary battery will be
placed in service during the current TS AOT
[allowed outage time]. The respective DC bus
will be continuously energized by the
existing battery charger. Consequently, the
structures, systems, and components (SSCs)
of the plant will continue to perform their
design function. The proposed change will
have no adverse affect on plant operations, or
any design function or analysis.
The proposed change does not affect
accident initiators or precursors, or design
assumptions for the systems or components
used to mitigate the consequences of an
accident as analyzed in the UFSAR [Updated
Final Safety Analysis Report]. The temporary
battery will be operable while the permanent
2C 125VDC battery is replaced and the other
divisions of DC power will also remain
operable to support design mitigation
capability.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not
represent a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
During the replacement of the existing 2C
125VDC battery, a temporary battery will
provide the same function as the 2C 125VDC
battery that is being replaced. This temporary
battery possesses adequate capacity to fulfill
the safety-related requirements of supplying
necessary power to the associated 125VDC
bus. Because the temporary battery will
perform like the station battery that is
currently installed, no new electrical or
functional failure modes are created.
Equipment will be operated in the same
manner that is currently allowed and
designed for. Consequently, there is no
change to the design function or operation of
the SSCs involved and no possibility of a
new or different kind of accident due to
credible new failure mechanisms,
malfunctions, or accident initiators not
previously considered in the design and
licensing bases.
The proposed one-time change does not
introduce any new accident initiators or
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precursors or any new design assumptions
for those systems or components used to
mitigate the consequences of an accident.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
During the replacement of the 2C 125VDC
battery, a TS operable 125VDC battery will
temporarily perform the same function. The
temporary replacement 125VDC battery will
be assembled from the same type and
manufactured safety-related Class 1E cells.
The temporary replacement 125VDC battery
will meet all the design requirements as the
2C 125VDC battery that it replaces. It will
possess adequate capacity to fulfill the
requirements of the associated 125VDC bus.
The proposed replacement activity will not
prevent the plant from mitigating a Design
Basis Accident (DBA) during the time the
temporary battery is in service. Required DC
power systems supporting the design
mitigation capability will be maintained. The
associated DC bus will always be supplied by
either the temporary battery and/or the
battery charger at all times. The proposed
change does not alter a design basis or safety
limit; therefore it does not significantly
reduce the margin of safety. The 2C 125VDC
bus will continue to operate per the existing
design and regulatory requirements.
Therefore, this proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
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The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Vincent
Zabielski, PSEG Nuclear LLC—N21,
P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ
08038.
NRC Branch Chief: Harold K.
Chernoff.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No.
50–390, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1,
Rhea County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: February
24, 2010.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.11
‘‘Control Room Emergency Air
Temperature Control System
(CREATCS).’’ The proposed change
would only be applicable during plant
modifications to upgrade the CREATCS
chillers. This ‘‘one-time’’ TS change
would be implemented during Watts
Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 Cycles 10 and
11 beginning December 1, 2010, and
ending January 29, 2012.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
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As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The Control Room Emergency Air
Treatment System (CREATCS) is used to
maintain an acceptable environment for
control room personnel and equipment
during normal and emergency conditions.
The proposed ‘‘one-time’’ Technical
Specification (TS) to extend the Completion
Time for loss of one train from 30 days to 60
days is justified because the additional risk
of operating the plant beyond the current
Completion Time of 30 days is compensated
by the addition of a temporary, non-safety
related cooling system with a diesel generator
backup.
The CREATCS system does not have the
potential to create a design basis accident as
it only provides MCRHZ [main control room
habitability zone] cooling and do not directly
mitigate postulated accidents. Temporary
cooling equipment will be designed in
accordance with appropriate design controls,
sized to ensure adequate cooling capacity,
and located such that safety-related features
would not be prevented from performing
their safety function. Since the MCR chillers
do not contribute to the initiators of
postulated accidents, the probability of an
accident is not significantly increased by the
proposed change.
The MCR HVAC [heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning] Systems do ensure a
suitable environment for safety-related
equipment and personnel during an accident.
The temperature limits placed on the
temporary cooling system ensure that the
control room areas will remain at acceptable
levels to support plant evolutions in response
to postulated accidents. Safety functions that
are necessary to maintain acceptable offsite
dose limits will not be degraded by the
proposed change. Alternate cooling methods
that will maintain the control room areas
well within the equipment temperature
limits will ensure these safety functions.
With the control room cooling requirements
satisfied, the offsite dose limits are not
affected.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed ‘‘one-time’’ Completion Time
extension will continue to ensure that the
control room ambient temperatures will not
exceed 90°F. The temperature control
functions for the control room are not
postulated to create an accident and since the
proposed change continues to maintain
acceptable temperatures, no new accident
initiators are created.
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methods will be designed such that safetyrelated features will not be prevented from
performing their safety functions and will be
in compliance with 10 CFR 50.59
requirements. Plant operation during the use
of such alternate cooling methods will
continue to comply with applicable
Technical Specification (TS) requirements.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed ‘‘one-time’’ Completion Time
extension will continue to maintain control
room temperatures at acceptable levels to
ensure the availability of equipment
necessary for safety functions. Sufficient
margin to temperature limits will be
maintained to ensure response to accident
conditions can be managed adequately and
temperatures will remain at acceptable levels
to complete necessary accident mitigation
actions. Plant components and their setpoints
will not be altered by the proposed change
that would impact the ability to respond to
accident conditions. The installation of
temporary cooling devices will be designed
such that safety-related features would not be
prevented from performing their safety
function. Therefore, the proposed change
does not involve a significant reduction in
the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: General
Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 11A,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: L. Raghavan.
Notice of Issuance of Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses
During the period since publication of
the last biweekly notice, the
Commission has issued the following
amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these
amendments that the application
complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate
findings as required by the Act and the
Commission’s rules and regulations in
10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in
the license amendment.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating
License, Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination,
and Opportunity for A Hearing in
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connection with these actions was
published in the Federal Register as
indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the
Commission has determined that these
amendments satisfy the criteria for
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for these
amendments. If the Commission has
prepared an environmental assessment
under the special circumstances
provision in 10 CFR 51.22(b) and has
made a determination based on that
assessment, it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the
action see (1) The applications for
amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3)
the Commission’s related letter, Safety
Evaluation and/or Environmental
Assessment as indicated. All of these
items are available for public inspection
at the Commission’s Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area 01F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records
will be accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the PDR
Reference staff at 1 (800) 397–4209,
(301) 415–4737 or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Carolina Power and Light Company,
Docket No. 50–261, H. B. Robinson
Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2,
Darlington County, South Carolina
Date of application for amendment:
December 16, 2009, as supplemented by
letters dated March 11, 2010, and April
22, 2010.
