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Controls.’’ Specifically, the changes
included:
(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.
Date of issuance: November 22, 2010.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance to be implemented within 60
days.
Amendment Nos.: 296 for Unit 1 and
272 for Unit 2.
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. DPR–53 and DPR–69: Amendments
revised the License and Technical
Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: June 1, 2010 (75 FR 30443).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of these amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated November 22,
2010.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day
of December 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Carolina Power & Light Company
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant,
Unit 1; Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, the Commission) is
considering issuance of an exemption,
pursuant to title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section
73.5, ‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the
implementation date for certain
requirements of 10 CFR part 73,
‘‘Physical protection of plants and
materials,’’ for Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–63, issued
to Carolina Power & Light Company (the
licensee), now doing business as
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., for
operation of the Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant (HNP), Unit 1, located in
New Hill, North Carolina. In accordance
with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC staff
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prepared an environmental assessment
documenting its finding. The NRC staff
concluded that the proposed actions
will have no significant environmental
impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would exempt
the licensee from the required
implementation date of March 31, 2010,
for one specific requirement of 10 CFR
part 73. Specifically, HNP, Unit 1 would
be granted a second exemption, further
extending the date for compliance with
one remaining item of the requirements
contained in 10 CFR 73.55, from
December 15, 2010, (the date specified
in a prior exemption granted by NRC on
February 24, 2010), until November 30,
2011. The proposed action, an extension
of the schedule for completion of certain
actions required by the revised 10 CFR
part 73, does not result in any
additional physical changes to the
reactor, fuel, plant structures, support
structures, water, or land at the HNP,
Unit 1 site.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application dated
September 20, 2010.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed exemption is needed to
provide the licensee with additional
time, beyond the date granted by the
NRC letter dated February 24, 2010, to
implement one remaining item of the
three requirements in the previous
exemption that involves important
physical modifications to the HNP, Unit
1 security system. There are several
issues which have delayed the work to
this point, and/or impacted the
projected schedule, such as the
existence of safety-related conduit and
dedicated safe shut down (SSD)
equipment of HNP, Unit 1 within the
room in which some important security
modifications are planned. A direct
outside access route to the physical
construction area has not been available
due to design basis tornado and missile
considerations for the safety related
conduits and SSD equipment. These
issues were revealed as the design
evolved from the conceptual state to a
detailed design state. Presently, the
licensee is pursuing a design solution
that will allow both temporary and
ultimately permanent direct outside
access to the area. Additional time,
beyond that previously approved, is
needed due the extensive redesign and
review effort that was unforeseen at the
conceptual design stage.
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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC staff has completed its
environmental assessment of the
proposed exemption. The NRC staff has
concluded that the proposed action to
further extend the implementation
deadline for one item would not
significantly affect plant safety and
would not have a significant adverse
effect on the probability of an accident
occurring.
The proposed action would not result
in an increased radiological hazard
beyond those hazards previously
analyzed in the environmental
assessment and final finding of no
significant impact made by the
Commission in promulgating its
revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed
in a Federal Register notice dated
March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926). There
will be no change to radioactive
effluents that affect radiation exposures
to plant workers and members of the
public. Therefore, no changes or
different types of radiological impacts
are expected as a result of the proposed
exemption.
The proposed action does not result
in changes to land use or water use, or
result in changes to the quality or
quantity of non-radiological effluents.
No changes to the National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System permit
are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the
plant, or to threatened, endangered, or
protected species under the Endangered
Species Act, or impacts to essential fish
habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no
impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historical and
cultural resources. There would be no
impact to socioeconomic resources.
Therefore, no changes to or different
types of non-radiological environmental
impacts are expected as a result of the
proposed exemption.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
With its request to extend the
implementation deadline, the licensee
currently maintains a security system
acceptable to the NRC and that will
continue to provide acceptable physical
protection of HNP, Unit 1 in lieu of the
new requirements in 10 CFR part 73.
Therefore, the extension of the
implementation date for one element of
the new requirements of 10 CFR part 73
to November 30, 2011, would not have
any significant environmental impacts.