Brief description of amendment: The
amendment revises Technical
Specification (TS) 5.5.9, ‘‘Steam
Generator (SG) Program,’’ to allow
inspection of the steam generator tubes
to start within the tubesheet region (a
minimum of 17.28 inches below the top
of the tubesheet). The amendment also
adds requirements in TS 5.6.8, ‘‘Steam
Generator Tube Inspection Report,’’ to
report indications in this region and
primary to secondary leakage that could
be attributed to the uninspected portion
of the tube within the tubesheet. These
changes are only applicable until the
end of Operating Cycle 27.
The supplements dated March 11,
2010, and April 22, 2010, provided
additional information that clarified the
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application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed,
and did not change the staff’s original
proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register on
February 10, 2010 (75 FR 6731).
Date of issuance: May 7, 2010.
Effective date: Effective as of the date
of issuance and shall be implemented
by the end of Refueling Outage 26.
Amendment No.: 224.
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR–23: The amendment revises
the technical specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: February 10, 2010 (75 FR
6731).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment is contained in a
safety evaluation dated May 7, 2010.
Public comments received as to
proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): No.
Omaha Public Power District, Docket
No. 50–285, Fort Calhoun Station, Unit
No. 1, Washington County, Nebraska
Date of amendment request: May 29,
2009.
Brief description of amendment: The
amendment modified the Technical
Specifications (TSs) as follows: (1)
Revised the definition for OperableOperability; (2) modified the provisions
under which equipment may be
considered operable when either its
normal or emergency power source is
inoperable; (3) deleted TS limiting
condition for operation (LCO) 2.0.1(2);
(4) deleted diesel generator Surveillance
Requirement 3.7.1(e); and (5) relocated
the guidance for inoperable power
supplies and verifying the operability of
redundant components into the LCO for
electrical equipment 2.7, ‘‘Electrical
Systems.’’
Date of issuance: May 14, 2010.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 120 days from the date of
issuance.
Amendment No.: 264.
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR–40: The amendment revised
the Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: October 6, 2009 (74 FR
51331).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment is contained in a
safety evaluation dated May 14, 2010.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
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Notice of Issuance of Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses and Final
Determination of No Significant
Hazards Consideration and
Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent
Public Announcement or Emergency
Circumstances)
During the period since publication of
the last biweekly notice, the
Commission has issued the following
amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these
amendments that the application 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 or emergency
circumstances 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 No
Significant Hazards Consideration
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 no significant hazards consideration.
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 no significant hazards
consideration determination. In such
case, the license amendment has been
issued without opportunity for
comment. If there has been some time
for public comment but less than 30
days, the Commission may provide an
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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 no significant hazards
consideration is involved.
The Commission has applied the
standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has made
a final determination that the
amendment involves no significant
hazards consideration. The basis for this
determination is contained in the
documents related to this action.
Accordingly, the amendments have
been issued and made effective as
indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the
Commission has determined that these
amendments satisfy the criteria for
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for these
amendments. If the Commission has
prepared an environmental assessment
under the special circumstances
provision in 10 CFR 51.12(b) and has
made a determination based on that
assessment, it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the
action see (1) The application for
amendment, (2) the amendment to
Facility Operating License, and (3) the
Commission’s related letter, Safety
Evaluation and/or Environmental
Assessment, as indicated. All of these
items are available for public inspection
at the Commission’s Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area 01F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records
will be accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the PDR
Reference staff at 1 (800) 397–4209,
(301) 415–4737 or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
The Commission is also offering an
opportunity for a hearing with respect to
the issuance of the amendment. Within
60 days after the date of publication of
this notice, any person(s) whose interest
may be affected by this action may file
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a request for a hearing and a petition to
intervene with respect to issuance of the
amendment to the subject facility
operating license. Requests for a hearing
and a petition for leave to intervene
shall be filed in accordance with the
Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10
CFR Part 2. Interested person(s) should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,
which is available at the Commission’s
PDR, located at One White Flint North,
Public File Area 01F21, 11555 Rockville
Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland,
and electronically on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If there
are problems in accessing the document,
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1
(800) 397–4209, (301) 415–4737,
or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. If
a request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene is filed by the above
date, the Commission or a presiding
officer designated by the Commission or
by the Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, will rule on the request and/or
petition; and the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding. The petition
should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted
with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The
name, address, and telephone number of
the requestor or petitioner; (2) the
nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
right under the Act to be made a party
to the proceeding; (3) the nature and
extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
property, financial, or other interest in
the proceeding; and (4) the possible
effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also identify the specific
contentions which the requestor/
petitioner seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the requestor/petitioner shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
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provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the
petitioner is aware and on which the
petitioner intends to rely to establish
those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient
information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a
material issue of law or fact.1
Contentions shall be limited to matters
within the scope of the amendment
under consideration. The contention
must be one which, if proven, would
entitle the petitioner to relief. A
requestor/petitioner who fails to satisfy
these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
Each contention shall be given a
separate numeric or alpha designation
within one of the following groups:
1. Technical—primarily concerns/
issues relating to technical and/or
health and safety matters discussed or
referenced in the applications.
2. Environmental—primarily
concerns/issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the
environmental analysis for the
applications.
3. Miscellaneous—does not fall into
one of the categories outlined above.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two
or more petitioners/requestors seek to
co-sponsor a contention, the petitioners/
requestors shall jointly designate a
representative who shall have the
authority to act for the petitioners/
requestors with respect to that
contention. If a requestor/petitioner
seeks to adopt the contention of another
sponsoring requestor/petitioner, the
requestor/petitioner who seeks to adopt
the contention must either agree that the
sponsoring requestor/petitioner shall act
as the representative with respect to that
contention, or jointly designate with the
sponsoring requestor/petitioner a
representative who shall have the
authority to act for the petitioners/
requestors with respect to that
contention.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing. Since the Commission has
made a final determination that the
amendment involves no significant
hazards consideration, if a hearing is
requested, it will not stay the
1 To the extent that the applications contain
attachments and supporting documents that are not
publicly available because they are asserted to
contain safeguards or proprietary information,
petitioners desiring access to this information
should contact the applicant or applicant’s counsel
and discuss the need for a protective order.
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effectiveness of the amendment. Any
hearing held would take place while the
amendment is in effect.
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E–Filing rule
(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007). The E–
Filing process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least ten
(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by e-mail at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
requirements for accessing the ESubmittal server are detailed in NRC’s
‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’
which is available on the agency’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants
may attempt to use other software not
listed on the Web site, but should note
that the NRC’s E-Filing system does not
support unlisted software, and the NRC
Meta System Help Desk will not be able
to offer assistance in using unlisted
software.
If a participant is electronically
submitting a document to the NRC in
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the
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participant must file the document
using the NRC’s online, Web-based
submission form. In order to serve
documents through EIE, users will be
required to install a Web browser plugin from the NRC Web site. Further
information on the Web-based
submission form, including the
installation of the Web browser plug-in,
is available on the NRC’s public Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
submit a request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format
(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the documents are
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing
system. To be timely, an electronic
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the documents on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the agency’s adjudicatory E-Filing
system may seek assistance by
contacting the NRC Meta System Help
Desk through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link
located on the NRC Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by e-mail at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at (866) 672–7640. The NRC
Meta System Help Desk is available
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have a good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file an
exemption request, in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper
filing requesting authorization to
continue to submit documents in paper
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format. Such filings must be submitted
by: (1) first class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery
service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding
officer, having granted an exemption
request from using E-Filing, may require
a participant or party to use E-Filing if
the presiding officer subsequently
determines that the reason for granting
the exemption from use of E-Filing no
longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, or the presiding
officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home
addresses, or home phone numbers in
their filings, unless an NRC regulation
or other law requires submission of such
information. With respect to
copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
participants are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
Detroit Edison Company, Docket No.
50–341, Fermi 2, Monroe County,
Michigan
Date of amendment request: May 14,
2010.
Description of amendment request:
The amendment extends the
Completion Time for Technical
Specification 3.7.3 ‘‘Control Room
Emergency Filtration (CREF) System,’’
Condition B, from 24 hours to 48 hours
on a one-time basis to support emergent
repairs to the Division 2 Return Air Fan.
Date of issuance: May 15, 2010.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 1 day.
Amendment No.: 182.
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Facility Operating License No. NPF–
43: Amendment revises the technical
specifications and the operating license.
Public comments requested as to
proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): No.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment, finding of emergency
circumstances, state consultation, and
final NSHC determination are contained
in a safety evaluation dated May 15,
2010.
Attorney for licensee: David G.
Pettinari, Attorney—Corporate Matters,
One Energy Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226.
NRC Branch Chief: Terry A. Beltz
(Acting).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of May 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nilesh C. Chokshi,
Deputy Director, Division of Site and
Environmental Reviews, Office of New
Reactors.
[FR Doc. C1–2010–13012 Filed 5–28–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
of May 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Options Clearing Corporation; Order
Granting Approval of Accelerated
Delivery of Supplement to the Options
Disclosure Document Reflecting
Certain Changes to Disclosure
Regarding Options on Conventional
Index-Linked Securities and
Amendment to the Options Disclosure
Document Inside Front Cover
[FR Doc. 2010–12888 Filed 5–28–10; 8:45 am]
May 24, 2010.
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
On October 27, 2009, The Options
Clearing Corporation (‘‘OCC’’) submitted
to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to Rule 9b–1 under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),1 five
preliminary copies of a supplement to
its options disclosure document
(‘‘ODD’’) reflecting certain changes to
disclosure regarding options on
conventional index-linked securities.2
The ODD would also be amended to
update its front inside cover page so that
it contains a current list of the U.S.
exchanges that trade options issued by
the OCC. On May 18, 2010, the OCC
submitted to the Commission five
definitive copies of the supplement.3
The ODD currently contains general
disclosures on the characteristics and
risks of trading standardized options.
Since July 2008, eight options
exchanges amended their respective
rules to permit the listing and trading of
options on conventional index-linked
securities.4 Further, BATS began trading
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52–018 and 52–019]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC; William States
Lee III Combined License Application;
Notice of Intent To Conduct a
Supplemental Scoping Process for the
Supplement to the Environmental
Report
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Intent; Correction.
SUMMARY: This document corrects a
notice appearing in the Federal Register
on May 24, 2010 (75 FR 28822), that
announces a supplemental scoping
process for the environmental review of
the William States Lee III Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2 combined
licenses application. This action is
necessary to correct the project web
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sarah Lopas, Project Manager, Office of
New Reactors via telephone at (301)
415–1147 or via e-mail to
Sarah.Lopas@nrc.gov.
On page
28822, in the second column,
nineteenth through twenty-first lines,
the web address is corrected to read
from ‘‘https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newlicensing/col/lee.html’’ to ‘‘https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/
lee.html’’.
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CFR 240.9b–1.
letter from Jean M. Cawley, Senior Vice
President and Deputy General Counsel, OCC, to
Sharon Lawson, Senior Special Counsel, Division of
Trading and Markets (‘‘Division’’), Commission,
dated October 27, 2009.
3 See letter from Jean M. Cawley, Senior Vice
President and Deputy General Counsel, OCC, to
Sharon Lawson, Senior Special Counsel, Division,
Commission, dated May 14, 2010.