The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will
be provided in the exemption that will
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be issued as part of the letter to the
licensee approving the exemption to the
regulation, if granted.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
actions, the NRC staff considered denial
of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the
exemption request would result in no
change in current environmental
impacts. If the proposed action was
denied, the licensee would have to
comply with the existing
implementation deadline of December
15, 2010, for one remaining item of the
three requirements, as granted on
February 24, 2010. The environmental
impacts of the proposed exemption and
the ‘‘no-action’’ alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
considered in the Final Environmental
Statement for HNP, Unit 1, NUREG–
0972, dated October 31, 1983, as
supplemented through the ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants:
Regarding Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 1—Final Report
(NUREG–1437, Supplement 33).’’
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Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on December 2, 2010, the NRC staff
consulted with the North Carolina State
official, lee.cox@ncdenr.gov of the North
Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed
action. The State official had no
comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the
proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Accordingly, the
NRC has determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s letter
dated September 20, 2010. Portions of
the September 20, 2010, submittal
contain security-related information
and, accordingly, a redacted version of
this letter is available for public review
in the Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS),
Accession No. ML102650191. This
document 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 O–
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1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly
available records will be accessible
electronically 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 access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or send an
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of December, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farideh E. Saba,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;
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Nos. 2 and 3; Notice of Availability of
the Final Supplement 38 to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
Notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
has published a final plant-specific
supplement to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
(GEIS), NUREG–1437, regarding the
renewal of Operating Licenses DPR–26
and DPR–64 for an additional 20 years
of operation for Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and
IP3). The IP2 and IP3 site is located
approximately 24 miles north of New
York, NY. Possible alternatives to the
proposed action (license renewal)
include no action and reasonable
alternative energy sources.
As discussed in Section 9.3 of the
final supplement, the staff determined
that the adverse environmental impacts
of license renewal for IP2 and IP3 are
not so great that preserving the option
of license renewal for energy-planning
decision makers would be unreasonable.
This recommendation is based on: (1)
The analysis and findings in the GEIS;
(2) information provided in the
environmental report and other
documents submitted by Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc.; (3)
consultation with Federal, State, local,
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and tribal agencies; (4) the staff’s own
independent review; and (5)
consideration of public comments
received during the scoping process and
on the draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement.
The final Supplement 38 to the GEIS
is publicly available at the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O–
1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, or from the NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). The
ADAMS Public Electronic Reading
Room is accessible at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
The accession numbers for the final
Supplement 38 to the GEIS are
ML103350405 (Volume 1),
ML103350438, ML103360209,
ML103360212 (Volume 2), and
ML103350442 (Volume 3). Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems while accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff by
telephone at (800) 397–4209 or (301)
415–4737, or by e-mail at
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. In addition, the
White Plains Public Library (White
Plains, NY), Hendrick Hudson Free
Library (Montrose, NY), and the Field
Library (Peekskill, NY), have all agreed
to make the final supplement available
for public inspection.
For Further Information, Contact: Mr.