4 BATS Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BATS’’), Chicago Board
Options Exchange, Incorporated, International
Securities Exchange, LLC, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc,
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc., NASDAQ Stock
Market, LLC, NYSE Amex LLC, and NYSE Arca,
Inc. each have provisions in their respective rules
for the listing and trading of options on
conventional index-linked securities. See e.g.,
Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 58203 (July
2 See
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options in February of 2010.5 The
proposed supplement amends the ODD
to accommodate these changes by
providing disclosures regarding options
on conventional index-linked securities
and to update the inside front cover
page of the ODD to include BATS.6
Specifically, the proposed
supplement to the ODD adds new
disclosure regarding the characteristics
of options on conventional index-linked
securities,7 as well as the special risks
of these options. In addition, the ODD
is amended to add BATS, which
currently trades options issued by the
OCC, and its corporate address to the
front inside cover page of the ODD. This
change will ensure that the ODD
accurately identifies the markets on
which options currently trade. The
proposed supplement is intended to be
read in conjunction with the more
general ODD, which, as described
above, discusses the characteristics and
risks of options generally.8
22, 2008), 73 FR 43812 (July 28, 2008) (SR–
NYSEArca–2008–57) (approving listing and trading
options on conventional index-linked securities);
58204 (July 22, 2008), 73 FR 43807 (July 28, 2008)
(SR–CBOE–2008–64); and 58985 (November 20,
2008), 73 FR 72538 (November 28, 2008) (SR–ISE–
2008–86); and see e.g., Securities Exchange Act
Release Nos. 60822 (October 14, 2009), 74 FR 54114
(October 21, 2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–77)
(permitting the listing and trading of options on
conventional index-linked securities linked to
CBOE VIX); 60823 (October 14, 2009), 74 FR 54112
(October 21, 2009) (SR–NYSEAmex–2009–59); and
60857 (October 21, 2009), 74 FR 55611 (October 28,
2009) (SR–CBOE–2009–74).
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61419
(January 26, 2010), 75 FR 5157 (February 1, 2010)
(SR–BATS–2009–31).
6 The proposed May 2010 Supplement to the ODD
amends the February 1994 version of the booklet
entitled ‘‘Characteristics and Risks of Standardized
Options,’’ and portions of the May 2007, June 2007,
June 2008, and September 2008 Supplement
thereto.
7 For purposes of the ODD, conventional indexlinked securities refer to non-convertible debt of an
issuer (with a term of at least one year but not
greater than thirty years) that provides for the
payment at maturity of a cash amount based
directly on the performance of a specified
underlying ‘‘reference asset.’’ Unlike conventional
index-linked securities, leveraged or inverse indexlinked securities provide for a cash payment at
maturity based on a multiple or inverse of the
performance of a specified underlying ‘‘reference
asset.’’ The Commission notes that, to date, it has
only approved trading of options on conventional
index-linked securities, and not on leveraged or
inverse index-linked securities. Accordingly, the
ODD disclosure only covers the characteristics and
risks of options on conventional index-linked
securities.
8 The Commission notes that the options markets
must continue to ensure that the ODD is in
compliance with the requirements of Rule 9b–
1(b)(2)(i) under the Act, 17 CFR 240.9b–1(b)(2)(i),
including when future changes regarding options
on conventional index-linked securities are made.
Any future changes to the rules of the options
markets concerning options on index linked
securities would need to be submitted to the
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2010-0192]
Biweekly Notice: Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
I. Background
Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the
Commission or NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act
requires the Commission publish notice of any amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued and grants the Commission the authority to issue
and make
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immediately effective any amendment to an operating license upon a
determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no
significant hazards consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before
the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from May 6 to May 19, 2010. The last biweekly
notice was published on May 18, 2010 (75 FR 27825).
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination,
and Opportunity for a Hearing
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the following
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration. Under
the Commission's regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.92, this means that operation of the facility
in accordance with the proposed amendment would not: (1) Involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The basis
for this proposed determination for each amendment request is shown
below.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-
day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-day
comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result,
for example in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the
Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment
period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the Commission make a final No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will
occur very infrequently.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), TWB-05-B01M, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the
publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice.
Written comments may also be faxed to the RADB at 301-492-3446.
Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area
O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person(s) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a
request for a hearing and a petition to intervene with respect to
issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license.
Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be
filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested person(s)
should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at
the Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File
Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing or petition
for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or a
presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the
Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The name, address, and telephone
number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of the
requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/petitioner's
property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the
possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the
proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The petition must
also identify the specific contentions which the requestor/petitioner
seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the
requestor/petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention and on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The requestor/petitioner must also provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert
opinion. The petition must include sufficient information to show that
a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law
or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of
the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If
the final determination is that the amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance
of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held
would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
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All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139,
August 28, 2007). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit
and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should
contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at (301) 415-1677, to request
(1) a digital ID certificate, which allows the participant (or its
counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the
E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and
(2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a
request or petition for hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic
Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but should
note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software,
and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance
in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through EIE, users will be required to install a Web
browser plug-in from the NRC Web site. Further information on the Web-
based submission form, including the installation of the Web browser
plug-in, is available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others
who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the agency's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by e-mail at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at (866) 672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants
filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by
first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a
participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer
subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant
to an order of the Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants
are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as
social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their
filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of
such information. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not to
include copyrighted materials in their submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60
days from the date of publication of this notice. Non-timely filings
will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer
that the petition or request should be granted or the contentions
should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii).
For further details with respect to this license amendment
application, see the application for amendment which is available for
public inspection at the Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from
the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have
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access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318,
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Calvert County,
Maryland
Date of amendment requests: April 5, 2010.
Description of amendments request: The amendment would make title
changes and corrections within Technical Specification (TS) 5.0,
``Administrative Controls.'' Specifically, the proposed changes would
include:
(1) Replacement of the use of plant-specific titles to generic
titles consistent with TS Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-65, Revision
1, ``Use of Generic Titles for Utility Positions,''
(2) Changes made to more closely align selected TSs with the
Improved Standard TSs, and
(3) Administrative changes to specified TSs.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
No.
The first portion of the proposed change, involving adoption of
a generic title vice a plant specific personnel title, is
administrative in nature. As such, this change does not involve any
change to the design basis of the plant or of any structure, system,
or component. As a result there is no change to the probability or
consequences of any previously evaluated accident.
The second portion of the proposed change involves changes to
Technical Specifications that align them to the words used in the
Improved Standard Technical Specifications for gaseous effluents to
include effluents that are already routinely monitored. In addition,
the proposed change in requiring either the operations manager or
assistant operations manager to hold a Senior Reactor Operator (SRO)
license meets the established standards of American National
Standards Institute N18.1-1971 for individuals filling the
applicable positions. These changes do not involve any change to the
design basis of the plant or of any structure, system, or component.
As a result there is no change to the probability or consequences of
any previously evaluated accident.
The third portion of the proposed change involves administrative
changes that do not involve any change to the design basis of the
plant or of any structure, system, or component. As a result there
is no change to the probability or consequences of any previously
evaluated accident.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the
proposed changes will not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequence of an accident previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
No.
The first portion of the proposed change, involving adoption of
a generic title vice a plant specific personnel title is
administrative in nature. As such, this change does not result in
any physical alterations to the plant configuration, make any change
to plant operation, or alter any design function. As a result no new
accident failure mechanisms or single failures are introduced.
The second portion of the proposed change involves changes to
Technical Specifications that align those Technical Specifications
to the words used in the Improved Standard Technical Specifications
for gaseous effluent monitoring to include certain effluents that
are already routinely monitored. In addition, the proposed change
requiring either the operations manager or assistant operations
manager to hold an SRO license meets the established standards of
American National Standards Institute N18.1-1971 for individuals
filling the applicable positions. These changes do not involve any
change to the design basis of the plant or of any structure, system,
or component. As a result no new accident failure mechanisms or
single failures are introduced.
The third portion of the proposed change involves administrative
changes that do not involve any change to the design basis of the
plant or of any structure, system, or component. As a result no new
accident failure mechanisms or single failures are introduced.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the
proposed changes will not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequence of an accident previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
No.
The first portion of the proposed change, involving adoption of
a generic title vice a plant specific personnel title is
administrative in nature. As such, this change involves no change to
the design bases functions or to the controlling values of
parameters used to avoid exceeding regulatory or licensing limits.
As a result there is no decrease in any margin of safety due to this
proposed change.
The second portion of the proposed change involves changes to
Technical Specifications that align those Technical Specifications
to the words used in the Improved Standard Technical Specifications
for gaseous effluent monitoring to include certain effluents that
are already routinely monitored. In addition, the proposed change
requiring either the operations manager or assistant operations
manager to hold an SRO license meets the established standards of
American National Standards Institute N18.1-1971 for individuals
filling the applicable positions. As such, these changes involve no
change to the design bases functions or to the controlling values of
parameters used to avoid exceeding regulatory or licensing limits.
As a result there is no decrease in any margin of safety due to
these proposed changes.
The third portion of the proposed change involves administrative
changes that do not involve any change to the design basis of the
plant or of any structure, system, or component. As such, these
changes involve no change to the design bases functions or to the
controlling values of parameters used to avoid exceeding regulatory
or licensing limits. As a result there is no decrease in any margin
of safety due to these proposed changes.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the
proposed changes will not involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendments request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Carey Fleming, Sr. Counsel--Nuclear
Generation, Constellation Generation Group, LLC, 750 East Pratt Street,
17th floor, Baltimore, MD 21202.
NRC Branch Chief: Nancy L. Salgado.
Carolina Power and Light Company, Docket No. 50-261, H. B. Robinson
Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, Darlington County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request: March 5, 2010.
Description of amendment request: The proposed change would revise
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant's Technical Specifications (TS)
Section 3.3.2, ``Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System (ESFAS)
Instrumentation,'' to allow the performance of maintenance activities
for an inoperable containment pressure-high high channel. The proposed
change to TS 3.3.6, ``Containment Ventilation Isolation
Instrumentation,'' corrects an error related to table references.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. The Proposed Change Does Not Involve a Significant Increase
in the Probability or Consequences of an Accident Previously
Evaluated.
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The proposed changes to TS 3.3.2 are intended to allow for the
performance of maintenance activities required to return an
inoperable channel to service with the instrumentation and plant in
a condition that reduces the probability of an inadvertent transient
or the need for a plant shutdown. Therefore, the proposed change
reduces the probability of an accident because the likelihood of
accident initiation is decreased.
The emergency safety features that are actuated by the
Containment Pressure-High High channels are Main Steam Line
Isolation, Containment Spray, and Containment Phase B isolation.
These safety features are intended to reduce the consequences of
design basis accident scenarios. These safety features are still
expected to function as designed. Actuation from containment
pressure exceeding the High High trip setpoint will still occur with
one trip signal bypassed based on the input from the other five
channels. Should an additional failure result in the inability to
actuate based on Containment Pressure-High High, there are other
means to actuate these safety features in a timely manner. Main
Steam Line Isolation based on High High containment pressure is only
important for the assumed main steam line break inside containment.
For such an accident, main steam line isolation will still
automatically occur from either High Steam Flow in Two Steam Lines
Coincident with Tavg-Low, or High Steam Flow in Two Steam
Lines Coincident with Steam Line Pressure-Low. In regard to
Containment Spray and Containment Phase B Isolation, the operator
can manually initiate these functions if automatic actuation did not
occur and containment conditions warranted actuation. Therefore,
there will not be a significant increase in the consequences of
analyzed accidents.
The proposed change to TS 3.3.6 is an administrative correction
and there will be no actual changes to plant design or operation.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the
proposed amendment would not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
2. The Proposed Change Does Not Create the Possibility of a New
or Different Kind of Accident From Any Previously Evaluated.
As described above, the proposed change to TS 3.3.2 would allow
a single Containment Pressure-High High channel to not be in the
trip condition for maintenance purposes for a limited period of time
(up to six hours). This is a condition that is already allowed
during the first six hours of the action statement.
Therefore, no new accident initiators or precursors are
introduced by the proposed change.
The proposed change to TS 3.3.6 is an administrative correction
and there will be no actual changes to plant design or operation.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the
proposed amendment would not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any previously evaluated.
3. The Proposed Change Does Not Involve a Significant Reduction
in the Margin of Safety.
As described above, the proposed change to TS 3.3.2 would allow
a single Containment Pressure-High High channel to not be in the
trip condition for a limited period of time (up to six hours) to
allow an effective means of maintenance to return an inoperable
channel to service. It is expected that safety systems will continue
to function as designed with a single channel not in trip and
therefore there will be no impact on the accident analyses or a
reduction in the margin of safety.
The proposed change to TS 3.3.6 is an administrative correction
and there will be no actual changes to plant design or operation.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the
proposed amendment would not involve a significant reduction in the
margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: David T. Conley, Associate General Counsel
II--Legal Department, Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, Post Office
Box 1551, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602.