Andrew Stuyvenberg, Projects Branch 2,
Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail
Stop O–11F1, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. Mr. Stuyvenberg may be contacted
by telephone at (800) 368–5642,
extension 4006, or by e-mail at
andrew.stuyvenberg@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day
of December, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 50-400; NRC-2010-0020]
Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 1; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) is
considering issuance of an exemption, pursuant to title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 73.5, ``Specific exemptions,''
from the implementation date for certain requirements of 10 CFR part
73, ``Physical protection of plants and materials,'' for Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF-63, issued to Carolina Power & Light
Company (the licensee), now doing business as Progress Energy
Carolinas, Inc., for operation of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power
Plant (HNP), Unit 1, located in New Hill, North Carolina. In accordance
with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC staff prepared an environmental assessment
documenting its finding. The NRC staff concluded that the proposed
actions will have no significant environmental impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would exempt the licensee from the required
implementation date of March 31, 2010, for one specific requirement of
10 CFR part 73. Specifically, HNP, Unit 1 would be granted a second
exemption, further extending the date for compliance with one remaining
item of the requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55, from December 15,
2010, (the date specified in a prior exemption granted by NRC on
February 24, 2010), until November 30, 2011. The proposed action, an
extension of the schedule for completion of certain actions required by
the revised 10 CFR part 73, does not result in any additional physical
changes to the reactor, fuel, plant structures, support structures,
water, or land at the HNP, Unit 1 site.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated September 20, 2010.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed exemption is needed to provide the licensee with
additional time, beyond the date granted by the NRC letter dated
February 24, 2010, to implement one remaining item of the three
requirements in the previous exemption that involves important physical
modifications to the HNP, Unit 1 security system. There are several
issues which have delayed the work to this point, and/or impacted the
projected schedule, such as the existence of safety-related conduit and
dedicated safe shut down (SSD) equipment of HNP, Unit 1 within the room
in which some important security modifications are planned. A direct
outside access route to the physical construction area has not been
available due to design basis tornado and missile considerations for
the safety related conduits and SSD equipment. These issues were
revealed as the design evolved from the conceptual state to a detailed
design state. Presently, the licensee is pursuing a design solution
that will allow both temporary and ultimately permanent direct outside
access to the area. Additional time, beyond that previously approved,
is needed due the extensive redesign and review effort that was
unforeseen at the conceptual design stage.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC staff has completed its environmental assessment of the
proposed exemption. The NRC staff has concluded that the proposed
action to further extend the implementation deadline for one item would
not significantly affect plant safety and would not have a significant
adverse effect on the probability of an accident occurring.
The proposed action would not result in an increased radiological
hazard beyond those hazards previously analyzed in the environmental
assessment and final finding of no significant impact made by the
Commission in promulgating its revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed
in a Federal Register notice dated March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926). There
will be no change to radioactive effluents that affect radiation
exposures to plant workers and members of the public. Therefore, no
changes or different types of radiological impacts are expected as a
result of the proposed exemption.
The proposed action does not result in changes to land use or water
use, or result in changes to the quality or quantity of non-
radiological effluents. No changes to the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System permit are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the plant, or to threatened,
endangered, or protected species under the Endangered Species Act, or
impacts to essential fish habitat covered by the Magnuson-Stevens Act
are expected. There are no impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historical and cultural resources. There
would be no impact to socioeconomic resources. Therefore, no changes to
or different types of non-radiological environmental impacts are
expected as a result of the proposed exemption.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
With its request to extend the implementation deadline, the
licensee currently maintains a security system acceptable to the NRC
and that will continue to provide acceptable physical protection of
HNP, Unit 1 in lieu of the new requirements in 10 CFR part 73.
Therefore, the extension of the implementation date for one element of
the new requirements of 10 CFR part 73 to November 30, 2011, would not
have any significant environmental impacts.
The NRC staff's safety evaluation will be provided in the exemption
that will
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be issued as part of the letter to the licensee approving the exemption
to the regulation, if granted.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed actions, the NRC staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the exemption request would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. If the proposed action was denied, the licensee
would have to comply with the existing implementation deadline of
December 15, 2010, for one remaining item of the three requirements, as
granted on February 24, 2010. The environmental impacts of the proposed
exemption and the ``no-action'' alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those considered in the Final Environmental Statement for HNP, Unit 1,
NUREG-0972, dated October 31, 1983, as supplemented through the
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants: Regarding Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1--Final
Report (NUREG-1437, Supplement 33).''
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on December 2, 2010, the NRC
staff consulted with the North Carolina State official,
lee.cox@ncdenr.gov of the North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed
action. The State official had no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined
not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed
action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the
licensee's letter dated September 20, 2010. Portions of the September
20, 2010, submittal contain security-related information and,
accordingly, a redacted version of this letter is available for public
review in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS), Accession No. ML102650191. This document 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 O-1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly available records
will be accessible electronically 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 access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737, or send an e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of December, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farideh E. Saba,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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