NRC Acting Branch Chief: Douglas A. Broaddus.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, et al., Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414,
Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, York County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request: September 3, 2009.
Description of amendment request: The amendments would revise the
Technical Specification (TS) Section 3.7.10, ``Control Room Area
Ventilation System (CRAVS),'' to allow movement of irradiated fuel with
only one CRAVS train OPERABLE.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
The proposed changes do not adversely affect accident initiators
or precursors nor alter the design assumptions, conditions, or
configurations of the facility. The proposed changes do not alter or
prevent the ability of structure, systems and components (SSCS) to
perform their intended function to mitigate the consequences of an
initiating event within the assumed acceptance limits. This is a
revision to the TS for the control room ventilation system which is
a mitigation system designed to minimize unfiltered air inleakage
into the control room and to filter the Control Room atmosphere to
protect occupants following an accident previously analyzed. The
Control Room ventilation system is not an initiator or precursor to
any accident previously evaluated. Therefore, the probability or
consequences of any accident previously evaluated are not increased.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
This revision will not impact the accident analysis. The change
will not alter the requirements of the Control Room ventilation
system or its function during accident conditions. No new or
different accidents result from the changes proposed. The changes do
not involve a physical alteration of the plant (i.e., no new or
different type of equipment will be installed) or significant
changes in methods governing normal plant operation. The changes do
not alter assumptions made in the safety analysis. The proposed
changes are consistent with the safety analyses assumptions.
Therefore, it is concluded that these changes do not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in
margin of safety?
The proposed changes do not alter the manner in which safety
limits, limiting safety system settings or limiting conditions for
operations are determined. The safety analysis acceptance criteria
are not affected by these changes. The proposed changes will not
result in plant operation in a configuration outside the design
basis for an acceptable period of time without compensatory
measures. The proposed changes do not adversely affect systems that
respond to safely shutdown the plant and to maintain the plant in a
safe shutdown condition. It is therefore concluded that the proposed
changes do not involve a significant reduction in the margin of
safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn, Associate General
Counsel and Managing Attorney, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, 526 South
Church Street, EC07H, Charlotte, NC 28202.
NRC Branch Chief: Gloria Kulesa.
Energy Northwest, Docket No. 50-397, Columbia Generating Station,
Benton County, Washington
Date of amendment request: March 29, 2010.
Description of amendment request: The proposed change revises the
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Technical Specifications (TSs) to delete channel check surveillance
requirements in TS 3.3.6.1, ``Primary Containment Isolation
Instrumentation,'' for the traversing in-core probe (TIP) isolation
instrumentation.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change revises TS 3.3.6.1 by eliminating a channel
check SR [surveillance requirement]. The controls and requirements
of TS[s] otherwise continue to be enforced. The proposed change does
not affect any plant equipment, test methods, or plant operation,
and does not affect the initiation of any analyzed accident
sequence. The allowance to un-isolate a penetration flow path is
preserved and will not have a significant effect on the mitigation
of any accident previously evaluated because the penetration flow
path can be isolated, if needed, by a dedicated operator. The option
to isolate a TIP penetration continues to be preserved and ensures
the penetration will perform as assumed in the accident analysis.
Operation in accordance with the proposed TS will ensure that all
analyzed accidents will continue to be mitigated as previously
analyzed.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change does not involve a physical alteration to
the plant (i.e., no new or different type of equipment will be
installed) or a change to the methods governing normal plant
operation. The changes do not alter the assumptions made in the
safety analysis.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change will not affect the operation of plant
equipment or the function of any equipment assumed in the accident
analysis. The allowance to un-isolate a penetration flow path will
not have a significant effect on a margin of safety because the
penetration flow path can be isolated manually, if needed. The
option to isolate a TIP penetration is preserved, and will continue
to ensure the penetration will perform as assumed in the accident
analysis.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant
reduction in the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: William A. Horin, Esq., Winston & Strawn,
1700 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-3817.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T. Markley.
Energy Northwest, Docket No. 50-397, Columbia Generating Station,
Benton County, Washington
Date of amendment request: March 31, 2010.
Description of amendment request: The proposed change revises the
Technical Specifications (TSs) to add a channel check surveillance
requirement to TS 3.3.6.1, ``Primary Containment Isolation
Instrumentation,'' for the reactor pressure vessel low water level
isolation signal to the primary containment isolation valves.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
Adding a channel check surveillance for the main steam low water
level isolation function does not increase the probability or
consequences of a previously evaluated accident. The proposed change
does not impact the logic or performance of the isolation function.
The proposed change increases assurance that the isolation function
will be operable by providing increased monitoring.
Therefore the proposed change does not increase probability or
consequences for an evaluated accident.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
No modifications are being made under the proposed change that
create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident.
Overall system reliability is improved due to more frequent
monitoring.
Therefore the proposed change does not create the possibility of
new or different accidents.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The addition of a channel check surveillance provides increased
assurance of operability of the MSIV [main steam isolation valve]
low water level isolation function.
Therefore the proposed change does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: William A. Horin, Esq., Winston & Strawn,
1700 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-3817.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T. Markley.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Docket No. 50-461, Clinton Power
Station, Unit No.1, DeWitt County, Illinois
Date of amendment request: April 2, 2010.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
revise the Exelon Nuclear Radiological Emergency Plan Annex for Clinton
Power Station (CPS), Unit No. 1, Table B-1, ``Minimum Staffing
Requirements for the On-Shift Clinton Station [Emergency Response
Organization] ERO,'' to increase the Non-Licensed Operator (NLO)
staffing from two to four, allow in-plant protective actions to be
performed by personnel assigned to other functions, and replace a
Mechanical Maintenance person with a NLO.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the CPS Emergency Plan Table B-1,
``Minimum Staffing Requirements for the On-Shift Clinton Station
ERO,'' were evaluated against plant operations during design basis
accidents, Radiation Protection (RP) personnel tasks associated with
design basis accidents, and the CPS radiological accident
assessment. The reallocation of functions between ERO responders and
the addition of two NLOs does not reduce the minimum number of on-
shift staffing, nor does it reduce or impede the tasks that are
required to be performed during an emergency event. This change does
not reduce the functionality of tasks required to be
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performed; therefore, since all personnel will be trained and
qualified to perform all assigned tasks, this change does not reduce
the effectiveness of the ERO's performance or the CPS Emergency Plan
in mitigating the consequences of any accident.
The probability of a reactor accident requiring implementation
of the CPS Emergency Plan has no relevance in determining whether
the proposed change reduces the effectiveness of the CPS Emergency
Plan. The Planning Basis section of NUREG-0654, Revision 1,
``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power
Plants,'' describes how to address the likelihood of an event during
the development of an emergency response plan. According to NUREG-
0654, Revision 1:
The overall objective of emergency response plans is to provide
dose savings (and in some cases immediate life saving) for a
spectrum of accidents that could produce offsite doses in excess of
Protective Action Guides (PAGs). No single specific accident
sequence should be isolated as the one for which to plan because
each accident could have different consequences, both in nature and
degree. Further, the range of possible selection for a planning
basis is very large, starting with a zero point of requiring no
planning at all because significant offsite radiological accident
consequences are unlikely to occur, to planning for the worst
possible accident, regardless of its extremely low likelihood.
Therefore, while the proposed changes will not impact the
probability or consequences of any previously evaluated accident,
[Exelon Generation Company, LLC] EGC did not consider the risk
insights regarding any specific accident initiation or progression
in evaluating the proposed change.
Process improvements made by CPS associated with the activation
of the ERO will ensure emergency responders will be available on-
site in the allotted timeframe. Additionally, CPS successfully
demonstrated the capability to fully staff and activate the ERO
facilities in a September 16, 2004, off-hours augmentation drive-in
drill. This drill confirmed that the CPS ERO is capable of being
staffed, with the proposed staffing, in the allotted amount of time.
The proposed changes do not adversely affect accident initiators
or precursors nor alter the design assumptions, conditions, and
configuration, or the manner in which the plant is operated and
maintained. The proposed changes do not adversely affect the ability
of structures, systems, or components (SSCs) to perform their
intended safety functions in mitigating the consequences of an
initiating event within the assumed acceptance limits.
The proposed changes do not affect the source term, containment
isolation, or radiological release assumptions used in evaluating
the radiological consequences of any accident previously evaluated.
Further, since the changes are simply a reallocation of
responsibilities from one group of trained and qualified individuals
to another, the proposed changes do not increase the types and
amounts of radioactive effluent that may be released off site, nor
significantly increase individual or cumulative occupational or
public radiation exposures.
Therefore, the probability of an accident is not impacted, nor
is there a significant impact on the consequences of an accident
previously evaluated, introduced by the proposed changes.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not involve the addition or modification
of any plant equipment. Moreover, the proposed changes will not
alter the design configuration, or method of operation of plant
equipment beyond its normal functional capabilities. CPS ERO
functions will continue to be performed as required. The proposed
modification of ERO assignments does not create any new credible
failure mechanisms, malfunctions, or accident initiators.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from those that have been
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not alter or exceed a design basis
parameter or safety limit for any system or component. No change to
the setpoint or environmental condition of any SSC or the manner in
which any SSC is operated is proposed. The proposed changes do not
affect any of the assumptions used in any accident analysis, nor do
they affect any operability requirement for equipment important to
plant safety. The requirements of 10 CFR 50.47, ``Emergency plans,''
paragraph (b) and 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, ``Emergency Planning and
Preparedness for Production and Utilization Facilities,'' will
continue to be met.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve any reduction in
a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. Bradley J. Fewell, Associate General
Counsel, Exelon Nuclear, 4300 Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Branch Chief: Stephen J. Campbell.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-311, Salem Nuclear Generating Station,
Unit No. 2, Salem County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: March 29, 2010.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
revise the Technical Specifications (TSs) to allow a one-time
replacement of the 2C 125-volt direct current (VDC) battery while Salem
Unit 2 is at power.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
During the replacement of the existing 2C 125VDC battery, a
temporary, TS operable battery will provide the same function as the
battery being removed. The temporary battery has been analyzed to
comply with the required design functions of the existing 2C 125VDC
battery. The temporary battery will be subjected to all required TS
surveillance testing prior to being utilized to confirm operability.
The temporary battery will be placed in service during the current
TS AOT [allowed outage time]. The respective DC bus will be
continuously energized by the existing battery charger.
Consequently, the structures, systems, and components (SSCs) of the
plant will continue to perform their design function. The proposed
change will have no adverse affect on plant operations, or any
design function or analysis.
The proposed change does not affect accident initiators or
precursors, or design assumptions for the systems or components used
to mitigate the consequences of an accident as analyzed in the UFSAR
[Updated Final Safety Analysis Report]. The temporary battery will
be operable while the permanent 2C 125VDC battery is replaced and
the other divisions of DC power will also remain operable to support
design mitigation capability.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not represent a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
During the replacement of the existing 2C 125VDC battery, a
temporary battery will provide the same function as the 2C 125VDC
battery that is being replaced. This temporary battery possesses
adequate capacity to fulfill the safety-related requirements of
supplying necessary power to the associated 125VDC bus. Because the
temporary battery will perform like the station battery that is
currently installed, no new electrical or functional failure modes
are created. Equipment will be operated in the same manner that is
currently allowed and designed for. Consequently, there is no change
to the design function or operation of the SSCs involved and no
possibility of a new or different kind of accident due to credible
new failure mechanisms, malfunctions, or accident initiators not
previously considered in the design and licensing bases.
The proposed one-time change does not introduce any new accident
initiators or
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precursors or any new design assumptions for those systems or
components used to mitigate the consequences of an accident.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
During the replacement of the 2C 125VDC battery, a TS operable
125VDC battery will temporarily perform the same function. The
temporary replacement 125VDC battery will be assembled from the same
type and manufactured safety-related Class 1E cells. The temporary
replacement 125VDC battery will meet all the design requirements as
the 2C 125VDC battery that it replaces. It will possess adequate
capacity to fulfill the requirements of the associated 125VDC bus.
The proposed replacement activity will not prevent the plant from
mitigating a Design Basis Accident (DBA) during the time the
temporary battery is in service. Required DC power systems
supporting the design mitigation capability will be maintained. The
associated DC bus will always be supplied by either the temporary
battery and/or the battery charger at all times. The proposed change
does not alter a design basis or safety limit; therefore it does not
significantly reduce the margin of safety. The 2C 125VDC bus will
continue to operate per the existing design and regulatory
requirements.
Therefore, this proposed change does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Vincent Zabielski, PSEG Nuclear LLC--N21,
P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038.
NRC Branch Chief: Harold K. Chernoff.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No. 50-390, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant,
Unit 1, Rhea County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: February 24, 2010.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.11 ``Control Room Emergency Air
Temperature Control System (CREATCS).'' The proposed change would only
be applicable during plant modifications to upgrade the CREATCS
chillers. This ``one-time'' TS change would be implemented during Watts
Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 Cycles 10 and 11 beginning December 1, 2010,
and ending January 29, 2012.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The Control Room Emergency Air Treatment System (CREATCS) is
used to maintain an acceptable environment for control room
personnel and equipment during normal and emergency conditions. The
proposed ``one-time'' Technical Specification (TS) to extend the
Completion Time for loss of one train from 30 days to 60 days is
justified because the additional risk of operating the plant beyond
the current Completion Time of 30 days is compensated by the
addition of a temporary, non-safety related cooling system with a
diesel generator backup.
The CREATCS system does not have the potential to create a
design basis accident as it only provides MCRHZ [main control room
habitability zone] cooling and do not directly mitigate postulated
accidents. Temporary cooling equipment will be designed in
accordance with appropriate design controls, sized to ensure
adequate cooling capacity, and located such that safety-related
features would not be prevented from performing their safety
function. Since the MCR chillers do not contribute to the initiators
of postulated accidents, the probability of an accident is not
significantly increased by the proposed change.
The MCR HVAC [heating, ventilation, and air conditioning]
Systems do ensure a suitable environment for safety-related
equipment and personnel during an accident. The temperature limits
placed on the temporary cooling system ensure that the control room
areas will remain at acceptable levels to support plant evolutions
in response to postulated accidents. Safety functions that are
necessary to maintain acceptable offsite dose limits will not be
degraded by the proposed change. Alternate cooling methods that will
maintain the control room areas well within the equipment
temperature limits will ensure these safety functions. With the
control room cooling requirements satisfied, the offsite dose limits
are not affected.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed ``one-time'' Completion Time extension will
continue to ensure that the control room ambient temperatures will
not exceed 90[deg]F. The temperature control functions for the
control room are not postulated to create an accident and since the
proposed change continues to maintain acceptable temperatures, no
new accident initiators are created.
Implementation of temporary cooling methods will be designed
such that safety-related features will not be prevented from
performing their safety functions and will be in compliance with 10
CFR 50.59 requirements. Plant operation during the use of such
alternate cooling methods will continue to comply with applicable
Technical Specification (TS) requirements. Therefore, the proposed
change does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed ``one-time'' Completion Time extension will
continue to maintain control room temperatures at acceptable levels
to ensure the availability of equipment necessary for safety
functions. Sufficient margin to temperature limits will be
maintained to ensure response to accident conditions can be managed
adequately and temperatures will remain at acceptable levels to
complete necessary accident mitigation actions. Plant components and
their setpoints will not be altered by the proposed change that
would impact the ability to respond to accident conditions. The
installation of temporary cooling devices will be designed such that
safety-related features would not be prevented from performing their
safety function. Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a
significant reduction in the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 11A, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: L. Raghavan.
Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility
Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration
Determination, and Opportunity for A Hearing in
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connection with these actions was published in the Federal Register as
indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the action see (1) The
applications for amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3) the Commission's
related letter, Safety Evaluation and/or Environmental Assessment as
indicated. All of these items are available for public inspection at
the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area 01F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from
the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS
or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS,
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1 (800) 397-4209, (301) 415-4737 or
by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Carolina Power and Light Company, Docket No. 50-261, H. B. Robinson
Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, Darlington County, South Carolina
Date of application for amendment: December 16, 2009, as
supplemented by letters dated March 11, 2010, and April 22, 2010.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revises Technical
Specification (TS) 5.5.9, ``Steam Generator (SG) Program,'' to allow
inspection of the steam generator tubes to start within the tubesheet
region (a minimum of 17.28 inches below the top of the tubesheet). The
amendment also adds requirements in TS 5.6.8, ``Steam Generator Tube
Inspection Report,'' to report indications in this region and primary
to secondary leakage that could be attributed to the uninspected
portion of the tube within the tubesheet. These changes are only
applicable until the end of Operating Cycle 27.
The supplements dated March 11, 2010, and April 22, 2010, provided
additional information that clarified the application, did not expand
the scope of the application as originally noticed, and did not change
the staff's original proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination as published in the Federal Register on February 10, 2010
(75 FR 6731).
Date of issuance: May 7, 2010.
Effective date: Effective as of the date of issuance and shall be
implemented by the end of Refueling Outage 26.
Amendment No.: 224.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-23: The amendment
revises the technical specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: February 10, 2010 (75
FR 6731).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a safety evaluation dated May 7, 2010.
Public comments received as to proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): No.
Omaha Public Power District, Docket No. 50-285, Fort Calhoun Station,
Unit No. 1, Washington County, Nebraska
Date of amendment request: May 29, 2009.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment modified the
Technical Specifications (TSs) as follows: (1) Revised the definition
for Operable-Operability; (2) modified the provisions under which
equipment may be considered operable when either its normal or
emergency power source is inoperable; (3) deleted TS limiting condition
for operation (LCO) 2.0.1(2); (4) deleted diesel generator Surveillance
Requirement 3.7.1(e); and (5) relocated the guidance for inoperable
power supplies and verifying the operability of redundant components
into the LCO for electrical equipment 2.7, ``Electrical Systems.''
Date of issuance: May 14, 2010.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 120 days from the date of issuance.
Amendment No.: 264.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40: The amendment
revised the Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: October 6, 2009 (74 FR
51331).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a safety evaluation dated May 14, 2010.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Final Determination of No Significant Hazards Consideration and
Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Public Announcement or Emergency
Circumstances)
During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application 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 or emergency circumstances 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 No Significant Hazards
Consideration 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 no significant hazards
consideration. 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 no
significant hazards consideration determination. In such case, the
license amendment has been issued without opportunity for comment. If
there has been some time for public comment but less than 30 days, the
Commission may provide an
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opportunity for public comment. If comments have been reque